Vignette 28 cm spzb41 AT gun and crew

[Mini Me]

Nice progress on this Joe.......interesting subject. Rick H.

[Strenko J]

Some pics I've used for ref. Ammo was scarce, but seems to have been mounted on almost anything. There are UTube videos too. PaulE
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Paul
yes have seen these and used some for reference as well.. forgot about YouTube...will check that out thanks

[rtfoe]

Joe, that's a mighty big pea shooter with bling. Not very often scene in war doc videos. Wondered if they were ever used in the Bocage ambushes by Fallschirmjagers units. I'm guessing you'll be posing your vignette in the Eastern front.

Cheers,
Richard

[Strenko J]

some updates.. artillery all blinged up with PE..now on to the figgies..yes I think the Eastern front is the place for this one Richard.

[rtfoe]

Hi Joe, looking at the gun, it reminds me of a Boys anti-tank gun or the Russian anti-tank guns but a larger calibre. Wondered how thick an amour platting it can penetrate. Could it stop a T-34 or at least a BT-1?

Cheers,
Richard

[Mini Me]

Looks good Joe.....hope the figs. go well for you. :thumb2: Rick H.

[stillp]

Hi Joe, looking at the gun, it reminds me of a Boys anti-tank gun or the Russian anti-tank guns but a larger calibre. Wondered how thick an amour platting it can penetrate. Could it stop a T-34 or at least a BT-1?

Cheers,
Richard

There's a table of the armour penetration her: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.8_cm_sPzB_41
Pete

[minitnkr]

60mm sloped at 30 degrees, so couldn't penetrate T34 turrets, but everywhere else at a few hundred yards. Shermans were safe from the front and not so much anywhere else. A good three man crew could get 30rnds/minute out unmolested. Didn't do much damage to the tank once inside but had to illicit some evacuations. PaulE

[Greg_147]

Interesting piece and it looks like an exceptionally fiddly kit. I bet the real thing was good fun to fire though!

[Strenko J]

Figgies underway

[Strenko J]

Update on the figures... tried something different this time using a wet palette. I think it help me blend the folds in the uniforms better this way.

[rtfoe]

The wet palette works Joe...figs look great.

Cheers,
Richard

[minitnkr]

Excellent result Joe. PaulE

[JR]

Impressive work on the faces esp Joe.
Like the quilted in the first photo. Well done.

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent work on the figures Joe. A wet palette is definitely the way to go isn’t it!