Recent content by Hunter Rose

No problem. H2 "Hurricane" was popular for some reason, as Figarti also made a version.

I'm not Finlome, but that's First Legion's "H2" Sherman.

T-Man, Thanks for the great pics on the Jagdpanzer track-link fix. That will make it very easy to do my planned conversion/repaint in the future.

I personally will never understand that.

From Kursk to November 1943, s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 claimed 320 tanks killed from for the loss of 13 Ferdinands, or a 24/1 kill ratio. 653rd was very successful, better than most Tiger units.

For the history of the Ferdinand, it always gets a bad wrap for poor performance at Kursk. But the reality was a little different. Hilary Louis Dole gave an excellent synopsis. Basically, he said the Ferdinand’s effectiveness came down to the tactics of which unit employed it . The s.Pz.Jg.Abt...

My eyes are the scourge of manufacturers! 😁 I say that completely in jest. I just point out some of this stuff as constructive feedback so Matt & Co. can make future products even better. My figure collection is 90% First Legion, so I’m a pretty huge fan.

I share your sentiment on the Kursk SS figures. They look brilliant and I ordered them all. I do wish FL had used Waffen SS camo on the rolled up shelter halves. Looks like the factory mistakenly did the m in splinter camo.

That mounted Roman Legate looks brilliant. I also really like the teenage Volksgrenadier and the Volksgrenadier pulling the ammo crate. Very nice poses on them. The Panzergrenadier with the Panzerfaust and MP-44 looks excellent, really nice face and paint job. H’d look even better without the...

Mastercom, My reply was not intended to be agressive, merely direct and factual. The grey barrels and black muzzle brakes in the picture I post are not waiting to be painted. That is how they left the factory and went into combat: black finished muzzle brakes with grey heat resistant lacquer...

You are quite welcome sir.

Mastercom, You stated "And finally, the muzzle brake of the barrel is not systematically all blackened." Your statement is false. It does not matter to me if you believe me or not. I was attempting to educate the forum on a fact that not many people seem to know. I made no claims they were...

Solid black muzzle brakes did exist. There's plenty of photographic evidence of black muzzle brakes on factory fresh KwK 40 and StuK 40 cannons of Stug IIIs and Panzer IV, especially in the late 1942 to late 1943 timeframe. The black muzzle brakes are usually paired with a cannon barrel finished...

These tariffs are all around stupid on so many levels.

There are a number of German training films on YouTube. Here's one on Panzerjäger and Panzergrenadier tactics in how to seal off and defeat a Russian penetration of the German lines: Here's one for the Panther. Kind of cool at one point it shows a Panther crewman opening the rear turret...