arnhem44mad
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What kind of captured vehicles would you like to see and for what side?
What kinds of captured ww2 vehicles would you like to see? (1 Viewer)
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binder001
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I put down for captured German halftracks in Normandy, specifically referring to the Kettenkrad. There are several good photos of these being operated by GIs - they must have been fascinated with them. One famous photo shows a Ketenkrad completed repainted as a US Army Military Police vehicle at a traffic control point in France during the breakout from Normandy. The size makes it affordable and the subject is usually a good seller.
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a Kettenkrad with American paratroopers
And a Kübelwagen with resistance
harrie
And a Kübelwagen with resistance
harrie
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I see you voted for everything mate{bravo}}{sm4}
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Though not a captured vehicle as such what about the train carriage that the Germans delegation signed the armistice in at the end of WW1. The Germans returned the favour in 1940 but destroyed the carriage before being sent a third invite in 1944 or 1945. It would make a great diorama!
I would be more than happy to share the profits with K&C if they produced it!
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I would like to see a caputerd Sherman in German Markings.
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chocolate mousse
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I agree the french train car is a great idea. I would like to see a Russian sherman. I know its not captured but they had a lot of them. As far as captured vehicles I would really like to see captured staff cars. Maybe a FOB range captured French staff car being used by a general and his staff to start with.
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This is just what I'd like to see, didn't this feature in the final hour of Saving Private Ryan where they attract the attention of the Germans into the town?. I think one of these, perhaps a bit knocked around, with two GI's on it would be a stand out set.
Rob
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Always pleased to hear from someone who agrees with me!
The French carriage would allow K&C to offer alternate sets of figures - one for 1918 and the other for 1940. Now that the Sinapore Set has been released we could pressure K&C on the grounds that if they are prepared to cover an English debacle, in the interests of fairness they must cover a German and French one as well. I am even prepared to go as low as to to hint that maybe there is a strain of anti English sentiment amongst Scootish toy manufacturers!
I joined in December 20011 as well - what do you collect?
chocolate mousse
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I collect ww2 every manufacturer. I have been collecting for 12 years.I am lucky because I live 10 mins from a dealer here in NJ (exit 5) and even find time to shop there on my lunch break. What do you collect?
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I collect Napoleonics but you have a big start on me. I only started collecting a month ago. Larso got me into it - he's on these pages discussing Crusaders, Napoleonics and British regiments. He's collected for four or five years and I used to trease him about it not really being a fitting hobby for an adult. But my wife and I paid the house off and I thought a hobby would be a good thing given that all the things of youth seemed to be slipping by! So I thought that a few purchases from Napoleon's Imperial Guard would be a nice start without it being silly. My Toy Soldier dealer (Brett at the Military Workshop, henceforth referred to as 'my dealer) suggested K&C. That suited me (I have since read the old threads indicating that this is akin to choosing a religion) I agreed - they looked the best value and I liked them.
I had been given the plastic Airfix set when I was young. But they all looked so good I bought the lot...and then grabbed a French cannon as well. But a week later I thought that the French Line Infantry would be retired and it would be silly to miss out on them and far too expensive to catch up later. I went back and bought them.
Naturally I wanted an iconic regiment like the Scots Grey so I thought it would be a false economy not to get them. So a few days later I did. But the French Cavalry was on its way out too so I grabbed five of them...and they were next to the RHA set which was being retired so I grabbed it. You cannot have the French cavalry without the Black Watch so I finished off with them. It seemed so silly to collect without knowing anyone so I joined this forum and the K&C Online Collectors Club (two free figures - hard to pass up!)
Long story short I find myself in Hawaii on a Conference/Holiday (in a hotel marking University assignments - my second job to fund this hobby). I hit rock bottom in a hotel lobby trying to log on to the internet after not having slept for a day and a half because something called 'despatches' was coming out while suggesting to my wife that we could time our next trip to London with a toy soldier show. I can see Waikiki from my window as I type - I said to my wife that I'd check the forum BEFORE we went for a swim. The only thing I have managed to control is my desire to collect the North African range and RAF ground crew. Once I get into vehicles that would be the end of me.
Anyway thanks for the chat - in a week and a half I will be knocking on Brett's door at opening time to get the Coldstream Guards. It would be silly to miss out on them, wouldn't it?