Lee Drennen’s 1/72 German SWS Halftrack with 20-mm Anti-Aircraft Flak-38 Gun.

[adt70hk]

Great stuff so far Lee. The only pics I've seen of these late war variants show the gun hard mounted to the vehicle. Oh, and there were not very many built, so you will have a "rare bird" when all is said and done. :thumb2: Rick H.

Rick

Thanks for the info. Will squirrel it away for future use.

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Great stuff so far Lee. The only pics I've seen of these late war variants show the gun hard mounted to the vehicle. Oh, and there were not very many built, so you will have a "rare bird" when all is said and done. :thumb2: Rick H.

Thanks Rick for the complement. Do you have a pic of one with the gun hard mounted that you could share kind sir??

[Lee Drennen]

Rick

Thanks for the info. Will squirrel it away for future use.

Andrew

That Rick H is a walking German Armor Encyclopedia Andrew.

[Lee Drennen]

Looks great Lee. Almost a blink and you’ll miss it build….

Thanks for the complement Tim. Yes it’s a low parts build but very enjoyable

[Mini Me]

I'll check my refs. Lee and get back to you. BTW I do browse a lot on the I-net but I only retain the stuff I'm really interested in building at the moment. Rick H.

[Mini Me]

Hi Lee, this is the best I could do at the moment.........there are extremely few photos of this type of vehicle.
Very low production and very late in the war. The vehicle and gun are on the far right in the photo (for ref. only) the center one is the same type but with armored cab. Apologies for the lousy quality. Rick H.

[Guest]

Aren’t these 3.7 cm FlaK 43 guns? Regardless, the Germans put so many automatic cannon on halftracks that a 2 cm FlaK 38 would not be unexpected.

[Mini Me]

They are Jakko..........I should have specified but again it was the only photo I could find at the moment. I can assure you they were equipped with single as well as quad 2cm mounts, just have'nt nailed em down yet. Rick H.

[Lee Drennen]

I'll check my refs. Lee and get back to you. BTW I do browse a lot on the I-net but I only retain the stuff I'm really interested in building at the moment. Rick H.

Thanks Rick I’ll go surfing as well

[Lee Drennen]

Aren’t these 3.7 cm FlaK 43 guns? Regardless, the Germans put so many automatic cannon on halftracks that a 2 cm FlaK 38 would not be unexpected.

I don’t know Jakko.

[Lee Drennen]

They are Jakko..........I should have specified but again it was the only photo I could find at the moment. I can assure you they were equipped with single as well as quad 2cm mounts, just have'nt nailed em down yet. Rick H.

So Rick I can bolt this gun down to the bed without the sled and it would be prototypical?? I’ll also be putting toe boards on the bed.

[Mini Me]

Yes, just make sure that the mount has the two shorter legs on the forward end of the bed with the long leg trailing to the rear. This was typical for vehicle mounting but not necessarily absolute. Anything could happen in the field. Still searching for pics of other applications. Nice progress so far. :thumb2: Rick H.

[Lee Drennen]

Yes, just make sure that the mount has the two shorter legs on the forward end of the bed with the long leg trailing to the rear. This was typical for vehicle mounting but not necessarily absolute. Anything could happen in the field. Still searching for pics of other applications. Nice progress so far. :thumb2: Rick H.

Rick Thanks for the complement and I appreciate your leg work. I will make sure I mount it in the right position. It was a little to cool to paint last night so maybe this evening

[Mini Me]

Late war vehicle.....I assume you will base coat it in yellow or dunkel whatever it is......maybe some camo? Don't let JR steer you on to 4BO!! Rick H. :thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Late war vehicle.....I assume you will base coat it in yellow or dunkel whatever it is......maybe some camo? Don't let JR steer you on to 4BO!! Rick H. :thumb2:

I think my base coat will be flat charcoal grey my go to primer then Gray with a hint of 4OD but don’t let JR know that he’ll take the credit for the idea lol