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Schatton Models, from Germany,
is the premier manufacturer of
specialized replacement brass and aluminum parts. When
you want your model kit to look its
best, replace the original plastic or resin components with new parts
from
Schatton Models. Schatton Models
produces brass and aluminum turning, drilling, milling and tooling
parts to
upgrade your original plastic or resin model parts for a more authentic
and
detailed look. Schatton Models also
makes complete epoxy resin kits of the highest quality available in HO
scale. Aluminum model parts can be
glued to styrene models using epoxy
glue. A five minute epoxy can be mixed
up on a bit of aluminum foil and applied with a toothpick.
Including mixing time that gives the model
builder about two minutes to work with getting the model part into
place and
hold the pieces together until they are solid. Brass models parts work just
like aluminum model parts. Epoxy is a
great method for gluing them to
plastic model kits. Here is another tip,
use a drop of regular model glue on the plastic model, and then put a
small
drop of cyanoacrylate glue on the metal piece.
Then join them together. The
regular model glue will chemically melt the plastic, and the
cyanoacrylate glue
will fix itself to the metal part. It’s
an advanced technique, but it can minimize the amount of excess glue
you
sometimes get with epoxy. Resin can be intimidating, but
it is really easy to work
with. The same tools used for building
plastic model kits can be used for resin kits.
Some resin parts may have a resin tab on them as a result of the
casting
process. This tab can usually be removed using a razor saw. The key here is to avoid sawing into the
model part, which means there will still be some of the tab on the
model. Once the majority of the model
tab has been cut off, use a coarse
sandpaper to sand down the resin tab. As
the tab gets sanded down more and more, it is time to switch to finer
grain
sandpaper. Keep sanding until the tab is
gone and the part is smooth. Sanding
sticks can be a useful alternative to plain sandpaper. Anyone can slap together a
common plastic model kit. A Master
Modeler, however, knows that the
typical barrel on a plastic model is often a solid casting. The end of the barrel really needs to be
bored out, but that can be difficult, and may result in an off-center
hole, or
a very fragile model. The solution to
this problem is a replacement barrel by Schatton Models.
A finely crafted turned brass or aluminum
barrel will have the precise opening to make the gun barrel look
exactly
correct. Many Schatton Model barrels
have the proper muzzle break or flash hider installed as well, for
extra
detail. Have you ever looked closely at
the barrel of your typical HO
scale cannon, howitzer, or tank? Is it
round? Is it really? Often as part of the
molding process plastic model kits will make gun barrels, which should
have a
perfectly circular cross section, that are cast with a flattened,
almost oval
shaped barrel cross section. Once you
see it, it is difficult not to notice just how bad some of them can be,
but
wait, there is more to the problem. Many
plastic gun barrels, even some of those that are
round, often have a huge pair of flash lines that run the
length of the barrel. Far from what a
Master Modeler wants for his completed work. But what can you do about it?
How can you fix these problems?
You can try to file, or scrape away the flash or mold line along
the
barrel. That might work, but often you
end up with flat spots along the barrel edge.
Even if it works, that still leaves the solid barrel problem. Some people try to fake it by
painting a black circle on the end
of the barrel, and that might look okay, from a distance, in the right
light. But on close inspection, it’s
going to be clear what was done about the solid barrel problem. Some model builders will try to
drill out the barrel. This is often a
noble effort, but the time
and work involved usually leads only to frustration and irritation. If the hole is just the slightest bit
off-center it will look terrible and there is no way to fix that issue. If the hole is centered, it’s nearly
impossible to drill a hole large enough to be the proper scale and
still have a
barrel side wall that is not so fragile that any handling risks barrel
side
collapse. The only real solution to these
problems of barrel mold lines and
solid barrels is a Schatton Models replacement aluminum or brass barrel. Schatton Models makes a variety of
replacement barrels for HO scale military models. One
of the replacement barrels Schatton makes
is the 88mm 36L56 for Tiger I. It is a
brass barrel and it has a wonderful muzzle brake. It
looks great on a Herpa, or Roco Tiger I. The Panzer IV was the most
common German tank of World War
Two. The Germans made almost 9,000 of
them before and during the war. The
Panzer IV was exported to Spain, Hungary, and even Turkey.
