Olivier Carneau takes a look at an Azimut conversion for the Hobby Boss EBR-11 to build it for the period of the French war in Algeria.

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Thanks!

@Olivier : Hard but fair. Real review as I like them.

Isn't there a typo at the end? In the conclusion you write :




Shouldn't it be instead :




Cheers,

Christophe


PS : also the word "carving" seems a bit strange. Maybe "sculpt"?

Thanks Darren for proceeding the review.

Bonjour Christophe,
I still have to learn my English

Well I think the way I wrote the conclusion may be confusing.

The MAC31 is disappointing but acceptable. But this is more because you have no other choice for the moment even if ETS35 via Shapeways could fill the gap. A finer MG would have been appreciated of course.

I'll check the meaning of carving, I thought it meant gravure.
Enjoy this last day of 2014.

Olivier

I have altered the text as indicated.

Wow, that was quick Darren ! Thanks a lot.

Olivier

Carving usually refers to shaping wood in the UK, did you mean 'engrave'?

I too like "Hard but fair".
I hope all reviews will tell me the best reasons to spend my money. AND the reasons I'll end-up feeling "at a loss" for spending my money.

BTW: As an artist...I like the use of "gravure" (~English: etching) .. I am reminded of 'fine lines' of distinction and/or cut. ((Most in USA are not familiar with an ORIGINAL gravure; although they have seen reproductions of the image. The closest thing is the feel/look of a freshly minted bill. $ .. but we don't really take that 'Fine Quality' into daily conversation. As a culture - we tend to.. "Blue Light Special" ... ) .. but the attention to detail that modelers bring to the conversation..... Ahhhh... THAT is why I am here. :-)

Cheers!

Oliver, you conclude with:

"It would have been better to only release the 75 mm gun and the MG mount and detail a bit more the MAC 31 itself. The turret itself is definitely not a must-have."

Does this mean that the turret from the EBR-11 would be acceptable for a 75mm version, so long as a new 75mm main gun was used? Can the tube from the EBR-10 be used as a replacement? (Just the gun, not the turret, of course.)

Thx,
KL

Thanks Darren. Engrave is definitely the right word.

Kurt, the HB turret is correct. You'll only have to modify it a bit as it is designed to be depicted with the dust cover. So the trunion is missing on the base part.
The notches to install the rear basket must be filled but this is not a big deal.

For my build, I'll try to match the HB oscillating part and the Azimut base.

Edit: didn't see the last part of your question. I think the 75mm gun of the FL 10 turret would be usable. It'll only need to check the length of both barrels. I haven't do it myself so far.

Olivier