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[Edbert]

I've got to do a little research just to make sure that the two vehicles were ever together on the battlefield but I'd like to put this into a field workshop diorama with a Panzer IV.

One thing I've concluded after reading many 1st person accounts of German armored warfare in WWII (mostly Eastern Front) was the universal talk about their "prime movers". Not much description of the vehicles, just their use and importance to the tankers. I always assumed they were those big halftracks, the BIG ones not the IFVs, I've seen models of them with quad-20mm flaks before.

Often vehicles were towed to behind line repair facilities but definitely not always, I can see the need and use of mobile units for sure.

EDIT: Here's what I mean, towing a Tiger-I that is missing some road-wheels...

I thought there were two of them towing it, but hard to make out a tow-bar in between the movers so I am not sure. I think a diorama with all three wehicles would be cool, but it would also be huge and busy, so probably not a good idea.

 

[128mm Tank Killer]

One thing I've concluded after reading many 1st person accounts of German armored warfare in WWII (mostly Eastern Front) was the universal talk about their "prime movers". Not much description of the vehicles, just their use and importance to the tankers. I always assumed they were those big halftracks, the BIG ones not the IFVs, I've seen models of them with quad-20mm flaks before.

Often vehicles were towed to behind line repair facilities but definitely not always, I can see the need and use of mobile units for sure.

EDIT: Here's what I mean, towing a Tiger-I that is missing some road-wheels...
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I thought there were two of them towing it, but hard to make out a tow-bar in between the movers so I am not sure. I think a diorama with all three wehicles would be cool, but it would also be huge and busy, so probably not a good idea.

As far as a diorama goes, I've worked with 1/72 scale and that would not be too much on huge and busy.

 

[Jakko]

I always assumed they were those big halftracks, the BIG ones not the IFVs, I've seen models of them with quad-20mm flaks before.

The ones with 20 mm Flakvierlings are the medium-size halftracks, the Sd.Kfz. 7 with seven tonnes of pulling power. Even those are the size of a tank The ones in your photo are Sd.Kfz. 9s, eightteen-tonners. You can just make out a tow cable between the front and rear halftracks in the photo you posted, and here's one from the other side that proves it:

I found that in Spielberger's Die Halbkettenfahrzeuge des deutschen Heeres 1909-1945 (Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1984; ISBN 3-87943-403-4) when looking up the Sd.Kfz. 9 to make sure I got the number right, since I tend to confuse them for most of these halftracks except the 2, 7 and 10

Oh, and if you think this makes a big diorama, they also used three when the tank was really stuck.

 

[Pantherman]

This just accidentally weighed anchor in my stash, I have no idea how it could have got there....... well maybe a slight inkling perhaps, possibly. Pantherman

 

[BarleyBop]

accidentally weighed anchor

... just for a little shore leave and R&R?

 

[mustang1989]

This just accidentally weighed anchor in my stash, I have no idea how it could have got there....... well maybe a slight inkling perhaps, possibly. Pantherman

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WOW!! Now THAT outta be a fun build to watch. Gonna land on your bench any time soon?

 

[Edbert]

This just accidentally weighed anchor in my stash

That would be representing GW1, lots of updates since she was initially built.

 

[Pantherman]

WOW!! Now THAT outta be a fun build to watch. Gonna land on your bench any time soon?

Got to save up for the Pontos advanced extras kit at £230.

Plus I really want to concentrate on the 1/200 bismarck which will probably take the rest of this year.

Looking at maybe a Xmas and 2027 build I think. Pantherman

 

[Jantk14]

This just accidentally weighed anchor in my stash, I have no idea how it could have got there....... well maybe a slight inkling perhaps, possibly. Pantherman

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Nice! One of these days I'm going to build another ship at 1/350. I built the New Jersey that got me seriously into the hobby about a year ago. Problem is I have zero room for big ships. But I have been eyeing the Tamiya Yamato for awhile

 

[Pantherman]

Nice! One of these days I'm going to build another ship at 1/350. I built the New Jersey that got me seriously into the hobby about a year ago. Problem is I have zero room for big ships. But I have been eyeing the Tamiya Yamato for awhileView attachment 186724

The Tamiya yamoto or the hood were my next ship to acquire. Pantherman.

 

[Jantk14]

As my 13 year old son says, battleships are cool.

 

[Marauder1981]

That's a beautiful kit. Can't wait to see the build. This is tiny in comparison but I feel fortunate to have them. I was quite disappointed when Accurate Armour closed up shop. I'm fascinated by The Troubles and have big plans for these kits in a street diorama. Discovered in an obscure shop in New Hampshire of all places.

 

[BarleyBop]

Accurate Armour

Those look like great kits. Call it dumb luck, but when I got back into the addiction and decided on soft skin north African vehicles, AA had so many kits and accessories that fit the bill, it became an instant fave, if somewhat pricey...
The combination of interesting subjects, nicely detailed and researched kits, the mix of resin, PE and wire also introduced me to aspects of scratch building I wouldn't have known if I'd stuck to more traditional styrene outfits like Tamiya and the like.
It was fun just to browse their website!

