Halftrack 1/6th Scale

The table I use for outdoor set ups is about 4 x 6 feet, 40 inches high.

WWII German SdKfz 250 halftrack.

It's the early war version of the halftrack but they served until the end of the war.

I got the halftrack 20 years ago, and I don't remember who made it.

The kubelwagen is from Dragon, and its very well detailed.

The wheels roll, windshield folds up and down.

The Dragon figures come with a little plastic base that is removable to help the figures stand up.

The troops fit well inside, you can see the steering wheel.

It's a good halftrack.

The window flaps fold open and closed.
 

Roco And Other Conversions

Filament Fighters M18 Hellcat.

Earth vs the Flying Saucers anti-UFO ray truck.

WWII US Army 4.5 inch howitzers.  Roco 155mm conversion with extended barrel.

105mm Self-Propelled US Army halftrack, WWII.  Roco conversion that I upgraded from my original version when I got more information.

Conversion of the Roco Dodge weapons carrier and Heiser M3 halftrack to make the M5 halftrack.  Also Roco and metal 75mm mountain guns.
 

US Army Halftracks

This particular model M15 got a canvas cover over the driver compartment, but my other three don't have that, just for a little variety.

M15 40mm and M15 37mm, Roco Conversion and Filament Fighters.

The M15 37mm had a more open turret than the 40mm. 

The turrets needed more armor in the Pacific where the Japanese were likely to close assault armor.

The turrets are removable and it is easy to mix them up and they are not always exactly interchangeable.

So I note a small number on the bottom of the turret and on the top of the halftrack rear so that the same halftrack gets the same turret each time.
 

M3A1 Halftrack

US Army World War Two halftrack.

Roco M3A1 halftrack.

The base below the machine gun is the main difference between the -A1 and the regular M3.

Take the MG ring off and mount it on a pedestal and you essentially have a M3.

The cargo racks on the side are too deep, they should be much smaller and were used to hold land mines, not backpacks.  The US manufactured so many of these they stopped halftrack production about a year before the war ended.

Very detailed underside of the model. These came out in about 1973 and cost about $1.75 cents.  That was a lot of money for a Roco in those days.  They were the most highly detailed Roco up to that time with a lot of little parts.

Roco kind of cheated on this model, they included the mount for the 81mm mortar carrier in the personnel carrier version by making the same rear end for the M3A1 and the M21 mortar carrier.  A great model and you can't have too many of them.