Culemeyer trailer with Werfer Batterie an American German weapon 03/52

Today I present you a very unusual weapon. Built by the Germans and used from the Americans. But built from the Germans is not 100% correct. Actually it was assembled from the US Army based on German equipement I found With these parts they created a new weapon and sent greetings to the Germans.

the Culemeyer with the American crew, picture from Axis history forum.

Culemeyer with rocket battery

the Culemeyer comes with the wooden frame and a lot of rockets

the culemeyer ready to send out rocket greetings

please ignore the unpainted spots, I just realized them on the pictures

1/144 Culemeyer with schwerer Werfer Batterie

Culemeyer with schwerer Werfer Batterie

Here you can find the complete report with more pictures. Forum axishistory 

If you like the design, you can buy it here: Shapeways

Deutsche Version

Der Culemeyer mit den montierten Werfergestellen stellt eine eher ungewöhnliche Waffe dar. Die Komponenten sind alle aus deutscher Fertigung, doch kombiniert und als Waffe eingesetzt haben dies die US Army. Offensichtlich hatten diese genügend Munition und den Anhänger gefunden und dies darauf montiert. Der Culemeyer würde ja wirklich schwere Lasten tragen, die Holzgestelle und ein paar Raketen stelen da keine Herausforderung dar.

Auf dem Link zum Forum Axis history finden sich noch einige weitere Fotos, die die Tests der US Army in Deutschland zeigen. Das Modell kommt mit dem 2-Achsanhänger und genügend Raketen.

Wem das Modell gefällt, kann es hier beziehen: Shapeways.

new 1/144 US ship from D-Day, neues Schiff der US Navy 02/52

More accidental I found this week, that we will get a new model for a 1/144 ship. The French company Blackdog presents some first impressions of their new 1/144 ship.
Take a look at the attached pictures:



So the ship will come as a kit with several separate parts.

You can find all pictures and a field for notifications here:



about the history of this ship: here, and here and here you can even download a pdf

Mehr durch Zufall habe ich die Ankündigung von Blackcat gefunden, dass diese noch dieses Jahr ein Schiff der US-Navy rausbringen. Das Modell eines amerikanischen Patrollienschiffes, wie es am D-Day eingesetzt wurde, besteht aus mehreren Teilen, zusammen mit einem Vollrumpf. Den genauen Termin und Preis weiss ich leider auch nicht.

German Eisenbahnbatterie Gneisenau in 1/144 01/52

Some weeks ago I showed the illustration for my Eisenbahnbatterie Gneisenau.
Meanwhile the first prototype is back form printing and I started painting.
I have to do some minor changes before I can offer it on my shapeways shop, but in general the design works very well. The gun can rotate 360 degree and even the legs on the side can be made moveable. I prepared the legs with a small hole so that you can drill a hole by yourself easily.
Because of the design rules from Shapeways I can not offer that for you.
The extension for the platform are not on the correct position as I have to paint first the wooden structure. On the pictures you can see them on the side.

the legs are moveable with the help of a small drill and a bit wire

side view of the 150 mm railway gun

Eisenbahnbatterie Gneisenau with the unpainted platform 

And here a short video I took the last days from the finished model. In the next weeks I will start with a new diorama to show two of the Eienbahnbatterien in action.

Below you will see more or less the same article in German, this is one of the new changes for 2019.




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Mit Beginn des neuen Jahres werde ich auch auf Deutsch schreiben. In den letzten Wochen hatte ich gemerkt, dass es auch sehr viele Zugriffe auf meinen Blog aus Deutschland gibt, deshalb per sofort auch alles immer auf Deutsch!

Die Eisenbahnbatterie Gneisenau

Das Modell ist mittlerweile soweit fertig angemalt. Ich habe auch ein kleines video hochgeladen, damit man ein besseren Eindruck vom Modell bekommt. 


1/144 Eisenbahnbatterie Gneisenau on Shapeways

Für alle die zu faul sind nach dem letzten Eintrag zu suchen, hier ist der Link zur Diskussion im  Forum Axishisrory mit einigen sehr schönen Bildern der Eisenbahnbatterie Gneisenau. 

