Tamiya 1/35 Schwimmwagen

[Jackster]

I will jump in with the Schimmwagen if that's ok? 

I need to practice my figure painting as well. The Trumpeter set is German small arms. This will not be an immediate start, but does set my intention.

Cheers

Kev

 

[Martinnfb]

Amazing , this is a gem of a kit. 

[Bomber_County]

Kev, this is going to be amazing, haven’t ever seen this built up…….

[Peterpools]

Kev

Nice choice for the GB and looking forward to following your progress.

 

[ScottsGT]

If it gets wet…….      In for the adventure! 

[Jackster]

Thanks for the comments guys, I have just found the Eduard PE set online, so waiting for that to come now.

Cheers

Kev

[PanzerWomble]

They're great fun , I've built a few of those over the years, along with that recon set .

Mainly recreating the well known scene at Kaiserbarrake crossroads during the Battle of the Bulge.

[Jackster]

On 1/20/2023 at 12:20 PM, PanzerWomble said:

Mainly recreating the well known scene at Kaiserbarrake crossroads during the Battle of the Bulge.

I had to go looking for this, but a great photo, also video footage. Thanks very much for mentioning it.

 

Cheers 

Kev

[PanzerWomble]

Yes the LSSAH fooling around for the newsreel cameras

Few years ago I did four large scenerios showing various takes from the films in 1/35 , and revisted the crossroads again in a vignette last year ...um,,,, and La Gleize............ did I mention I might have been obsessed by the Battle of the Bulge for 40 years , and had planned to retire to the Ardennes until a certain vote blocked that as an option .

 

EDIT - Sorry ..not intended to take over your thread.

 

 

 

 

[HubertB]

43 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said:

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did I mention I might have been obsessed by the Battle of the Bulge for 40 years , and had planned to retire to the Ardennes until a certain vote blocked that as an option .

 

Retiring to the Ardennes ? 
Now, that’s pushing obsession VERY far 😂 !

Hubert, who, less originally, retired to sunny Portugal (but whose name Saint was from the Ardennes, and, after converting to Christianism, and forgiving game hunting, ended up founding the town of Liège, being its first bishop  )

[Jackster]

On 1/26/2023 at 6:48 PM, PanzerWomble said:

EDIT - Sorry ..not intended to take over your thread.

 

No worries at all, very interesting facts. What's the LSSAH?

Cheers

Kev

[Martinnfb]

1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH

[GazzaS]

Nice choice, Kevin!  All SS divisions have names. 

1st SS began it;s life as AH's bodyguards.

2nd  SS Das Reich 'The Empire'

3rd  Totenkopf 'death's head'

4th Polizei 'police'

And on and on...  Many with names that reflect on a locality connection, or some figure from the past.

[Jackster]

On 2/2/2023 at 11:14 PM, Martinnfb said:

1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH

 

On 2/3/2023 at 11:21 PM, GazzaS said:

1st SS began it;s life as AH's bodyguards.

2nd  SS Das Reich 'The Empire'

3rd  Totenkopf 'death's head'

4th Polizei 'police'

And on and on...  Many with names that reflect on a locality connection, or some figure from the past.

Thanks very much, guys! As much as I think I know about WW2 there is so much more to learn. It is one of the aspects of the hobby that I like the most!

Cheers

Kev