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[Desertkiwi]

 

[Louis Badolato]

One of the funniest improvised scenes in movie history. Harrison Ford was supposed to fight the Cairo Swordsman with his whip but wasn't feeling well that day. As a joke he pulled his revolver and said "bang!" Spielberg loved it, and movie history was made. In Temple of Doom, they revisited the concept but with an empty gun. I guess Ford was feeling better that day. lol

 

[Woodyskysolo]

For me its a must have. It has to go on this Tanis Secret Airfield diorama Andy and Gordon made for me as a joke when I asked for a desert Axis airfield so I could do a LRDG/SAS Barce Raid scene (they actually removed a block behind the pharoah's head on top and made a hole for the "Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?" lost ark recovery scene at the top rear):
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What a diorama Louis. Absolutely fantastic . Paul

 

[jason foote]

Thats fantastic mate. Thanks for sharing

 

[OzDigger]

Now I just need someone to make that funny looking German plane and the big Afrika Corps sergeant with his shirt off in a boxing pose.

Thomas Gunn produced some similar model planes, could be an opportunity for them to make that aircraft, maybe with Pilot and German mechanic

 

[Louis Badolato]

Thomas Gunn produced some similar model planes, could be an opportunity for them to make that aircraft, maybe with Pilot and German mechanic

Matt,

I'd definitely buy one if they produced it.

 

[WesternOutlaw]

I'd definitely buy one if they produced it.

Me too, classic scene. Lots of opportunities with this sub-theme.

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Just got the Thomas Gunn Newsletter and some great releases,
New FFL artillery piece with crew
Two new German AFV crew
Second version of AFV crew
Professor Jones and one of his Enemies
New Ceremonial sets.
Teaser about a new AFV soon to be released.
Plus back in stock - the ARK of the Covenant - for those who could not find it first time around, well it has always been hard to find!!!!!!!!!!!!
See info on website, will not put in pictures as i know a fellow TFrogger does that, but thought for those who do not receive the newsletter a little peak around the website would be good.

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Hi Barkmann,

Just a wee caveat on the New FFL Artillery piece with crew.....WRONG SCALES.....While the gun garrison is at the TGM standard 1:30 scale the gun BELIVE IT OR NOT is on a most likely 1:35 scale...too small! It seems TGM got a master mold for the gun at 1:35 scale....You can easily see that by a close look and you notice the height of the wheels and they are about the chest height on the standing gunner! Just look at a period picture or sets from other manufacturers and you will automatically see that....It is a pitty......As an artillery fan, I was really looking for its release and got a furstration impact when I actually saw pictures of the set....
Other than that, I did question myself the non standard approach chosen by TGM on the non regulation layout of the gun garrison. Having said that, the gunner and layer would be seated by the gun at the defined seats ( included in the gun as we see by the set pictures)! TGM opted to assume that the officer instructed the garrison to fire from open sights and on a straight tragectory....meaning that the garriosn - short of at least one gunner ( the layer ) must be either on the verge of being overrun or the target is in the open and easily visible for firing on the desperate choice of !!! " guess firing" as no one is using the gun sighting although it is clearly there..... Using only one gunner " standing " maning the gun breach...which is ok as it could be done on a desparate situation, it would be great if they did go the extra mile and added the two seated gunners....Guess they did not do that for the obvious reason that being the gun smaller in scale to the soldiers, he could not figure out how to seat the gunners....
Well, bottom line I will not add this set to my collection due to the crucial and important miss...WRONG SCALE! Would not expect that from TGM....Big blunder!

 

[Barkmann]

Hi Barkmann,

Just a wee caveat on the New FFL Artillery piece with crew.....WRONG SCALES.....While the gun garrison is at the TGM standard 1:30 scale the gun BELIVE IT OR NOT is on a most likely 1:35 scale...too small! It seems TGM got a master mold for the gun at 1:35 scale....You can easily see that by a close look and you notice the height of the wheels and they are about the chest height on the standing gunner! Just look at a period picture or sets from other manufacturers and you will automatically see that....It is a pitty......As an artillery fan, I was really looking for its release and got a furstration impact when I actually saw pictures of the set....
Other than that, I did question myself the non standard approach chosen by TGM on the non regulation layout of the gun garrison. Having said that, the gunner and layer would be seated by the gun at the defined seats ( included in the gun as we see by the set pictures)! TGM opted to assume that the officer instructed the garrison to fire from open sights and on a straight tragectory....meaning that the garriosn - short of at least one gunner ( the layer ) must be either on the verge of being overrun or the target is in the open and easily visible for firing on the desperate choice of !!! " guess firing" as no one is using the gun sighting although it is clearly there..... Using only one gunner " standing " maning the gun breach...which is ok as it could be done on a desparate situation, it would be great if they did go the extra mile and added the two seated gunners....Guess they did not do that for the obvious reason that being the gun smaller in scale to the soldiers, he could not figure out how to seat the gunners....
Well, bottom line I will not add this set to my collection due to the crucial and important miss...WRONG SCALE! Would not expect that from TGM....Big blunder!

