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Re: Today's Dragons in the U.K.

I was in town today. No new Dragons on this side of the pond!

I hope that Dragon and the price of production of the kits and the cost of assembling them allows \Dragon to keep up with their coverage of the 251 family. I've posted what I think is the definitive list :


SdKfz 251 - m.Schutzenpanzerwagen (medium armoured personnel carrier)
Variants :
  • Sdkfz 251/1 - m. SPW (sometimes with side-mounted rocket launchers)
  • SdKfz 251/2 - 8cm Gr.W-wagen (mortar carrier)
  • SdKfz 251/3 - wireless vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/4 - ammunition carrier for le.I.G. (light infantry gun)
  • SdKfz 251/5 - engineer (troops) vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/6 - command vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/7 - engineer (equipment) vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/8 - armoured ambulance
  • SdKfz 251/9 - 7.5cm Stu.K 37 L/24 (Sf.)
  • SdKfz 251/10 - 3.7cm Pak (Sf.)
  • SdKfz 251/11 - telephone vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/12 - survey section instrument vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/13 - sound recording vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/14 - sound ranging vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/15 - flash spotting vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/16 - flame throwing vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/17 - 2cm Flak (Sf.)
  • SdKfz 251/18 - observation post vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/19 - telephone exchange vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/20 - infra-red searchlight vehicle
  • SdKfz 251/21 - 1.5cm or 2cm Flak MG-drilling (Sf.)
  • SdKfz 251/22 - 7.5cm Pak 40 (Sf.)
A piece of news I came up with is that Revell are about to release a kit of the 21 CM Morser 18 ' Brumbar '. This kit has already been released by ACE models....I wonder if it's the same kit?

It got me speculating about the possibilities of Dragon or Easy Models releasing a kit of the famous German Heavy in built form. That would be something worth waiting on!

We could do with some of the more distiguished artillery pieces!

Here are some pics of the beast :

The Ace Model Box Art :



A fully built 1.72 model which I got from someone's site :



The rather decrepit/knackered remains of the 21 CM Morser 18 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds :



Happy Hunting,

MoMo
 

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