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I also googled 1/72 scale tanks and obviously I googled wrong because I couldn't find dimensions for anything lol Only a few FW are made by GW in plastic. The Shadowsword (the one you want) and the baneblade come to mind. However, a quick FW site visit shows that the baneblade is no longer made in resin. If you still want to go FW I would advise waiting and buy at a GamesDay event if you can. You pay that day and walk out that day with the model. The cost is the same but you dont have to wait for shipping.3eland wrote:I did not know GW made a plastic version of the FW models, thanks for that!
I appreciate the information! ThanksH W Raney wrote:3eland,
For a 3rd party "close to", you might want to look into the WW2 tank hunters such as the German Jagd Tiger, German Elefant, Russian SU-122 or the late war superheavy German Maus. They're similar in configuration to the GW Apoc. Considering that the Imperial superheavies are supposed to displace 100s of tons and be as large as a very roomy house, you might investigate the previously mentioned in the 1/48 scale (railroad O scale). I believe Tamiya and AFV Club (?) have models in that scale. If 1/48 seems a bit small, the next up is 1/35 with a wider range of models available.
Naturally, you'll be needing to tweak them quite a bit to get that GW overgunned WW1 feel but that's what the bits box is for.
Good luck and have fun with it.
A later PS - dug around a bit and according to the Warseer website, a 40K Baneblade measures 9.5 ins long and 7.5 ins wide (including the sponsons). A 1/35 Jagd Tiger goes about 12 ins long (which includes a very long barrel) by 4.3 ins wide. Might give you an idea as to scales and sizes.
