Hi there

This could well be a qustion for Steffen. I've bought Tamiya's 6x4 Krupp Protze. A Google-search found a useful site - Old Timer Gallery, which includes some vehicles with Luftwaffe number plates. The question is, how widely used was the truck by the Luftwaffe (these pics seem to be Flak units and driver schools) and might it be found on airfields for general use?

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan

put it in the "Buy, Sell and Trade" and you'll reach a much larger audience

Seriously, try the Armorama site too.

Flak units were Luftwaffe then (they had other uniform insignia in red) so not every WL sign indicates use by a flying unit. Often Lw Flak units were incorporated in Heerertruppenteile.

I would say just use it on an airfield dio, as it is a nice kit. And scale police is a little different with the armour guys. As long as you get the a/c right everything is perfect

One problem is the cargo bed, which is not as nice and flat as on an Opel Blitz or Henschel truck ... mostly the Krupp was used as a "Protze"=limber (hope that is correct) for pulling military equipment (guns, flak ...)

Let me state again, that i am no expert!!

BTW I will try to mak a Kfz.81 out of mine ... hope I can get a Flak 30 from Marc (Mr. PropagandaKompanie) He is very ill and has to give up his business ... I hope he will recover enough to have a good life after PK

cheers

Steffen

Cheers Steffen

Can we quote you on that? :-) That sounds like a recipe for a lot of inter-Network fun! Not that I ever like pulling the Armour guys and gals tails of course... Heaven forbid!

If I ever build a dio, I can always say its a requisitioned vehicle...

All the best

Rowan

Of course you can quote me

It was not meant disrespectful. As an example: Say you get an u/c leg wrong and the plane sits aslope ... no way to hide that .. even with a trick surface ...

if you cannot get the wheels of a truck level .. just put it in a small dio and you are a master of working chassis. Do not get me wrong .. there are other points where armour modellers get pretty anal .. it is just different.

And when someone sees your dio:

A: armour guy (or gal of course): "bah, another fliyng thingie ..."
B: a/c guy: " Nice plane, but why the rusty truck" ...

you see, you can't go wrong :-) :-) :-)

cheers

Steffen

He! He! - and I didn't dare say the "a" word... :-)

All the best as always

Rowan

PS - "anorak", of course, for our younger readers...

Well, you are the boss here .. except of BIG J. of course.

If i should change something .. just say what .. you know I am just a stupid German ...

BTW I have recently seen one of Görings fantasy uniforms in a mag and instantly asked myself if I would fit in or if that would be too small :-) :-)

best wishes

Steffen

All armour are called "targets", just ask Mal :-) . And yes they can debate for hours over the correct shade of olive drab :-) .
Andy (who hasn't built any targets ever, honest ).

:-) :-) :-) :-)

I have another nice topic: the correct green shade for Tusian Tigers

OTOH just look at the thread over at HS about RLM 76 ....

in the end the differences might be marginal

cheers

Steffen

I resemble that :-)