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Hey Guys,
I'm doing the 1/48th scale Tamiya Tiger 1 (early) and I'd like to do a diorama with the tank sitting on a flatcar, as though just about to head for the Eastern Front. Does anyone know of a decent 1/48th scale flatcar I could use? I know O Scale trains are supposed to be 1/48th scale, so maybe there's a decent WWII era European flatcar out there somewhere? Any suggestions as to brand and/or kit number would be great. Also, anyone know of a good 1/48th scale German motorcycle kit? I thought maybe a couple of soldiers with a motorcycle parked by the tracks having a smoke or something. Any help I can get would be most appreciated.
Gary
Detroit, where the weak are killed and eaten. Bwahahaha
I don't know if you care about this, but the vehicle was usually put into "transport mode" when on a railcar; the tracks were replaced with narrower tracks, the fenders and outer wheels removed, and the mudguards folded.
Davifd
http://www.track48.com/shop/xnews.php?newsid=11
Belcher Bits did a flatbed for German tanks.
I don't believe it's appropriate. I believe the Tiger required a 6-axle flatcar. Has anyone a photo to prove me wrong?
David
Thanks for the input. Those belcher bits kits look just great, and they have it in both four and six-wheel trucks. I'm doing a Tiger 1 right around mid-June of 1943 in Russia, right before Kursk. Would they have used BOTH four and six-wheeled trucks, or just one or the other? I don't think it's necessary to be right down to the nuts and bolts accurate for this project so I'm thinking about using the four-wheel trucks without transport mode, unless someone thinks that would be just absolutely impossible to have happened.
Has anyone seen this belcher bits kit at a better price than on their site, like squadron or sprue bros, etc, etc? How about any good photos of the end of a railway siding?
Track 48 is probably the place to get them: http://www.track48.com/shop/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=5
They would transport a Tiger in normal mode if they could guarantee that nowhere on the journey would it have to fit through a gap.
However I don't think the weight of the Tiger allowed for the 4-wheel flatbed. Again, I may be wrong.
David's right, the 4 axle cars weren't rated for Tiger's weight...only the 6-axle could handle it and were specially designed for the task.
BP Models
wbill76 David's right, the 4 axle cars weren't rated for Tiger's weight...only the 6-axle could handle it and were specially designed for the task.
The link I gave him sells both the 4- and 6-axle types.
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