German AA/AT Guns - 3.7cm FlaK 43 TS2 Painted 190323

[tyroflyer]

Unconfirmed source suggests it was a one of a kind field conversion with 19 Panzer Division, Bohemia April 1945. Therefore not total fantasy. Does make me wonder if Lady Penelope's roller is on the drawing board.

[somtec]

i know nothing about panzer ivs or 88mm flak guns but here are a few pics  of 1 maybe 2
http://en.valka.cz/topic/view/37107/88-cm-Flak-36-auf-Pz-Kpfw-IV
google translates well into english

[ultravanillasmurf]

And some more, in French.[urlhttp://www.materielsterrestres39-45.fr/fr/index.php/chars-de-l-axe-allemagne/227-les-bricolages/600-flak-88-mm-sur-chassis-de-panzer-iv][/url]

I have worked out what was wrong with the Panzer I, no rear idler wheel.

The photographs look like they were taken in a junk yard post war (US helmet on one person in a photograph, civilian sitting in another).

There are some highly dubious photographs out there, an 88 with shield on a T34, something that looks like a Rheintochter launcher...

[ripley]

The T-34 / 88 picture was shown to be a fake on Missing -Lynx . Both the gun with crewman and the tank with crew on the ground photos were shown side by side  , nice photo shop though , There's a neat one of a 20mm flak in the back of a Schimmelwagen , neat but fake  . In the pictures somtec posted , I think the gun on the left behind the 234 is probably a Hummel , notice the armored upper hull . From a  distance , a  front view of  the Hummel's 150mm gun in elevation looks like  a 88. Al lsorts of weird and wonderful ( for kitbashers ) one off type of vehicles found in the junk yard pictures taken after the war . Seen grainy pictures of a  251 with a French H-35 turret mounted on it , now wether it was a real conversion or just stacking a turret on the hull of a damaged 251 , don't knew , but it looks cool .

[Jaeger]

I saw those pictures of the 88 on a Pzkw IV in Panzerwrecks.  I'd have to page through them to tell you which one.
It would be a fun kit to have.

[Rubicon Models]

Going back to our main topic regarding the 88mm FlaK 36/37 AA/AT Gun...
Here are the proposed product specifications:







Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Nice.

Are you doing a DAK crew?

[somtec]

looks good

[H0ffmn]

A dedicated DAK crew would be great!
   So would a crew in greatcoats...
And a crew in service shirts,  the list could go on and on.

[H0ffmn]

 You could make multi-part figures, which they will be, and add additional arms with the sleeves rolled up, along with regular sleeved arms.And if you made the torsos  in the German M-36 tunic with open collar, you would have a set for North Africa, Western and the Eastern fronts.

[ripley]

Great looking gun ,and  we all want one but with our own particular crew . I'm partial to a crew Hitler Youth Girls myself  ( seen some nice 1/48 pewter ones by Aurora IRC ) ) for a Berlin 45 dio  . But seriously , maybe Rubicon should release a 2 or 3 sprue multi  arm of service gun crew . I can't see rolled sleeves , great coats or bundled up winter figures  all in the gun kit box . Not to mention we're going to need the same kind of seated figures for the tow vehicle right guys ?    

I was wrong , they are 1/35 , damm

[H0ffmn]

My last post was pertaining to a generic gun crew which could be used on all fronts, not including crews in greatcoats and or parkas all in one box.

[Pinky]

I was wrong , they are 1/35 , damm

Girls und Flakgun, eh Ripley?  I'm sure those miniskirts are entirely accurate...

I'd like a crew in greatcoat and a DAK crew, but obviously Rubicon can't satisfy everyone.  This is going to be a popular model.

[ultravanillasmurf]

@Ripley: /http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/product/female-minions
Maybe you can convert the above?

[ultravanillasmurf]

Actually rolled and unrolled sleeves would work for DAK and Russian summer.

Russian winter however...