More than 80km distance from Arnhem, on the 19th September some Sdkfz 251/21 Drillings of the 107 PzBgde managed to cross the pontoon bridge at Son over the Wilhelmina canal. This bridge was built by the British engineers after the destruction of the original one by the Germans on the initial stages of the Market Garden.
All models are Hasegawa with converted 'castle' and triple-mount MG151 autocannon.
Instead of concentrating the Drillings in the 4th company of the PzGrenBatt. 2107 like in the RF supplement I gave different company numbers as they were distributed along the three PzGren. companies. The numbers appear to have been big white and black (red?) painted on the sides and back of the HTs.
In a picture all FOW followers will like you can see crew taken from different PSC sets.
The pontoon bridge is Airfix.
Returning to symbols, the one of the 107 PzBgde was painted yellow sand in a green field. I think there isn't certainty about this but its the opinion of some investigators.
After the conversions the Hasegawa models looked like this. The castle was made of Evergreen as well as other smaller details; the triple-mount was carved from two layers of Multiexel expanded PVC and the 15mm autocannon are pin parts.
The easily breakable parts were replaced with eternal plastic broom sticks. The foliage is made of my trusty two component paste.
Before priming my conversions always look like having been bought in the local Chinese shop but after aplying the primer power they look like Alby models!
A big thank you to Alan Mcourbey, Don McHugh and Richard Baber for the information provided.
Next: the Panthers of 107 PzBgde.
Nice work JP. I like the way you tackle all the unusual vehicles. Cheers Greg p.s I ordered the figures (Crusader French) to paint up as my Portuguese 7YW Brigade.
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg. I'm sure they will be great.
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