Odemars, Roco, and Ceasar on the Russian Front

We only get a few days a year with any snow accumulation here in KY, USA.

So when I get a little snow, I like to take advantage of it by setting up a few figures in the snow.

This snow is about 2-3 inches deep.  I took a 2 inch paint brush and used it to brush the snow into trenches.  I made gun emplacements by pushing a water bottle into the snow to make a circular impression for the guns.

This set up uses Roco Minitanks, mostly very old ones.  This is part of an SWS halftrack, the "sound detector."  I removed the dish and mounted it on a ground mount.  I use it variously as a radar dish and as a sound detector.  1/72nd scale figure by Odemars.

Roco Tiger II converted into a Tiger III.  It has a Tiger II hull with a Roco old Panther turret.  The turret has been modified with a new vertical turret face and the addition of the Tiger II gun.  The Roco old Panther turret is very similar in size and shape to the Trident Models Panther small turret version, Panther F.  The Germans determined that making the turret front face narrow and then sloping out the sides they could decrease hits on the face and more readily deflect hits.  The M60A1 American Patton tank has a similar configuration to the turret.

The buildings are some resin kits I got 20+ years ago.  I don't know who made them, or even where I got them anymore.

Odemars German Commanders and Caesar Miniatures figures in the upper floors observing the action, both are 1/72nd scale.  When I started collecting in 1963 the only sets were 1/72nd scale figures by Airfix and 1/87 scale vehicles by Roco.  I was not allowed model glue until a few years later and so I needed the snap together construction of the Roco.  Also Roco had a vary large number of vehicles on offer, far more that all the 1/72nd scale companies combined.

Roco Grille gun dismounted and turned into the ground mount version.