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The true image of Wehrmacht (One horse-power farm cart in WH Service) 1/72

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Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Friday, October 16, 2009 5:55 PM
 the Baron wrote:

That is a great scratchbuild, Cristian!  And a great choice of subject, too.  You're right, I think so much attention is paid to German armor, that many people don't realize how much the Germans depended on horse-drawn transport.

A really wonderful piece, well done!

Regards,

Brad

Thank you Baron for your message and nice words. Except the reviews I write for 1/72 WWII German soldiers sets, I decided to try promoting the use of horse in WWII German Army. In fact is the army that used on the largest scale in the history of mankind wars the horse....

Comparing with the WWII German armour which is depicted in all models and variants, the horse is almost completely ignored.... And there were over 6 milion horses and just one thousand and something Tigers...Smile [:)]

 Completely unfair percent illustrated in Braille Scale...Whistling [:-^]

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Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Friday, October 16, 2009 5:47 PM

Thanks a lot Neu and indeed, I try respecting as much as possible in the Braille Scale the historical accuracy...

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Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Friday, October 16, 2009 5:45 PM
Thank you very much stikpusher, glad that you like it.Smile [:)]
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Posted by the Baron on Friday, October 16, 2009 11:34 AM

That is a great scratchbuild, Cristian!  And a great choice of subject, too.  You're right, I think so much attention is paid to German armor, that many people don't realize how much the Germans depended on horse-drawn transport.

A really wonderful piece, well done!

Regards,

Brad

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Posted by -Neu- on Friday, October 16, 2009 3:58 AM
 stikpusher wrote:
Great work! Especailly when you considers it is 1/72!


Seconded, and its good to see that someone appreciates the historical accuracy of the era. ;-)
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Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:58 PM
Great work! Especailly when you considers it is 1/72!

 

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The true image of Wehrmacht (One horse-power farm cart in WH Service) 1/72
Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:53 PM

Below there is an atypical vehicle for WWII Germans, I think that you do not see quite often such things,but I hope you will enjoy it...:)

I like a lot the reference photo featuring that vehicle, so I decided to scratch-build such a cart.

Statistics point out that almost 80% from the WWII German Army land transport was horse-drawn, not only standard vehicles but also plenty of civil carts and wagons being put into requisition by Wehrmacht.

The present vehicle tries to portray a farm cart put into requisition and used by Wehrmacht, as it appears in a reference image shot probably on the Eastern front (according to the fence seen in the back-ground). The general aspect of the horse shows that most probably it was not an army one, also taken from a peasant for serving with the German Army (common practice in Wehrmacht). The figure was heavily converted for matching as close as possible with the real soldier.  

The engine (horse) is Preiser but with modified position of neck and tail, scratch-built from hard plastic neck collar, head harness and reins while the rings of the collar are made of metal wire.

The body of the cart was scratched from Italeri's napolonian gun emplacement with scratched photo-etched reinforcements, scratch-built from various materials device for fixing the wheels, wheels from Pegasus Hobbies' IG 18 gun, wooden bars from Italeri's check point set and the traces are made of metal wire.  

The figure is modified Preiser and the cloth is made of paper tissue. Ammo boxes are of an unknown resin manufacturer and there are also some other scratch-built things.

 I hope you willl enjoy both the vehicle and its paintwork and suggestions and critics are highly welcome.

 Cristian Florescu

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