Next armor delight on the bench. According to the instructions, this guy was created for the role of prime mover of disabled heavy armor off the battlefield. According to the article, it took three of these to tow a Panther or Tiger I, but only required one to tow the Panzer III & IV. Quite an interesting subject.
Very nice subject. Will be watching this.
It was usually the case that up to 3 Famo’s were needed to tow a Tiger. But as in this picture, it was possable for 2 to do the job.
But clearly this one needed more, probably due to the missing track and muddy conditions. Now that would make a big diorama.
Tiger crews were forbibben to tow another Tiger because of the damage caused to the towing vehicle, but of course that was often ignored. Even by the SS.
Oh man, I can only imagine the damage on the transmission when a Tiger was towing another Tiger!
Oh that’s cool! Looking forward to seeing her come together!
Is that the same type of halftrack that Marvin and Bronson hijack at the end of ‘The Dirty Dozen’? All I remember is it was a really big BIG friggin’ halftrack!
I believe it was Gamera, not sure what museum it came from and not sure how they were convinced to let it push that armored car off the bridge. Cool indeed.
BTW EXELLENT kit, builds very beautifully and while appearing complicated it is a real joy.
Now thats a movie worth seeing again!
I believe the Half Track from the movie was a 12ton Sd.Kfz 8.
Now THIS is gonna be fun to watch!!
One of the best armor kits ever made. I built the one with the trailer. I had the Aber PE sets but they were absurdly difficult. Great figures too. Have fun with it.
Looks like it will be a great project.
Thanks Bish! You’re the German halftrack expert here!
With a fairly high parts count, I’ve decided to attack this project in phases. Each phase will be its own model so to speak. This phase will be engine/transmission/exhaust.
Im not a fan of PE but the engine fan was lacking. I think the replacement looks much better.
The kit supplied grill needed to go as well.
The exhaust components will get a wee bit of texture with baking soda.
Ready for paint.
Thank you brother. Keeping my fingers crossed that you’re right!
Thank you buddy. Tamiya always makes these easy!
Lovely work there Chad. thats deffinetly a good use of PE on the fan and grill. I like the effect on the exhaust.
Thank you my friends. I’m debating on whether or not I should add plumbing to the motor now that the front grill is open!
Go for it, but don’t be like me and go the the nth degree [:D]
Huge improvement on the grill and fan. Plumb that motor!
Be willing to bet that was a model shot, given that “the chateau” was a studio mock-up. Allegedly, they were meant to blow up the entire chateau, but they balked when the pyro guys said they needed a couple of tons of explosives to get the effect.