The Model Box

This December's tank hunt.

The Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 or Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack -- also referred to as "Hanomags" by both German and Allied soldiers – was an armored fighting vehicle designed and first built by the Hanomag company during World War II. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the panzergrenadiers of the German mechanized infantry corps into battle. Sd.Kfz. 251s were the most widely produced German half-tracks of the war, with at least 15,252 vehicles and variants produced by various manufacturers. These are 1:144 Trumpeter Sd.Kfz. 251S, namely the Sd.Kfz. 251/1 "Stuka zu Fuß" rocket launcher, Sd.Kfz. 251/9 Schützenpanzerwagen equipped with a 75 mm L/24 low velocity gun, and the Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Schützenpanzerwagen standard personnel carrier.

These are 1:35 Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf F/Gs I found assembled at a thrift shop. They will be restored for a North Africa project.

The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) aka Churchill was a British heavy infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. It was one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war. The Churchill was used by British and Commonwealth forces in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe. In addition, a few hundred were supplied to the USSR and used on the Eastern Front. There is some ambiguity regarding whom the tank is named after. It may have been named after Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Minister of Defence at the time, and had been involved with the development of the tank as a weapon during the First World War. Alternatively, and fitting in with other British tank names, it may have been named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, an ancestor of Winston Churchill and the leader of th...

WIP old and busted models get new life as wargaming pieces. These will be used for a DAK wargame army. Minor repairs, scratchbuilding and gizmology involved. Plus a lot of cursing. posted from Bloggeroid

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WIP Tamiya 1:35 Jagdtiger with DML figure. Still a lot of work on both before I call this finished.

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A variety of side projects I've started which would need scratchbuilding, sculpting and casting. There are 3 kubelwagens, 2 bikes with sidecars, a jeep and trailer, a hanomag and a panhard armored car. Got a few humbers and a daimler too but not seen in the picture. I'll post progress pictures of my sculpting and casting process. posted from Bloggeroid

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1:76 Hasegawa. Quite vintage. posted from Bloggeroid

The hummers still need to look military so I decided to add roof hatches with gun mounts. These will have mounts for a heavy machinegun or a grenade launcher. I eyeballed some roof details from the net and used a print out template to plan the cutting of the parts. More soon. posted from Bloggeroid

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