More SWS halftrack pictures for history that never was, thanks Wayne for the photos.
The halftracks have been weathered and the infantry painted up.
The infantry are mounted on a bit of plastic so they can all be removed. They are cut in half so they only work as vehicle passengers, but it is a very effective technique.
The is a Roco Tiger II. If you are like me your collection probably contains more than the German army actually had at one time in one place. Not a bad old kit but you can really only use so many. I got this one from a friend, in fact the photos are his too.
Essentially he has taken the Roco turret off and replaced it with a Roco Panther turret. There was a proposal to use a smaller turret and bigger gun on the Tiger II and this is a model of that vehicle. Take a bit of tubing to replace the gun tube, and glue it to the mantle. Replace the turret front of the old Roco Panther turret with a bit of flat styrene plastic. This makes for a great vehicle to support those updated SWS APCs and works well for those WWII 1946 games.
2 comments:
A unique Tiger conversion. I knew of the "small" turret for the Panther, but not the Tiger. What gun was it to have had?
I think it was supposed to have a longer 88mm, but I don't have my book handy. The Germans were constantly looking for ways to upgrade the firepower of their tanks.
Post a Comment