This German WWII diorama features the SdKfz 250 half track from Rick Hoskinson that we featured in Photo Gallery 527. That model is but one of three Trident half track models shown in these photos that he constructed for use on his diorama of a German town in retreat of the advancing Allies. This example above depicts the MG 42 being manned by a soldier as the vehicle is parked to cover the retreat of the German army as well as numerous civilian refugees. Rick added full interiors including radios, rifle racks, and lots of personal gear from Preiser; the figures are also from Preiser. The buildings are from Pola and Model Power. One of the half tracks has run over a land mine planted during a previous occupation by enemy troops and is undergoing repairs. The German flag was modeled from wine bottle foil. The burned out and rusted automobile in the foreground above is a Busch Mercedes 170 V sedan. The streets are resin castings from Paul Heiser the wall ad for Continental Tires below was reduced from a book on German half tracks and aged and weathered with pastels.

Posted August 30, 2012