Digital Sculpts - German Officer in Heer Uniform 200730

[ripley]

 Choice of loaded , unloaded tubes , awesome   

[Rubicon Models]

Painted 3D prototype of the Nebelwerfer with crew. The launcher will come with two barrels - one loaded and one empty.







Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Nice.

I agree with Ripley (et al) on the standing figure.

Good to know about the empty tubes.

[Cat]

I think the loaded barrels look off.  The rocket doesn't sit up in the front end of the tube.  The rockets are much shorter than the tube.  And the back end of the rockets sticks out the back end of the tubes when loaded.

A quick google search for loaded Nebelwerfer turned up this page:
http://www.panzeraufgd.co.uk/nebelwerfer.html

[ultravanillasmurf]

I see what you mean.

[tyroflyer]

Very interesting photo. Should get Rubicon thinking again about the loaded version.

[Cat]

Considering that the crew figures are posed for active loading, I think having the model partially loaded would work best. 

If it was fully loaded, the crew wouldn't be humping heavy rockets around like they are.

If the weapon is mostly loaded, it's ready to fire imminently in the game!

[EarlyWarGamer]

The first few seconds of this vintage video file shows a crew member inserting one rocket into a tube, doing a couple of twists on the part that sticks out the back to seat it properly, and then he steps away. The rest of the video shows rockets being launched.  But those first few seconds of a round being loaded are interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHuOMFZKCo

[Rubicon Models]

We have some of these reference photos and had made changes to the original design.  We will not release something we know is not correct. 

[tyroflyer]

As an alternative to the loaded and unloaded weapon I have a suggestion. If the weapon came as unloaded but with enough individual rockets the modeller could choose whether, or how many, to insert in the back of the tubes.

[ultravanillasmurf]

As an alternative to the loaded and unloaded weapon I have a suggestion. If the weapon came as unloaded but with enough individual rockets the modeller could choose whether, or how many, to insert in the back of the tubes.

Our Gracious Hosts may correct me, but I suspect that actually empty tubes are technically difficult, especially the wall thickness to allow a scale size round to be inserted.

From the example loaded tubes, (which show the end of the round), I would expect the "unloaded" tubes to be blank.

[tyroflyer]

Accept your point UVS. There might be another way to provide the flexibility of a loaded, partially loaded, or empty weapon. Perhaps just the rear end of the rocket that plugs in a socket at the back of the tube. In any event the figure closest to the weapon is obviously not going to be any use for a fully loaded weapon.

[ripley]

I would think ,two part rockets might work , with the rear piece glued into the tube to depict a loaded tube . I noticed on the link Cat posted that the Neb 42 ( the 8 inch version ) had the rockets flush with the rear of the tube when loaded . Having seen Neb 42 pictures labeled as Neb 41 in books might account for Rubicons confusion . I know it had me scratching my head trying to figure it out at first . Guess I really should replace some of my 1970s era WW2 books  Anyone seen a picture of a loaded Neb 41 from the front end , how much of the rocket nose is visible ? Looks to me like the rocket nose is a good 18 inches inside the barrel

[Rubicon Models]

From various sources, you should not be able to see the nose of the rocket in the front.  We have already devised a way to make it work without much changes to our design; so stay tuned!

[Jaeger]

I think having the barrels represented by 3 pieces, a front end with depth to the barrels,  2 rear components: 1 with rockets loaded, the other empty.  The thinness of the barrel could be maintained at the end towards the enemy.
imho