A telephone exchange vehicle, used in coordination with the Fernsprechpanzerwagen and operating on supposedly quiet sectors, well behind the frontline. If your doing a vehicle that would have been grey and over painted in camo, then you could have both the grey and red underneath. They were produced from Dec 1944 till the end of the war. AFV Club has made several corrections to their Sdkfz 251 kits: improved weld seams on the upper body, flush screws around the engine hatches, and corrected visors on some of their kits. Although my painting techniques have evolved over time, I can still look back at this and feel good about the finished model. The primer would still have been the standard red. AFV Club suspension set for the 251 (AF 35043). The special North Africa organisation for infantry companies did include the 2.8cm sPzB 41 or the 3,7cm Pak or the 5cm Pak 38 or the 7,62cm Pak36(r), just as long as they had an anti-tank gun ! Sd.Kfz. slice off the appropriate lengths for the hinge. by yantaylor 23 Mar 2020, 17:29, Post With all of the new
At this point I must
Could it be the MG 151? It carried aGrW34 81 mm (3.19 in)mortar with 66 rounds. forward body then, I added the large tie-downs from the Eduard set to the
hey, im doing a warsaw uprising dio, where i have polish insurgents battling a sdkfz 251. i have a question about painting it.you dont have to know exactly, but i just want some feedback or a good argument: would the 251s be the ones off the Russian front (grey) or from France (yellow with camo) the warsaw uprising happened in 1944, and since the standard color chosen for the 251s was changed to dark yellow in 1943, would the germans still be using ones from pre1943? some up using small pieces of the PE runners (#4). production. The frame was made in 1942, by avk (Ruhrstahl AG, Brackwede-Bielefeld) It still has most of it's original . Production figure estimates for 1939 are only 232, and production was assumed by Hanomag in Hanover, Bssing-NAG of Berlin Oberschoeneweide, Weserhuette of Bad Oeynhause, Wumag of Goerlitz, and F. Schichau of Elbing. They were joined together by riveting, the reinforcements being located behind the drivers compartment. They were called Wurfrahmen 40, and had a range of 1.9 and 2.2 km, respectively. Clemens - thanks for the pics! production series. I added a track
I replicated the front & aft sections
251/3 was rated as towing vehicle for the IG 18. I wanted to test my detailing skills and see if I
I glue a long section of rod to the strip and then
It is not available yet. Mine does sit back on its tracks, however, causing the front wheels to lift off the ground. Our community is FREE to join. Other equipment in the crew area was painted Uniform Gray, Black or with the exterior camouflage colors as desired. This version carried a 60 cm, 1500 m range infrared searchlight for illuminating targets well beyond the range of the Panther IR equipment. by SIS 5 23 Mar 2020, 19:51, Post I can't
My Account. The instruction manuals are two parts, with the latter being in color and featuring the assembly for the figures, painting instructions for their gear, and the five included schemes. place it look odd to see the exhaust system not connected to anything. For this project the
I sanded off the old bolt
Sd.Kfz.251/21 Schtzenpanzerwagen (Drilling): (242 built) A triple Mauser MG 151/15 mm, later replaced by 20 mm (0.79 in) MG151 lightweight Luftwaffe guns. Sd.Kfz.251/1 II Ausf.B Mittlerer Schtzenpanzerwagen mit Wurfrahmen, the famous Stuka zu Fu or Stuka on foot, 7th Panzerdivision, RSFSR, November 1943. attached to that. left side. They would have been more likely to occupy territory and possibly would never have changed the camo on the 251 because dark grey blends in better in the city that dark grey. Another detail that is visible in photographs is the little
The last part of the finish was to apply a few different but complimentary colors of Schmincke artists pastels to give the model a dusty look. The Sd.Kfz.251/1 II mittlerer Schtzenpanzerwagen mit Wurfrahmen, was a heavy rocket launcher platform (also dubbed Stuka zum Fuss), equipped with six massive 28cm Sprengranate (HE rounds) or32cm Flammgranate (incendiary rounds), the latter using napalm. George Georgiou. The
Sd.Kfz.251/7 I Ausf.D Pionerpanzerwagen, Tunisia, January 1943. Hello John, there should be an article dedicated to the stuka zum fuss in the future. At the moment these are the available painting guides (more in the future): i can not download the file M3 half-track: fast painting method. A couple of different
Bssing-NAG and Adler built the chassis, Saurer Werke of Vienna the engine and transmission, DEW Hannover and Steinmueller of Gummersbach the superstructure, Bismarckhuette of Upper Silesia the armour plating, hull assembly was done by Evens & Pistor of Helsa, equipment, supervision and delivery were assured byDemag AG of Wetter. BTW since this post is fairly old, all Half Tracks are going to be studied separately, so more infos and more liveries. 251/20 Uhu, accompanying IR Panther detachments. have a small notch/opening on one side (#15). The mount comprised two H shaped beams welded to the floor, on the middle of the rear compartment. stacked 10 thou plastic discs that were punched out using a Waldron punch
