This project uses Tamiya's 1/12 scale 2003 Repsol Honda RC211V ridden by Valentino Rossi at the year ending Valencia GP race.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
DML 1/35 Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz
This project uses Dragon Model's 1/35 Scale Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz.
A little bit of background that I've been able to gather. As the Allied forces in Europe gradually increased in air superiority, the Germans started looking more & more for self propelled anti-aircraft units. They eventually came to this design, which featured an enclosed turret, that protected the crew members from small arms fire, which previous flakpanzers lacked. Only a handful of units were actually manufactured, apparently only 5 or 6. There is some dispute as to whether they actually saw any service, but evidence seems to point that it actually did. If it did see service, it looks like it was only during the winter of 1944 & into the spring of 1945, during the Battle of Berlin. It is during the winter of 1944/1945 that I am trying to portray this model.
Now on to the kit.
A little bit of background that I've been able to gather. As the Allied forces in Europe gradually increased in air superiority, the Germans started looking more & more for self propelled anti-aircraft units. They eventually came to this design, which featured an enclosed turret, that protected the crew members from small arms fire, which previous flakpanzers lacked. Only a handful of units were actually manufactured, apparently only 5 or 6. There is some dispute as to whether they actually saw any service, but evidence seems to point that it actually did. If it did see service, it looks like it was only during the winter of 1944 & into the spring of 1945, during the Battle of Berlin. It is during the winter of 1944/1945 that I am trying to portray this model.
Now on to the kit.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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My name is Adam Baker, and this is where I will be posting up my adventures in scale modeling.
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