Ketten' Crazy in Here
I finished my Kettenkrad.It's a 1/72 Academy kit, out of a box of theirs that contains two other vehicles: a kubelwagen, and a Jeep. They are larger, but not by much. The basic paint was German Panzer Grey, which I lightened to highlight the wheels. Some silver highlights for the metal tracks, and a spritz of Tamiya mud finished things off. Using a little mud, I tried to give it a varied texture, like a ATV today. This is probably the smallest model I've ever made. Tiny even by tiny tank standards. The Kettenkrad, the littlest half-track, started life as a air-transportable artillery tug. "Air transportable" for the Germans meant the Junkers 52, a squared-off transport plane about the size of a DC-3 - which is to say, small. The Kettenkrad was a ingenious solution to this requirement: the tracks made it an excellent all-terrain vehicle, and the motorcycle wheel at the front kept steering intuitive to anybody using the 'krad. Like most track...