Its near the end of 1946...the Germans are throwing anything and everything they can into the fight including any prototype that will move .
The Elephant Mk16 {British designation} is a very up gunned version of the 88mm model..now mounting the 128mm PAK44 cannon and it was decided right from the start to lengthen the hull to except the new gun which in turn would give the space which was more than needed to man handle the rather large 128mm rds.
One thing which was over looked and had been a problem with this version of the Elephant right from the start was its notoriously unreliable tracks and suspension ..track breakages were so common that the German engineers used to have trucks set up with nothing but track parts to replace pins in the field ,,its was surmised that it was sabotage when the steel was tempered and made weaker than it should have been but due to the way the war was progressing unchecked items were making their way to the battle fronts which for the Germans was far to many ,,.and this is the result of those faulty track pins.
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This diorama is just a taste of what comes next guys ;D
Phill
Cool. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on September 28, 2021, 04:06:06 PM
This diorama is just a taste of what comes next guys ;D
I'm sufficiently impressed as is, I tell ya.. :wub:
Nice! A bit too much white/bright background hazing the pic's out a bit but very nice! :thumbsup:
Brilliant!!!
I love German 46 stuff
;D Thanks guys.
Guy mate those pics suck..to bright and not clear enough..my phone camera is crap but very shortly ill have a new camera thanks to mate Pat .
Hes upgrading to a new mega buck job and hes got this Fugiflim finepix S2980 hes got no use for ..said he aint used it in like a year..all mine :thumbsup: fact its in the mail already ..goodie lol
This all came about when i put batteries into mine and smoke came out of the lens haha..called him and there ya go ..so much better pics to follow.
Phill