Pah co chu puk

I made these yesterday out of some scraps of suplex ( like gore-tex but cheaper ) that were sitting around. They are sized correctly to 1/16 scale with the "splinter" camo patern hand painted as best as I can do. They should be camo on both sides but I have only painted one side so far. The real ones have a slit in the middle to use as a poncho and gromits for connecting others to make a bigger shelter. Mine are more simple, they are for a diorama I'm putting together for the tanks for shooting movies and pix.

karel47

nice done thanks for the thought

Pah co chu puk

OK karel, I got a little farther on the Zeltbahn shelter idea today.

This one is set up as a 3 man, as per army instructions.

Pah co chu puk

I switched the setup to a 4 man shelter, and I added holes along the bottom for tent stakes. I like this setup much better.

With the stakes I can now deploy this shelter anywhere, the stakes work in dirt so going outside for pictures is no problem. It just sets up like a regular tent! It will look cool next to parked tanks.

For storage the whole thing lays flat.

1sgt

Pah,
I've got a pic of a shelter set up on a railroad flatcar transporting the tank. I'll scan it if I can find it. Good work.

Jim

Pah co chu puk

Thanks.

Tonight I stiched in the " ropes" holding the Zeltbahns together.

After researching these to make them I am left with the belief that they were drafty and leaked alot, and they must have been uncomfortable to sleep in.

I can't imagine surviving the night with nothing but a zeltbahn between me and a Russian winter.

Pah co chu puk

I got a chance to deploy the shelter outside. It worked great.

We picked up this guy on a routine patrol, he claimes to be 1/18 scale and modern but we don't buy his story. We think it's a trick.

olfart

Wow! Those are great shots. Thanks for posting them.

Pah co chu puk

Well, I have made two of these things so far, I should stop now. It's getting out of hand.

I also put them on cement board bases so they would be faster to set up in the field.

Here is some pix from a fast set up in a field. Picture a wheat field on the eastern front...

yellowshaker

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You never cease to amaze me! Awesome addition to the field brother! 
Ummm, what did they do to that guy they captured? LOL

Pah co chu puk

Don't know, the guy in the black uniform took him away...

yellowshaker

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Ruh roh!!!! LOL