Landships II

oh and i was wondering if anyone had any drawings for scale information on the fahrpanzer? im planning on building one in large scale (probably 1/16 since dragon has a line of models in that scale i can modify)

ah thanks, i was on the first forum where you didnt have to register (i was supposed to write the holt steam tank article, but couldnt come up with the research or time to write it. just a couple of pictures. petty excuses aside tim rigsby did FAR better then i ever could have.) thanks for the image. it shouldnt be to hard to build, its pretty simple, except for the interior that is, and the turret. but i could probably heat form the turret over a wooden mold in the oven.

 

also i have seen pictures of a different type of mounting, ive seen that version called "fahrpanzer von krupp" here is the plain 2 wheel version:

http://www.cybercomm.nl/~mariow/Landships/Fahrpanzer-3.jpg

this picture is from the fahrpanzer displayed in i believe brussels, the full page with the picture:

http://www.cybercomm.nl/~mariow/Landships/Fahrpanzer-1.jpg

 

 

(this is the observation type fahrpanzer used at the mutzig fort in addition to the cannon armed version:

http://www.geocities.com/thiaumont/kw011.JPG )

 

i plan on building both the deployed and krupp mounted versions.

-- Edited by theburk at 06:49, 2006-06-14

yes, that is the same one featured here.

This item was an export item by the turn of the century.  Everybody and his brother bought from Krupp at the time.( Wholey because of the trouncing Krupp field guns gave their counter-part in the Franco-Prussian War.)  You will note the speciman preserved in Greece is carried on Krupp's export protze version with forward turning wheels.   The protze associated with the Imperial Army procurment had just two wheels.