I'm in the midst of going through my WW2 micro armour for a possible game and noticed that in the list (Canadian Supplement, pg 19- GHQ rules) that the Sherman force requires a single Crusader II AA.
I have looked on the GHQ site and noticed that it cannot be found. I was wondering if GHQ has any plans on making it or not, or if I just missed it somewhere.
Crusader II AA
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Crusader II AA
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I don't think there is a model in 1/285 - 1/300 scale of the varient you are looking for.
http://henk.fox3000.com/crusader.htm
Take a look at this site to see what the original looks like. I think it would be a very easy conversion...
Will
http://henk.fox3000.com/crusader.htm
Take a look at this site to see what the original looks like. I think it would be a very easy conversion...
Will
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dougeagle,
Just for fun you can convert the regular Crusader to the AA version with a few minor changes. Barrels are the most difficult but the rest is easy. All you need to is shape the turret by removing the mantlet and cutting the sides with a "flat sides" sprue cutter. Next you need to take a 1/16 piece of plastic card stock shaped to fit the back turret top as illustrated below in the picture. You can use a small drill to make the basic opening you see in the picture followed by a #11X-Acto blade to finish the opening to look like the original. I used the same blade to scribe and open the center gun elevation area that can be seen in the original. A couple of drops of superglue for the turret top detail, an eyelash for the antenna, some paint and you have an AA version of the Crusader that will work for your unit...
Enjoy,
Will
Just for fun you can convert the regular Crusader to the AA version with a few minor changes. Barrels are the most difficult but the rest is easy. All you need to is shape the turret by removing the mantlet and cutting the sides with a "flat sides" sprue cutter. Next you need to take a 1/16 piece of plastic card stock shaped to fit the back turret top as illustrated below in the picture. You can use a small drill to make the basic opening you see in the picture followed by a #11X-Acto blade to finish the opening to look like the original. I used the same blade to scribe and open the center gun elevation area that can be seen in the original. A couple of drops of superglue for the turret top detail, an eyelash for the antenna, some paint and you have an AA version of the Crusader that will work for your unit...
Enjoy,
Will
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jb,
Thank you very much. In order for the conversion to show up I had to play with the shadows so the parts would be easy to see, but it isn't that hard of a conversion. I only wish I had some of the new Crusaders... The casting I used has got to be 30 years old, from our first purchases from GHQ in the 70's. We used baked Humbrol enamel since the miniatures were going to be used for convention games where we played on the floor, or in my sand table which was very hard on paint... that's why we baked them!
When I repainted the Crusader I used a dark brown wash made from two parts Testors Rubber and one part Testors Black enamels. Works really well for this coloring, as it should for most desert tans or most sand colors. I also use this color full strength as a primer for many figures I paint either by brush or by airbrush. The dark brown lends itself to most colors and is much easier to paint over than black.
Will
Thank you very much. In order for the conversion to show up I had to play with the shadows so the parts would be easy to see, but it isn't that hard of a conversion. I only wish I had some of the new Crusaders... The casting I used has got to be 30 years old, from our first purchases from GHQ in the 70's. We used baked Humbrol enamel since the miniatures were going to be used for convention games where we played on the floor, or in my sand table which was very hard on paint... that's why we baked them!
When I repainted the Crusader I used a dark brown wash made from two parts Testors Rubber and one part Testors Black enamels. Works really well for this coloring, as it should for most desert tans or most sand colors. I also use this color full strength as a primer for many figures I paint either by brush or by airbrush. The dark brown lends itself to most colors and is much easier to paint over than black.
Will
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Two of the other "guys" are making variants of the Crusader AA, I have both the one with the 40mm Bofors and the one with the twin Oerlikon.1ComOpsCtr wrote:I don't think there is a model in 1/285 - 1/300 scale of the varient you are looking for.
http://henk.fox3000.com/crusader.htm
Take a look at this site to see what the original looks like. I think it would be a very easy conversion...
Will
Nevertheless your conversion is equal or even better
.Best regards,
Ben