Recently, on this forum I saw built-up pics of the Tamiya 88mm Gun Flak. It was absolutely beautiful, and I ran out a couple of days ago to buy one. I picked it up, and immediately wanted to pick up something to go with it. The 8t halftrack would have been a good option, but alas they were out.
Instead, I noticed an old Revell kit of the Demag D7 1t halftrack, and picked that up, since it looked like a nice kit (the shop owner let me look in the box)
Would it be completely inaccurate to build these two up together as one model, or should I just go ahead with it anyways?
Not sure I understand the question. Did you want to tow the 88 with the Demag? If that were the case, I think it might be too underpowered to do so.
yeah, basically that’s what I was asking.
Pulling the 1.5 ton 75mm Pak 40 maximized the towing capacity of the 1ton Sd. Kfz. 10. No way it could handle a 7200 kg. 88mm. flak.
Thank you! That is what I wanted to know
What else could I use beside the 8 ton halftrack to accurately model the gun being towed?
I saw a couple of built models being towed by the tamiya 8t semitractor. i was wondering whether the Opel Maultier could have been used in this role as well?
An Opel Maultier had only a 2 ton towing capacity, so it wouldn’t make it either. A Sd. Kfz. 7, 8, or 11 would be your best choices. I have photos of a flak 18 being towed by a Henschel cargo truck, but I think this would have been hard on such a vehicle.