Small Scale Military Headquarters

I did this River Ironclad a couple of years back for a museum .
They made copies of it for local schools I am told.

99% scratch built out of styrene except the ladders I was able to buy those off of the shelf.
I also used styrene tubes for the stacks.
The side gun walls were made of styrene and I used a strip of zip ties in the center .
I used brass tubes for the core of the cannons applied rings of styrene and spun them in a drill to get the shape.

Aprx 14" long about 1/85 scale

PH,
That is AMAZING!
What class of Confederate Ironclad is it?
Razor

Actually it is a City-Class UNION River Ironclad

Here is a full build that I did for a board member.
I think actually it was my very first !!!

I think it came out great for my first .
My skillset has improved a little over the years.



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My first Jumbo.

Christmas rush 2020

pickelhaube wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:33 pm

Actually it is a City-Class UNION River Ironclad

Ead's Pook Turtle - Cool!
There was one named after a nearby city of Cincinnati.
On the Vicksburg battlefield, the USS Cario is on display and you are able to walk her decks.
Amazing! She sank in 1862 by a confederate mine detonated by electricity on shore.
She sank in a very short time, but all survived.
The ship was found and raised in the 1960's.
Here's a link to her story.
https://exploresouthernhistory.com/vicksburg2.html

Very nice work, PH.
Razor

Thanks Razor

My first consigned Jagdtiger hopefully will look like this one.



I think that I got it close

More pictures .
This camo scheme WAS a challenge.

That camo looks great and the tracks look real.
Nice Job Pickel!!


Oh I forgot to mention it does look good without fenders.




After seeing your Jadgtiger, I may redo my camouflage.

Have you considered doing a M3 Stuart Light tank? I’ve searched everywhere for a model in the 1/16 to 1/18 scale and have yet to find one. 1/35 scale is the largest out there?

GIJosef wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:36 pm

Have you considered doing a M3 Stuart Light tank? I’ve searched everywhere for a model in the 1/16 to 1/18 scale and have yet to find one. 1/35 scale is the largest out there?

Our local 3D printer guy makes them in either 1/16 scale or 1/18.
Grunt Battlefield toys.

Time for an update.
I have been busy

This painting is what I went off of to do Red 003

A consigner wanted this iconic disk pattern.
It was extremely difficult to do but I think that I got it real close.










Here is his big brother.

Hey Picklehaube, its Caribmar, I finally retired from military service. I sure miss NOLA , especially visiting you to admire your workbench and helmet collection. Your
Stug looks fantastic. The paint scheme is great, I especially like the Schürzen...its spot on! Take care and keep those builds coming.
-Regards,
Caribmar / Francisco1

Thanks my friend !

Well you sure have been busy Matthew. The King Tigers are looking great, what decals did you use for the turret numbers?
The Stug IV's and Jagdpanthers are also excellent, your paint schemes are fantastic.
I'm currently finishing up my 3rd King Tiger kit that you made and then the Stug IV kit.

I did have another question aside from the KT turret numbers, what did you use to glue the
rubber Tiger tracks together?...two pieces per side four places to glue in total.

normandy wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:26 am

Well you sure have been busy Matthew. The King Tigers are looking great, what decals did you use for the turret numbers?
The Stug IV's and Jagdpanthers are also excellent, your paint schemes are fantastic.
I'm currently finishing up my 3rd King Tiger kit that you made and then the Stug IV kit.

I did have another question aside from the KT turret numbers, what did you use to glue the
rubber Tiger tracks together?...two pieces per side four places to glue in total.

I have a local signmaker who makes stencils for me.
They also make the crosses and stars.
I even had them make the First in Bastogn markings.

I used thick CA glue to join the tracks together with plenty kicker.

Thanks Matthew I'm about ready to glue the tracks together.
Stencils seem to be the way to go, I'll have to see whats around here.

pickelhaube wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:28 am

GIJosef wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:36 pm

Have you considered doing a M3 Stuart Light tank? I’ve searched everywhere for a model in the 1/16 to 1/18 scale and have yet to find one. 1/35 scale is the largest out there?

Our local 3D printer guy makes them in either 1/16 scale or 1/18.
Grunt Battlefield toys.

What’s the best way to contact him? Does he list here? Thanks for your information.

Here's his site... https://www.battlegroundmodels.com/

I completed this one last week and it is now at its home.
Blue 332
Story Of Blue 332
Late in the war in the middle of the night an M-4 Sherman happened unto Blue 332.
The Sherman commander and crew did not know if it was abandoned or not so they fired a star shell over the top of the tank.
The crew of the Tiger were asleep and the star shell made them think that the tank was on fire so they bailed out.
All of the crew were shot except one , who made it out and escaped.
The Sherman commander had an idea of taking this newly captured Tiger and kill another Tiger with it !
Well he ran out of gas before he was able to do so.
It was commandeered by officials and shipped to the States were it is today.
It now resides at Aberdeen with the port side of the turret cut out for viewing.
I have done my best to capture the paint scheme of how it sits now

Matthew you've done an amazing job on this Tiger II build and the paint job looks great!
The foam / rubber tracks you made make the build much quicker. I'm finishing up the third
one I got from you.


Tiger 332 has recently been moved to the U.S. Armor and Calvary Collection at Ft. Benning, I
believe it arrived there in October of 2021. Going to have to make plans to visit the museum
when it opens to the public.

I don't do facebook but check out this link https://www.facebook.com/ArmorandCavalryCollection
and scroll down to Decembers posts...332. Plenty of other armor there and all INDOORS and
not rusting in a field.