DAK TODAY - DelPrado Warrant Officer - Afrikakorps

This is a lead soldier - Warrant Officer from the Afrikakorps 1942 was manufactured by DelPrado in 2000. I found this in a antique exposision in last June. Here goes the pictures (click on images to see it big):

DAK TODAY - My own DAK Diorama - 02

Part 02
Then I start to cover the cardboard with modeling paste:

The stairs...

All cardboar is covered with the moulding paste

To be continued...

DAK TODAY - My own DAK Diorama - 01

I start a new diorama.
The ideia was to use some old DAK figures, equipment and vehicles and join them in a new diorama using new technics. Here goes the first steps:

Start to building the ruined desert house in cardboard

A ex NVIDIA Video Card box...

The prototype display

 

Have the ideia of use a old and bad constructed kit of a Leichter Panzerspähwagen Sdkfz 222 to stay half inside the ruined house

(I dont do this kind of things for almoust 20 years)

Soon I will show the next stage of this diorama.

DAK GUNS - Schwerer Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz 231/2 "8Rad"

The crew of a reconnaissance Sd.Kfz 231 resting near a well

German was an early exponent of armoured cars, partly because, unlike tanks, they were not restrited by the Versailes Treaty, and they were a cheap and quick way of mechanising the Army and giving industry experience of building vehicles to military specifications. The multy-wheeled German armoured cars resulted from studies using trucks with drive on four rear wheels to achieve a good cross-country performance.

VIDEO - Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps

At least a nice video.

Colorized but fine.

1941-42 Rommel and the Afrika Korps in Action! (HD)

Not in color but colorized...

DAK TODAY - 1/6 Soldier Story - Afrikakorps

This is a 1/6 Scale Afrikakorps from Soldier Story. Impresive!

 

LINK: http://www.soldierstory-toys.com/products_show.asp?id=72

DAK RELATED DOCUMENTS - Montgomery's Personal Message

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Montgomery's Personal Message for his troops just before Operation Lightfoot

August 1942: Churchill (left) with the new Commander of the 8th Army, General Montgomery (center).