Sonntag, 28. Mai 2017

Schweizer Panzermuseum Thun Swiss tank Museum in Thun part II

Besides the old stuff, there they have modern tanks like the German Leopard and the Schützenpanzer 2000. So here are some of the modern stuff.














Schweizer Panzermuseum Thun Swiss tank Museum in Thun

As my nephew invited me to visit him in Thun, where is is with the Swiss Army, I took of course the chance to visit the Tank museum at the barracks there. Normally you cannot enter the museum as it is inside the areal.
Enough words, here some of the highlights:











Samstag, 13. Mai 2017

M 19 Diamond tank transporter in 1/144 but where is the trailer?

Some weeks ago I finished work on the Diamond truck, created the dump version and ?
Yes of course the most known combination was still missing. The trailer for the M19 tank transport set.
So where is it?
Today I can at least present the drawing. When I sent the tractor to the printer, I realized that the trailer had some mistakes; wrong dimensions and both problems made it impossible to get it printed.
After working on some other projects I finished this week the drawing and will send it in the next two weeks to Shapeways.
So in some weeks I should have the German tank transporter set, the one with the Sonderanhänger 115, the second version with the Sonderanhänger 116 and for Tigers and King Tigers, the version with the Culemeyer trailers.
On Allied side, I have from Metal Troops the Dragon M25 set, the British Scammel set and the British Diamond set.
The point is, that the order to build the Diamond tractor and the trailer, came from the British war ministry.  The british industry had no free capacity, that's why the Americans jumped in.
Later the much better M25 set came.

Diamond tractor for M19 tank transport units

Diamond M19 set in 1/1144

Diamond M19 set in 1/1144



Freitag, 5. Mai 2017

Sonderanhänger 116 a German tank recovery trailer

Sonderanhänger 116 in FUD.
I continue with some more trailers. Next on my wishlist is the heavy Sonderanhänger 116.
This was a typical German design, excellent, but hard to produce as it was technically very challenging. The handling was very complicated if you compare it with other tank trailers.
For recovery you had to remove the back part, put the tank on the platform, raised it and connected to the dolly.
For the 1/144 version I decided to go with a new concept. I designed it from beginning in two versions, one with the minimum wall thickness of 0.7 mm and the special version for FUD, Frosted Ultra Design and 0.5 mm wall thickness. So I got two Sonderanhänger 116 in 1/144.
Okay, the FUD version I have to redesign, the material looks wonderful, but it breaks much faster than I expected.
The good point, you can present the tank trailer 116 in both versions, with the two dollies connected or with the back dolly removed and ready to pick up your tank. 

Sonderanhänger 116 ready to pick up German tanks

Sonderanhänger 116 in moving position

front view of the tank trailer 116 

top view of the German tank trailer 116

for the first time I even designed the underworld

1/144 Sonderanhänger 116 in FUD

1/144 Sonderanhänger 116 in FUD

1/144 Sonderanhänger 116 in FUD

1/144 Sonderanhänger 116 in FUD


09/52 1/144 Diorama Bunker mit Entfernungsmesser // Diorama with range searcher in XXL

1/144 Bunker mit Entfernungsmesser in Dänemark Heute stelle ich noch ein weiteres Diorama vor. Es handelt sich um einen Bunker, eine Sonderf...