Posted 6 years ago
fortapache
(3290 items)
Sorry about the dusty shelf but I was having trouble finding WWI/II German item for German WWI/II day.
This is a 1/35 scale model by Tamiya. I prefer their models as the parts seem to go together the best and have good detail.
As to the actual vehicle upon which the model is based it is not a tank. This is because tank enthusiasts take great pleasure in saying something is not a tank when it does not meet the narrow definition of what can actually be called a tank. In this case it is an assault gun. It has an armored superstructure with 100mm thick frontal armor and a low velocity 150 mm gun. It was for taking out fortifications such as pillboxes. In reality it pretty much had to do the same thing as a tank which is why the specialized vehicles like this are no longer made. Anyway feel free to call it a tank.
PS for those of you in various online groups whenever the host goes off topic there are howls of protest. "That isn't a tank it is a tank destroyer! You are a (insert insult here)."
I'm told by Vincent this reminds him of an Elefant; basically a gun on tracks.
Tank is good for me.
racer4four I just got an Elefant model which I have yet to build. The Brummbar is more like the Sturmtiger seen on the right in photo 4.
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Lovely model tank, thanks for sharing. Afrika Korps sand camo coloured or just a bit rusty?
Thank you very much Black Watch. This is the base color for German vehicles from 1943-45, it is called RAL 7028 (dark yellow). Afrika Corps used RAL 8000 (yellow brown/sand). The other base color would of course be Panzer Gray aka RAL 7021.
I weathered this model a bit, it is the 1944 version.
The RAL system is still used by Germany but they changed it a bit in a purge of all things WWII related.
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You have a great collection and thanks for sharing it.
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