German Ingenuity 39(H) 10.5cm LeFH18(Sf) auf Geschutzwagen

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Great work so far I too will pull up a chair. I'm like you if it cant be seen don't waste time on it.

[Guest]

I forget his name & rank but he was slightly famous for melding French vehicles with German armaments to fill in TO&E gaps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Becker

[minitnkr]

Knew someone would remember. Thanks Jakko. PaulE

[Guest]

To be honest, I didn’t remember so much as recognise who you were talking about, but couldn’t recall his name either. I then looked up the Hotchkiss H35 on Wikipedia, scrolled down to the bit where it talks about German modifications, and found a link to the page about the man

[Steve Jones]

Interesting update Richard. I see you are keeping the radio. Will you be adding wires and headphones??

Great history lesson Paul /Jakko. Very interesting read

[Jim R]

Hi Jakko
Interesting guy. Thanks for the link.
Hi Richard
That certainly does have a lot of ejector marks to deal with.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Thanks Paul, Scottie, Jakko, Steve and Jim for the kind replies. The history lesson was a bonus Paul/Jakko.
Scottie...like minds think alike. :thumb2:
Steve, wires perhaps but as for the headphones not sure if the radio operator would be wearing it. The thing with super detailing is I will have to dig for references and this radio has the potential to go all the way which I don't have time for an eventual dio. I'll have to let this one go. :crying:
Jim, Trumpeter probably thought this would be a closed tank. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[Dave Ward]

Richard,
nice to see this - I have the Trumpeter 7.5cm PAK version in the stash - same running gear, same blocky superstructure, but doesn't look quite as ugly, with the smaller gun!
Dave

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Richard,

As Dave said, it is good to see this built and I also have the PAK version with an etch set for it. You might find the tracks will be too long as they are on the PAK version. She is looking real fine so far!!!

Not to hijack your thread, but Baukommando Becker made quite a few conversions and some of the more obscure variants are available in resin and in plastic too. For instance, from Brach Model, Somua S307 w/81mm row mortars.

Or with 75mm PAK,

or with 150mm Howitzer auf Lorraine chassis. RPM make this in plastic too.

RPM and Panda models make a plastic kit of the 75mm PAK version auf Lorraine chassis. Also in resin is an oddity I will one day build from the stash. It's from DES in France and is finely cast. You gotta love the pig tail towing hooks up front,

It just doesn't come with any rockets so you have to source some from a Katyusha kit...

Sorry again Richard, but Baukommando Becker in Paris was a fascinating story with all the different vehicles he built from captured equipment and lots of steel plates...

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

If he had been born, say, fifty years later, I suspect he would have been doing the same with model kits and plastic card

[rtfoe]

Fellas, David, Allen and Jakko...thanks.

Ok, not that ugly after Allens compilation of uglies



Roughly slapping the armored sides together. I'm not gluing it for easy painting later.



Did a little to the drivers vision port and stuck all the components on the side walls



So far fit is not bad.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

The interior was painted with the base colour of Tamiya Dessert Yellow and post shaded black with a drop of earth brown.



Areas below the fighting compartment was painted in off white and given the post shading as the fighting compartment.





At the moment it is clean looking but soon will be weathered with washes and streaks and equipment detailed.



Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Great modelling Richard :smiling3:.

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
That is looking very good. That post shading is nice. Not sure I could do it - my airbrush skills are a bit clumsy. Just out of interest what AB do you use? What size nozzle?
Jim

[Neil Merryweather]

Ok, not that ugly after Allens compilation of uglies

Richard

I'm sorry Richard but this is the ugliest by a long way :loudly-crying: :tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy: