[trettegeani]

I did, over 40 years ago 1/72 WW2 planes and hanging them from the ceiling of my bedroom.

Good times...

[LarryG1978]

I'm working on a PzKpfw IV Ausf. H, a neat looking Nazi tank.



Mine's gonna be in winter camo, though.

[numinertyuesk]

I traded the Tamiya Bismarck in for the new Revell of Germany 1/350 model. The RoG model was apparently handled badly in shipping, but I'm still ecstatic with it. There's so much more detail.

It's humorous how models of Nazi military machines made or sold in Europe can't have the swastika included, so I have little Nazi flags with no swastikas. Not that it matters for the Bismarck. During the Battle of the Denmark Straights, the Bismarck wasn't flying any flags and the deck swastikas were covered with gray canvas.

[Shemker394]

You'll just have to build a new one then.

Maybe we could do a thread where we each build our ships and compare and contrast.

What I liked about the Tamiya was there's an extensive aftermarket for enhancements to make it more realistic. What I don't like is that if you shell out for all three of the White Ensign Models kits, it's over $150, not including the $70 for the model. The Revell of Germany kit isn't as good as the Tamiya + WEM, but it's a hell of a lot cheaper, and I like the plastic anti-aircraft of the RoG better than the replacement WEM brass etched.

Since I'm intending to do the Battle of the Denmark Straights, Bismarck won't be sporting his characteristic camouflage, which was painted over in Norway before he left for open Atlantic.

I still might get one of the brass etching kits, because I'd like to have details on the range finders and have doors and such.

One guy took three years of modding and detailing to build his Bismarck. I'm not that insane, but damn did his ship look great.

[elalmhicabalp]

Shouldn't you rather build models of T-34s and MiGs instead Che?

[KkJvrG4d]

Well, I got another tank instead.

This time it's 1/35 scale.

Again, it's a PzKpfw IV, but this time, Ausf. F2. These didn't have the external armor of late models Gs, as well as the H and Js. I'm going to do a paint job for a tank from the 204th Regiment of the 22nd Pz.Div. The regiment and division took part in the Battle of Rostov (1942) and was savaged, then sent to support the 6th Army in Stalingrad, where it was nearly destroyed.

After I finish this, I'll build a PzKpfw IV Ausf. E from the same unit, with the stubby cannon. I'm thinking I'm gonna do a diorama, maybe for Rostov, maybe for Stalingrad.

[rassedgesse]

I just found a photo of the tank specific tank I had decided to model.

[casinobonuscxz]

At Stalingrad, this division had dug in and buried their tanks in hay, in order to keep them warm and ready to fight. Well, mice burrowed into the hay and ate the electrical wiring. Of some 104 tanks in the division, only 42 were able to fight.

Soviet mice