Hi All ,
I'd love to get a Landsverk L-62 and a BT-42 for my Finns . Has anyone got any tips for conversions etc ?
For the Landsverk I would go for an Ostwind Turret on a pz38t hull, or possibly use a t34 hull and the tracks of a Pz38T. Neither are quite right though
For the BT 2 Take BT 7 hull and a Bishop turret. Modify the turret with a file, should be passible.
I think the Toldi I (HU1) chassis is a better match for the Landsverk L-62, the Toldi is based on the Landverk L-60 light tank.
Would the turret from the M8 'Scott', 75mm HMC (AMV21), work as a turret with a bit of filing and a longer gun?
For the BT-2, BT-7 chassis and the turret from the M3 Stuart 'Honey', late turret (BRV102) might also work.
I'd get them in 3d print from 3D Specialist, if you ask he'll do them in 1/160 scale for 10mm:
https://battlefield3d.com/product/40m-nimrod-spaa/ (which is pretty much identical)
https://battlefield3d.com/product/bt-42-finnish-light-tank/
He has done me some M2A2 Lights, M2A1 Mediums, Churchill 3" Gun Carrier, FCM F1 fortress tanks, R-40 and being resin rather than plastic they come out great.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 15 January 2022, 01:42:56 PMI think the Toldi I (HU1) chassis is a better match for the Landsverk L-62, the Toldi is based on the Landverk L-60 light tank.
Forgot Pendraken did Hungarian Tanks
Thanks for the link Mark :) .
Hmm! I wrote a reply that seems to have been swallowed by the system .... or more likely I closed the page before posting.
Just wanted to point out that Pendraken vehicles are 1/150 not 1/160.
1/150 is Japanese N Gauge
1/160 is US N Gauge
1/148 is UK N Gauge
... apparently.
QuoteHmm! I wrote a reply that seems to have been swallowed by the system .... or more likely I closed the page before posting.
Just wanted to point out that Pendraken vehicles are 1/150 not 1/160.
1/150 is Japanese N Gauge
1/160 is US N Gauge
1/148 is UK N Gauge
... apparently.
Almost . . .
1/150 is Japanese N scale, apart from the Shinkansen (bullet trains) which are 1/160.
1/160 is US N scale, and also European (and the rest of the world?).
1/148 is British N Gauge.
Brilliant !
Thanks everyone , there's some excellent suggestions here .
Much appreciated
Yes, I use 1/160 as that is European N gauge, which means I can use model rail scenery, specifically card buildings, and most of our battles were fought in Europe, so it kinda makes sense. Although I suspect 1/150 will be fine too.
No idea what Egyptian, Peruvian, Syrian, Russian, Indian, Malaysian N gauge scale is though....
Anorak on:
N "gauge" is 9 mm, that is the distance between rails. As all manufacturers in all countries use the same track gauge, but real life gauge is different, we get different N "scales" as the models try to match the look of real track width to model. Well, for UK and Japan only, really. This also explains why UK has a different scale for the bigger models, OO vs HO in continental Europe. Finland, Russia and Spain etc don't mind the difference in their real life gauge and use the standard 1:160 N scale.
Anyway, I think pedantry is de rigeur if one has taken up model railroading as a hobby :)
Cheers,
Aksu, modeling 1970s East German railroads in N scale