Now with pics!!!!! What Roamed Around with a Jagdtiger

I haven't looked too much into the Jagdtiger. Carius used it towards the end and most of the action I remember with them was hiding from AC. I would think a lot of Camo and the normal support of Kubels and FAMOs would work. I think they even avoided contact understanding that the war was over and just wanted to survive and get picked up by the Amis as opposed to Russia.

How about jadgpanthers and bergpanthers , there were very few JT's in each hunting battalion due to the lower production of them , there were also of course supply vehicles and support troops ! Maybe the photos of JT's only was due to thier higher survablity to allied air attacks , compared to the smaller jadg cousins or posibly because they were the spearhead and the biggest , and therefore had the company commanders in them for surrender .

Yes I was going to do the auchtung jabo figureswith the JT hideing but the masses tell me not to cover iy with folage cause the camo is Great. Blah!!! But I got a few I think other better ideas for a dio I will have to post up some pics of it later tonight and show ya What was and what is.

Why not put foiliage on there , all the pics I have seen of them have it as well as most late tanks from the reich , why not do it lightly , so you can still see the nice camo job underneath ? Your the artist do what ya want !

Its a tug a war battle. I think I willput some on it since the majority of tanks particulay the JT have it all over.

Very late war, Germans used virtually anything that ran for support / recon/
liason purposes. Might be cool to work in a V.W. Beetle,Czech-Master?
This would give a nice size perspective to that huge Jagd-Baby....

You can still show your JT in an ambush position without covering your vehicle with foliage. We used to just nose into a roadside tree line or row of bushes and "hide" there all the time. We only stuck weeds all over if we were staying for awhile. Support vehicles have been pretty well covered, a kubelwagon or scwimm, maybe a Blitz in the background. It's all good.

What roamed around with a Jagdtiger you ask .....

how about a fuel tanker or two.

How about 10 Shermans manuevering to find a good shot at it?

He-he-he.

10 would be about right.Gotta stay in a foot 1/2 by foot 1/2.

Hmmmm. 1/2 foot by 1/2 foot you say? OK then just fragments of what used to be 10 Shermans.

LOL.

LOL !! Thats for sure Dwight. Sorry Rob

How about a Kubel one side and at the other side a Bloke aiming a PIAT or Bazzooka at the thing

Thought of that C.C. but I dont have any figures with a piat or bazooka. Aiming it anyway.

Dragon do a nice set

QUOTE: Originally posted by shermanfreak What roamed around with a Jagdtiger you ask ..... how about a fuel tanker or two.

LMAO.

Although, I bet fuel consumption wasn't much of a problem hiding beneath trees.

'Ich habe keine Benzin! Aufenthalt Hier! Ist alles gut!'

The stuff you see most deployed around jagdtigers are the American troops that overran them.

Remember that if you do the 512, you can also use a Panzer IV or a StugIII, as they used filler tanks in the 512. They don't seem to have in the 653. I think they also attached Brumbars to the heavy panzerjager battalions, but that's from hazy memory. Oh, and didn't they use those wacy Flak T-34s in the heavy panzerjager battalions too? Someone out there must have the book on the history of the 653.

This is my first try on a dio so be nice.Ok here is the idea I have going,It is still in the works. it is to be a hedgerow setting with the JT being held up by the M4A2 which will be replaced with a jeep or schwimmwagen, just wanted to show it off alittle its not complete.
Also there will bea group of troops walking on the other side of the JT. plus a few others among the group of map readers. The title for dio is in working progress.
Figures are jaguar,tamyia, verlinden, and warrior.
ground work is brown colored grout with a few colored washes .

You are off to a good start. I say torch the Sherman! He-he-he.

LOL Naaaahhhh she cost too much You seem to be on a destroy the sherman thing there Dwight. I dont think Rob will like this kind of attitude. hehehe

Nice looking scenario. With all the Shermies running around, I just don't know that the Jagdtiger would come "out to play" so to speak. I think of it more hull down.

I like the way you're planning this out, taking your time and getting info. I would check about the hedgerow setting, these monsters were real late in the war. Otto Carius was given his in the Ruhr pocket. I think the hedgerows were primarily in France, Normandy and such. I'm not sure if they existed in Germany.
I remember reading that the Allies had a lot of trouble with the hedgerows at first because they didn't know what they really were. Aerial recon didn't show them to be as formitable as they turned out to be.
That's just my thoughts, even if hedgerows don't exist in Germany. doesn't mean they don't have small hills with trees.
I like the 'confusion' the figures suggest. Can't wait to see 'em with heads.

i think you're coming along nicely with your dio thundergod. You could probably squeeze a kubel or schwimmwagon in there without getting too busy with it. Let us see how it turns out!

Eric

Thanks guys. I think I have to many ideas But the basic plan is laid out.The sherman will be removed and replaced with the schwimmwagen. Shermy is there for prop purposes and to show off the size of the JT.

TG. The best dio's tell a simple tale but should direct the eye to the main item of interest - the vehicle. The secondary vehicle/figures need to be the things that are telling the story being delivered. I'll give you some advice based on my past experiences which I hope will be of use to you.

I would do a smaller base for a first go. Just big enough to have the despatch rider on his bike alongside the JT. The figure you have is ideal for a commander talking to the rider. A simple but very effective set piece.

Why do it this way? Large bases needs lots to fill the gaps other wise they look just like a couple of models on a board. 'Fillers" are easy, water filled arty craters, discarded track links, old boxes, jerry cans, etc - but it is easy to overdo it and easier still to under do it, especially during your first attempts (trust me on this - been there, done that, seen that ). Also larger boards require a lot of static grass, clumps of long grass, trees, etc, and getting that to look right also takes practice.

Two large models on a board can look crowded and splits the view of the beholder. More than two vehicles (even as small as motor bikes) can also make the layout crowded. You want them to look at your fanastic JT, not 'look a few models together and oh, look one is a tank (destroyer)' . The bike emphasises the size of the JT nicely in what you are proposing and is great, but the second bike begs the viewer to ask 'why 2 bikes at the same place?' I hope all I've said makes sense.

Take a look around some of the stuff in the dio forum, ask those guys for some tips, and I'm sure you will be happy with the result.

Oh yeah, AND THE jAGDTIGER LOOKS GREAT!

Thanks alot for the info Petbat. I was told something to this effect but I want to add it all.
So many ideas in the head.The idea was at first on a small board no larger than the tank. then I got another idea and an other and another till I came up with a late fall early winter them seeing over half my figures are in winter getup,then the Motos came into play with the map readers stoppedin the middle of the road trying to figure out were they are and the JT commander tellin the dispatcher to move out the way as the JT is in actuality lost his self. Confusion fusion is a working title.

very impressive ron. very impressive indeed.

joe

Some of Those poor guys have no heads. No wonder they lost the war! (that was stupid.)

Looks like it is going to be pretty cool! Cant wait to se it finished.

Looks good, Thundergod.

Nice models and nice base - I like the loose rubble at the base of the hills


Looking good