"Scratch-Built 28mm German Sd.Ah.24 Heavy Generator" Topic
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| AJ Wright | 02 Jan 2017 5:35 p.m. PST |
One can't have a Freya limber radar without a portable power source for it to run off of now can they? There is one model manufacturer that offers this kit in 1:48 scale, which would have been quite sufficient, but I was unwilling to pay the cost plus the shipping from eastern Europe for it as it would have totaled well over $50.00 USD. Instead, I chose to scratch built it myself. As a terrain piece I took some liberties and chose to model just the important stuff. I only had two matching wheels in my spares box so I left off the spare tire over the tongue of the trailer. The entire trailer is scratch built from polystyrene sheet and model sprue with the exception of the wheels and the towing eye on the tongue, both of which are lead. The power terminals were scratch built up from styrene stick stock and stretched sprue. More photos, including some next to the radar station on my blog here: link
Photo of the original next to a German radio truck:
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| Brian Smaller | 02 Jan 2017 7:17 p.m. PST |
Nice piece of work on the scratch build. I amazed that some manufacturer thought there would be enough interest to actually tool up to make a plastic kit of this. |
| AJWright | 03 Jan 2017 7:32 a.m. PST |
It was a small-batch eastern European resin model – probably geared towards diorama builders. Very expensive. It wasn't a wargaming model. milminwh.com/plus_1-48.htm |
| Skarper | 04 Jan 2017 2:20 a.m. PST |
The kit is really nice, very detailed. Looks like a good company though inevitably pricey. Your scratchbuild captures the essence and serves the purpose well enough. |
| AJWright | 04 Jan 2017 9:34 a.m. PST |
If it were a fighting piece I would have good a bit further, but for a terrain piece / objective, I agree. Perfect is the enemy of good. |
| jfariahitech | 05 Jan 2017 2:26 a.m. PST |
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