quick question about 88 (1 Viewer)

[redhugh]

Does the 88 gun life out of the truck in the same way the gun lifts out of the hummel and could we get a picture of the other side of 88, as some of the figures are hidden in the photo.

 

[Tony Neville]

Not sure if it lifts out redhugh. Not got it yet in stock. However this is the seated guys from the other side.

 

[Rob]

Other quick questions about the 88;

How can i affford one?

How can i explain one?

When can i get my hands on one?

Thanks for posting the pic Tony.

Rob

 

[Wraith]

Answers:

How can i affford one?
a) Rob a bank
b) Rob K&C UK (cut out the cash transaction bit. Watch the MG42 though!)
c) Remortgage the house
d) Sell kidney / gall bladder / spleen / other body part on ebay

How can i explain one?
a) Tony made me do it
b) I'm ill, I have an addiction, I'm starting the treatment soon
c) I only bought a couple of items at the show, so as to save for this piece
d) I have the willpower of a wilting lettace. You wouldn't want me to change after all these years would you dear?

When can i get my hands on one?
a) At Gatwick Airport within 24 minutes of touchdown
b) At K&C UK within 24 minutes of unpacking
c) At K&C UK within 24 hours of unpacking (if you're showing real restraint)
d) At Heathrow Airport terminal 5 within 24 months of touchdown

Always a pleasure to help another forum member.

 

[Rob]

Answers:

How can i affford one?
a) Rob a bank
b) Rob K&C UK (cut out the cash transaction bit. Watch the MG42 though!)
c) Remortgage the house
d) Sell kidney / gall bladder / spleen / other body part on ebay

How can i explain one?
a) Tony made me do it
b) I'm ill, I have an addiction, I'm starting the treatment soon
c) I only bought a couple of items at the show, so as to save for this piece
d) I have the willpower of a wilting lettace. You wouldn't want me to change after all these years would you dear?

When can i get my hands on one?
a) At Gatwick Airport within 24 minutes of touchdown
b) At K&C UK within 24 minutes of unpacking
c) At K&C UK within 24 hours of unpacking (if you're showing real restraint)
d) At Heathrow Airport terminal 5 within 24 months of touchdown

Always a pleasure to help another forum member.

Thank you mate,an excellant list.Trouble is the answer to 2d would be a resounding yes!!

Did you here that Heathrow lost another expensive bag yesterday,but i'm sure she can find another airport to fly from!!!!!

How did the Union removal Go?

Rob

 

[Wraith]

One out, all out!
It was a valiant battle earlier this afternoon, but alas one I was destined to lose. I was armed with a somewhat blunted wit, desperate pleas and copious quantities of grovelling.
He was armed with an array of needles, probes eek, scalpels, pliers, drills.....
He was a man on a mission, and it wasn't pretty. The horror, oh, the horror!.

I'm now dribbling blood on to the keyboard as I type, trying to drink luke warm coffee and missing quite spectaculaly and trying to smoke a cigarette with a blood clogged filter (there's got to be a subliminal message in that one)

Still, in a few months time, I'll have some new ones that will give me a Tom Cruise look-a-like winning smile. I'm hoping after recieving the bill for todays treatment, that I'll be getting a bank account to match

Right, off now to scare the kids D imagine the icon minus teeth yeah, that's better )

Simon (" mini KV bite)

 

[Rob]

One out, all out!
It was a valiant battle earlier this afternoon, but alas one I was destined to lose. I was armed with a somewhat blunted wit, desperate pleas and copious quantities of grovelling.
He was armed with an array of needles, probes eek, scalpels, pliers, drills.....
He was a man on a mission, and it wasn't pretty. The horror, oh, the horror!.

I'm now dribbling blood on to the keyboard as I type, trying to drink luke warm coffee and missing quite spectaculaly and trying to smoke a cigarette with a blood clogged filter (there's got to be a subliminal message in that one)

Still, in a few months time, I'll have some new ones that will give me a Tom Cruise look-a-like winning smile. I'm hoping after recieving the bill for todays treatment, that I'll be getting a bank account to match

Right, off now to scare the kids D imagine the icon minus teeth yeah, that's better )

Simon (" mini KV bite)

Glad to here its over at least Simon.A Cigarette with a 'blood clogged filter'...if that don't put the kids off smoking nowt will!!

Hope you are soon feeling better mate and your only dribbling is over dispatches

Cheers

Rob

 

[debrito]

A few pics of a 88mm on a armoured half track.

Rod.

 

[redhugh]

Wow , that is a magnificient diorama Skilled pair of hands at work there, the figures look exceptional as well

 

[desk11desk12]

A few pics of a 88mm on a armoured half track.

Rod.

Now, that's the way the KC set should look IMO. That's a splendid looking dio. Isn't that a Sd.Kfz 9 Famo vehicle conversion with the 88? If so, shouldn't the KC vehicle be a little larger? I'm just wondering.




Carlos

 

[Rob]

Very nice pic,thanks for posting.

Rob

 

[HAWKEYE]

exactly what i was thinking. lets hope if they do a jagdtiger they make it the right size

 

[Wraith]

Now, that's the way the KC set should look IMO. That's a splendid looking dio. Isn't that a Sd.Kfz 9 Famo vehicle conversion with the 88? If so, shouldn't the KC vehicle be a little larger? I'm just wondering.

Carlos

Carlos,

I think this is a different vehicle. The model, as you say, looks to be the Sd Kfz 9, while the K&C looks to be the Sd Kfz 8, and therefore a smaller vehicle.

Simon

 

[OzDigger]

I think the recently retired K & C halftrack was the later version (six road wheels aside) of the SdKfz 7 which was a 8 ton vehicle mostly used to tow the well known 88 mm AA/AT gun.

The larger SdKfz 8 weighed 12 tons and was used to tow heavier guns including the 8.8 Flak 41 that weighed more than the earlier 88s. This halftrack looks similar to the SdKfz 7 but had solid rather than spoked front wheels.

The new K & C halftrack (SdKfz 9) is even larger weighing 18 tons as a standard towing vehicle and 25 tons with the 88 mm mounted on the rear platform.

 

[Alexdakar]

I think that's too small to be a FAMO. SdKfz 9

 

[OzDigger]

I think that's too small to be a FAMO. SdKfz 9

I agree and now that I look at the top of the armoured cab it isn't all the way across as it is on the SdKfz 9 conversion, so it must be a Zgkw 12 ton conversion with the smaller cab allowing it to fire head on. This vehicle was larger than the recently retired halftrack but not as large as the 18 ton Famo.

 

[OzDigger]

A few pics of a 88mm on a armoured half track.

Rod.

Rod, those photos are of the larger 18 ton (Famo) full armoured cab version, the K & C model is based on the smaller 12 ton Sd Kfz 8 that had a lower armoured cab with a higher section for the driver.

 

[eproscher]

Does anyone know yet if the 3 figures on the Halftrack/88 are removable? Hard to tell from the pictures.

Eric Proscher

 

[sceic2]

I certainly hope they are. I am getting tired of the figures that can't be moved and I would like every maker to stop it, "Just stop it".

That's a quote from Bob Newhart on a Mad TV schetch with Mo Collins. She was afraid of getting buried in a box and his (Newhart) advice was to "stop it, just stop it." He had the same advise for whatever her problem was, so all makers, please, "Just stop it."

 

[OzDigger]

Well, they 'look' like they are removable, but until recently I've been seeing the vehicle as having a full cab