Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hi, welcome.
Looks fantastic. Beautiful job on the cockpit area and details. Looking at it and being detail oriented myself I can appreciate all the work you have put into it, transforming it from toy to model.

I thought that might have been a cemetary in the background. At least it's probably nice and quiet.

you guys' collections are incredible. I love seing them displayed like that.

Mikeg, do you have anyone patrolling the woods back there? You never know when some back woods XD thieves might try to do a little poaching.
....Looks like they might have already pushed down the chain link.

Thanks I will, where did you get your decals from?

Thanks, yeah I just sanded the edges of the treads to make a more convincing tire shape. I haven't painted mine yet but 1958Zelda's look great.

Great looking camouflage, is that 1/18? It looks like you made parts as well? Antenna, late engine hatch, travel lock and other bits? One thing I did was to sand down the treads on the tires which looked to "square" I wanted to give them more of a rounded worn look. What did you do with yours?, they...

How about this one...... http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/dio ... nping5.jpg I like that one. I've seen a few different variations with "432" that one looks nice and beaten up. blitzhazed- The only parts I didn't actually make myself were the 2 photo etch clamps and the Bosch headlight. The clam...

Yeah those are nice I think the first pic was inspired by this one http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/smittyrob/orig.jpg Don't care for the camouflage in the 3rd pic, never liked that "ambush" scheme. a few more http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/smittyrob/sdkfz25122_shenkane4.jpg http:/...

Thanks for the comments guys. I've learned quite a lot about these, trying to make accurate parts you learn a thing or too. They actually started production in dec 1944 and likely there were less than 100 made. Surprisingly there are quite a lot of photo's of these. There is one in existance left I ...

Here are some pictures of my custom sd.kfz 251/22 pakwagen. Not finished as you can see, I have only given it the base coat, a little shading with the airbrush and some filters and washes to the interior. http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk190/smittyrob/DSC05748-1.jpg http://i280.photobucket.com/a...

or towing a me-262

That is pretty cool!

Smittydob, You were off to a great start on that 251 / 9 Stummel !! I wouldn't worry about jsi, I hope you finish yours. Thats another variant of the 251 I'd like to try. Thanks, I've learned a lot in terms of scratchbuilding since then so I may take another crack at it sometime, right now too many...

I think the dark muddy stained chassis came out good.

That's what I was thinking, nice job.

Oh ok I see what you mean, but Pickelhaube's is an ausf C.

Why is it a DAK hanomag?

This guy over at RCU made a hummel
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10661865/tm.htm

I started to build a 251/9 stummel but it looked like JSI had one they were going to sell so I lost interest.

I have been planning an sdkfz 251/17. With a bit of modification to the inside and the pedastal and gun you could build one.

My original point was that Taigen was just a name given to a HL and a bunch of asiatam parts on it, and you are right there is one product with a Taigen stamp on it for sale at Asiatam's website.
...but you might be right, who knows.

There are two pics shown there. If you click on the german language site and look at the grills there are 2 pictures. One with Taigen logo.

Well the other parts don't come on frets with anywhere for a Taigen stamp.

...or asiatams

Yes, Asiatam went to some trouble to disguise that

they did?

Ha ha I meant the cupola,vision port,tracks, metal hull etc. Same exact screens found on asiatams site.

http://www.asiatam.com/aetzteile-fuer-tiger-p-91.html

Oh I meant asiatam not Mato. I don't think "Taigen" makes metal parts either.
Just a name given to HL tanks with asiatam metal parts on them.

I have a couple of pdf books on the 290/390 if you want. The line drawings in them are not he best though and one book is in german.