Buongiorno maquettisti ! This morning the sky is light grey, kind of humbrol Matt147 but is turning to a darker Matt 64 very quickly , so a bit of fighting in the warm sands of Tunisia with this Diana is welcome ! Angriff !!!
@TheNoviceModeller dein deutsch ist verdächtig gut, ich werde dich beim MI5 und MI6 melden müssen. Mein vater war Engländer und meine Mutter Französin und ich möchte nicht in einem FAMO rösten !
@TheNoviceModeller as it was à lot of german for me too I entered your message in Chat gpt 4 and asked him to translate . It was pure bluff on my side but you seam to remember more of Goethes language than I 😄
Hi Andy. Yes I will gladly build the tracks for you when you decide to take on this model. You called it a 'Grille' , I know that is not right. Thr 'Grille' was a name given to a artillery piece mounted on a 'Hetzer , PZ 38 T' chassis. It mounted the SiG 33 gun in an open topped vehicle. It looked like a Marder with a shorter fatter gun.I can't remember its SD number off of the top of my head but I definately know thats what a 'Grille' was. The SWS vehicles were a new series of vehicles to replace the 'Mautiers (Mule) vehicles and some of the lighter halftracks then in use. There were many variants some with flak guns and artillery rockets and one with a high powered IR illuminating light for targeting for tanks. The Diana vehicle was a stop gap to counter the Matilda and Chuchills that the Africa corps were encountering at the time. The Germans had so many of the 7.62 Russians guns that they tried to incorporate them into their inventory. Let me know when you need my help and I will gladly take on the task for you. Good luck bud.
I'll probably take you up on that Brian LOL; sorry was refering to todays WITB with the grille reference, apparently grille was used or many similar vehicles probs including the one you are referring to. soz gotta go sleep, be seeing you.
Hi @delcatto60 i had read about it somewhere a while ago, i think i may have even searched for a kit of one and given up, when i saw it at Mickeys i think it was the first kit i thought "having that" and put to one side
Apologies @bradmarlowe8334 or the excessive fantastic plastic on display, i probably shouldn't mention the other 170 odd "whats in the box" vids on the channel or the 400 odd more in the pipeline ....erm ooops sorry LOL.
Gotta get me some tanks/armored vehicles next year. Got the MiniArt and ICM catalogs yesterday and lots of wants in the armored departments. Who sells days with 96 hours in them btw? Anyone?
Hi Andy. I never could quite understand why the Germans made this vehicle in this configuration, why not just tow the gun? That would leave more room for ammunition in the truck itself. I know that they captured many of these guns in Russia so they pressed them into service for themselves , but why mount them in the truck ? It looks like a very involved kit , just the sort I like. I don't mind individual track links , it means there's more to do. One thing I will say about them is to cut the single attachment point first. If you do the others first it could snap the link. You will be busy with this one. Now the other two. The SWS is a nice looking model , I would do the open cargo bed version but then put a 2cm flak gun in the back. The other vehicle I think was known as a Mobilwagen. I know that they made a wooden prototype but i,m not sure if they went into production.Again it was another vehicle without a purpous. They already had 88's on the backs of Famo's in the early part of the war , and as for having to unfold those sides before engagement wouldn't have filled me with confidence. I think that they were designed to be part of a defensive line so they could be moved quickly-ish if needed. But again I think that this will be heavy on parts. I hope that you have had a chance to view that video of the London show and have seen my models. Good luck bud.
Hi Brian,i think and i am probably mistaken LOL that it was to counter the thick armour of the Matilda, but whatever the reason when i saw this at Mickeys i had to have it. I you like building tracks perhaps when the time comes i will send them down to you or building a kind of colab-build LOL. your idea or mounting an AA on the SWS is interesting, according to blurb its called a Grille which translates to cricket. parts wise and apart from the goddam tracks the vehicle seems relativelky straight orward though the gun, have never seen so many sprues for a gun,i think there are multiple options and most o the carriage seems to be included.
LOOKS LIKE A GOOD KIT BUT THE TRACK-BUILD TURN ME OFF,LIKE THE RUBBER TRACKS BETTER.LOOKS MORE LIKE A SCRACHBUILD JOB.LIKE TO SEE THIS IN 1/72 SCALE FOR WARGAMES.TAKE CARE ANDY
Very nice kit of an unusual vehicle Andy, ton's of small parts to test the patience as well 😂, cheers again for sharing
@kieranfox6633 the carpet monster will get a good feeding off those track links me thinks.
@TheNoviceModeller 😂😂😂
Buongiorno maquettisti ! This morning the sky is light grey, kind of humbrol Matt147 but is turning to a darker Matt 64 very quickly , so a bit of fighting in the warm sands of Tunisia with this Diana is welcome ! Angriff !!!
