Sd.Kfz. 251, Pak 43 and an unhealthy dose of olive drab

[Steve Hutchinson]

Nice choice Philipp

Loads of potential to do something different

And surprisingly another of your blogs has an indulgence with food and more specifically cakes, pastries and biscuits

Look forward to this one developing Philipp

Steve H

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks Steve! If this continues I'll add a 1/35 scale plundered Nussplunder to the plundered 251

Philipp

[Steve Hutchinson]

Nice one Philipp

Just thinking, does your choice/s mean you are in both builds as the Pak 43 is just wheeled?

There was no clear indication that wheels needed to be powered, or would horse power be enough?

What do you think, Philipp?

Regards

Steve H

[Edmund Forsythe]

So I take it there were more men than equipment so that use what they had .

[Philipp Gross]

Well, I had suggested towed artillery, didn't get that far with it

Of course motor vehicles were the intended subject...but yeah, should have made that more explicit

I might add another build with a scout car or something, got plenty of these.

Edmund, the manpower and equipment reserves varied wildly between certain points in the European campaign. Since losses were at times higher than scheduled, there was a lack of both. This became especially obvious after the Ardennes, when all leftover small hatch M4A3 training Shermans were hurriedly shipped overseas as replacements. By early May 45 manpower reserves were seriously depleted. I don't know the situation with field artillery however.

Philipp

[Vincent Power]

Great choice of subject Philipp. This combination will look very unusual in Olive Drab!

Cheers,
Vincent

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks Vincent! The two MPs at the roadside will agree

Philipp

[Rob Matthews]

Why do the German boys speak better English than us

For my part I feel Beute is now a semi-adopted English word

Nice choice Philipp - looking forward to this

Rob

[Philipp Gross]

Why do the German boys speak better English than us

Let's just say I write good English. Speaking is a different matter

For my part I feel Beute is now a semi-adopted English word

Fits well with words like kaputt, Angst, Panzer, Blitzkrieg and Kindergarten

Nice choice Philipp - looking forward to this

Rob

Thanks - so am I

I'll be having a few free days at the end of March, I hope to get something done then.

Philipp

[Raoul Kunz]

Rob Matthews wrote:Why do the German boys speak better English than us

Yeah well... I'm not that good really.
I'm also an English teacher in training so essentially I'm a cheater in this regard .
I'm also a sucker for semantics and semiotics...so... yeah... cheater and all that .


But I'm really looking forward to Philipp's brainf... err... weird diorama !



Best regards

Raoul G. Kunz