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Tuesday, August 29, 2017 - 03:45 AM UTC
Another interesting news from Takom, the SS100 tractor with a Vidalwagen for the V2 rocket.
The Vidalwagen, produced by Vidal & Sohn Co. was a light trailer for transporting the empty V2 rockets to the transfer points, where it would be loaded on the more complex Meillerwagen (that allowed also to erect and launch it).

The kit will include photo etch and transparent parts.
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[quote] LW 35222 Feuerleitpanzer fur V-2 Raketen Sd.Kfz.7/3 ( w/INTERIOR ) LW 35223 Feuerleitpanzer fur V-2 Raketen Sd.Kfz.7/3 LW 35019 'Opel-Blitz', V-2 Rocket T-StoffTankWagen Full Kit: LW 35020 Kfz.385 V-2 Rocket B-StoffTankWagen These Leadwarior kits are very good have them all build, and the feurleitwagen is on my work bence with perfect fitting. The interior is very good, every switch is there on the control panels. Expensive but realy good model updates did enjoy building them. Bert
NOV 16, 2017 - 11:20 PM
If intrested look at the Luckymodel site they have the Sprue pictures LINK
NOV 17, 2017 - 12:14 AM
It's already for sale at Sprue Brothers too.
NOV 17, 2017 - 05:41 AM
So I have the box on my workbench, the postman did bring it today. The sprue looks very good to me, will start the build in the upcomming hollidays. Will write a building review on the site of the DMMB look there on the following link : LINK greetings Bert
DEC 15, 2017 - 12:59 AM
Bert, Ill be following your build of the Vidalwagen. I haven't decided yet if I want to buy the Vidalwagen, since I scratch built one already for my Dragon V2 (which is fairly inaccurate). I'm not sure if its worth the trouble to build another Vidalwagen. I might get another SS100 to tow it though, since that kit is available separately. How are the "guardrails" that wrap around the rear of the Vidalwagen-- id think they'd be a little flimsy-- I made mine from brass rod. Mine probably lacks some of the surface detail of the kit--here is a link to an article I wrote on my Vidalwagen for Large Scale Planes: LINK VR, Russ
DEC 15, 2017 - 05:08 AM
Russ, your scrachbuild Vidal looks perfect, for shore when you now that it is build based on very limited information, my compliments. The Takom Vidalwagen is the copy of the only one left in the world, at Cosford airbase England. They made a good fitting model of this trailer but it is not compleet. With some small scratching you can make it a good example as in use on Operation Backfire at Cuxhaven Germany in 1945. Alittle more work has to be done to make a operational version . If you take a good look at the pictures I did post on the DMMB forum you will see all the things I have made to transfer it in to the operational version. Greetings Bert
JAN 02, 2018 - 05:19 PM
Thanks Bert. I used your site for reference when I built my Vidalwagen, along with photos of the Cosford example, and the 1/72 Special Hobby kit. I know I too have some errors-- especially in the tires which are incorrect, but at the time I didn't have any access to 1/35 German trailer tires. It's also a little soft in the Missile tie-down mechanism details. I'm not fully understanding what you mean by the DMMB site-- is that a forum someplace? Can you provide a link? VR, Russ
JAN 02, 2018 - 08:23 PM
It's a German forum where Bert posts his builds of both the Meillerwagen and the Vidalwagen. The build-log is here: LINK
JAN 03, 2018 - 03:41 AM
Yep-- I realized that Bert had shared the site with me before the holidays, but my age has caught up with me and I had forgotten what the site was-- thanks for clarifying though! VR, Russ
JAN 03, 2018 - 06:13 AM
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