[ChairmanMilo]

I will be purchasing the Dutch Centurion and the whitewashed M10.

I certainly hope the whitewash works out! I don't believe they've tried one on any of their AFVs yet...

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Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series
HG3504 - Centurion Mk. 5/2, Royal Netherlands Army
Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series HG3504 Centurion Mk. 5/2 tank, Royal Netherlands Army


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HG3505 - Centurion Mk. 5/2, Royal Danish Army
Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series HG3505 Centurion Mk. 5/2 tank Royal Danish Army


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HG3406 - M10, 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Belgium, January 1945
Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series HG3406, M10, 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Belgium, January 1945


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HG3407 - M10, 773rd Tank Destroyer, ROC Army
Jinmen Island, 1958
Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series HG3407, M10, Tank Destroyer , ROC Army, Jimen Island, 1958

[Berkut76]

A pass for me on all 4. Where the hell are my Israeli and South African Centurions?

[PickMattock]

I wish the 773rd M10 had the 'duckbill' counterweight...I hope the final diecast does. (And we know they have it because they put it on their Achilles...So, no excuses!)

I'm also interested in the final paint effect. HM has done winter whitewash before on models "HG3004 - Russian KV-2, Kalinin Front, Russia 1942" and "HG3103 - Cromwell Mk.IV, King's Own Hussars, 7th Armoured Division, "Operation Blackcock", Jan. 1945," but the 773rd's vehicles were not uniformly whitewashed. Lines of olive drab were left to represent trees. I hope the finished product actually has the vertical streaks, making the model both accurate and sexy. *fingers crossed*

(BTW HM, if you have an M36 in the works, please, pretty please...with cherry on top, don't call it a "Jackson". I wouldn't want to have to scratch the mythical name off the base.)

[Kubikali]

AND a Dutch tank..!
Would be a first too...

[ChairmanMilo]

Originally Posted by Berkut76

A pass for me on all 4. Where the hell are my Israeli and South African Centurions?

Easy man. How about some patience? The Centurion was just released a couple of months ago for crying out loud.

[Paladin18]

Thanks for the heads up, Chairman. I'll be getting the Centurions too but will see how the whitewashed M10 turns out first.

[PickMattock]

While looking like the earlier type at first glance, when I reexamined the shape of the turret and counterweight it looked like it was in fact the late “duckbill” type…But the duckbill overhang part has been clipped off the illustration. I’m not sure what that means…

Anyway, here’s a good representation of what the finish should look like:

*From Zaloga's "US Tank Destroyers in Combat 1941-1945" for discussion purposes only.

I wonder why HM deleted the grouser stowage racks?

[forcerecon85]

Originally Posted by Berkut76

A pass for me on all 4. Where the hell are my Israeli and South African Centurions?

Speaking of Israel Centurions one of my friends and retired Canadian peacekeeper said he watched 3 Centurions take on 3 brigades of Egyptian T-62's and win. I'd love to pick up one of those Centurions!

[Berkut76]

Originally Posted by forcerecon85

Speaking of Israel Centurions one of my friends and retired Canadian peacekeeper said he watched 3 Centurions take on 3 brigades of Egyptian T-62's and win. I'd love to pick up one of those Centurions!

That is an overblown estimation, but I believe that during Yom Kippur war the kill ratio in armor vs. armor engagements was 12:1 in favor of Israelis. Most of the accounts of the opening hours of the war on the Syrian front indicate that few in number Israeli crews didn't have to take aim to hit something.

Furthermore, the skill of IDF tankers manifested itself during night fighting when Isreali Centurions, Super Shermans, and captured T-55s from the Six Day War inflicted heavy casulaties on Syrian armor during night fighting relying on flares only, unlike Syrians, whose T-62s and most of T-55s had night vision equipment.

Regards,

Sergey

[mikeb1958]

I like the whitewashed M-10 but the rest of the M-10s are boring. How about a Bumbar!