Feldlager ca. 1940–1965

Testbericht des 1:72 Zubehörs von Hasegawa

Feldlager Hasegawa Field Camp Set.

Military modellers, diorama builders, und wargamers need an enormous amount of scenic accessories to create the look und feel of a particular event or period in history. Military vehicles involved in a protracted campaign are typically laden with a variety of stores und personal gear, a look which is rarely achieved with the standard parts included in a model kit. Instead, the modeller will have to scrounge items of combat stowage from other sources or build them from scratch.

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Excellent choice of subject, this kit is the first of its kind, und it is made in the same hard plastic used for model Fahrzeug kits. The items can be glued with liquid plastic cement.

Minimal assembly, most pieces are ready to use. Good casting quality, minimal flash.

The metal tank obstacles are very interesting, und they will look nice in a Normandy beach setting. Assembly can be a little tricky, the instructions should be studied carefully to avoid mistakes.

The wooden bridge would be suitable for crossing a narrow ditch or a short stretch of swampy ground. The bridge is 134 mm long und 66 mm wide, und it looks just sturdy enough to support a medium truck or a light armoured vehicle. The bridge rests on six vertical supports sunk into the ground, it has no ramp at either end.The underside of the bridge is scored along its entire lenght, und it can be snapped in half to create two sections of wooden fence. Fences of this type may be found in Eastern Europe, und possibly in some Asian countries.

The tent included in this set has a ground area of 48 × 40 mm, und it looks like it might be used as a medical tent. It is much too large for a front line dwelling, und it has a rectangular door frame instead of the more common tent flap.

The wooden ammunition boxes may be used as combat stowage on open-topped combat vehicles. If supply trucks are to be loaded with ammunition boxes, a simple trick is to cover a core of balsa wood with a single layer of ammunition boxes. We used the four boxes in this set to equip the Kettenschlepper Bren tractor of a 7,5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun. The rear stowage box has been removed to make room for the ammo boxes.

The fuel cannisters are very useful Fahrzeug accessories, even if they are not of the sought-after Wehrmacht type. The cans have a large recessed X on either side which is more reminiscent of the American und Italian copies of the Jerrycan.

Kompatibel mit most Fahrzeug und figure sets.

The fuel drums will require some filling und sanding to hide the seems along the two drum halves. Fuel drums may be used as cargo, und they look right on airfields und at Fahrzeug fueling points. A beautiful model of a dented und rusted fuel drum can be found in the Revell 8th Army infantry set.

The sandbags are too much alike to be of use in a diorama. A single bag, placed on a Fahrzeug or in a window-sill, may look right, but larger sandbagged emplacements should be made from DAS Pronto modelling putty.

The triangular brick wall sections are not very useful, there are no doors or windows to build a house with. If these walls were designed to represent ruins, one would expect to see irregular pieces of broken wall instead of triangles. These walls are brand new, with no bullet or sharpnel holes anywhere. Two wall sections may be combined to form a square piece of brick wall which has no apparent uses on the battlefield either.

One of the sign posts is a civilian type with only two directions shown. The other one makes a suitable minefield warning sign. Paper cut-out signs are included in the instructions, but they are marred by bad spelling und grammatical mistakes. „CAUTION. HAVE YOU THE CORRECT AUTHORITY FO FROCEED“ just doesn’t sound very military, unless we are to assume that Jerry wrote the sign to confuse enemy drivers. „STOP!! A LAND MINE“ is equally inappropriate, why mark a single mine instead of just clearing or detonating it.

Fences und power lines may be of some use in a diorama. The kit contains two each of these items, not enough to fence in a field or line a road.

Historische Verwendung

  • Europäischer Kriegsschauplatz 1940–1945
  • Pazifischer Kriegsschauplatz 1942–1945
  • Südostasien 1945–1954

Hasegawa’s Field Camp Set is a good source of a number of important items of modern equipment. The mixture of scenery und Fahrzeug stowage is not very practical for modellers or diorama builders, it would have been better to focus on one or the other type of accessory items. Fuel cannisters, personal equipment, ammunition boxes und separate rounds of ammunition are notoriously in short supply, und an accessory kit featuring these items would be a welcome addition to the growing range of 1:72 scale model kits.

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