WW2 German Nashorn SPG crew - winter
Kit # TTF001 Preview by Rob Haelterman - heman_148(at)hotmail(dot)com

This is the first figure set under the label of Tracks & Troops and it's a very nice start. Not that the set is extremely original for its choice of depicting German troops, but the sculpting and quality is first rate. Facial expressions and poses are very realistic.

The set is meant as a winter crew for the Nashorn (Hornisse, if you like), and gives the three crewmembers that would man the fighting compartment, plus a round for the 88mm Pak43. I guess that they would fit in with any other vehicle, as long as you make abstraction of the round.

The three figures wear the specialized winter trousers that slowly started to appear in the winter of 1942-1943, and one is wearing the matching overcoat. Given that all figures also wear gloves/mittens (except one, which has one glove taken off), this is somewhat strange as this would indicate that the scene they belong in is not one of extreme cold but they still have cold hands.
Head-dress is quite original, with one figure wearing his steel helmet underneath the hood of his overcoat, while the others have different styles of fur caps with an embroidered eagle.
All arms are separate parts, as well as a pistol holster and binoculars. No other weapons are provided.

The figure with the hood over his helmet has a strange proboscis on the back of his head, which I can only guess being a casting trick to avoid air bubbles accumulating at the extreme end of the mold.

 

 

The figures have been darkened with a slight wash to accentuate the details.

 

Sample kindly provided by Tracks and Troops.
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Article Last Updated: 07 January 2011