 

[Marauder1981]

Those look like great kits. Call it dumb luck, but when I got back into the addiction and decided on soft skin north African vehicles, AA had so many kits and accessories that fit the bill, it became an instant fave, if somewhat pricey...
The combination of interesting subjects, nicely detailed and researched kits, the mix of resin, PE and wire also introduced me to aspects of scratch building I wouldn't have known if I'd stuck to more traditional styrene outfits like Tamiya and the like.
It was fun just to browse their website!

"when I got back into the addiction..." LMAO, ain't it the truth!

 

[Edbert]

"when I got back into the addiction..." LMAO, ain't it the truth!

Looking back I think this (2024 for me) is actually the 2nd maybe 3rd time.

I built as a kid (think most of us did) then again as a teen until girls and cars captured my interest, then again around age 30-ish as life (and wife and kids and mortgage) stabiized.

But now I am in the last years of a long career, kinda coasting with work, the kids are gone, occasional visits from grandkids...but I'm building for my own interests/reasons now.

 

[Marauder1981]

Looking back I think this (2024 for me) is actually the 2nd maybe 3rd time.

I built as a kid (think most of us did) then again as a teen until girls and cars captured my interest, then again around age 30-ish as life (and wife and kids and mortgage) stabiized.

But now I am in the last years of a long career, kinda coasting with work, the kids are gone, occasional visits from grandkids...but I'm building for my own interests/reasons now.

Very similar circumstance. It is almost painfully ironic to come so full circle after 60+ years. Here's to our wonderful and intoxicating hobby/passion...addiction!

 

[Ron2]

I picked these kits up today for $100. 12 kits. Not interested in all of them but always good to practice on. I just did a b24 so this one I think I'm going to sand off the raised rivets and lines and try my hand at scribing and making rivets. Anyone recommend a rivet making tool? Also I'm not familiar with the brand of the B17 but it came with a nice poster.

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice haul!

 

[Ron2]

Nice haul!

Thanks. I can't figure out the brand for the B17. Simple kit wonder if it's an academy repackage. I may try to knock that one out this weekend- wife's on call all weekend!

 

[Jakko]

I can't figure out the brand for the B17

It's Lindberg, like it says on the box This is an ancient American manufacturer, who keep releasing the same outdated kits in odd, no-longer-common scales, like 1:64 for this B-17. That particular release seems to be from 2015 but the actual kit dates back to 1956 …

 

[Ron2]

It's Lindberg, like it says on the box This is an ancient American manufacturer, who keep releasing the same outdated kits in odd, no-longer-common scales, like 1:64 for this B-17. That particular release seems to be from 2015 but the actual kit dates back to 1956 …

I thought that was referring to the edition. I would guess these sprues came from 1956! It is a 1/64 kit.

 

[BarleyBop]

1956

Wow.
I say that because I distinctly remember when most of our toys started being made of plastic, were 'made in Japan', and even as six year olds we'd say "cheap"; the toy box still had items made of tin and wood.
Those were the mid sixties, and we thought teenagers had lost their collective minds, and we'd chat excitedly about the latest newsreel about the 747!

 

[Ron2]

Wow.
I say that because I distinctly remember when most of our toys started being made of plastic, were 'made in Japan', and even as six year olds we'd say "cheap"; the toy box still had items made of tin and wood.
Those were the mid sixties, and we thought teenagers had lost their collective minds, and we'd chat excitedly about the latest newsreel about the 747!

I grew up with plastic but did have an erector set with motors. That was a lot of fun.

 

[kevin]

Lincoln Logs were an early favorite of mine...... born in 1967.

 

[BarleyBop]

 

[Bob T]

Lincoln Logs were an early favorite of mine...... born in 1967.

Ah, a youngster...

 

[Edbert]

Erector sets, the metal ones continued into the late 1970s. Lincoln Logs were wood, but had plastic parts too. Tonka trucks were all steel, and soon rusted for those of us who grew up in the south, within 100 miles of the Gulf of America. "Tinkertoys" were all wood.

 

[Ron2]

Ah, a youngster...

Oh yeah-Lincoln logs! These were all toys that made you think and create.

 

[Jakko]

erector set

I had to look that up. It seems like an equivalent to Meccano, which I played with a little when I was young because my father had it from when he was young. But Lego, including Technic, is more my generation

And that reminds me that at the model show I went to a couple of months ago, there was also this:

Entirely built from Fishertechnik:

I only now realise it's an actual scale model, of this crane, rather than a generic crane built just because.

 

[Ron2]

Lincoln Logs were an early favorite of mine...... born in 1967.

A fellow Gen X! '68!