1:72 Hasegawa Karl Morser 60cm Rail Mortar. Complete.

Thanks Duster.

 Really darn good.

I finally completed the Mortar diorama last night. I could keep adding more and more, but I have other thinks to do. I do need to put a label on it still, but that will take a minute.

Lots of pics so be prepared.

As always, comments and critiques welcome.

Steve

Right, I just compared all 3. I was a little mistaken in that I have built one of the Academy kits. I have so many box's of 72nd vehicles, especially German ones for use in Dio's, that I forget what I have and have not built. The Academy and Hasegawa kits are identical in size. I compared various parts and they all match. The Italeri is a fraction, and I mean a small fraction, bigger. All 3 are broken down in a similar way. But the Academy seems the most detailed of the 3.

I just checked my previous posts and I used the Academy kit with my He 111Z. Looking at it now it seems fine to me, I have a figure right next to it and it looks in scale to my eye.

I should mention that mine if not fom this Fw 190 kit but from Academy vehcile set which comes with a jeep and ketten. So i am assuming its the same Kubel.

Thanks Bish, that would be great to know if there is a difference.  I was eyeballing the Hasegawa kit with the motorcycle if I need to get a different one.  A motorcycle would be cool in the scene as well.

Thanks Bish and Terry,
The Doog,
I didn't take this picture at the right angle, but the tarp is covering half of the barrels. I have better pictures earlier in the thread. as far as scratchbuilding, I tried to scratch a barrel and believe me, the tarp looks better.

Here’s my wee little Kublewagen. I built it in about 30 min, but it seems more like a 1/85 scale than a 1/72. Oh well, I'll get it together and see if it looks out of place in the dio.
Cool tiny kit though.

Steve

Love the weathering Steve, I can smell the dust.

Terry

That's really a nice presentation coming along there.

In the future, if you break of something like a barrel, it's really not hard at all to fabricate an ersatz barrel out of stretched sprue or even just some appropriately-sized sprue, especially if you're going to put a tarp on it. And the tarp ideally SHOULD drape over a barrel to look realistic, in truth. It doesn't look too bad though there.

Here is the Sd Kfz 7/1 quad AA gun. I broke off 1 of the guns during the build and it went through the wormhole and hasn't come out yet, so I added a tarp to hide my boo boo. Next, I'll build the Kublewagen.
Anywho, enjoy.

Steve

I'm working on the halftrack today. I'm going to have the flak gun deploying. One of the barrels broke off and I can't find it, so to hide it, there will be a guy removing a tarp off the broken half. I think I can make it work. 

Tosco makes some really nice figures in plastic, at leastthe ones for my OTS German 105mm. i wouldn't get to detailed on the figures. prime base coat the geman gray green, light tan for the skin than a darker sudge all over and wiped off so it fills some creases. the important thing on a diorama is the story.

is your FLAK going to be deployed? is this just a swich "in the field" or part of a railroad yard, albeit a small one. maybe a switch tower in the back vorner with the kubelwagen parked next to it? that would be less crowded. since that puts the FLAK in the front you could have a parallel road with it on that. just some thoughts.

MC what did you decide on for net material? i am not sure what the german poles looked like, just what we used in the late '70s. other subjects, eh? like a romulan battlecruiser?

I have not stalled on this build. I received the guys yesterday and started to paint them last night. Figures are a serious weakness of mine, especially in 1/72. This may take a while. I'm also starting to lay down the balast for the tracks and some ground cover.

modelcrazy

I didn't mention that you were partly to blame here too Terry.

 

Thats good to hear. I don't mind taking the blame aslong as its shared around. There is only so much blame my shoulders can take.

I didn't mention that you were partly to blame here too Terry.

Nice haul, these guys are great for ideas...

Steve

Thanks Terry,
There are 30 guys in the pack I ordered. There should be a few that work, although adding a Pz IV may be a cool addition.

Steve heres one I did a while back that came with four figures, maybe not a perfect match.

Terry