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What to do.....

Post by B-29 » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:54 pm

After purchasing a defective halftrack from TRU, I sold the main body to a friend for customizing and here's what I have left:
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Not much, but I'm looking for ideas on what to do with them, hopefully to incorporate them into some custom German armor. But what :?: :?:

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Post by General Blasto » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:12 pm

How about a SDkfz 7 or 11 as some say.
Here's the one I'm working on :P

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I used both the driving wheels and track assembly, and also the front wheels. Other that that, the body is made with parts from 2 Indy troop cars and the hood from an Indy cargo truck ;)

It's a great project, yet I've been short on time to finish it :?

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Re: What to do.....

Post by AirstrikeToys » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:54 pm

B-29 wrote:After purchasing a defective halftrack from TRU, I sold the main body to a friend for customizing and here's what I have left:
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Not much, but I'm looking for ideas on what to do with them, hopefully to incorporate them into some custom German armor. But what :?: :?:
Looks like the left overs after a couple of 500 pounders from a P-47. :lol:

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Post by smittyrob64 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:10 am

Well...

How good are you at building?
When you say custom german armor are you talking about a fantasy piece or something accurate?

If you are going for fantasy, then there is nothing stopping you.
If you are going for accurate you've got a couple of different halftrack options.
1. Sdkfz 11- uses all the same wheels tracks and running gear as the Sdkfz 251, you would just need to make a new body for it.
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2. Sdkfz 250- With some work you could make a pretty good one of these as another member has done very nicely.
See Grognards post
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Post by smittyrob64 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:10 am

Double post, sorry :cry:

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Post by gary1930 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:16 am

The Sd Kfz 11 Zugkraftwagen was built on the 251 chassis, and is fairly easy to make as it has all straight lines:

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Post by smittyrob64 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:19 am

Those look great, I see another in the background :D

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Post by gary1930 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:11 am

smittyrob64 wrote:Those look great, I see another in the background :D
Thanks. The one in the background is the 1/35th AVF club version which I used for a pattern.

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Post by B-29 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:35 pm

Thanks for the suggestions! The Sd kfz 11 is probably the one I will build.

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