The Last Ride Of The Black Baron

I guess it was inevitable that I would get around to making a diorama about Michael Wittmann. I hope you will enjoy it!!! Beetstreet

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• tiger
• panzer
• normandy
• LSSAH
• 101st
• wittmann
• WWII
• diorama
• forces
• of
• valor
• waffen
• ss

[starace96]

rip micheal wittmann

[sax999able]

whats that for a german 0:15 Achtung Eingestuft - whats connoted that----- sorry i dont understand it

[beetstreet4]

@HKUK94 Forces Of Valor are becoming more plastic now than metal, another reason I quit collecting them. Converting them doesn't require that much skill but rather equipment and patience - the tie downs that hold equipment (like shovels) are annoying to build!!! As for "do I still have all the tanks?" Yes, every single one of them and a closet full more. Which T-34 are you trying to find? Message me.

[HKUK94]

@beetstreet4 Well, I "kinda" repainted one of my FOV stugs by adding some mud splatter to the road wheels, but I rarlely convert my vehicles. I don't have the skills. Nevertheless, do you still have all the tanks that you show in your dioramas?

[HKUK94]

@beetstreet4 WOW, you are very talented. I don't have the time to "redo" vehicles, but for the money, they are a very good value. All my tanks are german WWII, and I am still in the process of finding a forces of valor t-34. However, I have seen that FOV seems to be getting worse and worse with their vehicle weathering. My early tanks don't look as good as their current tanks.

[beetstreet4]

@HKUK94 The Tiger mg 34 barrel I replaced by an all metal two piece barrel produced by RB metal modelling supplies from Poland. If you ever want to convert FOV vehicles, you will need their products.

[beetstreet4]

@beetstreet4 To date, I have redone 1 jagdpanther (late production, Ardennes, 1944), 1 panther (final production w night vision, Germany 1945), 1 king tiger (Henschel, Ardennes, 1944), 1 tiger (befehlswagen, featured here), 3 stug III (mid production, Normandy 1944), 2 panzer IV (1 F1, North Africa, 1942, 1 G Normandy 1944), 1 T-34 (Berlin, 1945) and 1 SdkFz 251 (conversion to SdkFz 251/22) .

[beetstreet4]

@HKUK94 Someone once asked why I don't make models rather than using Forces Of Valor. The answer is that models are plastic, Forces Of Valor are mainly metal and real tanks are metal not plastic (yet). So I now modify, detail and airbrush Forces Of Valor vehicles with the help of the books.

[HKUK94]

@beetstreet4 Yeah, all my forces of valor tanks and vehicles are WWII. In fact, I just ordered one of FOV's winter stug III from the ardennes. I see that you featured that tank in one of your other dioramas as well.

[beetstreet4]

@HKUK94 I didn't take it as a diss but rather constructive criticism because you are right. I believe at last count I have 123 Forces Of Valor tanks, only WWII. I have been collecting them for years. I also have over 50 books on different WWII tanks, some very detailed, and their respective units. I have stopped collecting Forces Of Valor because the books have shown their inaccuracies but then I make mistakes too.