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WBritain

WBritain

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Hi there,
I posted another view of this new model on our Facebook page when I returned from the UK. It features a C-N-C turned aluminum barrel, detailed turret, two man crew and detailed stowage. The M10 will be offered during the first quarter of 2024, after our M3A1 Halftrack (late December), M18 (January) and 40mm Bofors Gun are released. The three new infantry figures will be available in December. A couple other Allied vehicles are currently being finished and Jef and I are sculpting the final details such as stowage and figures for these now. 2024 is now looking to have a good number of vehicles to support the figures being released throughout the upcoming year. I will be posting some other views of this new M10 Gun Motor Carriage on our Facebook page later this week.
All the best, Ken Osen
 

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Quite the surprise, particularly with First Legion also releasing an M10 in the coming weeks! The Britains model looks fantastic and seems a welcome addition for those of us desiring to see more Allied armor. More to look forward to 😎
 
As promised here are a few other views of the new M10 Gun Motor Carriage that we will be offering during the First Quarter of 2024. It will be listed on our website after the holidays for preorders. The front driver’s hatch opens and will accept the partial driver in our tank crew add-on set. The rear stowage is removable so you can customize it with components from our U.S. armor accessory set. Both of these sets are currently in stock.
And there is more coming in 2024 for the big “Push into Germany”…
 

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An M10 rolls by a supporting M4A3 (75) in a small village as the Allies close in on the borders of Germany…
Ken
 

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Yes, that is a very well executed M10.
Just the right amount of stowage, (they piled tanks high with gear and supplies as the US tanks could go far
and range wide due to reliability and speed).
 
I’m looking forward to this release. I’ve been very impressed with the WB vehicles I’ve gotten so far.
 
M10

Here is another diorama I built on an aluminum cake decorating pedestal that I primed and painted olive drab. This diorama features the new M10 Tank Destroyer that is due in-stock by early April this year. I love the new vehicle and we loaded it up with period correct stowage and included two crewman. I decide to stage it as though it was entering Germany with infantry support so I could feature some of our newer infantry in combat poses. To divide the scene on this revolving display I used a ruined house that I patterned for production years ago when W. Britain was still owned by First Gear. The original concept was to offer this as a modular building so additional sections could be produced to build a larger structure, but it was never pursued. I still had a mold master and one production sample in my own collection, so I decided to detail out the sample I had and use it for this diorama. For those of you that may be familiar with the original item, you can see that I finished the left side of the front door entrance and extended the wall future to the left. I also simulated the ceiling and roof framing and added more debris to blend it into the edges. This was important because in order to make room for the M10 at the front of the building I needed to remove the rear corner of the original casting so it fit the top of the pedestal. I was running pretty short on time before the show, so I did not detail the interior the way I wanted to. I think it would may looked even better if I had put up some wallpaper on the interior walls and built a shattered china cabinet in the corner. Maybe I can do that on a larger diorama in the future, but like I have said on other displays I have built, you also need to know when to stop messing with things so your can move on to another project. I suppose that is the downside of doing this kind of thing as part of your “Day Job” rather than as a hobby to get away from your normal work routine. Even though there are more figures packed onto this small footprint that there probably should be, it is not as obvious because of the way the building ruin divided the scene. As soon as the M10s arrive I plan on building another diorama… perhaps with a larger section of a village. These photos should give you a pretty good idea of the detailing we have included on this iconic WWII U.S. Tank Destroyer.
 

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WBritain said:
M10

Here is another diorama I built on an aluminum cake decorating pedestal that I primed and painted olive drab. This diorama features the new M10 Tank Destroyer that is due in-stock by early April this year. I love the new vehicle and we loaded it up with period correct stowage and included two crewman. I decide to stage it as though it was entering Germany with infantry support so I could feature some of our newer infantry in combat poses. To divide the scene on this revolving display I used a ruined house that I patterned for production years ago when W. Britain was still owned by First Gear. The original concept was to offer this as a modular building so additional sections could be produced to build a larger structure, but it was never pursued. I still had a mold master and one production sample in my own collection, so I decided to detail out the sample I had and use it for this diorama. For those of you that may be familiar with the original item, you can see that I finished the left side of the front door entrance and extended the wall future to the left. I also simulated the ceiling and roof framing and added more debris to blend it into the edges. This was important because in order to make room for the M10 at the front of the building I needed to remove the rear corner of the original casting so it fit the top of the pedestal. I was running pretty short on time before the show, so I did not detail the interior the way I wanted to. I think it would may looked even better if I had put up some wallpaper on the interior walls and built a shattered china cabinet in the corner. Maybe I can do that on a larger diorama in the future, but like I have said on other displays I have built, you also need to know when to stop messing with things so your can move on to another project. I suppose that is the downside of doing this kind of thing as part of your “Day Job” rather than as a hobby to get away from your normal work routine. Even though there are more figures packed onto this small footprint that there probably should be, it is not as obvious because of the way the building ruin divided the scene. As soon as the M10s arrive I plan on building another diorama… perhaps with a larger section of a village. These photos should give you a pretty good idea of the detailing we have included on this iconic WWII U.S. Tank Destroyer.
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Ken,

If this diorama is still available, I'd love to buy it for Alec. Let me know.
 
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