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Trubia light tank and Somua-Naval repaints
I've put repaints of the Trubia light tank and Somua-Naval armoured bus from Pablo Martin on the Landships II website (Landships II).
The repaints are: Don Weeks' grey prototype Trubia. Jesus M. Lopez Bea's two colour Communist forces Trubia Jesus M. Lopez Bea's hypothetical Requete(*) Nationalist forces Somua-Naval Armoured Bus. Pablo also supplied more images of the completed models which I've put on the website Regards, Charlie * - the Requete were well trained and organised shock troops. |
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CharlieC
Do you know what the thing sticking out of the Trubia turret is? It looks like a stroboscopic turret. |
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It certainly could be a stroboscopic cupola although I haven't seen mention of it in the documents I've seen. The Trubia design occurred in the early/mid 1920s when stroboscopic cupolas attracted some interest. If anyone knows for sure please contact me so I can update the article on stroboscopic cupolas on Landships II. For those who don't know what a stroboscopic cupola is - Landships II
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Thanks for making these available, Charlie!
Don |
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And thanks for hosting! Pablo |
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The things I learn. I never knew of a "stroboscopic cupola". Had to look it up.
Darn people making me learn new stuff.
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And at your advanced age too Ray . . . . . .
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Must have been pretty complicated, given that on top of that the two rings on the turret with the guns could also rotate independently.
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The turrets on the FCM Char 2C had a commutator (slip rings) in the centre of the turret floor to feed current to the motor in the cupola and also allow the normal turret rotation.
I'd guess the Trubia also had an internal frame with glass vision blocks since the outer drum doesn't stop bullet splash completely. Regards, Charlie |
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