Halftrack coming out of the water with the 88mm behind. Artistic license will prevail !!
I have Trumpeters kit #05531 and AFV # 35088. Yep a bit of a load. Thus the struggle to pull the 88mm out over the bank. I like the idea of seeing under the half track as it mounts the bank. Location will be somewhere in Europe!! Yes ‘somewhere’ in Europe.
Any feed back will be much appreciated. Especially info and images of the underneath of the halftrack as it will be very visible. Also feedback from anyone who has built these kits and what I should look out for.
Did I misunderstand you? That is a 10.5cm howitzer being towed in the water. Are you saying that you plan to replace that with an 88? I like the idea.
DAKjunkie
Yup. A Sd.kfz.6 dragging a 88mm. Not impossible but! I just like the idea of a Sd.kfz.6 trying to drag the 88mm up the wet bank on the other side. The truth is I purchased the two kits before I realised the 88mm may not have been suitable. But what the heck. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Maybe you could emphasize the ‘desperate times’ theme by letting the gun have WL (Luftwaffe) markings and let the halftrack belong to WH (the army).
The halftracks for artillery have less seats and a big stowage compartment, the engineer halftracks have lots of seats to transport more engineer troops. You have the arty version …
Robin my Trumpeter kit has got only the three rows of seats. I know it’s not correct but I wanted to try a Trumpeter kits as I have never built one before. It appears the Trumpeter kit has a few flaws in it but not to worry. A search of the internet comes up with a zillion different versions. Many field modifications.
The three rows would be right for the artillery coach work. IF you had happened to get the engineer version instead then the potential for showing “in desperate times” would have been greater. Now you have the arty version and that’s that.
Different style of camo could be another way to make it look like a unit cobbled together from whatever was coming down the road.
BGT has got this type of 88
The pulling power is probably sufficient. The Sd.Kfz. 7 could carry more ammo and AA-units tend to go through ammo faster than AT-units
The Flak 18 was retrofitted with the gun shield as it did not have one early on. Lots of pics of them sans shield. You could drop ‘a few pounds’ leaving that off and it would be more plausible.
OK a quick dumb question. What the quickest way to tell the Sd.kfz.6 from the 7? I’ve read a few sites and nothing seems to be clear cut. And many old images aren’t the best.
First of all you need to be aware that the aerly types, more or less pre-1939, had fewer roadwheels than the ones in production during the war.
Sd.Kfz. 7 : 7 holes in the outer roadwheels
Sd.Kfz. 6: 8 holes in the outer roadwheels
The image in your post shows 7 holes
This one has 8 holes and is therefore and Sd.Kfz. 6
Yes. The fenders did change a bit as well but the step size is also a distinguishing feature.
Sometimes the step size can be hard to see due to stowage et.c.
The wheels are usually visible, even if some of the holes can be hidden.
An even number of holes means that it is possible to draw a straight line through the center of the hub without hitting a hole. An uneven number of holes makes this impossible.
Looks like Frenchy closed the case
Please continue with the build.
All that mud might not be strictly necessary but that is, as always, a matter of taste (not actually tasting the actual mud but the visual aspect of how it looks…)
Yes ‘somewhere’ in Europe.