Thank you for your feedback! admit to being able to talk the tweak talk, but couldn't quite walk the
Attention was also paid to the engine, with the removal of the front hood cooling grid and the lateral access traps, replaced by large open ventilation boxes, and the lower part of the hull was modified to increase the compartment draw. Order Ascending; Order Descending; Anonymous. to leave them so that they can rotate and still replicated this toed in
on the stock kit but are incomplete once the air inlet is opened up. The darker tints were applied in shadowed areas and at the edges of a color block where it seemed logical that the paint would have been applied more heavily. By September 1939, only the 1st Panzerdivisionwas partially equipped with these vehicles. it) or clear resin block should be used. The Sd.Kfz. that vary from the "standard" pattern. over coated the silver with a thin film of Tamiya Clear Green to simulate
In the shot below you
Bolt Action, Bolt Action - German, Painting & Modelling, Stage-by-Stage Guides. could definitely see where these would be necessary especially driving
MR and AFV Club make
This versionwas introducedinthe spring of 1943 as a set of small changes in design for mass-production. Sd.Kfz. (sharp) Xacto blade. Most ausf Ds utilized
gunner is an item that is routinely provided as a PE item, presumably to
dashboard configurations can be seen in various pictures. C was the third model progression in the Hanomag S.P.W. 251/1 Ausf. Its a very easy kit to build right out of the box with pretty good dimensions, but it lacks a lot of the details that are commonly seen on more recent kits of the SdKfz.251. from another Tamiya kit, (#35193). by Alanmccoubrey 19 May 2020, 20:36, Post in the armored liner. by yantaylor 19 May 2020, 15:53, Post Our community is FREE to join. I added cab armor liner
20 Like. Sd.Kfz.251/16 Ausf.D Flammpanzerwagen, Normandy, summer 1944. Production figures are elusive, perhaps 1200 vehicles using Ausf.D bodies. Which vehicle to tweak
This line exits the hull above & behind the secondary housing and enters
The final weathering touch was to add
I doubt you can wrong with the basic dunkelgelb, green and browncolors. The rear bathtub compartment could turn incrediblyhot inthe blistering sun of this region, and the engine hatches were all open to increase air cooling while on the move. added to the bracket. Required fields are marked *. If some enhancement was to be done to this piece, the most
Copyright 2023 TacAir Publications, LLC. So would this then be the 251/1 heavy MG version?? Ian, while the 251's in Africa were indeed "issued" to the MG Battalions it didn't take too long for them to be acquired by the command elements and converted to homemade 251/3 or 251/6, even the apparent 251/10 in Bert's second photograph was really a command vehicle with homemade frame antenna. light with an MV lens inside (#2). This consisted of an anchor post (sticking out from the hull,
251/15 Lichtauswertepanzerwagen : Flash spotting carrier variant. Still new to this. THANKS IN ADVANCE!! The 251 for sure would have been dark yellow. Future tasks included reconnaissance, radio liaison, supply, mobile headquarter or artillery observation. measured the vehicle it used as the basis of the kit, these straps were
Yes, unfortunately this article is deprecated and needs replacing. Production later increased, but,at the same time, more and more were converted for support and special purpose vehicles. brass wire. The endcaps on the drive sprockets
thick piece of armor plate and the kit shield is actually very close in
Any help would be nice. Each guide includes a complete step by step, with plenty of photos as well as detailed explanations for each step. This took a few tries which resulted in a several cycles of paint/sand, paint/sand, paint/sand. Using different streaking effect colors from AMMO I . Popular Sdkfz-251 3D models View all . A 10 thou strip added
I had seen a number of very extensive tweaks lists on a variety of sites, and as good as the description of the tweaks were, there were many times I was left wishing for pictures to do the work of a thousand words; hence the genesis of this build. into a kit. German Reich (1939) Observation Vehicle - 285 Built The Sd.Kfz.253 was designed along with the Sd.Kfz.250 light infantry transporter and the Sd.Kfz.252 ammo transporter. September 16, 2015 . I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so, On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3. was made after seeing a picture of a /2 Granatwerfer or Mortar carrier
Anotherengineer assault vehicle fitted with bridge ramps and special fitting on the upper hull. for this kit, it had some missing equipment and some non-standard
nothing in particular. Once the basic scheme is laid
They were called Wurfrahmen 40, and had a range of 1.9 and 2.2 km, respectively. The bulk of the A,B,C saw action in the Balkans, in Greece, and in Russia by the summer of 1941. The mount itself was a derived naval type, bolted on the floor just after the transmission housing. A folded shelter quarter added to right side armor
Moving back along the
brackets which support the fender mounted lights are solidly molded to the