Therefore having a variety of conversion kits
allows the Master Modeler the opportunity to have an interesting
selection of
different Panzer IV models. The Allied bomber offensive of
daylight bombing by the United
States Army Air Forces and the British Bomber Command by night caused
great
disruption in German industry. As a
result, the Germans developed a wide, even, bewildering array of
anti-aircraft
artillery. One of the concepts was
putting light to medium anti-aircraft guns onto tank chassis for
mobility. The ultimate version of that was
mounted on
the Panzer IV, and it was called the “Ball Lighting” or “Kubelblitz.” The Schatton Models Conversion
kit for Flakpanzer IV
"Kubelblitz" with 30mm gun contains parts made out of resin, brass,
and aluminum. Why so many parts, and why
those materials? Brass barrels are very
strong, rigid, and maintain excellent detail.
The aluminum parts are very light weight and are easy to work
with. Resin is strong, and is excellent
for casting
fine details. Schatton Models use all
three of these materials to make the “Kubelblitz” anti-aircraft gun
conversion
the finest “Kubelblitz” model in HO scale. The “Kubelblitz” was designed
as a twin 30mm cannon arrangement,
mounted in a fully enclosed turret. Five
prototype vehicles were completed and dispatched into the field. At least two of them saw combat.
One of them fought against the Americans and
the second “Kubelblitz” fought against the Russians in Berlin. 75mm L48 brass barrel for
Panzer IV is one of the most useful
Panzer IV replacement barrels made by Schatton Models.
The 75/L48 tank barrel was very common on the
Panzer IV in the late production Model G tanks and in all the Model H
and Model
J tanks. Thousands of these guns were
used on Panzer IV during World War Two.
Using the Schatton Models replacement barrel really dresses up
the Roco
Panzer IV tank model. SDV also makes
Panzer IV models that would benefit from the Schatton Models
replacement
barrels. Another conversion kit in the
Schatton stable is the Flakpanzer
Coelian anti-aircraft gun. It was a
prototype for a new turret that would fit on a Panther tank. The conversion kit consists of a resin turret
and two brass 37mm barrels. The Trident, or Heiser Models,
or even one of the old Boley
Panther tank hulls can carry this model into miniature combat. The resin turret and brass barrels are easy
to assemble. In real life, the German Army
had requested companies to submit
bids for anti-aircraft guns that were mobile enough to keep up with the
panzers. The Coelian was all ready for
prototype testing when the Allies landed at Normandy on June 6, 1941. As a result the High Command instead insisted
on more tank production and anti-aircraft guns were given a lower
priority. The factory made a wooden mock
up version of
the turret and mounted it on one Panther D chassis.
No further work of any consequence was
performed on the project before the end of the war.
Still, rumors have persisted that at least one
operational vehicle was completed, but that’s unlikely. For decades, Roco Minitanks has
made a World War Two Sturmgeschutz
III model. It comes in an early war
short barrel 75mm gun version and a 75mm mid-war long barrel version. There is a third version of this assault gun
and this is the 105mm with the Saukopfblende.
The 105mm was designed to provide direct fire support for the
infantry,
but Roco does not make this version.
What to do? Schatton Models makes an
excellent 105mm with Saukopfblende for
the Sturmgeschutz III in resin and brass.
The resin is used to make the mantlet for the gun.
The barrel and muzzle brake is made of
brass. These two parts replace the
single barrel on the Roco Sturmgeschutz III model.
This is a quick and easy conversion and gives
you a new vehicle for your collection. The German anti-aircraft effort
was multifaceted. Not only mobile tank
mounted turrets were in
the mix, but also a small anti-aircraft mount that could be in a fixed
location, mounted on vehicles. 20mm MG
151/20 pedestal mounted triplet was such a weapon.
The 151/20 was a 20mm caliber aircraft weapon
that was used on Luftwaffe aircraft beginning in 1940.
