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IG GENERAL wrote:Try CLASSIC TOY SOLDIERS.COM, who do a nice 1/32 Churchill Crocodile for a mere $12.95. Against FW prices, you could field about 4 squadrons at that price.

No pic, as for some reason it won't upload :(

Whoah. I just checked that site out. Those are quite decent prices for vehicles. If you're not looking for a GW-official army, that'd be a nice cheap place to get chassis to start conversions from. And guns, too.

1/32nd is a little large for 40K, isn't it? 28mm is about 1/48th, iirc?

Anyways, back on-topic: Ridiculously large gun is ridiculously large. It's 40K, whatever. The trailer, fixed gun etc. are all about the historical nod, not about making a killer unit. That's FW for you, and I for one appreciate it. Armies went to war with the gear they had, and only occasionally with the gear they wanted. Things were bodged together even on the national production scale. In this way the object has a narrative inherent in it. that's the brilliance of FW and their books- telling a story, not just making the 40K toys that we want.

Savnock wrote:1/32nd is a little large for 40K, isn't it? 28mm is about 1/48th, iirc?

Depends on the tank, and on what you want it to represent.

1:48 is often a little small, hull-wise, and all of the fittings are too small due to 40K's exagerated proportions. A 1:48 Sherman is a good length and height, but a little narrow, to serve as a Leman Russ stand-in. A 1:48 m113 is a little small for a rhino, although the 1:32 version is far too large.

For tanks to represnet larger 40K vehicles, 1:32 is the way to go.