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Vader’s Model Desk: Sd.kfz 164 Panzerjäger “Nashorn”
Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:45 pm
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Nashorn (German: ['na?s?h???n], German for "rhinoceros"), initially known as Hornisse (German "hornet"), was a German Panzerjäger ("tank hunter") of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 by equipping a light turretless chassis based on the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks with the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun. Though only lightly armoured and displaying a high profile, it could penetrate the front armour of any Allied tank at long range, and its relatively low cost and superior mobility to heavier vehicles ensured it remained in production until the war's end.
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Tamiya 1:48 scale Sd.kfz 164 Panzerjäger Nashorn
Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung 88
17th Panzer Div. (Attached)
April 1944, Western Ukraine
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Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:50 pm to Darth_Vader
Do you have a room where you keep all these? How many would you say you have done?
Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:53 pm to JL
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Do you have a room where you keep all these?
I have my “model office” where I build and display my models.
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How many would you say you have done?
I have somewhere around 200 or so on my shelves with something like 100 or so kits in my stash to build.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:55 pm to Darth_Vader
That’s awesome. Keep it up.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 3:56 pm to JL
Thanks. Glad you like it. 
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:00 pm to Darth_Vader
outstanding detail.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:02 pm to Darth_Vader
So did they change their tank production every 6 months to try and keep up or get ahead?
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:09 pm to Bama and Beer
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So did they change their tank production every 6 months to try and keep up or get ahead?
German armored vehicle production was an absolute mess. They had a myriad of different designs of tanks, tank destroyers, and various other vehicles in production at the same time. Many of these were of dubious value and did more to drain resources and create logistics nightmares than help the war effort.
The Nashorn though was actually a really good tank killer. It used the same hull as the Pz.kpfw IV, so it shared many parts with it. It didn’t have much armor protection. But as an ambush tank killer, it was excellent thanks to its devastating 8.8 cm Pak 43 main gun.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:28 pm to Darth_Vader
Nice detail on the gun!
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:32 pm to Darth_Vader
An awesome tank killer!
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:34 pm to Darth_Vader
Very nice weathering on this one.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:35 pm to Darth_Vader
Great models and pictures as always Darth.
Hijack question for you, what site do you use to host your pictures. I want to post something and am having issues.
Hijack question for you, what site do you use to host your pictures. I want to post something and am having issues.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:44 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
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Great models and pictures as always Darth. Hijack question for you, what site do you use to host your pictures. I want to post something and am having issues.
Thanks. I always use this site…
postimages.org
Posted on 12/28/23 at 4:49 pm to Darth_Vader
Thanks
Posted on 12/28/23 at 6:04 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 12/28/23 at 7:00 pm to Darth_Vader
Great weathering job. Congrats
Posted on 12/28/23 at 7:34 pm to Darth_Vader
Amazing... Love the weathering and scrapes on the floor... superb
Posted on 12/28/23 at 7:44 pm to WWII Collector
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Amazing... Love the weathering and scrapes on the floor... superb
Thanks. I was going for a heavier weathering look on this one. At this point in the war, the panzerjäger abteilungs on the Eastern Front were being used increasingly as “fire brigade” units, being shuffled from sector to sector, attached to one division after another constantly to try to seal off Red Army penetrations. They were being run ragged with little time for maintenance or rest.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 7:50 pm to Darth_Vader
Best work yet, great detail. Even have the foot wearing on the check plate on the turret deck…
That’s awesome.
That’s awesome.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 7:56 pm to Hangover Haven
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Best work yet, great detail. Even have the foot wearing on the check plate on the turret deck…
Thanks. I know it would be heavier on each side of the main gun so I just went heavier in those spots.
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