sdkfz 11

[ciaphas]

do you guys make one or am I just not able to find one on the list?

cheers
jon

[Leon]

Unfortunately not.  There's a picture of some painted ones through Google which claim to be Minifigs, but they're not listed on Calivers site.  It may be something which they haven't had chance to get up for sale yet though, as I know they're still working through organising the moulds.

[ciaphas]

Is there anything else you could recomend as a substitute?

cheers

[Leon]

Is there anything else you could recomend as a substitute?

cheers

That's probably one for our WW2 experts, apart from popping an Sdkfz 9 on the far side of the table, I'm not sure what to suggest!

[NTM]

Vehicles used in the same role available from Pendraken are Opel Blitz, Opel Maultier, Sdkfz 251/1, horse limberand  at a push Horch 4x4. Sdkfz 10 was the next size down and Sdkfz 7 the next up.

[GordonY]

There's an 11 on this page

http://www.miniaturefigurines.co.uk/Catalogue.aspx?ScaleID=1&CategoryID=1&SubCategoryID=5

Just scroll down a bit, but to be honest I just use the Pendraken Sdkfz 9 for all my towing needs. The assembly of the Minifigs stuff is a nightmare as the tracks are seperate and hollow, you need a very gentle touch to clean the delicate tracks up before assembly

Gordon

[ciaphas]

cheers guys I think the sdkfz9, looks to be the answer.  It is really just to tow some nebelwerffers, so an exact sdkfz11 is probably unnesesary.

thanks
jon

[kustenjaeger]

Greetings

I think you mean the Sdkfz 7 not the Sdkfz 9 FAMO which is a miuch bigger beast (~18 tons vs 12 tons)?  The Sdkfz 11 was about 7.2 tons, about 6,000 were apparently built.  They took over the role of the Sdkfz 6 which was the early war tow for the 10.5cm leFH18. 

Regards

Edward

[ciaphas]

cheers Edward, but can't see that in the list either.

jon

[Leon]

cheers Edward, but can't see that in the list either.

jon

We've got the SDkfz 7/1 and 7/2 which were the armed versions.  The basic 7 had seating in the back, which I don't think ours have.  You could probably do a bit of conversion work on them to raise the sides and put seats in?

[NTM]

Opel Maultier is probably the best option used as alternative to the Sdkfz 11 in Panzerjager units but not been able to find out if it happened with Nebelwerfers though.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Anything that moved will do as tows, the Sdkfz11 was ideal, Maultier an acceptable alternative, as was the RPO tractor, but any working truck/lorry would be used.

IanS

[NTM]

Anything that moved will do as tows, the Sdkfz11 was ideal, Maultier an acceptable alternative, as was the RPO tractor, but any working truck/lorry would be used.

IanS

Agreed, a rag-tag bunch of captured trucks (particularly French/Italian) would be a nice touch I think.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Some with bonnet up and steaming !

IanS