Ex_Pat_Tanker

I think you need to go over the sandbags with OD from the top? Other than that, all you are missing is a furious Gen Patton berating the crew

edoubleaz

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I have been running down that concept and I can understand the black bands being applied by a maintenance unit but would they have done the OD as well? Most of the sandbags appear to be fabric colored in period photos.

Ex_Pat_Tanker

I was looking at the top 2 of the black and white pics you posted - the middle one especially looks like there's been some OD blown over the bags?

Ad Lav

Amazing work - looks absolutely great.

I bet it’s a bit heavy now with all that milliput!!

edoubleaz

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I doctored the photo for a bit of contemplation. If I did a light spray of OD it might look like this. Closer to the photo.....

RichJohnson

Wait a bit and see if you like it as is before you decide to paint the sand bags.

Ram-bro

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I am not a tank expert and I can say that looks excellent. A question for you experts. How effective were the sand bags and or was it just a psychological fix?

Ex_Pat_Tanker

Psychological mostly, the bags would tend to prevent incoming shells from glacing off the frontal armour, and in any case they would provide little resistance to a high velocity anti tank round fired a typical engagment distance in North West Europe. They would have been effective against shaped charge weapons like the Panzerfaust, provided they were thick enough. I had read that the British practice of draping track all over the tank in particular was ineffective against that type of weapon as the science of the shaped charge wasn't as well perfected is it is today, and the Panzerfaust tended to detonate too close to the armour for the maximum effect to be achived - detonating a little further from the main armour plate made the charge work much better.

tankme

Plus the added weight of the sandbags tended to make the tanks break down (engines and transmissions). Sandbags are actually really effective against small arms fire, but a lot less so against large caliber tank rounds. They weren't really as effective as people would think on tanks.

edoubleaz

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Battleday shakedown and tank functions well and has no issues. The steel tracks worked perfectly and the weight of the bags actually made handling the tank a bit easier!

MAUS45

Like the Camo!!!

Alpha.MRC

I also really like the Camo, I think the result is excellent and does not need a dusting of OD, unless you wanted it.

How do you like the steel tracks overall? I'm contemplating if it's worth buying a set for my Panther from another online seller.

edoubleaz

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New favorite battler! Runs good, fights good, looks good doing it! Just need to finish some storage issues and a few details on the backend. Just happy it runs!