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  • 20/04/2015 at 10:04 #22618
    Avatar photoRod Robertson
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    Does anybody make Skoda OT 64 APC’s and OT 65 Scout Cars in 15mm scale? I can’t seem to find any manufacturer in this scale. Thanks in advance for any guidance offered.

    Cheers and good gaming.

    Rod Robertson.

    20/04/2015 at 12:53 #22620
    Avatar photoirishserb
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    Don’t know of a source, but I’d love to have the OT-64 in particular.

    20/04/2015 at 16:02 #22631
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    They would come in handy.

    20/04/2015 at 20:25 #22659
    Avatar photoRod Robertson
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    Irishserb and Kyoteblue:

    Someone on another forum told me that QRF makes the older turret less version of the OT-65 Scout Car. Still no leads on the OT-64 APC. I checked QRF out and that is correct.

    Cheers.

    Rod Robertson.

    21/04/2015 at 10:41 #22675
    Avatar photoGeoffQRF
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    Turns out we had one, but it wasn’t great and died…

    So, OT-64A or LAVIII?

    QRF Models Limited
    www.quickreactionforce.co.uk

    21/04/2015 at 13:18 #22683
    Avatar photoRod Robertson
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    Geoff ye cruel b’stard. You’re mak’in me choose? OT-III, LAV-64, SKOTLAVOT? How can I choose? I want both-whaa, whaa, whaa! Please don’t make me choose! Oh, the humanity!

    Cheers (sniff) and (sniff) good (snuffle) gaming (moan).

    A broken (sigh) Rod (teeth grinding) Robertson (baleful look).

    21/04/2015 at 15:06 #22692
    Avatar photoGeoffQRF
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    Sorry…. missed the word ‘first’ off the end 🙂

     

    Awwww…. I’m going to have to try and do both now….

    QRF Models Limited
    www.quickreactionforce.co.uk

    21/04/2015 at 19:05 #22703
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    Hurrah !!!!!

    21/04/2015 at 23:58 #22724
    Avatar photoRod Robertson
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    Geoff:

    Happy, happy, joy, joy! Happy, happy, joy, joy! Happy, happy, joy, joy! Happy, happy, joy, joy! Happy, happy, joy, joy! Happy, happy, joy, joy, joy!

    Well, since you’ve added the word “first”, I think that (despite my shameless lobbying for LAV III’s) there will be a much wider market for OT-64’s especially in light of Flames of War coming out with Cold War rules pretty soon. So, with pain and a real sense of personal loss, I would advise that the smart move would be to make an OT-64 first and perhaps a deck plate and small cupola with an MG and 82mm RCL tube to upgrade your existing OT-65. Then somewhere down the road the LAV III’s and variants including an ASLAV and variants too. Have you considered a modular approach to the LAV/ASLAV line which might make production more easy by using common pieces and then pieces unique to each particular vehicle?

    Cheers and good gaming.

    A Very Happy Rod Robertson.

     

    22/04/2015 at 09:03 #22748
    Avatar photoGeoffQRF
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    The problem with any modular system is that casting is not so precise. Parts cool at different rates depending on thickness and mass, so a modular construction is more likely to encounter fitting problems.

    What we end up having to do is make a semi-modular master, then mould it ‘constructed’ so that we get different master hulls.

    QRF Models Limited
    www.quickreactionforce.co.uk

    22/04/2015 at 11:26 #22754
    Avatar photoRod Robertson
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    Geoff:

    I did not know that about casting!  You learn something new all the time but you would think that after 45 years of wargaming I might have learned that somewhere along the way. Thanks for the education!

    Cheers and good gaming.

    Rod Robertson.

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