Friday, March 12, 2010 - 01:08 AM UTC
Cyber-Hobby have announced another variant on the Sd.Kfz 7 Chassis.
CHC-6583 - Sd.Kfz.7 8t Halftrack Flatbed w/2cm Flak 38

Company Supplied Details:

◦Side armor plates can be assembled at different angles for travel or combat

◦Side frames can be folded down for better crew access

◦Gun can traverse 360 degrees

◦Newly tooled front armor accurately designed w/photo-etched blacket

◦Newly tooled side panel w/bolt detail

◦Gun cradle offers great detail definition

◦gun sight and hand wheels w/well-defined detail

◦Sharply reproduced on-vehicle tools

◦Wooden side and tailgate w/great detail

2cm Flakvierling 38 cannon w/accurate detail

◦Slide-molded one-piece gun barrel w/hollow muzzle

◦Triangular base-plate gun platform authentically detailed

◦Gun shield molded to correct scale thickness

◦Cannon can be freely posed at different angles

◦Realistic engine hood formed from multiple parts w/louver detail

◦Radiator cover w/accurate detail

◦Realistically cargo deck supported by bames and V-shaped mounts

◦Fully detailed steering mechanism

◦Intricately detailed internal mechanical components: engine, gearbox, fuel tank, compressed-air tank, suspension, exhaust and winch

◦6-cylinder engine represented by multiple parts

◦Delicate engine housing

◦Suspension system as per the real vehicle; slide-molded suspension arms and springs w/delicate detail

◦Detailed winch spool has bolt and rib detail

◦Finely detailed sub-frame made by slide molds w/muffler and exhaust-pipe assembly

◦Rear crossbeam w/roller and trailer coupling depicted like the real one

◦Detailed gearbox has multipart assembly

◦Brake drums have detail on both sides

◦Chassis presented in full details

◦Final-drive housing made from separate parts w/bolt and rib detail

◦New accurately shaped front fenders made from 2-directional slide mold

◦Photo-etched steps w/tread pattern next to front fenders

◦Includes clear lenses for headlamps

◦Brand new Magic Tracks for German half-track

◦Track links have reinforcing structure

◦Different road wheels rendered w/delicate detail on both sides

◦Sprocket w/realistic ribbed detail

◦Front wheels w/authentic tread pattern made from DS

◦Photo-etched flange around center of sprocket wheel
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Comments

Not to be a quibbler, but the sight is the less-common FlaKVisier 20 and not the more-common FlaKVisier 40.
MAR 12, 2010 - 04:33 AM
what's the diff between this one and the dragon version really? except maybe a few pieces of PE Juggler
MAR 13, 2010 - 01:03 PM
The standard Dragon Sd.Kfz 7/1 has the FlaKVeirling mounted to the vehicle, this one is just the Cargo version with a FlaKVeirling on it's usual base sitting on the back. The CAD drawings may not be reflective of the end version because as they are they seem to just show the gun sitting on the rear deck with no physical attachment. So you get a Cargo version of the Sd.Kfz 7 with some added front armour and a free standing FlaKveirling instead of the seats and ammo storage racks that the Cargo Version normally comes with - though they may well still be in there as unused spares. The fold down sides look to be the ones from the 7/1 as well as the cargo version's sides fold all the way down.
MAR 13, 2010 - 01:29 PM
This is what I would call a "transition" variant moving from the Early War 7/1 with the gun attached to the vehicle to the Late War variant with fully-armored cab. They likely just added the vanilla FlaK 38 on its "sled" mounting directly to an Sd.Kfz.7 that had been partly improved (radiator armor, but no armor for the cab as is found on the Sd.Kfz.7/2 kits, and wooden sides). I haven't done a search of period photos to see how common this variant might be.
MAR 14, 2010 - 09:13 AM
Deleted due to constant attack by Steve Riley.
MAR 14, 2010 - 12:43 PM
Well, I have a fairly good selection of Sd.Kfz.7 photos, both in hard copy and from the Web, and I can say this sled mount is more common on the 7/2 3.7cm version than on the quad 2cm. That being said, I would also caution that photos are just too few to make any generalizations. The vast majority of photos I have seen (and in books) are of the Prime Mover, with the quad and single-barrel 3.7 a distinct minority (not surprising because there were far fewer of them produced). I don't know where CyberHobby got their details. Was it plans, a specific photo, or a post-war version? Without hearing from them, it's difficult to come to conclusions. I also am coming to the conclusion that the Germans made numerous modifications to vehicles without them becoming "official" designations. For all one knows, the radiator armor is a field modification. It certainly looks that way from the straps mounting it to the grill.
MAR 15, 2010 - 03:53 AM
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