I've been searching all over the web for photos of the various train cars of the German armored trains in WW2, but can't find many. I'm looking for the kommandowagen, flakwagen, panzerjagdwagen, and the tank-carrying car. So far all I see are the old Dragon releases, but in this month's hobby japan, there's an article on some other types of railway cars. Can anyone give any detials on these?
Basically, I'm interested in scratchbuilding these in 1/144 scale. The World Tank Museum bug has gotten me.
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WW2 german train reference photos?
ricohdvdr6
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Posted: Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 03:24 PM UTC
ricohdvdr6
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Posted: Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 07:42 PM UTC
Anyway, in the latest issue of Hobby Japan, I was intrigued by something called a panzerjagdwagen. It was a rather flat rail car with a long turret, I think it was similar to a Tiger turret. Totally different from Dragon's Artillerywagen. Does anyone have any info on this car specifically?
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Posted: Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:04 PM UTC
Sausage, One of the most authoritive books on armoured trains is Paul Malmassari’s “Les Train Blindes 1826-1989” which should help.
Regards, John-B
Regards, John-B