Hi all,
I know this may be a dumb question but I was wondering where (as in what terrain, location, environment, specific battle) would you place a Flak 36 or 37 that is painted in german grey. The thing is, I finished one of DML's 88s (37) in a german grey color thinking I would just put it on a wooden base and leave it at that. Since then, every time I look at the darn thing it just calls for me to create groundwork of some king to place it on. Because it is in german grey, I'm having difficulty creating an environment/terrain where such machines would have been used. I've seen in pics some grey-colored Flaks on snowy terrain but I just don't feel like fooling aroung with crating snow and the such (plus, I have that in mind for another 88 I have). The majority of the pics I've seen are for 88s painted in desert colors or comouflage.

So, in what sort of terrain would one of these plain german grey 88s have been placed?

Thanks in advance for the feedback,

Rob

I'm not sure when the FlaK 37 came into service, but you could do pretty good with a bet that they were used in the early years of the war. This gives you a range of locations: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. Within these, you get a choice of Marsh, Forest, Plains, Grassland, Urban, Mountains, Hills; pretty much anywhere you can think of. If you want to be historically accurate, figure out which kinds of flak units were issued them, then find out where those were assigned.

If its on a wooden base, you might be able to assume its in an semi-permanent position, allowing you to put it along like the siegfried line or such. But again, research is key!

primerialy eastern europe

Thanks much for the quick response, Steve and James!


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Actually, Steve, funny you mentioned this because I built the kit thinking of the gun in a permanent positon. I mean, I didn't even bother to build the transport for it and although it has a shield, I made it detachable so I could remove it and make it look more 'in place' (as in a trench or something like that).

I want to get this done as it has been nagging me for a while and surely before I move onto other things so I really appreciate the feedback.

Rob

Hi Rob, I also built a german gun (artillery) in a dark grey base color, but painted it later with a white tone. Also I made a diorama for it, a snowy landscape on an empty field.

greetings
Soeren

Hi Soeren,

Thanks for the feedback. You know, initially, I really did think about doing exactly what you describe, repaint it adding some white to it as in a whitewhash type look. I changed my mind after I got a couple more of DML's 88s since I decided that one of those would get the whitewash look and snowy terrain. Also, I didn't want to change the color since I really like how my 'stand alone' 88 came out and really did not want to mess with it adding anything else.

Do you have a pic of your gun? I would love to see what you did!

Thanks,

Rob

Hi Rob, my build-log is on this site.
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/129752&page=1

The dio is not an "in action" scene... it´s more a "after-war-find", or something like that.
No ammunition or personnel is there.
On my personal photo-site in the gallery-section are some more photos.

Also I make a build-feature, but this will take a while. It´s not easy for me, "what" and "how" to write. ;-)

Soeren

PS: The dio is my first try for a dio! ;-)

Soeren, your build looks superb!! It really came out looking like that nice box art!

Thanks for the link!

Rob

"... your build looks superb!! It really came out looking like that nice box art!"

Thank you for the nice words! ;-)
This was the first model-kit since some years, which I completely finished.
The others were only built or built & painted. Perhaps I will make another dio, when the kits are available.

But now, some more projects from my other interest-part, are in progress. ;-) (russian space!)

greetings...
Soeren