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 52/52

I wish you all Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Many thanks for following and reading my bad English blogs. :-)

P.S.

Before you believe I took a photographer course, the picture is from my brother, he is the professional in the family.

1/144 Sdkfz. 9 the Famo 51/52

I am very happy to announce, that I just finished two new models. Not a tank but at least on the same level of complexity. The German Sonderkraftfahrzeug 9 or better known as Famo. Famo was the name of the company which built the Sdkfz. 9.

Here is very good source of several pictures from different Famos: Famo.
During the war, the design chaned several times, mostly to save material.
The Famo ca,e in several designs, 
- as a tractor to tow heavy guns and to tranport the crew
- as a recovery truck to rescue tanks and other soft skins
- as a platform for several Flak or AA guns
- as a platform for a crane, the Bilstein crane and the stronger 10 ton crane

If you like to find out more about the differnt uses and versions of the Famo, here is a list of web pages, which I used during design:

http://modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/11119/sdkfz-crane-update-final-stretch?page=3
http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Artikel/Zgkw_18t.html
http://modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/11119/sdkfz-crane-update-final-stretch?page=2

Here some pictures from my first test prints:

1/144 Famo with spade for recovery tasks

PD For the first picture I used the Famo from Panzerdepot and added the spade including the loading. The spade is fixed.

two Famo cranes and the tractor version 

The right and left Famos are the one from Panzerdepot while the white one in the middle is the brand new version, completely in 3D produced.

1/144 Famo with Bilstein crane

Famo with spade and crane

with some modifications you can make it moveable

1/144 Famo with Bilstein crane

1/144 recovery version

1/144 Famo with spade

German 1/144 Armoured Recovery Vehicle new video 50/52

Last weekend I spend again some time with creating a new video. I took all my ARV from the shelfs and created a new video. I hope you like it.

overview of all my 1/144 ARV

Elefant Recovery tank only 3 existed

simple field modification for a Bergepanther

1/144 Bergepanther with 3D printed parts

complete version of a Bergepanther, only the front MG is missing

Henschel D33 with recovery device for softskins

1/144 Famo with spade

Russian T-34 now in German service, field modification

Bergepanzer III, all parts are 3D printed

Hetzer with spade, this was only a unccessful prototype

Culemeyer transport platform

buy here

trailer 116 for Famo

buy here or in fine detailed material: buy here

Sonderanhänger 121 Kässbohrer trailer for heavy tanks

buy here

a complete set for Tiger transport

buy here

an addon set for the Famo

buy here

set to change a Panther into a Bergepanther

buy here

Batterie Gneisenau German Railway gun operated by the Kriegsmarine 49/52

Actually a friend of mine asked me to design the German railway gun Kurze Bruno. I do not know why, but somehow it changed very fast to the so called German Batterie Gneisenau. These were very reliable guns from WWI and found their way to the German railway. Why they are called Gneisenau, I have no idea, I remember the Gneisenau used these 15 cm guns on the side artillery too, but I believe it is just as many Batteries or Bunkers got names.
So these 4 guns were put on platform trailers and used during the WWII in the area of Cherbourg in France. There they got destroyed shortly after D-Day. Special is the fact, that the they got operated by the Kriegsmarine and not by the Wehrmacht.
If you look for pictures from the original gun, then you realize that there are not so many pictures. Finally I was lucky and found some good sources from where I could take the details I missed on the only drawing I found.

Here is the list of all sources I justed:

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=83812

http://www.one35th.com/model/k5/k5_15cmke.htm

https://ru-artillery.livejournal.com/449043.html

http://vds104.monespace.net/thau-info/images/patrimoine/histoire/histoire-frontignan/frontignan-1943-DM-Gneisenau-3.jpg

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_59-45_skc16.php

http://www.dws-xip.pl/encyklopedia/dzk15cmkkr-de/

and here are the first screenshots, the model is at the moment on the way to the printer.

1/144 Batterie Gneisenau, ready to fire

1/144 Batterie Gneisenau, some details of the gun

1/144 Batterie Gneisenau, in travelling position

1/144 Batterie Gneisenau, ready to fire