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Just ordered the rules, I think that makes a few of us now so I thought we should have a thread for us bunch of tankers.

Anyone my end fancy a game? I have plenty of early war stuff up to late so we could play our way through a campaign?

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As they say, timing is everything. Popped into Chester Models after work today to get a new brush and peruse the rack of Zvezda kits. Nothing new on show but piled up at the till was a stack of restocks. Down at the bottom of the pile I saw a word that could have been the Russian for Matilda followed by a II. I decided to use my card to get it but the lad said there was a £5 minimum on card sales. It only seemed fair to buy two of them.
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heeeheeee the 1/100 zvezda kits are addictive, the T35 is great fun, the zis truck less so.
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Rather surprised that I just picked up the FoW El Alamein starter set on Ebay for £15, Pz III, Pz IV, a Grant & 2 Crusaders. No other bidders, I knew Fourth Edition wasn't setting the world alight but I expected competition.
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The Zvezda stuff is incredible, but I just can't get the sdkfz 222 to go together cleanly.
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I suspect all the other "What A Tanker" punters are still beavering their way through their assorted lead/plastic/resin/mdf piles to see what they already have and missed out.
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Essex Boy wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:33 pm The Zvezda stuff is incredible, but I just can't get the sdkfz 222 to go together cleanly.
I had a bit of bother with Lt Gruber's "liddle tank" as well.
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I’m waiting for the rules before I choose my vehicle, an unusual approach I know :)

But there’s plenty to choose from in the lead/plastic/MDF/resin pile:
1940 western front 28mm and 20mm
1941 Eastern Front 20mm
1942 Desert Front 15mm
1944 Western Front 28mm and 20mm
1944 Eastern Front 20mm

Wonder if the rules cover 1917? 8-)

Definitely the possibility of a Loose Ass game, maybe as a series of 1:1 duels in a league table.
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Buff Orpington wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:48 pm
Essex Boy wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:33 pm The Zvezda stuff is incredible, but I just can't get the sdkfz 222 to go together cleanly.
I had a bit of bother with Lt Gruber's "liddle tank" as well.
Not just ham fisted me then. Good to know.
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I’m going to buy tanks that I needed anyway for 28mm CoC - so Normandy British and German stuff. So no Zvezda Chi Ha models for me
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