Halftrack GB 2016/17

Order of Battle.

ajd3530 Cat 1/48th Sd.Kfz 10

Bish Italeri 1/35th Panzerwerfer 42 (Completed)

        Tamiya 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/9 Ausf D (Completed)

castelnuovo ICM 1/35th Opel Maultier (Completed)

Caveman Tamiya 1/35th Sd.Kfz 9 FAMO

Eagle90 Tamiya 1/35th M3A2  (Completed)

Gamera Dragon 1/35th M3 75mm GMC

hogfanfs Dragon 1/35th Sd.Kfz 7/2

Hunter Tamiya 1/48th Sd.Kfz 251/1 SzF (Completed)

jgeratic AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 11

Kentucky Colonel Dragon 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/7 Ausf D (Completed)

MailDude Tamiya 1/35th M21

Modelcrazy Tamiya 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251 AusfC (Completed)

Modelrob Dragon 1/35th Sd.Kfz. 2 w/Puppchen

Mopar Madness AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/20 Ausf D

Rob Gronovius AFV Club 1/35th 251/1 Ausf C

waynec AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/17 Ausf C

 Completed Builds

Bish Italeri 1/35th Panzerwerfer 42

 Bish Tamiya 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/9 Ausf D

 Modelcrazy Tamiya 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251 AusfC

 Eagle90 Tamiya 1/35th M3A2 

 castelnuovo ICM 1/35th Opel Maultier

 Kentucky Colonel Dragon 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/7 Ausf D

 Hunter Tamiya 1/48th Sd.Kfz 251/1 SzF

Alright friend! Let the fun begin. So far we have a great bunch of gentlemen here that are going to turn out some wonderful builds. Nice job on the badges....I am going to have to pick the third one.

Everyone - This is going to be great, and I look forward to viewing your build and learning from each of you. Enjoy and let's have some fun! 

And thanks for taking par Hunter. And i might just be useing that 3rd badge as well . Apart from it being German, the vehicle in that image is the same one i am doing for my second build. I saw that colur image and a photo of the really vehicle in a book i got years ago and right then i decided to build it.

Bish

And thanks for taking par Hunter. And i might just be useing that 3rd badge as well . Apart from it being German, the vehicle in that image is the same one i am doing for my second build. I saw that colur image and a photo of the really vehicle in a book i got years ago and right then i decided to build it.

 

I agree Bish, I want the third one because it kinda will match my build and color scheme. I have spent the last few days researching the halftrack I'm going to build and it saw alot of action between 1943-45. I have deceided this....it will be a dio build

I also noticed that it matched your second build. I'm sure you have built a Tamiya kit before....I really enjoyed my first kit being a Tamiya. Get instructions, color call out at each step and how nice the kit fit and went together.

I would like to join in this one.  I may not be able to start right at May 1st as I have other GBs to finish first but I have a half track or two in the stash.  Please add me with a Tamyia 1/35 FAMO.

Bish

Order of Battle.

Bish Italeri 1/35th Panzerwerfer 42

        Tamiya 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/9 Ausf D

hogfanfs Dragon 1/35th Sd.Kfz 7/2

Hunter Trumpeter 1/35th Sd.Kfz 7/1

Modelcrazy Esci 1/72nd Sd.Kfz 250/3

Mopar Madness AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/20 Ausf D

waynec AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/17 Ausf C

 

 

 

I am not feeling the love Bish ,  I am in with Cyber Hobbies 250/1.  

I would vote for the third one.

Robert

Robert and Caveman - 

Welcome aboard, and I look forward to seeing your builds.

Sorry rob, didn't see your build in the feeler, its now sorted.

Welcome aboard caveman.

Well gentlemen I just received my kit in the mail today. I got the second kit for 40% off and could not pass it up. I am definitely ready for this GB to get underway.

I don't blame you Hunter, looking forward to seeing these two.

Thanks Bish, I am looking forward to these two also. It's going to be my first "track" build and it couldn't have been a better subject to brake my teeth on.

I'd like to join. I have a Dragon 1/35 Sd.Kfz. 251/7 Ausf. D I've been meaning to start. It might be this winter before I can but I will have it finished before May 2017.

Glad to have you on board Colonel. And thats not a problem, its much better to have a steady flow than a mad rush at the start just to die off.

Is that the 3 in 1 kit, i'll be sure to watch that one. I'll add you to the roster.

This will be my offering:

I'd like to find an eighty-eight for it to tow behind it, but it's a chore finding one in quarter scale for a reasonable price.

Bish

Glad to have you on board Colonel. And thats not a problem, its much better to have a steady flow than a mad rush at the start just to die off.

