SteveKrieg
Company Commander
G'day all,
Happy new year and hope that the start of 2020 has been kind to all and sundry. As for me, I've recently sorted and packed-away the last of the Project "Currahee" figs, odds and sods and have been toying (so to speak) with ideas for this year's annual model show thinking something along the lines of either showcasing some vehicles that I've used in previous projects to emphasis motorisation and mechanisation during WW2 whilst adding a couple of new ones. I've since decided to narrow down the number of models and concentrate on just several new additions.
Firstly, and in-line with this, I thought about doing up three vignettes featuring an often forgotten mode of horsepower that remained prevalent throughout the war; particularly with the German army - the horse.
So the first 'cab off the rank' this year is a horse-drawn couple of IF8 Infanterie Karren containing the stores required of a panzer-zerstorer gruppe which consisted of a group leader, a horse handler and two squads - each of three x two-man teams. The wherewithal courtesy of DML and CHE's old 2005 series pertaining to the infantry carts and the various couplings employed for it to be either hand-drawn, horse-drawn or vehicle drawn; all three modes of which will feature in the over-arching project for display Nov this year.
The preliminary pics shows the gear just recently unboxed...the plan now is to repaint and detail not only the carts but also the Panzershrecks (the primary weapon of the teams), stores and the assembly of several figures (I'll only do the horse handler, group leader and one squad so as not to over-crowd the scene given I want to illustrate mainly the horse and the carts.
The first cart is fitted with a special wooden frame that held six panzershrecks, in the centre, 12 ammo boxes (each team loader was given two) and normally the second cart contained spare rounds if avail but, in this case, special back mounts that stowed additional rounds and worn by the loader also (often saving him from having both hands busy with carriage). The carts and horse frame will be camo'd. More to follow. Enjoy, Steve
Happy new year and hope that the start of 2020 has been kind to all and sundry. As for me, I've recently sorted and packed-away the last of the Project "Currahee" figs, odds and sods and have been toying (so to speak) with ideas for this year's annual model show thinking something along the lines of either showcasing some vehicles that I've used in previous projects to emphasis motorisation and mechanisation during WW2 whilst adding a couple of new ones. I've since decided to narrow down the number of models and concentrate on just several new additions.
Firstly, and in-line with this, I thought about doing up three vignettes featuring an often forgotten mode of horsepower that remained prevalent throughout the war; particularly with the German army - the horse.
So the first 'cab off the rank' this year is a horse-drawn couple of IF8 Infanterie Karren containing the stores required of a panzer-zerstorer gruppe which consisted of a group leader, a horse handler and two squads - each of three x two-man teams. The wherewithal courtesy of DML and CHE's old 2005 series pertaining to the infantry carts and the various couplings employed for it to be either hand-drawn, horse-drawn or vehicle drawn; all three modes of which will feature in the over-arching project for display Nov this year.
The preliminary pics shows the gear just recently unboxed...the plan now is to repaint and detail not only the carts but also the Panzershrecks (the primary weapon of the teams), stores and the assembly of several figures (I'll only do the horse handler, group leader and one squad so as not to over-crowd the scene given I want to illustrate mainly the horse and the carts.
The first cart is fitted with a special wooden frame that held six panzershrecks, in the centre, 12 ammo boxes (each team loader was given two) and normally the second cart contained spare rounds if avail but, in this case, special back mounts that stowed additional rounds and worn by the loader also (often saving him from having both hands busy with carriage). The carts and horse frame will be camo'd. More to follow. Enjoy, Steve