Wasn't sure whether to put this in Films or Tech, repro panzers, some good, some bad, one quite funny.: Repro Panzers. Cheers, Adam.
Stug III fooled me. Some very good mock ups. The T55 based Tiger is better than the T34 one. Marder III & Wespe pretty good too. They somehow don't look quite "right" but darn good try, I'd be pushed to tell what they were in a film.
Found a Land Rover based Sdkfz 222. Filmpanzer - Journal Look here for T-34s made up to look like US Armor. Filmpanzer That was linked from that chaps blog I linked at top of this post.
British reenactment groups gear. Ostensibly mockups but they seem so well done. marder Goliath (good film attached) Edit: I see those links have shifted slightly, their vehicles page links to 'em now: projects Goliath marder
Nice photo's VP. They definately look different. I like the one of the *paste* Repro of a Marder III based on a Swedish Sav M/43 Sturmpanzer. Good effects.
A T44 as a Tiger on here. The Russian Battlefield - T-44 Medium Tank It ..... played even a Tiger's role in the movie "Act by situation". T-44 in Tiger's "hide". (G.Titov)
Good links lads. The only one I didnt like was the Panther made from a Chaffee. Not that good I felt.
This Chap in NZ is building a 1:1 scale Tiger turret - rather well by the look of it: The Eva Project, 1:1 scale Tiger1 turret And I know we've had 'Lulubelle' the Wooden M3 Lee here before... but I can't find it, so here it is again: DGA
Adam, Some really good links to look at. I have to agree with GH regarding the repro Panther from the Chaffee, not at all convincing. Some very interesting conversions otherwise. Tom
This Chap in NZ is building a 1:1 scale Tiger turret - rather well by the look of it: The Eva Project, 1:1 scale Tiger1 turret Well, he's either single or been married for a few years. If the latter, his wife will probably want to bury him inside it. Two questions I'd love to ask him: 1) Why? 2) What are you going to do with it when you've finished it? Answers on a postcard please.
1) Because he can! 2) Leave it rotting in the NZ woods while constantly fooling himself that he'll get around to it one day... that's what I'd do with it anyway
1) Because he can! 2) Leave it rotting in the NZ woods while constantly fooling himself that he'll get around to it one day... that's what I'd do with it anyway There'll probably be a fantastic head slapping moment when he realises it won't fit through the garage door.....
Because a full size Tigger chassis that didn't run would be too depressing? Maybe they just don't make Gazebos that big. An official contemporary Mock-up, the large scale RC model made as part of the Maus trials (and intermittemtly referred to on the Internerd as an actual Maus) : Thinking about it, many of the full scale mock-ups made for various tank designs are beautifully 'engineered' bits of carpentry. I wonder if any survive anywhere...
Rearding the Full size Tiger Turret project, the builder probably wishes to make a Turreted bunker to defend his property! It would look very intimidating placed alongside a drive leading up to the house (If you had the room) Tom
Another wooden 'tank': YouTube - Chris Dobrowolski's wooden tank And I'm guessing this 'FT17' is a little arboreal in origin too: profile Chap on Youtube building a half-scale Bradley too, looks to be only in the very early stages though.
Well, it would be an incredible CV to hand over to any film prop companies! great thread Two questions I'd love to ask him: 1) Why? 2) What are you going to do with it when you've finished it? Answers on a postcard please.
Don't know if these have been reported previously but the three photos show the Veluzat brothers mock up for some WW2 film that didn't get made. Unfortunately requiring the butchery of a number of Grizzly "kangaroo" ex Portugesse army ex Canadian army. Ok many of the 50 or so turretless Grizzlies went for scrap, but I do wonder about the value of this, particulary with advanced CGI. Steve