Strangely, they were also shipped by Italian
submarine to the Japanese were 800 of them were installed in Japanese
fighter
aircraft. This aircraft gun was accurate,
reliable, and with a 20mm
explosive cartridge was a perfect candidate for an anti-aircraft weapon. Since aircraft production had not been able
to keep up with demand, surplus guns were available.
They were mounted in triple mounts that were
lightweight and used few materials. The Schatton Models kit is made
of a resin body and brass
barrels. The finished model can be
placed on the tabletop, mounted on halftracks, the SdKfz 251 was a
favorite,
and even put on armored cars. It’s light
weight and low recoil that made it an excellent gun for aircraft use
also gave
it versatility on the ground. Don’t get the idea that
Schatton Models only makes World War Two
German products. They also make other
model parts. One of those is the
radiator grill for the US Army 2 ½ ton truck.
The radiator grill is made of photo tech brass and looks really
great. This part really shows the value
of a photo etched part. You really can’t
get the detail in plastic that photo etching gives this radiator grill. As the main cargo and personnel
truck of the US Army, over half a
million of these trucks were made, starting in 1939.
These trucks served all over the world. They
were in combat in the in Alaska, in
Tunisia, on Guadalcanal, and all over Europe.
These trucks were used in every climate and in all kinds of
terrain and
gave great service. The 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft
gun was unique in World War
Two. It was manufactured by the Swedish
company of Bofors prior to the war. They
not only exported a large number of them but they also licensed
production of
these guns to many other nations. Then
as the war progressed, with Germany capturing other nations, they also
captured
other nations Bofors guns. Poland, for example, used the
Bofors guns and the Germans liked
them well enough to put them into German service. Not
unexpectedly, Germanys Eastern Front
ally, the Hungarian Army also used Bofors guns.
Strangely, even the Japanese military used a large number of
Bofors
guns. The US Army had a 37mm
anti-aircraft gun that they developed
pre-war. Not satisfied with their own
gun, they got a few Bofors guns from the United Kingdom.
The Americans tested the Bofors and found it
to be a better gun in nearly all respects.
The US contacted the Swedish and obtained a license to
manufacture the
Bofors. The Swedish blueprints were in
metric and it took some time for the Americans to convert the documents
into
Imperial measurements. Once the
blueprints were done, they anticipated production could begin right
away on
this proven design. After making a few guns, the
factories realized that many of the
parts did not fit well. The first thing
they did was check the sizes with the blueprints. The
blueprints were correct. The problem is
the original design was so
sloppy the parts were intended to be filed, trimmed, and modified so
that each
gun was almost hand built, and few parts were interchangeable. After a significant amount of work the
Americans modified the Bofors guns so that they not only could
interchange the
parts, but they cut the amount of material and the time and cost of
production. Eventually over 80,000
Bofors were manufactured all over the world. Bofors guns were used by over
50 different nations, Communist,
Democratic, and Fascists all agreed on the Bofors gun.
The guns were used on land, on the sea, and
even in the air. Although a pre-World
War Two design, it has continued in service to this day, in fact, the
US
military is refurbishing them and using them in AC-130 gunships. While Schatton Models are known
primarily for their conversion
kits and extra detail models they also make a few complete models. The complete kits are usually resin, and
sometimes with brass detail parts. The German Panzer I ausf
C or VK601 tank was first ordered in 1940.
The Germans intended it to be used to accompany parachute and
glider
troops. The Germans upgrade the armor
compared with the original Panzer I. The
armaments manufacturer Krauss-Maffei built 40 of these little, fast
tanks
between July to December of 1942. The
tank had interleaved road wheels and torsion bar suspension. The tank
has a
20mm gun. The Schatton Models version of
this vehicle has fewer than a dozen
parts and is not hard to put together.
Many of them were used in Normandy after the invasion. Strangely, they seem to have been painted in
only Panzer Gray, unusual for a late war tank in France. Schatton
Models for the Master Modeler who wants more detail, more
accuracy, and better results! |