The lws was intended as a lightweight river tug with some capacity to operate on land. It was intended for both land and naval operations. Hobbies free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Hobbyboss models 5 german land wasser schlepper ii. Landwasserschlepper was an unarmed amphibious tractor produced in germany during world war ii. Let us notify you when this product is back in stock. Landwasserschlepper, an unarmed amphibious tractor of german production, was deployed by the third reich troops during the second world war. Simply enter your details below and we will send you an email when 5 lws land wasser schlepper crew vol. Based on the panzer iv chassis, the land water tractor was first designed to tow equipment ashore during the planned invasion of england. Ordered by the heereswaffenamt in 1935 for use by german army engineers, the development of landwasserschlepper landwatertractor started in 1936. After great time with family in christmas and after january which is my sadest mounth in hall year i decided to come back to my old model lws. Landwasserschlepper 5 scale model toni g castroviejo. Im thinking of doing a diorama with a dragon wagon carrying a land wasser schlepper.
It was proposed to build enough lwss that each invasion barge could be assigned one or two of them, but difficulties in massproducing the vehicle prevented implementation of that plan. First time when i get this and start glued was hmmm 5 or 6 years ago when this model was hot news. This build will start to on the 19 january and then continue once the flower class c. Bronco 5th scale landwasserschlepper middle production. The landwasserschlepper was demonstrated to general franz halder on 2 august 1940 by the reinhardt trials staff on the island of sylt and, though he was critical of its high silhouette on land, he recognized the overall usefulness of the design. A lot of time passed but finally i can post few photos of my lws diorama. Finely cast resin rope texture antiabrasion bumper for early version land wasser schleppers. The vehicle had twin propellers and twin rudders similar to the ones of a ferry boat, and travelled on steel chain tracks. Buy hobby boss german landwasserschlepper lws early production vehicle model building kit. Only few because diorama will be shown in on of british modelers magazine in may. If you have any question i am waiting for them just post them direclty in comments. Some of you maybe see this diorama on my fb profile.
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