discussion D7A Armoured Bulldozer, 1:35 scale

[Guest]

The Resicast D7A that I recently decided to finally complete, now is

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I added a figure from a MiniArt body with a Hornet head and an old Tamiya helmet. The pin on his upper leg is to attach him to the upper pivot point of the hydraulic cylinder, into which I drilled a corresponding hole, since it’s impossible to pin him to the tracks.

 

[adt70hk]

Jakko,

That's turned out very nicely indeed. The figure finishes it off very nicely.

Well done.

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Jakko. Love the wonky target marker on the front, it’s exactly right

 

[Mark1]

Nicely done.

 

[scottie3158]

Jakko,

Great result.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Jakko
Very nice. Having a figure with it is good. I remember seeing a photo of bulldozers lined up on the beach on D-Day. The caption read "The unsung heroes of D-Day"
Jim

 

[papa 695]

Very nice Jakko.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, all

Love the wonky target marker on the front, it’s exactly right

It should be, given that I traced it from a perspective- and armour-angle-corrected still from the film I keep wondering why it’s this poorly painted, though. It looks like they decided to add it when the vehicle was prepared for the landings and they had a pot of paint out anyway to add the 8LCT and E1 markings. None of the other bulldozers at Westkapelle appear to have had these, though.

Very nice. Having a figure with it is good.

These things are very difficult to estimate the size of, I think. I mean, I have a fairly good mental picture of how large tanks etc. are, but not so much with these. Last year I went and looked at a D6A that was being restored, and was surprised at how big it was — and then remember that the D6A is the smaller of the two used in this landing. The figure helps a lot with allowing people to picture the size, especially for the total layman I hope

I remember seeing a photo of bulldozers lined up on the beach on D-Day. The caption read "The unsung heroes of D-Day"

Probably not an overstatement, no. Even at the relatively small-scale operation at Westkapelle (“just” thirty tank landing craft and three infantry ones), it was planned to land ten armoured bulldozers, of which eight seem to have made it ashore. A few (possibly three) extra were brought in a few days later because there was a definite need for more.

Now scale that up to Normandy …

 

[Graeme C.]

Very nice finish Jakko, the figure sets it off nicely.:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Thanks, though I think I could have painted him a little better. Maybe that’s because my figure-painting skills deteriorated over the last few years when I didn’t paint any at all …