The Tao of Correcting Kit Inaccuracies

I for one would never say anything about a Sherman track being on backwards .... seen a couple of pictures of the real thing that way.

I got interested in this 100th Armored Toilet Scrubbing Battalion and tried to do some research on it on the web. It is very unfortunate really that there is almost no information about these unsung heroes of the war in Tunisia.

I looked over some websites about Tunisia but couldn't find anything. There is one picture however that caught my attention because of the markings on the truck.

Could it be?

Good Luck... and always remember to enjoy your model

QUOTE: i once posted a picture of a Dragon T26 pershing and one of the tracks were on backwards

Does that mean that it only drove in circles?

Dwight, that's the one photo of the 100th that is known to exist. It's like that photo of the paratroopers riding the King Tiger -- you see it all the time.

Behind that truck, you can see one of the unit's LID-35's -- the latrine insertion devices. If you can look carefully, you can see the sprocket wheels turn counterclockwise, which distinguishes it from the ones we sent to the Chinese and Australians, which tuen clockwise.

I've got one of the 35's built up on my shelf, with lots of realistic weathering.

Even though exactly three zillion, eighteen billion, four hundred and ninety million and six of them were made in World War Two, you can only get it as an expensive resin kit, which is inaccurate and needs aftermarket pieces to "spruce it up." Thank you, Tank Workshop, for providing the correct M321A air freshener.

OTOH, the Germans only built three of these things, but each one is nonetheless lovingly reproduced by our friends at Tamiya, even the experimental secret-weapon-type ones. Hitler is said to have been convinced that this technology in particular would win him the war.

Larry good luck on your build. I will be watching for progress pictures.
mark956

Larry you seem to know quite alot about the 100th. Now I would like to know what they did when a soldier had a personal emergency, I only ask because while reading your last post I wet myself.

Anal Modeling Syndrome Attention Deficit Disorder....

I feel for you, I suffer from it on occasion. I have my Tamiya Early Shermie sitting unfinished until I get the "correct" horiz bogies vs. the upswept bogies that came with the kit..

We all suffer from it from time to time - it explains why we have dozens of started or unbuilt kits because we haven't accumulated every bit of doc or piece needed to do the job "right".

But those bogies are all I'm waiting on, beyond that - its OOTB.

Meanwhile, I'm building one of the much-maligned Lee T34/85s and the even worse - Lindberg T80. Both OOTB - no resin, PE, turned bbl, nuthin. Just putty and tissue tarps and other homemade bits to finish them in a realistic manner.
Having fun too; the challenge of applying old fashioned construction and finishing skills to a pound puppy to create a nice finished product - regardless of accuracy - is enough for me.

dont let other people get ya down buddy. build it as YOU like it, cause that is the one person who matters most :D

happy building

nfafan,
you could allways steal the boogies out of an Academy, because I'm looking at my M10 and it has what I think your looking for.

BTW, I did some research on the 100th last night and found out about PFC John Flusher,( the crossed plunger recipiant.) It seem that one morning after a breakfast of chipped beef on toast was served the entire Battalion was attacked with the worst case of the GI trots ever to be seen during the war. PFC Flusher was also hit hard by the trots, but he though only of his fellow soldiers. Ignoring the condition of his body and trousers PFC Flusher made many trips through out the day to keep his fellow soldiers resupplied with fresh paper. When called apon PFC Flusher did not hesitate to rush forth with plunger in hand to battle through any build-ups that may have developed. As the hours dragged on and the supplies ran low PFC John Flusher in his weaken state was able to find the only bush within 100 miles and return with all of its leaves and with that the Battalion was releaved.

Now what ever became of John Flusher after that I don't know.

Thought I would chime in with one of my favorite posts on any forum concerning accuracy of a model. This is off the Missing-Lynx forum from a discussion of German paint colors.



"Gentlemen: Thoughts on Dunkelgelb from the advice column of a now sadly defunct newsletter.

Dear Kudo King,

I have spent an enormous amount of time researching German paints specs for my models. Recently I discovered a heretofore unknown shade of Dunkelgelb.

Early in the morning (around 8:34 am.) on June 14, 1943, an employee of the Reich Paint Factory, one Fritz von Krylon, after a hard evening of fraulines, bratwurst, and beer, paid the piper and performed the technicolor sieg heil into a drum of dunkel gelb paint. This additive unknowingly affected the color.

The drum was shipped to The Reichs Sprayun der Painten onder Panzerun, where it was applied to 6 1/2 Stug lll ausf G, one of which was commanded by a left handed Feldwebel named Karl.

This vehicle was later photographed outside the Russian village of Ineedtogetalifski, where it is parked next to a field of rutabaggas, after a shower, about 3 in the afternoon. This vehicle is instantly recognizable due to its unusual coloring that I will call Rolfen-dunkelgelb.

My question is, would it be wastefull and expensive to replicate this color, and do you have any hints to help me remember my childrens names? I think one of them is Bob or Bill or something.

Signed Paul E. Scale


Dear Paul

I commend you for the outstanding research, there is no limit to the price one must be willing to pay for accuracy. As for the kids names, have them legaly changed top something easily remembered, like Sprue, or Hatch.

Kudo King"

this was posted by Donald Puckett on March 6 2003, 11:06 PM

I still get a laugh out of it