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Author Topic: Raupenschlepper Ost (15mm, 3d print)  (Read 715 times)

Offline Fitz

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Raupenschlepper Ost (15mm, 3d print)
« on: December 26, 2018, 10:33:18 PM »

This is the 1942 Raupenschlepper Ost, a fully tracked truck developed for use in the mud and snows of Russia by the Germans in WWII. A great many were made, and they were very popular little vehicles.

The model is based on a 1/200 scale version by m_bergman, which was re-scaled to 1/100 and cut up into pieces by krueger54, so that it would print without supports. I took krueger54's version and made new running gear for it, and also a new hollow canvas tilt. The tilt piece just slots into the cargo bed, so it can be swapped out for different cargo loads, or I could print another tilt and paint it as an ambulance vehicle, for example. Maximum flexibility! Or else it could just be glued in place. Whatever.

The figure is a German Grenadier from Battlefront.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: Raupenschlepper Ost (15mm, 3d print)
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2018, 12:38:43 AM »
Love it. Better than the Battlefront model (and that's pretty cute too). The canvas tilt could even been painted white for winter games.
- Karsten

"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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Offline Redmist1122

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Re: Raupenschlepper Ost (15mm, 3d print)
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2018, 04:08:13 AM »
The prints looks pretty good from the pics.  So how much difficult would it be to size it up/down to 1:48 scale?  I hope to do some 1:48 stuff which looks pretty good for gaming.

Thanks.
Greg P.
Tucson, AZ, USA