Beute M3 GMC75 Tunisia

Beute M3 GMC75 Tunisia

I`ve had this photo for a while awaiting the urge to build and add to my silly collection of beute, captures in Tunisia  

Well the Italeri fast builds are two-in-a-box so this was the perfect time, a very mixed crew - driver and commander hard plastic  from various Esci kits, one gunner is also Esci but soft plastic DAK and the other kneeling gunner is MMS, I then added German stowage from various manufacturers.

This will probably add to my 86th Panzergrenadier battlegroup as they really lack armoured equipment 

Beute T30 halftrack, Tunisia `43

Captured T30 half-track based loosely on this photo

This vehicle was part of I/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 86 

Old Skytrex model (thanks to Alan Owen) 

I build the shield out of plastic card (poorly I know) and added mixed stowage.

The gun crew are SHQ, the driver comes as part of the kit, I gave him a quick head-swap

 

20mm SP AA

As you know I like German SP AA guns, this one based on these pics -

Once again based on one of these -

I added internal benches and cab seating, changed the front wheels, added loads of stowage. The 20mm and trailer are from Milicast, the crew a mix of AB Figures, Grubby Tanks, a plastic driver and an Alby resin gunner. 

Cheap di-cast conversions

Bought several of these cheap Chinese di-cast toy halftracks at a stall at a classic car show (50p each)




Now they are pretty much 1/76th scale.

I`ve already converted one earlier as a beute vehicle now owned by 5. Kompanie 69PG



Shaun was nice enough to sell me some GMC type wheels, so I`ve started on another (again a beute from Tunisia)




A pic of the two conversions so you can see the interiors


A few more pics of the second model with its trailer




I may well do the next one as a US track with pulpit 

More SP flak

And theres more 

This S&S Renault AHN truck was started before Christmas, but now its complete with its Britannia 37mm AA and DAK crew plus heavy trailer


Not sure if this combination was ever used but it looks the  part and th e truck could certainly take the weight 

On the off chance I cannot use this combination for Tunisia, I made the gun separate for ground deployment 

I also created a sabot cargo insert for the truck  :good:

 

CMP flak truck

Based on this photo


CMP is S&S excellent model , the trailer is Combat Miniatures, the 20mm Britannia various stowage and a mixed crew (all modified and head-swoped)