Whiffs found on Facebook

[chrisonord]

I would say it was the camo job too, as nothing else seems to stand out to me. They did have H.O.T. missiles back then didn't they??
Chris

[kitnut617]

Not much different from Lee swapping out a serial number or squadron code on his multitude of Spitfires

[TheChronicOne]

Search me!  I have no clue either. He just said it was a "what if" so I went with it.     I'm like you all... for the most part they all look about the same to me... "it's a tank" is about the extent of my expertise.   

[Steel Penguin]

at a guess   its done as a Dak machine  ( Deutches afrika korp {yup it aint spelt right, but the jist is})   I think I can make out the swastika under palm tree symbol on the front of the turret.  I don't think any Panthers got out there, I know a few Tiger 1s did.

[scooter]

at a guess   its done as a Dak machine  ( Deutches afrika korp {yup it aint spelt right, but the jist is})   I think I can make out the swastika under palm tree symbol on the front of the turret.  I don't think any Panthers got out there, I know a few Tiger 1s did.

The hull is also covered in what looks like zimmerit.  AFAIK, zimmerit was only used in Europe.

[TheChronicOne]

Fascinating.... anti-mine "goop."  As far as that goes, magnetic anti tank mines themselves sound pretty fascinating. I mean.... to be effective for the magnetic properties to work it would mean they would nearly need to fly out of the ground and magnetically "hover" to the tank... otherwise, the tank would have to be close enough to activate it, in which case wouldn't traditional mines be in range enough to do damage anyway? Or am I not thinking "Sci fi" enough?

[zenrat]

Thanks guys. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Well, the paint scheme is not as fictional as it might appear, since late war Panthers sometimes carried such simplified, geometric patterns. The Division markings are a wild mix, though, suggesting that this Panther would have operated in Africa (Afrikakorps "Palm Tree" symbol); the symbol's location, as well as the Totenkopf emblem, on the turret is rather fantastic, and a big swastika flag does not make thing better...

Anti-tank mines were not necessarily only passive weapons, buried in the ground and waiting for detonation when the tank would roll over and trigger it. Mines and charges were frequently directly "applied" to the tank hulls by foot soldiers, and magnets were the perfect choice to attach them and hold them in place. Zimmerit would be a kind of spacer between the metal hull and the magnet, so that the mine/charge would not hold an well to the tank and eventually drop when the tank was driving. The typical ridged surface was an additional measure to increase the distance between magnet and the hull.

[TheChronicOne]

Thanks for the histoire lesson! I was off in a weird floating mine direction, I was way off!  "Sticky mines" in other words, huh.  I use them all the time in video games, I should have known.

[tahsin]

So, Zimmerit was on every conceivable German weapon and one day reports started flooding that it was burning after hits. Naturally Germans carried out tests and they could never set it on fire themselves yet removed it alltogether for late war. Though never learned what was setting it on fire. Anyone who heard or knows?

[TheChronicOne]

By John Francis Walters‎, found on the "Facebook Scale Modellers" page.

"A Spitfire Mk 11 A I carved out of a block of aluminium about five years ago"

[loupgarou]

That's not difficult at all. The only problem is obtaining a transparent canopy from alu...

[TheChronicOne]

That's not difficult at all. The only problem is obtaining a transparent canopy from alu...

Got to get ahold of Scotty! 

[McColm]

Hi Guys,
I've posted a few pictures on Facebook on the 'Scale Model Society'.
They are the;
Lockheed King Neptune tri-engine AEW
Stretched Nimrod (Sky Guardian) AEW and refueling tanker
The Mystic jet powered flying boat AEW with Valiant wings
Mach2 V-tail Martin SeaMaster- BAe Nimrod engines
B-17 float plane
And the Mach2 Martin Mariner jet amphibious AEW.
I've had a few comments and they seem to like what I have done so far.

[Captain Canada]

You should have posted them on your own page too. I can't see them on that page.