My Honey Attacked Me..... (1 Viewer)

[sceic2]

Well don't that make sense. No wonder I could not figure it out. Michael

 

[jazzeum]

Ditto. What was the purpose of the cable?

 

[Chuck Harris]

Ditto. What was the purpose of the cable?

To help pull your tank out when it got STUCK. To pull away heavy road blocks, help put up road blocks and hundreds of other uses.
And you are up late tonight

 

[OzDigger]

To help pull your tank out when it got STUCK. To pull away heavy road blocks, help put up road blocks and hundreds of other uses.
And you are up late tonight

And one of the main 'other uses' was towing wheeled vehicles thru difficult terrain, especially mud.

 

[Eazy]

Unfortunately my Honey was damaged when i opened it. Where the barrel joins the mount on the turret it's cracked and the blue paint has flaked off. This had occured because the barrel had been placed in a stressed position by the foam
It's not too bad but it really attracts my eye now.
Overall though it's a really nice piece and i'm very happy with it but a bit disappointed by the damage.

James

 

[maddadicus]

My barrel had fallen out and someone had spot welded it before shipping ,but it did not take. Since I have a great eye for matching color, I was able to glue it in place and repaint. Other than the weld bump, you cannot tell the defect ,but I know it's there....Michael

 

[jazzeum]

I don't know if we're talking about the same thing but the gun is welded into a plate which then fits into the turret. That plate did not hold when I opened the box but there was no damage and a teeny bit of crazy glue took care of the problem. Other than that no problems and it's perfect.

However, this does illustrate the problems with Figarti vs. King and Country. Almost never any damage for K & C and it reinforces Andy's view that they won't change how they do tanks as other manufacturers experience growing pains. It may not be so much the shipping but the frailty of these tanks.

 

[RWFigarti]

Hi Guys,

I have not disappeared but somehow I cannot access the Treefrog website from Shanghai for the past two weeks. Anyway, I am in Hong Kong right now on business so I am able to enter the forum.

Apologies on the tank barrel on the Honey, we have identified the problem and will fix it on the Free French and Burma version. That said, agree with Brad on fragility of our tanks but in order to have such detail in our products, we make them the way we make them. That said, we will fix the current problems and hope to gain your support in the future as we perfect our products.

Good News!!! All figurines shown at the West Coaster shipped out today to Hobby Bunker and Treefrog so those of you who ordered the VERY limited sets of Honey crew, its on its way. 99 sets in total, all numbered. I hope to get some feedback on the new improved quality on the paint work under the supervison of our newly appointed Chief Colourist. The Free French and Burma Stuarts will be shipped on April 20 as well as the Dick Rossi P-40s.

I will be back in Shanghai in a couple of days and may still have problems accessing Treefrog, Shannon and Pete, if you are reading this, can you check if a firewall was put on your site?

Anyway, I want to thank everyone for your support and please visit our website, we have been updating it every week now.

Rick
RWFigarti

 

[RWFigarti]

Hello Rick! I have to give you my Opinion, although I didn't Buy your HONEY Tank yet? But, I would Agree with Brad, and other N. Africa Collector's, since you're making a Few Tanks, Would you considser to make ITALIAN M-13/40 ---AB-41-ITALIAN AMOURED CAR----SEMOVENTE 40-75/18Self Propelled Tank? Also, A Larger MATILDA II/III Tank,also, MKIII-CRUSADER TANK, and M-3 GRANT TANK, ALL A bIT Larger than 1/32nd Scale Size?

Hi John,

We are looking into our armour vehicle product line and deciding what makes most sense for us to do. If you notice, or ask around, our M3 Stuart tanks in various versions are not simply different paint jobs but we actually re-tool certain parts of the tank because in real life, they are different. You can expect more versions of the M3 in the future. Our Free French and Burma Stuarts will be shipping on April 20.

Rick
RWFigarti

 

[RWFigarti]

I got mine yesterday 9/299 and I really like it. It's the first Figarti piece I have bought I also ordered one of the P40's. I am really starting to like their stuff.

Bill Sager

Thanks Bill for your support, really appreciate it.

Rick
RWFigarti

 

[RWFigarti]

1) The little antenna flags are usually referred to as pennants - just like on a lance in the old days. Various colors, shapes and positions could be used as a unit indicator. I imagine you have to have a reference on your particular unit to see what the practice was.

2) The "new" version of the Stuart is titled as M3A3. It's basically the same guts as the earlier machine in a welded, sloped hull and with a new turret (basically the same as the M5A1's turret). The M3A3 was produced for Lend-Lease, the US military did not employ them. The Free French had quite a few, and they had several versions of unit markings. British forces also used some M3A3s in Normandy and later in Europe some had their 37mm turrets removed and served as tracked recon vehicles.

3) The Stuart was admired by British forces in the desert for its rapid movement and mechanical reliability. It had three major weaknesses; relatively thin, riveted armor, lack of a high explosive projectile, and poor British tactics that allowed the Germans to maximize these weaknesses.

4) Since Mr. Figarti is making the M3A3, maybe we will get an M5A1? This uses the same basic turret as the M3A3, and could use some of the suspension parts. That way we could have a US tank that served from Normandy to the end of the war (although many were replaced with M24s in 1945). How about it, can we have an M5A1?

Gary Binder

Hi Gary,

M5A1? We'll look into it.

Rick
RWFigarti

 

[ivanmoe]

Sorry to dredge this old thread up, but it provides context for a question that I want to ask. I've been lucky enough to acquire the "B3206" version from a forum member. However, its arrived and I want to add a pennant (or two) to the vehicle, in this case a replica of T.28035. Obviously, the choice of pennant(s) will be dependent on who the TC might have been, and what he may have commanded beyond this particular vehicle. As of this writing, all that I know is that it's 4th Armoured Bde vehicle from Nov/Dec 1941. Does anyone know what officer or enlisted man was commanding the vehicle as depicted by Figarti? I was hoping that it might be someone like Alec Gatehouse or Bob Crisp, BTW.

 

[jazzeum]

I don't believe Figarti ever said although an Internet search might reveal the answer.

Even though it's 1/32, the Honeys were some of the best tanks ever made.

 

[ivanmoe]

I don't believe Figarti ever said although an Internet search might reveal the answer.

Even though it's 1/32, the Honeys were some of the best tanks ever made.

The Internet is going to be of limited utility in this case, because vehicles were known to change hands as leaders lost the track that was originally had assigned to them. For instance, I think that Crisp commanded at least five Stuarts before he was wounded and sent to the rear.

Some things that I'm assuming thus far:

Based on the type of AFV, the vehicle is from the 4th Armoured Bde.
Based on the red symbols on the AFV, the vehicle is from the senior Regiment in the Bde, the 8th Hussars.
Based on the square on the side of the turret, the vehicle is from "B" Squadron.

It's not Gatehouse's Honey:

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And in spite of plastic models that indicated otherwise, it's not "Bellman," as that Stuart's SN was T.28037:

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