Hogan's Heroes Mercedes G4 Staff Car

[Gator]

Color looks good!

Thanks Mike. No progress on it today. Fighting a sinus flair up that is so bad that I got a steroid shot and nasal spray. I am lucky though. Both Renee and Ian have a sinus infection.

 

[Gator]

After a crappy couple of days in bed, I'm back working on the G4. The suspension is done. I will paint the motor before I install it and the drive shaft.

And I have started the interior...

 

[Iron Mike]

Cool!

Hope you're feeling better!

 

[Gator]

Cool!

Hope you're feeling better!

Thanks Mike. We all are. Everyone in the house got hit with a sinus infection this past week.

 

[moon puppy]

Klink!

 

[Gator]

We have a body!

I'm not sure why ICM decided to split the body in half, but I glued a strip of styrene under the dash to reinforce the joint.

 

[lupanzer]

Great job so far...excelent model too

Luiz

 

[moon puppy]

I like that fix.

 

[Gator]

Thanks guys.

 

[SA Dave]

Looking good so far

 

[Duke Maddog]

I like it Kenny! Slightly off-topic, but a point of historical trivia: Both Werner Klemperer and the actor playing Sgt Schultz were both in German concentration camps during WWII.

 

[Gator]

I like it Kenny! Slightly off-topic, but a point of historical trivia: Both Werner Klemperer and the actor playing Sgt Schultz were both in German concentration camps during WWII.

Mark, Klemperer was in real life the son of a Jew who fled with his family from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Banner, who was Jewish, was forced to abandon his homeland, Austria, after the 1938 Anschluss (union) between Nazi Germany and Austria, which occurred while he was engaged in a tour of Switzerland with an acting company. Unable to return to Austria due to Hitler's anti-Semitic policies of persecution, he immigrated to the United States as a political refugee.

Robert Clary was interned in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. Leon Askin had a run in with the SA early on and then ended up in New York in 1940.

 

[moon puppy]

I think it is ironic that all the Germans were Jewish, I wonder if it was planned or just happened?

 

[Gator]

I think it is ironic that all the Germans were Jewish, I wonder if it was planned or just happened?

I think it just happened. In Klemperer's bio, his one stipulation to playing Klink was that none of the Germans' plans would succed.

 

[surfsup]

Very nice. Looks like a great Kit to build.....Cheers mark

 

[Sherman 18]

Looking good!

I see nothing :laugh:

 

[Duke Maddog]

I like it Kenny! Slightly off-topic, but a point of historical trivia: Both Werner Klemperer and the actor playing Sgt Schultz were both in German concentration camps during WWII.

Mark, Klemperer was in real life the son of a Jew who fled with his family from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Banner, who was Jewish, was forced to abandon his homeland, Austria, after the 1938 Anschluss (union) between Nazi Germany and Austria, which occurred while he was engaged in a tour of Switzerland with an acting company. Unable to return to Austria due to Hitler's anti-Semitic policies of persecution, he immigrated to the United States as a political refugee.

Robert Clary was interned in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. Leon Askin had a run in with the SA early on and then ended up in New York in 1940.

Thanks for clearing that up. I did know about Klemperer's stipulation, but I guess I was way off on the rest. This is all good to know.

 

[Gator]

Update time...

Gap I need to fill with sheet styrene.

Some very stubborn chrome. This is after a 4 day soak and scrubbing with a brush.

 

[Iron Mike]

What are you soaking in, Kenny? Usually any cleaner with bleach will work, I keep a small jar of Super Clean just for stripping chrome.

Looking good, Burkhalter will be riding in style before you know it.

 

[Gator]

What are you soaking in, Kenny? Usually any cleaner with bleach will work, I keep a small jar of Super Clean just for stripping chrome.

Looking good, Burkhalter will be riding in style before you know it.

Pure bleach soak Mike.