John Kettler Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) Forgive the neologism, but you'll understand why when you see this! Unsurprisingly, the builder, Jaime Cara, camotanker on IG, won a contest with this. I Love Scale Models on FB has the full spread of 14 pics of this gloriously nasty looking beast of war. Note the Berlin-Oder strategic operation ID markings. Am puzzled by the lack of a radio antenna. Perhaps it was shot away? Hard to believe as meticulous a model builder as this guy would forget to put it on. Don't know whether it's possible to suppress portions of the track guard yet still see the tracks. Regards, John Kettler Edited May 2, 2021 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Beautiful model, but the helmet on that figure is grotesquely large. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The lines and shadows are brilliantly brought out by dark paint - esp the uniform. Wish we could get that kind of detail in CM models. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: Beautiful model, but the helmet on that figure is grotesquely large. I see what you mean, but in my elementary school days, our big rolling football equipment locker had WW II pattern (maybe even age) Rawlings leather helmets, and I saw a fair number of people running around in oversized helmets. Here are a few pics from the GPW showing tank commanders in their padded helmets. Unfortunately front only. Though a military miniature only, this does give some idea how bulky the helmet was. There seem to have been several different types, some more trim than others. The modern Russian tanker helmets from before the new ABS ones were introduced were huge, bigger even than the ones from the GPW.http://www.alpineminiatures.com/images/figpix/35215/35215bb.jpg Regards, John Kettler Edited May 3, 2021 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 9 hours ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: Beautiful model, but the helmet on that figure is grotesquely large. or, or, hear me out here, or, his head is grotesquely small. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 2 hours ago, John Kettler said: I see what you mean, but in my elementary school days, our big rolling football equipment locker had WW II pattern (maybe even age) Rawlings leather helmets, and I saw a fair number of people running around in oversized helmets. Here are a few pics from the GPW showing tank commanders in their padded helmets. Unfortunately front only. Though a military miniature only, this does give some idea how bulky the helmet was. There seem to have been several different types, some more trim than others. The modern Russian tanker helmets from before the new ABS ones were introduced were huge, bigger even than the ones from the GPW.http://www.alpineminiatures.com/images/figpix/35215/35215bb.jpg Regards, John Kettler I've seen plenty of those padded style helmets, but none of them looked like the figure in the model. I'm thinking this is him without the helmet: 54 minutes ago, ng cavscout said: or, or, hear me out here, or, his head is grotesquely small. This...is entirely possible. I debated that and decided the head is okay with the hands, but without being able to remove the helmet from the equation, I can't be sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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