SF3D Krote-Gina

By Francis Lee



Model:
Nitto 1/20 SF3D Krote

I built up this kit in around 1990 summer, it is a great kit that the details and metal parts are very well made. I was sad while I was making it because there was no sign of the company Nitto reform so all SF3D fans were upset that time, not until 5 or 6 years ago, Hasagawa relaunched few of them and recently the company Wave brought all the moulds. Wave is remarket the series with new name "Ma.K."now. One thing remain unchange is the prices. They are very expensive!

I repaint this model 3 years ago, after all these years I lost the original machine gun so I remake another one (maxim machine gun cross over with a robot).

Video of this model:

The Hand That Betrayed Her - Diorama of the Day

by Paul Keefe

Brave young Czeslawa, the star of this diorama. She is wearing the uniform of today's Polish Army. Her gloved left hand holds a magnetic anti-tank mine, based on the design of those used be Germany during the Second World War.

This perspective illustrates the triangle made up of the Uberkrote's belly mounted camera, Czeslawa's (ungloved) right hand (the hand that betrayed her), and the expression on her face. 

In 1958 the driverless scout vehicle Uberkrote by the Kaiser's Wanderung Panzer Werke, Spandau pl, was recognized as a standard weapon of the Imperial German Forces. Assigned primarily to the reconnaissance squadrons of panzer formations it's most noteable deployment was with the 22 Luftlande Brigade during the boarder clashes with the Polish Republic in the early 1960s. Many were lost on the Oder R. front, falling victim to the elite hunter/killer infantry teams of the Polish Defense Force. 

It has since been withdrawn from front line service.