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43rdRecceReg wrote:

Herr Dr. Professor wrote:I am reactivating this discussion to ask how in tarnation one is to get these guys behind the steering wheel of a Toro Schwimmwagen. The only solution I can figure out is to put them into the box a magician uses to saw the pretty lady in half.
Any help?

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Is there a 1/16 figure of Douglas Bader available somewhere?

Roy! For shame! Actually that was funny as hell!

Oh, and while I have the good Herr Dr. and you together, what are "fart suppressing underpants"?!?! Enquiring minds want to know....and so does my Wife!

Cheers,
Eric.

It’s way past time for an answer to the pressing question about die Furzvernichtenunterhose. As I age, the matter becomes pressing.

I actually got the driver in without surgery or damaging the wagen. Hell if I know how I did it though, just kind of tried different angles and wiggling and such. Eventually he went in.

Well, that took guts and determination! It looks as if the gunner is busy while the driver is leaning on the horn. (If wonder if there a horn activated by the steering wheel cap.)

My usual solution, accomplished with the saw, was practiced on yet unpainted figures. I suppose I will just cringe and try your wiggle-in-place strategy. Maybe I can play some old disco music to help the driver along.

The funker on the other hand, he will NOT go in without removing the metal crossbrace first, then putting it bac on after he's in, and even then, the bar interferes with his hands and the radio.

I wish Torro would bring back the M16, or at least an M3A1, and give us a 251, standard GP, and a Kubel. Even if their electronics are bad, they can be replaced.

"I wish Torro would bring back the M16, or at least an M3A1, and give us a 251, standard GP, and a Kubel." Yes! I know that a fellow from Taigen (Eric is his name, if I remember correctly) sometimes monitored and participated on one of the US lists, but I don't know if anyone monitors this list. Doing so is not exactly reliable "market research," but if nothing else it can get ideas started for further market research.

HINT HINT HINT

Herr Dr. Professor wrote:"I wish Torro would bring back the M16, or at least an M3A1, and give us a 251, standard GP, and a Kubel." Yes! I know that a fellow from Taigen (Eric is his name, if I remember correctly) sometimes monitored and participated on one of the US lists, but I don't know if anyone monitors this list. Doing so is not exactly reliable "market research," but if nothing else it can get ideas started for further market research.

HINT HINT HINT

RCU. He's still on there.

A WIP, have scratched my own dash as the the supplied dash is from a VW beetle

Hi,
there is a lot of modification possible.
First the drivers panel: Tyres and rims: color and dirt:

In addition to your capable reconstruction of the dash panel, you did some fine work on the weathering. How did you make the cover over the windshield? I would like to make a similar one for a US vehicle I am s-l-o-w-l-y finishing.