The return of Dusty Bin 1/35 Scala MG Panzernest .

[JR]

Black plastic with some flash on the two large parts .This kit unfortunately has none of the detail of the 1/72 one I built few years ago .

No internal parts like the foot operated ventilation or the stove .
The only thing is the MG, had such badly moulded frame that was really not worth it . The fact the rear didn't come off as in the 1/72 I just glued the whole thing up and cut the MG up, allowing me to glue that in .
The wheels look very strange and if you built it in the towing position there would be no details as they would then be under neath .

The best part will be in the diorama base yet to be started .I've wanted this kit for some time if I'd realised there was no internal parts I wouldn't have bothered.A shame as I don't think any one else makes it ,unless you know .

 

[Jakko]

So that’s how it goes together I’ve got this same kit but moulded in white plastic, and because I bought it second-hand in a bag, I think I don’t actually have the instructions, so your box photo will help tremendously when/if I ever put it together. Yours seems to have gone well enough.

 

[Lee Drennen]

John front row and waiting for a education on this thing. I’ve never seen one and what would they do transport it and set it up in a makeshift trenches?

 

[Niho]

Waaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!
Heck John, i remember about 8-9yrs ago trying to source one of these for you after seeing one at a show doon sarff...... you have one lol
Go for it!!!
Nick

 

[JR]

So that’s how it goes together I’ve got this same kit but moulded in white plastic, and because I bought it second-hand in a bag, I think I don’t actually have the instructions, so your box photo will help tremendously when/if I ever put it together. Yours seems to have gone well enough.

I'll do a better photo for you of the instructions .

 

[Jakko]

Thanks, but no need to go to the trouble — these are clear enough already. It’s not like it’s a complex kit

 

[JR]

John front row and waiting for a education on this thing. I’ve never seen one and what would they do transport it and set it up in a makeshift trenches?

A strange thing Lee , towed upside down ! by what ever they had . Hole dug wheels removed and tipped in so it became up right .Fitted with a MG , had a foot operated like a cycle air vent and a stove.It was equipped with two periscopes, a rear door in to which climbed the crew .
Description
Panzernest was a mobile machine gun bunker (sometimes called Krab), designed and built by Nazi Germany in early 1940. It was made of cast steel, as a single block of metal, with few additional elements such as machine gun hatches and entrance for the crew. The MG Panzernest did provide the crew with valuable protection, both against weather and enemy fire up to 4,7cm in calibre. Nest could be easily transported with the opening at the front doubling as the housing for the towing limber and the holes for the ventilation acting as the mounting for an axle, which was then fitted two with wheels .

http://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/02/mg-panzernest.html . gives some good photos and how it was used​	​
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[Mini Me]

Scary looking contraption JR....No tracks to faff about with and not too many moving parts, what's not to like? Big enough to add details if needed.

 

[JR]

Scary looking contraption JR....No track to faff about with and not too many moving parts, what's no to like? Big enough to add details if needed.

Actually the 1/72 had far more parts as it had the complete internals Rick .
Your right about tracks .

 

[JR]

Waaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!
Heck John, i remember about 8-9yrs ago trying to source one of these for you after seeing one at a show doon sarff...... you have one lol
Go for it!!!
Nick

I remember it well Nick , think you had seen it at a show .
See there's a resin one now on the AK site , with full interior !

 

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks very much John for the info on this thing and the leg work. Very complex sounds like. It reminds me of that portable Kitchen thing you built some years ago on MM. that was a spooky looking contraption too. I remember some of us had to guess what it was before you built it. I think it was a GB entry. I’ll be watching closely.

 

[adt70hk]

Interesting.... And a completely new one for me too.....

 

[Jakko]

Actually the 1/72 had far more parts as it had the complete internals Rick .

In an article in an old issue of Military Modelling, Steve Zaloga adds the missing details to the inside. I’m fairly sure you don’t want to go to that trouble, since you already glued the main parts together, but I could look it up for you?

 

[Caustik Filth]

Thanks for highlighting the panzernest John never knew they existed ! Great dio too!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Good to see you taking another bite of dusty John. I wonder how many of these were actually used? Seems like an idea developed from the experiences of the First World War and then applied to the second. After all, once you’ve dug the hole for it, then you already have an emplacement….why drop a big lump of steel in there….

 

[JR]

In an article in an old issue of Military Modelling, Steve Zaloga adds the missing details to the inside. I’m fairly sure you don’t want to go to that trouble, since you already glued the main parts together, but I could look it up for you?

Yes I'd like to see that .
The AK resin one has detail.
Might well have s look at that , or buy this again and have a crack at another Thanks .

 

[JR]

Thanks for highlighting the panzernest John never knew they existed ! Great dio too!

Thanks , they were used in the Eastern campaign , don't know how many were built.

 

[JR]

Good to see you taking another bite of dusty John. I wonder how many of these were actually used? Seems like an idea developed from the experiences of the First World War and then applied to the second. After all, once you’ve dug the hole for it, then you already have an emplacement….why drop a big lump of steel in there….

Hi Tim,
going to see about that .
This has always been of interest , suppose the armour was an added bonus when dug in , God knows what It was like inside when it was hit .With the additional heating it must have been preferable to sitting in a damp trench .

 

[Jim R]

Hi John
Here I am in a beautiful, isolated cottage in the Brecon Beacons having a quick look at the forum before tea and me old mate comes up with summat I've never heard of.
Despite it's shortcomings it will look great in one of your dios. That 1/72 one is superb. Thanks for all the info on this contraption.
Jim

 

[scottie3158]

John,
You do have an eye for the unusual.