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ARMORED RAILCAR |
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| Inspiration |
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project is based on an image I found in a book on German armored
trains. It is an image from late in the war showing a stripped
down Pz-IV (SdKfz-161) mounted on an OMMR type flatcar (Flachwagen),
for use as an armored railcar (part of an armored train).
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This car was
part of the upgrade to create Panzerzug 350. Originally this train
was Railway Protection Train #350, but in 1945 it, RPT. #83
& RPT "Berlin" were upgraded in the field shops to
full armored trains (Panzerzug). The train belonged to the Armored
Train Battle Group of, Army Group Vistula. |
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Panzer IV |
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For the
tank portion of the build I decided to use the DML kit #
6363, PzKpfw. IV ausf G (Kharkov 1943); as these tanks saw
activity on the Russian front, and it would be likely that one of
these would have been available to the field shop for the
conversion, without sacrificing a newer model. (Plus I already had
the kit and necessary PE sets sitting in my closet.)
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reference material, images from the web, and the following books,
were used:
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The
Railcar |
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The
railcar I used is an early 1st generation version of the DML
kit
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the outset of the project, I found almost no reference material or
good images on this model/type of OMMR car, and I was
completely unknowledgeable on the subject.
I began
building and modifying the Dragon kit, using only the initial
image, trying to glean as much info as I could from it.
Unfortunately (or fortunately) as I progressed with the build,
some more information came to light that helped clarify some
questions and issues. but at that time the build was far enough
along where some decisions and compromises needed to be made on
the accuracy, as I did not want to go back and redo work that I
had already done twice previously.
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