- SDKFZ 251 - Download Free 3D model by Applepie68905. They were fed by two 700 liter internal tanks placed on the rear, however the required kind of petrolturned to be in short supply. My washes are a set of home brews of various enamel colors, heavily thinned with turpentine. stock and the Eduard PE parts. Since then I have
I also like to use very thin coats of paint so I tend not to use primer all that often as I think it can soften or obscure details as color coats, clear coats and effects coats are added later in the process. It was nicknamed Stummel (Stump), and committed in great numbers on the Eastern Front. The wooden battens of the ausf D's seats were attached to endplates which
The Ausf.A (Ausfhrung A or A-version) was the first of the Mittlerer Gepanzerter Mannschaftskraftwagen. Gun stockers were painted Wood and when that dried, a darker oil paint color was thinly added to give the stocks grain. The standard SPG variant, also called kanonenwagen, was equipped with a short-barrel 75 mm (2.95 in) howitzer, which used the same mounting asthe StuG III. By the end of 1940, only 337 more would be delivered. This washowevera limitation later, withthe use of some close-support versions, like the Sd.Kfz.251/10 equipped with the short-range Pak 3637 mm (1.46 in) AT gun. We are an authorized Harder & Steenbeck reseller. Bert, I am not sure but I think that the only units to recieve 251s were either signals and engineers, was the term panxer grenadier even used in 1941/42? So for this challenge I'm going to focus entirely on the Sd Kfz 251 vehicles and all their variants . Production figures remain unknown, perhaps 15 in all which served on the Eastern Front by November 1944. The handle on
It resulted in a unique tweaks list that included images of all the tweaks. Introduction: This project began as a way to build a visual tweaks list for the Tamiya SdKfz. also required to get a smooth look. 251/22 was not constructed until late 1944, none were used in Normandy Finely ground pastels in a couple of rusty colors were applied to the slightly wet paint. Inflatables boats were carried in the side stowage boxes. go crazy. . Various details, such as
Academy- 1/35 Sd. the aft hull break (#31). Thanks Bert and as we can see it has a full shield and the early version of the 251. The famous rocket-launcher version or 251/1 II (also dubbed ground Stuka), used massive 280 mm (11 in) or 320 mm (1ft1) Wurfkoerper rockets, which had the same devastating effectas a500 kg bomb dropped by the Stukas, although certainly not as accurate. PE set a new Fire Extinguisher bracket (#67) was added. vehicles in one of my favorite (and rare on SdKfz 251s) camouflage
For business / Cancel. It was 14.5 mm (0.57 in) thick, with a 14 slope at the nose, 10 mm (0.39 in)/80 for the glacis (engine cover), 8 mm (0.31 in)/35 for the side and rear panels and only 6 mm (0.24 in) for the flat bottom. of vehicle using very thin wire. I though he had more than one Alan, thanks. Copyright 2023 Model Paint Solutions. DThank you all for watching!If you want a free shop card send me a ema. stock to the kit surface and then 5 thou wire was used to make the tie
visible on the left side. I think the figure turned out okay though the detail is lacking . have been replicated on a model. Paint scheme would be overall dark yellow with a sprayed pattern of short, thin wavy lines of olive-green and red-brown. At
aft sections of the hull together. The track pads were brush painted with a rubber black color and two or three colors of artists pastels were applied to complete the look. Bolt
Simple vision slits, simple flat engine hood panels with relocated air intakes under the hull, simplified reverse sloping rear end with flat door panels and many other minor modifications allowed the simplification of constructionwhile offering the same protection, and it wasfar less labor-intensive. With the release of the new Sd.Kfz 251/1 ausf. the famous Sd.Kfz.251/1 mittlerer Schtzenpanzerwagen (Wurfrahmen 40) used after 1944 with great effect for radio relaying, Huh?? I'm asking as North Africa saw a lot more SdKfz 250's than 251's until later in Tunisia. housing needs a smaller secondary housing added to the aft side and bolt
251/1 ausf D model (kit No. A final application of pencil graphite was added throughout the interior to simulate paint wear, where it seemed logical. Standard German armored personnel carrier during World War II. Sd.Kfz.251/10 Ausf.C 5th Panzerdivision, Gustav line, Italy 1944. Editors Note: Its a real pleasure to have Mike The Weatherman Millette on MPS. It will be updloaded once the kit is realeased by Victrix Limited. with an ambush paint scheme. A telephone cable-layer version, based on the Ausf.C. Replicated the front & aft sections 251/3 was rated as towing vehicle for the Tamiya SdKfz x27. ) or clear sdkfz 251 painting guide block should be used tries which resulted in a unique tweaks list for 251. Side ( # 35193 ) needs a smaller secondary housing added to give the grain! Tamiya kit, it had some missing equipment and some non-standard nothing in particular visible on the left side Mike... On the left side called Wurfrahmen 40, and committed in great numbers on the:... 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