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Work In Progress / Re: SdKfz 250 Light Armoured Halftrack
« on: October 08, 2015, 04:31:37 pm »
It looks great.
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Opel Blitz
« on: October 07, 2015, 03:59:24 pm »
That looks really good.
Excellent idea on the heads as well.
Excellent idea on the heads as well.
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Work In Progress / Re: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - 3D Prototypes 151003
« on: October 06, 2015, 05:01:14 pm »
Any chance we could see a photograph of the underside of the upper hull moulding?
As I was looking at the Osprey modelling book, I was wondering how easy it would be to build the Bergepanzer and infantry gun.
Thanks in advance.
As I was looking at the Osprey modelling book, I was wondering how easy it would be to build the Bergepanzer and infantry gun.
Thanks in advance.
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Work In Progress / Re: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - 3D Prototypes 151003
« on: October 04, 2015, 05:28:24 pm »
I wondered about this when the photos of the prototypes were first put up. According the Doyle and Jentz's Osprey title on the Hetzer, the final version of the idler wheel had 4 holes i.e. it did appear on Hezters.
I was just editing my post having dug out the two Osprey titles on the Hetzer.
My original posting was asking if a G13 could be built from the kit, so I had the only book I had that included the G13, that was then changed to the query on the four hole idler.
As I mentioned above, the US Aberdeen Proving Ground had a four hole example, though it now has an eye watering colour scheme at Fort Lee - see the Surviving link above.
I should also have checked the sprue pictures and the rest of the thread - too distracted by the shiny pictures - which showed the other idler options. Apologies.
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Work In Progress / Re: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - 3D Prototypes 151003
« on: October 04, 2015, 04:22:15 pm »
They look great, I will definitely want a number of them.
I have just been looking at Horst Schubert's book on the Hetzer and G13 (Schiffer Military Volume 27 ISBN 0-88740-238-0) and your excellent 3d renderings. According to the description the Hetzer has twelve and six hole idlers, the four hole idler shown as the late production track unit would appear to be a G13.
The book mentions a G13 at the museum in Munster masquerading as a Hetzer.
That is of course from only one source.
[Edit]
Okay, the Osprey NewVanguard lists five different idlers including four hole - the modelling book has a May 1945 model based on the US Aberdeen proving ground with four holes. The Osprey modelling book mentions seven variants but does not list them.
The Czech uprising example in their museum from May 1945 has six holes, that was liberated from the Skoda factory without a gun.
There do appear to be a lot of G13s about:http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Hetzers_G13.pdf
I have just been looking at Horst Schubert's book on the Hetzer and G13 (Schiffer Military Volume 27 ISBN 0-88740-238-0) and your excellent 3d renderings. According to the description the Hetzer has twelve and six hole idlers, the four hole idler shown as the late production track unit would appear to be a G13.
The book mentions a G13 at the museum in Munster masquerading as a Hetzer.
That is of course from only one source.
[Edit]
Okay, the Osprey NewVanguard lists five different idlers including four hole - the modelling book has a May 1945 model based on the US Aberdeen proving ground with four holes. The Osprey modelling book mentions seven variants but does not list them.
The Czech uprising example in their museum from May 1945 has six holes, that was liberated from the Skoda factory without a gun.
There do appear to be a lot of G13s about:http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Hetzers_G13.pdf
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Work In Progress / Re: Allied Stowage Kit 1
« on: October 04, 2015, 03:43:09 pm »
There are a number of great items there. Individual back packs are useful, building them from scratch is time consuming and requires a great deal of skill. Making bedrolls and tarpaulins from greenstuff is easier than trying to make premade items fit. It also allows you to bed the other items in.
Pinky's suggestions get a thumbs up from me, they would be great for your only British usable model (the Crusader). Additional tools, shovels, picks etc. would be useful, some vehicle crews reportedly bundled their tools in their kit to stop pilferage (and replace moulded in place items).
I would suggest the stacks, with or without tarpaulins might be better as loads and possibly either as resins or a separate set.
I suspect the US infantry back packs are for the M3 rather than the tanks, but would be redundant for me.
Pinky's suggestions get a thumbs up from me, they would be great for your only British usable model (the Crusader). Additional tools, shovels, picks etc. would be useful, some vehicle crews reportedly bundled their tools in their kit to stop pilferage (and replace moulded in place items).
I would suggest the stacks, with or without tarpaulins might be better as loads and possibly either as resins or a separate set.
I suspect the US infantry back packs are for the M3 rather than the tanks, but would be redundant for me.
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Work In Progress / Re: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - 3D Prototypes 151003
« on: October 03, 2015, 06:07:32 am »
That looks great the separate tools are especially good.
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Work In Progress / Re: M10/M36 Tank Destroyer
« on: September 29, 2015, 05:10:30 am »
Excellent, something to scratch the paint work on my Tiger.
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Work In Progress / Re: SdKfz 250 Light Armoured Halftrack
« on: September 24, 2015, 05:07:10 pm »
It looks good. I would have thought the sdkfz 250/9 armoured car would be more popular than the 253.
Will there be an option for the pistol port in the rear door?
The Military Vehicles In Detail 1 book written by Terry Gander (Ian Allan 2003) has a number of drawings and photographs, including views into the Ausf A and Ausf B sdkfz 250/6 hull for those who want to convert it. You will need a large number of ammunition boxes.
Besides its conventional WW2 usage, the sdkfz 253 would make a number Weird War 2 options, such combined with the Stuka zu Fuss launchers (I suspect the hull brackets will need scratch building). Now where are those air filters from the Tiger?
Will there be an option for the pistol port in the rear door?
The Military Vehicles In Detail 1 book written by Terry Gander (Ian Allan 2003) has a number of drawings and photographs, including views into the Ausf A and Ausf B sdkfz 250/6 hull for those who want to convert it. You will need a large number of ammunition boxes.
Besides its conventional WW2 usage, the sdkfz 253 would make a number Weird War 2 options, such combined with the Stuka zu Fuss launchers (I suspect the hull brackets will need scratch building). Now where are those air filters from the Tiger?
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Showcase & Gallery / UVS models: Salute 2021 11/12/2020
« on: September 03, 2015, 04:01:13 pm »
Hi,
This is my first table ready Rubicon kit and my first post.
The vehicle id is based on the Abteitung 508 format, and I think the smoke dischargers are wrong for a late war Tiger.
Oh, and someone has started to clean the first outer wheel, not sure why.
A Crooked Dice William Killen for scale.
Now once I have the German stowage set I can finish the M4A3.
This is my first table ready Rubicon kit and my first post.
The vehicle id is based on the Abteitung 508 format, and I think the smoke dischargers are wrong for a late war Tiger.
Oh, and someone has started to clean the first outer wheel, not sure why.
A Crooked Dice William Killen for scale.
Now once I have the German stowage set I can finish the M4A3.