Cheers, do not collect FFL myself, just the messenger, have you got one or are you going off the pictures? You do know that people are all not the same size? Scale of figures against vehicle/AFVs is an issue for me, K & C, JJD and TGM tend to make the vehicles not exactly the same scale as the figures. I am not saying you are wrong and i am sure people can do the scale measurement once they have received it. We will have to take a scale measurement. Another thing for me is there is never enough gun crew and or accessories for artillery pieces, such as ammo, unfired and spent shells and ammo boxes.

 

[Gunn Miniatures]

Just a wee caveat on the New FFL Artillery piece with crew.....WRONG SCALES.....While the gun garrison is at the TGM standard 1:30 scale the gun BELIVE IT OR NOT is on a most likely 1:35 scale...too small! It seems TGM got a master mold for the gun at 1:35 scale....You can easily see that by a close look and you notice the height of the wheels and they are about the chest height on the standing gunner! Just look at a period picture or sets from other manufacturers and you will automatically see that....It is a pitty......As an artillery fan, I was really looking for its release and got a furstration impact when I actually saw pictures of the set....
Other than that, I did question myself the non standard approach chosen by TGM on the non regulation layout of the gun garrison. Having said that, the gunner and layer would be seated by the gun at the defined seats ( included in the gun as we see by the set pictures)! TGM opted to assume that the officer instructed the garrison to fire from open sights and on a straight tragectory....meaning that the garriosn - short of at least one gunner ( the layer ) must be either on the verge of being overrun or the target is in the open and easily visible for firing on the desperate choice of !!! " guess firing" as no one is using the gun sighting although it is clearly there..... Using only one gunner " standing " maning the gun breach...which is ok as it could be done on a desparate situation, it would be great if they did go the extra mile and added the two seated gunners....Guess they did not do that for the obvious reason that being the gun smaller in scale to the soldiers, he could not figure out how to seat the gunners....
Well, bottom line I will not add this set to my collection due to the crucial and important miss...WRONG SCALE! Would not expect that from TGM....Big blunder!

Wrong - its not 1/35 scale, its 1/30 scale or very close to it. Admittedly the wheels are a little small by approximately 2mm due to mould shrinkage but then its not the end of the world.
Secondly you have not taken into account the soldiers are on a base which has increased their height by 3mm. The 5mm difference would have brought the wheels up to chest height.
The reason we did not do seated gunners was because the gun support struts were in the way, you can see this below in our photo, and the sculptor advised standing or kneeling crew. Originally this was supposed to be a 3 man set but because we decided to add an additional crew member at the last minute, there was no time for complicated add on crew poses.
As you can see from the 1/35 scale painted model kit next to our 1/30 scale model there is a noticeable size difference in width, height and length.
There are also plenty of photos on the internet where the crew are not seated and as this is only a toy solider set AC we are allowed a degree of flexibility with poses.
Last but not least - this is a desperate situation, this cannon is designed to go with our firing infantry who are about to be overrun by our Arab Berbers, once everything from this release is put into context it will become quite obvious.
Also people in the 1890's were smaller than they are today, except for the FFL of course who were all big muscular lads, much bigger than your average solider, this would also account for the difference in size when you look at these old photos!
Provided we make a WW1 version, we wont be doing seated gunners then either.
If you decide not to buy then its entirely up to you, as the set is 95% sold out we are very happy with the overall result.


Regards Cathy

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Wrong - its not 1/35 scale, its 1/30 scale or very close to it. Admittedly the wheels are a little small by approximately 2mm due to mould shrinkage but then its not the end of the world.
Secondly you have not taken into account the soldiers are on a base which has increased their height by 3mm. The 5mm difference would have brought the wheels up to chest height.
The reason we did not do seated gunners was because the gun support struts were in the way, you can see this below in our photo, and the sculptor advised standing or kneeling crew. Originally this was supposed to be a 3 man set but because we decided to add an additional crew member at the last minute, there was no time for complicated add on crew poses.
As you can see from the 1/35 scale painted model kit next to our 1/30 scale model there is a noticeable size difference in width, height and length.
There are also plenty of photos on the internet where the crew are not seated and as this is only a toy solider set AC we are allowed a degree of flexibility with poses.
Last but not least - this is a desperate situation, this cannon is designed to go with our firing infantry who are about to be overrun by our Arab Berbers, once everything from this release is put into context it will become quite obvious.
Provided we make a WW1 version, we wont be doing seated gunners then either.
If you decide not to buy then its entirely up to you, as the set is 95% sold out we are very happy with the overall result.


Regards Cathy

Hi Cathy, Not sure how much interaction you may have had with artillery pieces on a 1:1 scale, just the comment you made on the wheels and the variance of 2mm when recalculated to a 1:1 ratio and what that really means on actual dimensions shows that more contact with the real 1:1 model would help.. Guess pictures talk by themselves...See what I mean...See pictures of the real stuff, and then pictures from manufacturers such as the ones attached...Guess you can see I take French Foreign Legion and Artillery pretty close to heart and am picky as to scale and historical accuracy.....

 

[Artillery_crazy]

A few more pictures.....Not to mention that you have the opening of the breach leaver on the wrong position, it opens from the opposite side ( see that clearly on the picture on my previous post entitled 75 in USA - Showing the correct position of the gunner opening the breach leaver....) In your model you have the breach leaver closed but the handle is postioned on the wrong side...Opss another homework miss......

