Im off work sick so this is a good chance to catch up on those models getting left in the back of the cupboard. ive a nice KFZ 7 halftrack, struggling a bit with colour schemes, my other half tracks are yellow and white so i fancy something different. Id quite like to get an 88 to go with it so. is this panzer grey, matt black seats and canvas roof. What colour should the 88 be? Kev
Any German colour scheme you like for it and the gun Kev, Ubiquitous across nearly all German combat zones (maybe a Spanish scheme? they had 'em till quite long after the war. If you can find a decent picture... I can't, and I've looked for ages.) Check out Tanxheaven for at least one scheme with interior details too. That top shot's a lovely one. (by the way, it's definitely an Sd.Kfz., certainly something 'sonder' about it. )
Flak 36 & bogies. http://maquettegarden.free.fr/Vehicules/Flak/index.xml Sdkfz 7/2 http://maquettegarden.free.fr/Vehicules/SDKFZ%207/index.xml Just for interests sake here's one being recovered . Sd.Kfz. 7/2 z Pilicy – Detektorweb.cz
it is, something about it, dont know what it is. its in lovely condition, barely dirty, th men add a personel level too it, make it more interesting, i couldnt reseit putting it up.
what about this? Axis History Forum :: Colour photos of Axis Panzers in WW II scroll down link there's more big Sdkfz s
Axis History Forum :: Colour photos of Axis Panzers in WW II Excellent thread from those chaps. I see there's a suggestion on there that 'big cook' in this picture (can't find the thread where we discussed it) is a toy hanging from the barrel??:
Some real gems on that thread isn't there? Seeing them in colour makes the war sem more recent. Panzer grey isn't totally matt is it? Quite a few of those vehicles have some shine on them. I don't just mean that one in the rain. See the armoured column on page one.
the pics came from here btw which seems to have an insane number of pictures of these things. Google Image Result for http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/k/sdKfz7mitgeschuetz_Baydeww2.jpg
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KFZ, you found a gold mine! Oldtimer gallery. Trucks. Cars. Motorcycles. The introduction is lovely, though Citizens of countries mentioned below are not responsible for crimes committed by their leaders. Citizens are only taxpayers of these crimes. God, help Iraqi people to protect their motherland in their holy war against murderers from usa. I don't buy products made in usa and their "slave government" countries: england, bulgaria, australia, romania, japan, poland, latvia, georgia, the netherlands, south korea, philippines, czech rp., danmark, albania. Join this boycott. Support Iraq - member of UN! Support UN organization! Support peace in the World! I know, bit strange, big tirade about NATO too. The UK seems to be constantly up there top on most of his rant lists. oops.
Something comical about the kfz7 looks like there all out for coach ride in the country, like a little coach tour.. Kev
When new German vehicles (including the Sd.Kfz.7) were under evaluation at Kummersdorf part of the trial process was "Germany Trips" where convoys of new vehicles were taken for long rambling drives around the country for several days or weeks. Very popular with the testing staff, I have some pictures of these trips & they look like 1930's factory outings, smiles all round and stops at pubs and places of interest but instead of a charabanc there's several different halftracks, a tank or two and assorted other military gear.
Making this model, one thing that stands out is how big a vehicle this is, its like a coach, the track run is enormas. Here a good pic of a sdkfz7 next to a Hanomag.