Hallo und guten Morgen mein italienischer Genosse, hättest du Lust, mit meinem FAMO durch den Wüstensand Afrikas zu fahren oder eine Runde zu drehen?
@TheNoviceModeller dein deutsch ist verdächtig gut, ich werde dich beim MI5 und MI6 melden müssen. Mein vater war Engländer und meine Mutter Französin und ich möchte nicht in einem FAMO rösten !
I took German at school, managed a grade F, now i have Google translate LOL.
@TheNoviceModeller as it was à lot of german for me too I entered your message in Chat gpt 4 and asked him to translate . It was pure bluff on my side but you seam to remember more of Goethes language than I 😄
Hi Andy. Yes I will gladly build the tracks for you when you decide to take on this model. You called it a 'Grille' , I know that is not right. Thr 'Grille' was a name given to a artillery piece mounted on a 'Hetzer , PZ 38 T' chassis. It mounted the SiG 33 gun in an open topped vehicle. It looked like a Marder with a shorter fatter gun.I can't remember its SD number off of the top of my head but I definately know thats what a 'Grille' was. The SWS vehicles were a new series of vehicles to replace the 'Mautiers (Mule) vehicles and some of the lighter halftracks then in use. There were many variants some with flak guns and artillery rockets and one with a high powered IR illuminating light for targeting for tanks. The Diana vehicle was a stop gap to counter the Matilda and Chuchills that the Africa corps were encountering at the time. The Germans had so many of the 7.62 Russians guns that they tried to incorporate them into their inventory. Let me know when you need my help and I will gladly take on the task for you. Good luck bud.
I'll probably take you up on that Brian LOL; sorry was refering to todays WITB with the grille reference, apparently grille was used or many similar vehicles probs including the one you are referring to. soz gotta go sleep, be seeing you.
Lovely kit and one on my to buy list. £20 is a bargain. I have never seen a versuchsflakwagen before, a new one to me.
Hi @delcatto60 i had read about it somewhere a while ago, i think i may have even searched for a kit of one and given up, when i saw it at Mickeys i think it was the first kit i thought "having that" and put to one side
Hi Andy, I must stop watching your updates! Now I want one lol. The Germans did make such weird and wonderful stuff, lucky for us though.
Apologies @bradmarlowe8334 or the excessive fantastic plastic on display, i probably shouldn't mention the other 170 odd "whats in the box" vids on the channel or the 400 odd more in the pipeline ....erm ooops sorry LOL.
Gotta get me some tanks/armored vehicles next year. Got the MiniArt and ICM catalogs yesterday and lots of wants in the armored departments. Who sells days with 96 hours in them btw? Anyone?
I you ind any o these 96hr days or sale anywhere please let me know, though knowing my luck i'd probably end up in work or 48 of them LOL.
Hi Andy. I never could quite understand why the Germans made this vehicle in this configuration, why not just tow the gun? That would leave more room for ammunition in the truck itself. I know that they captured many of these guns in Russia so they pressed them into service for themselves , but why mount them in the truck ? It looks like a very involved kit , just the sort I like. I don't mind individual track links , it means there's more to do. One thing I will say about them is to cut the single attachment point first. If you do the others first it could snap the link. You will be busy with this one. Now the other two. The SWS is a nice looking model , I would do the open cargo bed version but then put a 2cm flak gun in the back. The other vehicle I think was known as a Mobilwagen. I know that they made a wooden prototype but i,m not sure if they went into production.Again it was another vehicle without a purpous. They already had 88's on the backs of Famo's in the early part of the war , and as for having to unfold those sides before engagement wouldn't have filled me with confidence. I think that they were designed to be part of a defensive line so they could be moved quickly-ish if needed. But again I think that this will be heavy on parts. I hope that you have had a chance to view that video of the London show and have seen my models. Good luck bud.
Hi Brian,i think and i am probably mistaken LOL that it was to counter the thick armour of the Matilda, but whatever the reason when i saw this at Mickeys i had to have it. I you like building tracks perhaps when the time comes i will send them down to you or building a kind of colab-build LOL. your idea or mounting an AA on the SWS is interesting, according to blurb its called a Grille which translates to cricket. parts wise and apart from the goddam tracks the vehicle seems relativelky straight orward though the gun, have never seen so many sprues for a gun,i think there are multiple options and most o the carriage seems to be included.
LOOKS LIKE A GOOD KIT BUT THE TRACK-BUILD TURN ME OFF,LIKE THE RUBBER TRACKS BETTER.LOOKS MORE LIKE A SCRACHBUILD JOB.LIKE TO SEE THIS IN 1/72 SCALE FOR WARGAMES.TAKE CARE ANDY