 

[Artillery_crazy]

See, your breach opening .......

 

[Combat]

Hard to believe but I just recently watched the original "Indiana Jones" movie for the first time last week.

 

[Gunn Miniatures]

A few more pictures.....Not to mention that you have the opening of the breach leaver on the wrong position, it opens from the opposite side ( see that clearly on the picture on my previous post entitled 75 in USA - Showing the correct position of the gunner opening the breach leaver....) In your model you have the breach leaver closed but the handle is postioned on the wrong side...Opss another homework miss......

Thanks for the pics AC, regardless you are still wrong when you say its 1/35 scale - its clearly not when you compare our 1/30 model next to the 1/35 scale sample picture I posted. Ref the breech opening handle, not sure anybody else will care but once again thanks for the info, which i will put into file 13.
You were also wrong about why we went for standing figures as opposed to seated. You probably need a little more interaction as a manufacturer of TS to fathom the intricacies.
As for interaction with 1:1 pieces I have had plenty, my grandfather worked at the Tower of London for many years and is now in the Chelsea Pensioners Royal Hospital, there are hundreds of artillery pieces in those 2 locations. I spent many a Sunday afternoon once the Tower had closed climbing over all the artillery on display. There are no 1897 75mm French cannons there that I know of, but they all do the same thing - point barrel at the enemy and blast away - or did I get that part wrong? See I did my homework there!
Regards Cathy

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Thanks for the pics AC, regardless you are still wrong when you say its 1/35 scale - its clearly not when you compare our 1/30 model next to the 1/35 scale sample picture I posted. Ref the breech opening handle, not sure anybody else will care but once again thanks for the info, which i will put into file 13.
As for interaction with 1:1 pieces I have had plenty, my grandfather worked at the Tower of London for many years and is now in the Chelsea Pensioners Royal Hospital, there are hundreds of artillery pieces in those 2 locations. I spent many a Sunday afternoon once the Tower had closed climbing over all the artillery on display. There are no 1897 75mm French cannons there that I know of, but they all do the same thing - point barrel at the enemy and blast away - or did I get that part wrong?

Hi! Thanks for the note...Yes! the part as to where to point the barrel, thanks God, you got that right...Yes! at the Tower you will not see any sample of the 1897 75mm quick fire gun...but you will see one at the Armoury Museum! As to the scale...well I can only say that if it is not 1:35, it is something other than the same scale as the garrison......The samples of picutres prove that...As you can see, W Britians, K&C, Superior Models, International Armies ( in NZ ) and even Atlas were able to come up with an artillery piece that was acurately scaled to the garrison...pitty the TGM team missed that opportunity....All the best, on the set release and wish others may not be as scale and historically picky as I am.....
Having said that! Keep up with the great job...I really like your WW2 German Heer series......

 

[OzDigger]

The model looks larger than 1/35 scale, and good enough accuracy for purpose. I think some of you artillery guys are sometimes OTT with your needs for accuracy, e.g. if required number of crew were made, the set would be too expensive.

 

[Gunn Miniatures]

MLB013 Gestapo and MLB018 Professor Jones now sold out this end please note, FFL artillery also running low. The FFL officer and Bugler from the previous release have also sold out, we will be reissuing these as a B version with some alterations so that nobody misses out.

 

[Horus]

Really looking forward to seeing some Indiana Jones dioramas, whether they be true to movie or ones just having fun with the theme.
Some of the poses of Arabs from LoA / FFL ranges will fit right in !

 

[Artillery_crazy]

The model looks larger than 1/35 scale, and good enough accuracy for purpose. I think some of you artillery guys are sometimes OTT with your needs for accuracy, e.g. if required number of crew were made, the set would be too expensive.

Hi OzDigger, I would expect TGM ,as they do in other instances, do like W Britains has done to the recent 88, and provide additional garrison figure offerings....and the customer can either purchase them to be as close as possible of the original setting of a working gun or not...hence the economics/expensive part of the equasion, so mentioned by you is addressed... as to the accuracy...if you are going to cough out over $200 hard earned cash on a collectors item and not just a kids toy , you would expect some attention to reality..not sure if you have ever seen a 75 up close!! I have!!!Which lead me expose the contraption to those that are not as versed on the matter so they may chose to buy the offering or not...Personally I was very upset with what has been offered...check the pictures and then look a the TG offering..the gun looks more like the size of a mountain gun than an actual field gun...But then if you are not a collector looking for accuracy and historically precise reprodutions.... go ahead and buy the set.....all I can say is that TG had a great opportunity to nail a great new set and missed it due to some cutting corner move...the excuse that it was 2mm different is the type of excuse of someone that does not know their math and the effect of scale and ratio .....were they willing to get it right they would have stopped the project at inception and made the necessary corrections to have the artillery piece alinged with the garrison scale.....the provided explanations as to the varaince in scale is a very unfortunate way of trying to cover up for a blunder....which other scale model manufacturer in the recent high scale industry has come up and offered a disfunctional set as this one....?