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Monday, May 29, 2017

Assyrian Thunder

The third of four new Assyrian Heavy Chariots rumbles forth to battle!


Like the others before it, this is Hinchliffe 25mm model.


this time the color scheme is a medium blue tending towards Turquoise, and off white. 


Dental floss reins painted off white adorn the model once again. 

A rear view shows the four man crew figures better. 


An interesting short video on the Assyrian military. 
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16 comments:

  1. PrufrockMay 29, 2017 at 8:26 PM

    "Booooorn to be wii-i-i-i-ild..."

    I really like the colour scheme on that. Very nice!

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    1. Jonathan FreitagMay 29, 2017 at 8:53 PM

      I like the blue/white motif too!

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    2. GonsalvoMay 29, 2017 at 9:54 PM

      Assyria meets Steppenwolf, LOL!
      Kinda fits though:

      I like smoke and lightning
      Heavy metal thunder
      Racin' with the wind
      And the feelin' that I'm under...

      (maybe 6 feet under in this case!)

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  2. Jonathan FreitagMay 29, 2017 at 8:49 PM

    Another fine model! The Hinchliffe cabs are quite roomy for four, are they not? The Foundry cabs have four guys tightly packed.

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    1. GonsalvoMay 29, 2017 at 9:43 PM

      Despite appearances, the 4 crew figures just barely fit in the cab. The floor of the cab has holes in where pegs on the feet of the crew go. When I did my first set of 4 of these chariots, 40 (!) years ago, even with that I couldn't figure out how exactly how they were meant to go, so i just cut off the pegs and glued them in as best I could. The end results is only slightly different from these after all.

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  3. DartfrogMay 29, 2017 at 10:37 PM

    Another great piece. I agree with Jon, the cab at least looks quite roomy. Does it classify as a crew cab or a king cab?

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  4. PhilMay 30, 2017 at 2:08 AM

    What a wonderful addition, great job!

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  5. caveadsum1471May 30, 2017 at 5:51 AM

    Great looking chariot, nice colour scheme and I like the rope (?)on the wheels.
    Best Iain

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    1. GonsalvoMay 30, 2017 at 6:43 AM

      Thanks, Iain; yes those are roped holding the massive outer wheels to the spoked inner wheels.

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  6. Sgt SteinerMay 30, 2017 at 6:19 PM

    Best use of dental floss ever :-)

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  7. Lawrence HJune 2, 2017 at 6:43 PM

    These Hinchliffe models do look suitably heavy. I'd hate to be caught in the open with one of these bearing down on me.

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    1. GonsalvoJune 2, 2017 at 7:54 PM

      I think that was exactly the point - at least as much "terror weapon" as punch!

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