Late war German vehicle line up. With unusual vehicles that were never fielded or only built in minuscule numbers I typically only build enough for a platoon, usually four vehicles.
I have two of these heave tanks, and am gathering the parts to make two more for a four tank platoon. Of course if the Normandy Invasion had failed, bad weather coming a couple weeks earlier for example, or Hitler releasing the Panzer Division sooner might have extended the war a few more months. So some of the paper panzers might have made it to the battlefield.
Of course the war would have ended by September 1945 as the Americans would have dropped atomic bombs on Munich and Berlin, ending the war. However, even the failure of the Normandy landings overlooks the Operation Dragoon landings in Southern France in August of 1944. With the failure of Normandy these may have been moved up to July, 1944 and the war may have not lasted much longer than it did in real life.
Using a Roco machine gun barrel on the front of a Roco Tiger II really makes the front end look much better than the original little stick that masquerades as a machine gun on the origainal model.
I added a radio antenna to the turret roof. I use a nylon brush bristle for the antenna. Unlike a wire it does not bend and it does not poke you and it does not break.
Drill out the lifting lugs on the back is a nice touch too.
2 comments:
Nice 'Paper Panzers'. You could use them for a "What-if 1946 scenario too".
The Panther turret on the Tiger II hull did actually move beyond the drawing table, but just some very few prototypes were made.
Yes, I like to get one or maybe a platoon of paper panzers for use in 1946 wargames. Of course that only works if, D-Day fails, the atomic bomb is delayed a year, and Stalin dies.
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