Gordon Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 As a bonus double feature for my from scratch Ambush Pz VIB mod, I'll be releasing (hopefully early next week) my version of the very late war "Octopus" camouflage scheme seen on s.Pz.Abt. 511 vehicles. While this battalion fought the western Allies, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that a few vehicles might have made a wrong turn and ended up fighting the Soviets. The CMMOS version will have the usual bells and whistles with armored skirts mounted or removed, optional kill rings, a complete Abteilung's vehicle tactical numbers in the white stencil style, and white balkenkreuz on turret side and hull rear. I adopted the white-only balkenkreuz as it's highly likely that the black center would have been omitted on the predominantly olivgrun vehicle. Non-CMMOS versions will also be provided with fewer options due to size constraints (as before). [ June 25, 2005, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: Gordon ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dambuster Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Very nice lookng m8 you,ve done a nice job chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigduke6 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Yah, but where's the tank? All I can see is tentacles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Did the Germans really use this camo scheme? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 ...my version of the very late war "Octopus" camouflage scheme seen on s.Pz.Abt. 511 vehicles...Does that answer your question. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Amazing stuff, mister Gordon ! I've read in an Osprey book about the KT that this kind of camouflage scheme was used in the very late stages of the war. Can we suppose that, in april-may 1945, some external equipments might be missing, due to shortages ? I'm thinking about towing cables and Notek light... Just a thought 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Pollock Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 I've always wondered who thought up the camo schemes...was there an actual Department of Camo or somesuch...or was it more, "hey, look what Schmidt just came up with!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Originally posted by Bogdan: Amazing stuff, mister Gordon ! I've read in an Osprey book about the KT that this kind of camouflage scheme was used in the very late stages of the war. Can we suppose that, in april-may 1945, some external equipments might be missing, due to shortages ? I'm thinking about towing cables and Notek light... Just a thought I considered doing this, but all my references showed the vehicle fully equipped, so I left everything on. I suppose I could provide that as an option, but then I'd have to delay the release for about a week as I won't be able to work on it further until then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 Originally posted by Brent Pollock: I've always wondered who thought up the camo schemes...was there an actual Department of Camo or somesuch...or was it more, "hey, look what Schmidt just came up with!" A little of both actually. At various times during the war the Germans had standardized patterns and at other times it was up to individual units. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 25, 2005 Author Share Posted June 25, 2005 Ok, as before, the CMMOS version with all the bells and whistles, and a non-CMMOS with fenders and a non-CMMOS version without fenders are now available on CMMOD. As a new twist, since these are late war and there was a wee bit of a supply problem, some of the hull side mounted "kit" can be left off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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