Dragon 1/72 Sd. kfz. 251/1 Ausf. C 'LAH' Kharkov '43

psstoff995

Member since
December 2003
From: Colorado

Posted by psstoff995 on Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:53 PM

Subtle, works well!

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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psstoff995's lbro

Member since
December 2008
From: Northern Va

Dragon 1/72 Sd. kfz. 251/1 Ausf. D 'LAH'

Posted by psstoff995's lbro on Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:47 PM

Added a little "wet" mud to the mix. NOW I'm done.

probably make a little base/figure later.

-Will young modeler

Test fit master

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psstoff995's lbro

Member since
December 2008
From: Northern Va

Posted by psstoff995's lbro on Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:20 PM

Hahaha oops, yea... guess it is the d. Stick out tongue

Not suprised Dragon got something wrong. Thanks for the comments guys!

The kit went together very nicely, not too many fit issues. There is a slight gap between the bins and the top half of the vehicle, but I believe that's it.

-Will young modeler

Test fit master

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psstoff995

Member since
December 2003
From: Colorado

Posted by psstoff995 on Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:16 PM

Guess I'll take the word of the commander of Army Group South. There's a cool picture of your buddy Fritz Witt in Kharkov walking right up Sumskaya street alongside a 251/1 C.

Perhaps Dragon mixed up their Ausf.s like Will.

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:03 PM

psstoff995

Yeah Will that's the D kit not the C kit. Right?

Maybe they weren't in Kharkov but Dragon sure thought they were...

Someone's wrong. Surely not the first time Dragon's screwed up. Regardless I'm sure there was a 251/1 D somewhere with a whitewash on it, LAH or otherwise.

Dragon is wrong...

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psstoff995

Member since
December 2003
From: Colorado

Posted by psstoff995 on Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:52 PM

Yeah Will that's the D kit not the C kit. Right?

Maybe they weren't in Kharkov but Dragon sure thought they were...

Someone's wrong. Surely not the first time Dragon's screwed up. Regardless I'm sure there was a 251/1 D somewhere with a whitewash on it, LAH or otherwise.

Nice work on it Will. And I agree with you I think German whitewashes over gray look better faded like this- not chiped like you'd see on an African panzer in yellow/gray.

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:54 PM

Manstein's revenge

D models weren't in service during the third battle of Kharkov in Feb/March of '43...

Tiger I's certainly were. Wink

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:35 AM

D models weren't in service during the third battle of Kharkov in Feb/March of '43...

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wbill76

Member since
July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:24 AM

Definitely an Ausf D (side bins and the rear door are the give-aways) and not a C, but regardless very nice work on the whitewash scheme in this scale. Yes

BP Models

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Lt. Zogg

Member since
July 2004
From: Austin, Texas

Posted by Lt. Zogg on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:54 AM

Sweet build, really nice worn whitewash look! Those little Dragon kits are awesome, the only thing I think they could do better is maybe include LnL tracks instead of the vinyl.

Its just screaming for a base with some snow and bundled up figures.

Jeff

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:53 AM

Nice, but looks like a D model with the simplified rear door...

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maxfax

Member since
September 2008
From: Ancaster, Ontario

Posted by maxfax on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:24 AM

Really well done! I had no concept of how small it was until I saw it in your hand!

Rob

On the bench: Revell 1/72 HCMS Snowberry

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jetmodeler

Member since
October 2009
From: South Carolina

Posted by jetmodeler on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:21 AM

Nicely done. Especially in such a small scale.

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Nachtflieger

Member since
August 2003
From: Connecticut, USA

Posted by Nachtflieger on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:28 AM

Very nice build. I've just started building in this scale, and I'm amazed how tiny these kits are! Yours came out great!

Nate

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malone duke

Member since
April 2011
From: imperial beach, ca

Posted by malone duke on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:42 PM

Nice work man. I thought 48th scale till I saw your hand I especially like the whitewash. How was the build? I worked Their tiger kit in the same scale and loved it.