Hello,

Some sprues shots of the soon to arrive Sd.kfz 251/1 Ausf.C from AFV Club.




JohnO

Thanks John!! Two questions....release date?? And, where are the tracks??
Thanks for posting....they finally DO exist......
Dave

Dave , Lu has a thread over on Missing Lynx with photos of the 251. The tracks are there...they are the soft plactic type that you glue/staple/bind together.

Fear not about the tracks.... other forces are prepared to do them justice

Looks like a really nice kit... looking forward to its release

Best

Paul

...makes my wallet get lighter!

Chris "toadman" Hughes
http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com

Now THAT is detail! Can't wait till these babies hit the shelf. Count me in for at least 5 or 6 (Conversions?)!

Bob and Steve
Top Gun Military/IRON DIVISON Resins
http:www.topgunmilitary.com

I have the pioneer bridge set for the 251 from Gaso.Line. Are there any interior changes/additions needed to make a pioneer version of this kit?

the interior of the engineer (pioneer) '251s is quite different from this APC, but it is based on it, so all is not lost. Perhaps we could get Bob to do one.....

this would be a keeper. You'll be a busy lad before you know it..... And, with the pace of their releases, you could do the entire '251 family and the unarmored SdKfz 11 tractor, and be retired on Majorca before they get the second kit out.....

You're slowing down.....

Naturally, the conversions Gaso.line are not going "to linger" with the Sd.Kfz.251/7 with the inside and other surprises!
Best regards
Olivier

I think AFV Club are just going to be shocked at the sales of this baby. If this won't go on to be the second largest selling 1/48 kit after the Tiger or Sherman, I'd be very surprised (although by the looks of it, the Marder could be up there as well). It can go with everything in any theatre.

is that it can be converted backwards and forwards to make the ausf A/B and the ausf D. The first one I do will be a B; I've saved the nose section of a sacrificed Bandai kit for this (the rest of it went into supplying detail parts for an ICM '222 armored car). This should be one of the best selling kits in 1/48 for a long time. The aftermarket potential is enormous too: not only all sorts of '251s but also the SdKfz 11 artillery tractor (we already have the Tamiya 2cm Flakvierling 38). And that rather bizarre SdKfz 251 with the front of the ausf D and the rear opened up for the Flak 38? The Germans built over 600 of these things - great conversion potential. Bob, lad, you WILL be busy.....

For the conversions, the problem is always identical, to know this that the industrial are going to propose shortly?
All conversions are not easily feasible on this basis and for example to make an Ausf.D model, it would be necessary to redo 80% of the basis kit!
Fortunately, we already have some existing conversions that will be easier to convert for the model AFV Club.
Sd.Kfz. 251/7: Engineer vehicle basic
Sd.Kfz. 251/9: 7.5cm KwK37 L/24 Support vehicle
Sd.Kfz. 251/10: 3.7cm PaK36 light anti-tank gun vehicle
Sd.Kfz. 251/16: Flamethrower vehicle
Sd.Kfz. 251/17: 2cm Flak38 anti-aircraft vehicle
Best regards
Olivier

I admit when I say this can be converted "easily", I am talking about my personal modeling, as in making an ausf B from the AFV Club ausf C. Your conversions will all be very good on this new kit, without altering it to another basic body type. However, conversions to other versions are, in my opinion, not all that risky. It has taken AFV Club over two years to get this model kit to the market, and of course, it's not really here yet. I fear the reluctance of many modelers to use resin is a bigger hurdle to jump than the slim chance AFV Club would put out an ausf D model any item soon. Of course, there's always Tamiya, like the tiger on the other side of the door. You never know what it's doing until you open that door.....