Is that the 3 in 1 kit, i'll be sure to watch that one. I'll add you to the roster.

 

Yes it's the 3 in 1. I'm going to build it as the Pionierpanzerwagen, I plan to use it in a diorama later after it's finished.

Kentucky Colonel

 

Bish

Glad to have you on board Colonel. And thats not a problem, its much better to have a steady flow than a mad rush at the start just to die off.

Is that the 3 in 1 kit, i'll be sure to watch that one. I'll add you to the roster.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes it's the 3 in 1. I'm going to build it as the Pionierpanzerwagen, I plan to use it in a diorama later after it's finished.

 

I have that one as well, not decided what i am doing with that kit yet. There is a nice selection of Pionier equipment in there. Look forwrad to seeing that.

Colonel, ajd, got you both added.

ajd, interesting looking subject, not heard of that company before. As for it towing, you might wnat to go for somthing smaller if you can find one. The 88 was to heavy to be towed by the Sd.Kfz 10, it only had a towing capacity of 1 ton. You could go for a 2 cm Flak, or a PaK 38.

Kentucky Colonel

I'd like to join. I have a Dragon 1/35 Sd.Kfz. 251/7 Ausf. D I've been meaning to start. It might be this winter before I can but I will have it finished before May 2017.

 

KC - 

Great to see you join. Is your title a reflection of being an alumni of Eastern Kentucky University(EKU)? Plus, looking forward to seeing your build...always been interested in that halftrack.

ajd3530

This will be my offering:

I'd like to find an eighty-eight for it to tow behind it, but it's a chore finding one in quarter scale for a reasonable price.

 

 

AJD - 

Great looking kit and it's great to see you here. Are you going to build it as a "stand alone" or in a dio setting?

Hunter

 

 

Kentucky Colonel

I'd like to join. I have a Dragon 1/35 Sd.Kfz. 251/7 Ausf. D I've been meaning to start. It might be this winter before I can but I will have it finished before May 2017.

 

 

 

 

KC - 

Great to see you join. Is your title a reflection of being an alumni of Eastern Kentucky University(EKU)? Plus, looking forward to seeing your build...always been interested in that halftrack.

 

No. I wish I could post a link that works, I'll have to pratice on it to get it right so I can post pictures again. You can look the KC's up. Back to the Kentucky Colonel business. My mother and father each was one and someone made my brother one then he made me. It comes from the Governor of Kentucky, there are thousands of us. I just use the name as a different screen name for different sites, something I can remember.

Bish

Colonel, ajd, got you both added.

ajd, interesting looking subject, not heard of that company before. As for it towing, you might wnat to go for somthing smaller if you can find one. The 88 was to heavy to be towed by the Sd.Kfz 10, it only had a towing capacity of 1 ton. You could go for a 2 cm Flak, or a PaK 38.

 

Darn that's a shame. Tamiya does make a Pak 36, but not as a stand alone kit, it comes in #32580. And I'm not sure if there are any Pak 38s made in 1/48.

Hunter

 

 

ajd3530

This will be my offering:

I'd like to find an eighty-eight for it to tow behind it, but it's a chore finding one in quarter scale for a reasonable price.

 

 

 

 

 

AJD - 

Great looking kit and it's great to see you here. Are you going to build it as a "stand alone" or in a dio setting?

 

For the time being, it will stand alone, although it eventually end up in a dip isn't out of the question.

I do have a dio in mind, a 1/48 Eastern Front airfield scene that consists of a couple of the new ICM I-153s, one of the UM refueler trucks, and a UM Gazz truck with the quad maxim guns standing watch. But who knows when I will get to that.

Check this out

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/amazing-german-wwii-halftrack-pulled-out-of-a-river-incrediblecondition.html?src=fba&type=wca&page=who

Nice link Colonel, that does look in really good condition.

Kentucky Colonel

Check this out

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/amazing-german-wwii-halftrack-pulled-out-of-a-river-incrediblecondition.html?src=fba&type=wca&page=who

 

What an amazing find....and it is in pretty good condition for being underwater for so long.

Thank you for sharing KC.

I've got a question.

Has anybody seen any pictures of the SdKfz 251/7 Susf D  "542" of theSS Pz Gren Divison Nordland that was in Berlin in 1945? I have been trying to find a picture for 3 months now but no luck.  I would like to build my model around that if possible

Colonel, i will have a look and see wat i can find. I take it this is one of the options in the Dragon kit. I do often wounder where they get the info from for kit details as 9 times out of 10 i find it hard if not impossable to find pics of any given subject.

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