2021 Group Build Part 2: Prototypes

[Philipp Gross]

About time I made an official announcement....on July 1st we start the new "Prototypes" campaign.

So, what's a prototype? Ideally, something that is unique and suitably different from series production, if series production ever happened. A limited production run (let's say 10 vehicles or less) would also be fine. But it's really not that important, the main thing is having fun

This GB is open to pretty much anything available in model kit form, so don't hesitate with the boats, planes and other stuff you didn't dare to start until now

Feel free to post your questions or present your projects

Philipp

[Steve Hutchinson]

After a review of my ScaleMates account I seem to have the following ""prototypes"" in my packed away stash.

Versuchsflakwagen 8.8cm Flak 41 auf Sonderfahrgestell (Pz.Sfl.IVc)

3cm M.K. 103 Zwilling Flakpanzer IV "Kugelblitz"

Panzerjäger I B mit StuK 40 L/48

Bison II - 15 cm s.IG 33 (Sfl.) auf Pz.Kpfw. II

Stug. III 0-Series

Tiger-Ferdinand, Porsche Version VK-4501

German VK4502 (P) Hintern

German VK4502 [P] Vorne

Krupp/Ardelt Waffentrager 105mm leFH-18

Choices, choices?

Some are clearly "paper" panzers, some have ben done recently.

I have also got on the shelf of doom, a prototype, Sturm Tiger, Tiger I and King Tiger with the Krupp/Henschel turret!!!

Back to the Pz IV as timing is ticking away fast

Steve H

[Philipp Gross]

All good choices How about the Panzerjäger I? If nothing else it should be easy to transport when you have your move

As for me, I'm 95% sure I'll do the KV-220:



This was a Soviet prototype from 1940, a further development of the KV-1 with an 85mm gun. However, it was underpowered and the project went nowhere until the war with Germany broke out. During the Siege of Leningrad the tank was used with a standard KV-1 turret until it was hit and burned out, while its original turret ended up as a coastal battery. Supposedly its overworked engine made a whistling sound resembling the German Stuka sirens, which caused a bit of confusion from time to time...

Might just do the exact scene with the rubble and the wooden fence in the back

Philipp

[Steve Hutchinson]

I am leaning very strongly towards this for the GB

German VK4502 (P) Hintern



Reason being it will be easier to pack, and can be a stripped down, no tools in olive green, red primer, being loaded with ammo by Volkssturm kids and geriatrics for a last ditch combat, with some seasoned tankers giving directions.

I'll get this one started this coming weekend, and NOT LEAVE IT UNTIL the last minute to get it finished!!

I am retired though it doesn't feel like it at the moment.

More soon?

Regards

Steve H

[Philipp Gross]

Good choice Steve

By the way...Hobby Boss made a mistake. The proper word is hinten. Not trying to be a grammar nazi, it's just a bit weird for a German to read that word in this context

Philipp

[Steve Hutchinson]

Ahhh

I remember you once hinted at this

Hinten, Google translate...................at the back (of)

Hintern, Google translate........................backside, a$$, ar$e

I guess I'll build the "at the back of" version to save any confusion

Steve H

[Adam Durrant]

Before I get started, one of my options is the Focke-Wulf Ta-183 Huckebein. It was a late war German jet concept that never made it past a wind tunnel mock-up but was heavily influential in the design on the Mig-15 and Argentinian IAe-33 Pulqui. Does this satisfy the brief? Happy if it doesn’t but just can’t find a tank prototype that excites me…

[Philipp Gross]

Sounds good for me Preferrably it should kinda look like a prototype in the end, but the main thing is having fun

Philipp

[Adam Durrant]

Awesome!

[Adam Durrant]

Just to be annoying, would this fit the brief? Like the VK4502 it was never produced but the turret was modified for the Puma.