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Sdkfz 251/22
TuomasH
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Turku ja Pori, Finland
Joined: September 10, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 03:07 AM UTC
This is my entry for the halftrack campaign:

Dragons Sdkfz 251/22 (#6248), painted with lifecolor dunkelgelb and watercolor white, then drybrushing and filters with oil paints and washes were made with MIG washes. Pigments from MIG also.





yeahwiggie
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Dalarnas, Sweden
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 03:34 AM UTC
Hej Tuomas,
Your 251/22 turned out very good! The whitewash looks cool.

Just a few small remarks though; I miss the white lines that go with the crosses? And the piece of track on the hood seems to lie there loose. it might lok better repositioned over the top of the nose and tied down with some wire.

Seeing this build is inspiring me to get mine done, too....
TuomasH
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 04:03 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Hej Tuomas,
Just a few small remarks though; I miss the white lines that go with the crosses? And the piece of track on the hood seems to lie there loose. it might lok better repositioned over the top of the nose and tied down with some wire.

Hey Ron and thanks for comment!

This camouflage scheme is directly from DML instructions, and I only added whitewash over that. Seems like they did use early war balkenkreuz's still later in war?

I agree with you in that additional armour track, it is indeed loose. It might be welded on ?
However I am not going to modify this anymore, because then I should repaint the area under the track and so on..
PanzerMike
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Hamilton, New Zealand
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 11:33 PM UTC
Nice build , i am a big fan of the 251 series and have a few in the stash. I have just been reading a reference book on the SS panzer units and i noticed that some of the crosses on German vehicles were all black even later in the war. As for the spare track - i have seen it mostly attached to the front of 251s pretty much where your spare wheel is , not sure how it was attached in real life. Maybe you could run some fine wire though yours on either side to attach it? But apart from that excellent paint work and a well built model
TuomasH
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Turku ja Pori, Finland
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 11:54 PM UTC

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Nice build , i am a big fan of the 251 series and have a few in the stash. I have just been reading a reference book on the SS panzer units and i noticed that some of the crosses on German vehicles were all black even later in the war. As for the spare track - i have seen it mostly attached to the front of 251s pretty much where your spare wheel is , not sure how it was attached in real life. Maybe you could run some fine wire though yours on either side to attach it? But apart from that excellent paint work and a well built model

Thanks for comment Mike, much appreciated!
Tanker9
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Joined: January 31, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 06:16 AM UTC
Very nice work, I like the paint and weathering! Well done!
TuomasH
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Turku ja Pori, Finland
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Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 06:41 AM UTC

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Very nice work, I like the paint and weathering! Well done!


Thank you Mark !
tjkelly
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Maryland, United States
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Posted: Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 10:00 AM UTC
Nice whitewash on your 251 Tuomas! Looks really good. Thanks for sharing your work with us!

Cheers -

Tim
milvehfan
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Joined: June 26, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 10:24 AM UTC
I am also a fan of the SDkFz 251 series, and yours is very well done and pained. Like that whitewash. milvehfan
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