01 WAR PAINTS MAGAZINE

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//-->WARPAINTS MAG'M O D E L I S M ,B YMAY 2015 -FIRST YEARFREE WEBZINE/FRENCH VERSION AVAILABLENg01T-55EnigmaIraq 2003Trumpeter1:72M O D E L E R S ,HISTORY :THE GERMAN ARMYAMMUNITION BOX FOR THE MGFO RM O D E L E R STUTORIAL :FRIULMODEL TRACKSFERDINANDSd.Kfz.184Dragon1:35E-75- 1:35| YW 750- 1:35| SS-15 SCROOGE- 1:35| JOSE LUIS LOPEZWWW.WARPAINTS.NETWARPAINTS.NETMODELISM,BY MODELERS,FOR MODELERS.WWW.WARPAINTS.NETWAREDITORIALby MaxLEMAIREFruit of a long thought, it finally is com-plete. Designed as an extension of the newlycreated discussion group, War Paints Mag’ is awebzine realized by passionate people for pas-sionate people.Designed by a small team of volunteers, itis downloadable for free and, icing on the cake, itis available in English as well.We wanted it as a showcase designed for allthe forum members. If in this first issue, you willsee authors’ names that are famous here andthere, the design of the magazine aims all of you.We wish that anyone willing to show one’srealizations or share articles, whether they arekits or anything else, can find here a platform.So do not hesitate any longer! Feel free to shareyour ideas and proposals.Along your reading, you will notice thegreat care paid to the layout and the design. In-deed, a comfortable and pleasant reading goesthrough this way. Besides, in this first editorialI especially would like to thank my friend JeanCharles who did an outstanding job, not coun-ting his time, and also the people who took incharge the English version of the Mag’: Sébas-tien, Alexandre and Olivier.Of course, this first issue is perfectible andwe already are thinking to improvements. Again,do not hesitate to make your own contribution.This being said, I wish you a pleasant rea-ding and look forward to seeing you at the end ofthis year for the issue number 2.→EDITORIAL→INTERVIEW JOSE LUIS LOPEZ→WALKAROUNDT 55 ENIGMA→EXPOSITION BONNINGUES 2015→KITS ANALYSES→INTERVIEW BLITZHappy ModelingMaxLEMAIRE→THE WARPAINTERS MODELSSOMMARYBUILDINGSD.KFZ 184 FERDINANDPAGE04BUILDINGYW 750PAGE16PAINTS MAGMAG'BUILDINGT 55 ENIGMAPAGE28BUILDINGSS 15 SCROOGEPAGE44BUILDINGE 75PAGE64PAGE03PAGE26PAGE38PAGE60PAGE72PAGE78PAGE80PAGE84PAGE86→HISTORY THE GERMAN ARMY AMMUNITION BOX FOR THE MG→TUTORIAL ASSEMBLING FRIUL TRACKSrWARPAINTS Mag n°02 : decembe2015WARNg01PAINTS MAG'Relationship with our partners :José DUQUESNEMajor contributors :Sébastien FOLLET, Pascal RE-NAULT, Alain DREZE, Merril WILL, Laurent STAN-KOWIAK, Yvan GARNIER, Renaud BOSC.Free magazineSTAFFPeople who took part in the elaboration of this webzine:Manager :Max LEMAIREGraphic and layout :Jean-Charles “PanzAir“ WINDELSEnglish translation :Sébastien TARTAR, Olivier CARNEAU,Alexandre BENVENUTTIBUILDING↘BUILDINGSd.Kfz.184 “Ferdinand“ Dragon 6133FerdinandSd.Kfz.184:351Text and picturesMaxLemaire41:35↘ShorthistoryBased on the Porsche chassis developed for the Tiger,the Ferdinand (after the surname of its designer FerdinandPorsche) was delivered to frontline units on the Eastern frontstarting May 1943. It was manufactured by the Nibelungenwerkeworks and armed with the famous 88 KwK L/71 which was themost powerful gun of the time. Intended to take part to opera-tion “Zitadelle”, aimed at eliminating the Kursk salient, 89 Fer-dinand tank hunters will be delivered to Panzerjäger-Régiment656, itself composed of 2 battalions:•45 allocated to Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653.•44 allocated to Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654.Designed to engage armoured vehicles at a long range,the Ferdinand showed rapidly its limits during the Kursk battle.It was plagued with breakdowns due to insufficient time to solveits technical issue as it was rushed into service. It also sufferedfrom too fragile an undercarriage to withstand its whopping 65metric tons as well as the lack of close defence weapon to faceattacks from soviet panzerknackers.Despite these flaws the kill ratio of Panzerjäger-Régiment656 was impressive some sources state that it would have des-troyed close to 500 enemy tanks fortheloss of 39 Ferdinands.These losses were mostly caused by the absence of appro-priate wreckers. The crews had then to abandon and destroytheir mounts. The 50 remaining machines will be regroupedinto Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 and will carry on fighting on theEastern front where it will lose 4 more tank hunters.At the end of 1943, the remaining Ferdinands will be trans-ferred to Austria where they will be overhauled based on thereturn of experience of their early frontline career. They will geta new name in the process: Elefant.They will be used on the Italian front and again on theEastern front. A small number of Elefants will take part to thedefence of Berlin in 1945 as part of the Schwere Heeres Pan-zerjäger-Kompanie 614.Fournitures used for this kit :Model:Dragon ref 6133Tracks:Friul ref ATL 62Transfers:Archer ref 35176PE :Aber ref 35122Mudguards : Aber ref 35124Gun barrel : Aber ref 35L14↘TheModelThe Dragon kit is really accurate and the moulding is sharp.Very few improvements are required in order to obtain a very ac-curate replica and mainly consist in thinning or replacing partsthat are not true to scale because of the limitations of the injec-tion process.Ichose to represent a vehicle from 2. Kompanie / Panzer-jäger-Abteilung 653 at Kursk that bore a camouflage composedof irregular green spots on a dark yellow base. The Ferdinandswere delivered to frontline units painted in dark yellow and thecamo was applied in the units. It seems that there was no stan-dard camouflage pattern for these vehicles although we can seesimilar patterns on vehicles belonging to the same Abetilung.5WARNg01PAINTS MAG' [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]