Burned Sd.Kfz. 251 /D /6

sd.Kfz. 251 /D /6

Original: The pre-war sd.Kfz 251 pioneerd by Hanomag got an update for easier production to version /D. There were no sd.Kfz.251 on the Arnhem bridge, only sd.Kfz.250's. It's doubtfull that a /6 radio / command vehicle was stil sporting the frame antenna September 1944.

Model: 35th scale, Dragon with some extra's in radio and engine and added branches.

Build: An unfinnished project I saved from the bin, with a magnificent paintjob turnes out to be a Dragon. Some flaws corrected and a radio from bits and pieces. Folage from mint leaves and asperages branches.

August 13 2023

Lots of little detail added to the vehicle and the radio. Ready for paint.

August 4 2023

A test in black paint to see how the whole holds up the idea of an intensly burned vehicle. The antenna is the one of the 250 again. I missed one leg, so that I copied from one of the others. The suspention, antenna, and bins being a bit croocked fits the devasteded idea.

July 31 2023

An engine compartment made out of a Tamiya 250 "greif" 2 radiator's ( a cast of 25 years ago) and some little things. Erich Reist sheds some light on the possibilities of the radio. The Tamiya 250's radio is a starting point and the new frame of some pieces of wire is filled with several bit's and pieces to mimmic a full radio cabinet.

July 9 2023

The front seats have the centre cleared and a pe-set has the bare springs to fil the gap. frames for the benches added.

July 8 2023

The last bridge vehicle is a bit of a headache. In "the Bridge too far" they used a Universal carrier running gear on a Commer walktrough van, patterend to look like an sd.Kfz. 251/D. The platoon commander perisches in the mock 251 with a frame antenna in full sight. The burned vehicles are on top of a beautifully full display of little scenes on this artistic diorama. There are a lot of shortcuts in it. A lot of things that make the epic battle on an immensely large terrain fit the compact diorama. To blend this burned 251 into it is a challenge. Parts cleaned and checked. Top armour remade, benches on the left side remade and tje right side cleared for the radio.