look what i found on perth from formations
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/formations.htm
I found some loud speakers in 1/35 but I want them in 1/48
plus models makes a loudspeaker and Legends has a Oddball tank crew {I don’t think they make the one with Kelly, oddball, and big joe any more}
I will have to check my CD but I don’t think Oddball’s tank had the barrel rest on the front of the tank, he also had junk hanging all over including a bucket IIRC on the front of the tank.
still…
Actually the Kelly Heroes figure sets are from Jaguar Models. See pg 9 of the 1/35 figure sets. You can also search for them on EvilBay.
Mike T.
[:-^] I knew that [
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and he drove off in a “Tiger” that was actually a T-34?
That was a “piece of junk! The fuel system leaks all over the place!”
“Don’t hit me with negative waves
so early in the morning.”
Don’t blame me odddball I had NOTHING but positive thoughts about that mother lovin’ bridge…
There is a wide variety of opinions on how to best duplicate Oddball’s Sherman. During the film there are several changes made to the tank:
The loudspeaker is shown on either side of the turret during the movie. The dents on the speaker also come and go throughout the film.
The extra length of pipe that goes over the gun barrel is removable. I am not sure if it is ever shown in use or not.
During the final showdown with the T-34s/Tigers the ammo box for Oddball’s .50 is not used, just the ammo belt.
I think that anyone who depicts a WWII Sherman with the proper figures, a Loudpeaker on the turret, and loaded down like a Gypsy Caravan should be pretty close to the “real” thing.
“Knock it off with them negative waves! Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Can’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”
I think the dents in the speaker are do to filming out of order, the side changing ???
also one of oddballs Shermans {of his three tank unit} had wooden anti magnetic mine sides like the Marine Tanks in the Pacific. Oddball’s also looked like it had a propaganda poster on the side in the rear, and I agree I don’t think they used the barrel “extension”
Ya gotta get’em point blank and ya gotta get’em from behind…
The speaker issue on Oddball’s Sherman had me thinking…How can the music play when the tank is in motion? Back in 1944/45 during the time of the events in the film, the standard format for music was RECORDS!!!
How can you get a record to play in a bouncing, vibrating tank? The needle would skip and jump all over the place when the tank was in motion! Not to mention what would happen when the main gun fired!
I am no historian, but I think reel to reel tape, which is what they probably used in the film, was not avail until the late 40’s early 50’s!
Anyone else notice this little oversight!?
yep
Negative waves!..
I wonder what color the tips of the paint-loaded shells were…
“Woof, woof!” The Shermans in the film belonged to the Yugoslav Army, the only ones having enough of them left to make the movie 
Which explains the T-34 playing dress up. One of my favorite movies, have to love “I’ve been working on the railroad”.
Shell tips would probably be PINK, judging by the pink rear of the Tiger/T-34 lol.
Saw a lot of old US armor in Kosovo and other areas of the old Yugoslavia, wonder where it is now?
Jim
“It’s a Mark VI and we’ve got it by the *ss!!”
These are continuity errors and happen regualarly in movies, such as the scene between Ness and malone in The Untochabeles where Sir Sean’s collar keeps buttoning and unbuttoning itself.
Also, the music, wasn’t one of the songs a Hank Williams, Jr. song? He wasn’t even born yet!
Magnetic tape recording came about after WWI. The machines were bulky, but Oddball could have “found” one for his use. There were units for mobile broadcasting as early as 1935.
Mike T.
let’s face it, they were not really going for historic accuracy now were they? [swg]
he’s not an officer is he, I hate officers…
The song Oddball plays during the attack on the German Railyard is “All For The Love of Sunshine” by Hank Williams Jr. The song was released in 1970. After the attack, they switch the music to “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.”
Even if you overlook the timeline issues with the reel to reel machine, and the soundtrack, there are several other things out of place. There is plenty of Russian equipment, used by the Americans, in the film. This is because the film was shot in Yugoslavia, and in 1969/70 they had a lot of it lying around, for the studio to use. The German Tigers are modified T-34s. The trains in the railyard have Yugoslavian RR markings, and the sniper rifle one of the G.I.'s uses in the bell tower is a Russian model, with side mounted telescopic sights!
Oh well, since when is Hollywood worried about historical accuracy? [:D]
Well, I don’t suppose it’s supposed to be too accurate. After all, it is fiction. I mean, Oddball is a great character, too, but the Beatniks were 10 years in the future in 1944. The movie really is a film record of some of the great character actors of the day, playing army for 2 1/2 hours. When I was a kid and we played war, going for Nazi gold behind the lines was a frequent mission.
“Kelly’s Heroes” is one of my all-time favorite war movies, in my top 10 list.
BTW, “All for the Love of Sunshine” was written by Mike Curb and Lalo Schifrin, who collaborated on the soundtrack for “Kelly’s Heroes”. Schifrin went on to score many more of Clint Eastwood’s movies, like “Dirty Harry”