As for the comment about being an "expert"... in my experience, just about the time you think you are an expert... that's when you step in shi... well, you get the idea... 
Custom Tiger Waffen-SS Division Totenkopf KURSK 1943
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It's really not all that surprising that he got a bid.... as the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we've seen this kind of thing take place on ebay many times. I would be curious to see what his contributions on fine scale modeler were though... I honestly cannot imagine anyone of that caliber of modeling skills offering up something like this with so many obvious shortcomings... As for the comment about being an "expert"... in my experience, just about the time you think you are an expert... that's when you step in shi... well, you get the idea...
As for the comment about being an "expert"... in my experience, just about the time you think you are an expert... that's when you step in shi... well, you get the idea... Gen. George S. Patton Jr., 28th Regimental Colonel, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, "Blood and Steel"
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[+] SS marking ( ? )
>>> Actually , this Waffen SS - Pzr.Div. marking is incorrect for Totenkopf Kursk . The marking "olifant" shows , is for Das Reich Kursk .olifant wrote:I like how he chose the Totenkolf() Division for this. I am pretty sure TK never had an organic Schwerecompanie...and they rarely applied the totenkopf division ID on their tanks...and at Kursk all SS armored tactical insignia was changed for security. IIRC the Totenkopf Kursk insignia looked like this:
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[+] > The correct Waffen SS - Pzr.Div. marking for Totenkopf Kursk should look like this :
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* I'm on a roll here since I'm in the mood for correct markings. *
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Re: [+] SS marking ( ? )
Ok, you got me Mitch! I went from memory and did not look it up. Still, he is not even close!MG-42 wrote:>>> Actually , this Waffen SS - Pzr.Div. marking is incorrect for Totenkopf Kursk . The marking "olifant" shows , is for Das Reich Kursk .olifant wrote:I like how he chose the Totenkolf(
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Quite the expert
[+] > The correct Waffen SS - Pzr.Div. marking for Totenkopf Kursk should look like this :
<center> l l l </center>
* I'm on a roll here since I'm in the mood for correct markings. *
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Re: [+] SS marking ( ? )
Don't sweat it Olifant. Your just getting old it happens to all of us.olifant wrote:Ok, you got me Mitch! I went from memory and did not look it up. Still, he is not even close!MG-42 wrote: >>> Actually , this Waffen SS - Pzr.Div. marking is incorrect for Totenkopf Kursk . The marking "olifant" shows , is for Das Reich Kursk .
[+] > The correct Waffen SS - Pzr.Div. marking for Totenkopf Kursk should look like this :
<center> l l l </center>
* I'm on a roll here since I'm in the mood for correct markings. *
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