I will be starting my Autoblinda AB 41 tomorrow. I have already built one in 1/72 and look forward to the 1/35 version.

Gabriel, I like what you did to that 55 gal. bbl.

I have played with my M3 and have a question re: the seats. Were they a brown or dark brown leather?


Bob

Here is my in-progress photo #1 of the 1/35 Tamiya Kettenkraftrad that I am building for this campaign.



I still have some construction to complete, the remaining road wheels, but I will add them after they are painted. Now that the basic construction is complete I can start on the ground work for the base. Hopefully I will have another in-progress photo soon.

Thanks,

Harv

Harv, nice job and subject. What is the base made of, I do not think that I have seen the material before.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the comments. The base is just a jar lid painted with textured spray paint.

Here is a link for your scout car. There are some pictures of the interior to show you the seat colors.

http://toadmanstankpictures.com/m3a1scout.htm

Thanks again,

Harv

I have to agree that barrel looks good
@ Bob nice progress on the Scout Car,
@ Harv looks like you gonna drive off the top there, hold on looking forward to seeing more guys
Here is where I'm at. The six guys in the rear were all the same as the guy on the left, so i went through the spare box to find some different arms

I got some paint on the beast as well

Keep the progress going guys many other good campaigns are a coming

Sal, those seats look really good, what color/paint did you use? As for the crew they all look a little brainless without their helmets.

Bob

Nice looking M3, Bob. Some good progress - looking forward to see it with weathering.

Nice basis for a small viginette, Randy.

I have made some progress on my small Matchbox Panther. The kit fits together well, but the lack of detail is stunning. Very basic, but also very nostalgic.

I will make it into a Pz. Rgt. 26 Panther from the Italian front. I will shamelessly steal the guidelines from the Dragon 1/35 kit on how to do this. To make it just a little detailed I will have to add some turret top armour, front and rear fenders, and some track hangers on the rear hull sides.

More to follow.

Thanks Bob, Its Model Masters Enamel, Military Brown. I will add a black acrylic wash to it to weather it up a bit like I did for my Steyr 1500A in the Soft Skin Campaign. Brainless is how I feel sometimes when painting figures

Guys, great progress by all!!!

I wish I could say the same. Still stuck finishing up existing projects. I hopefully can get some time in this week to get them further down the road and hopefully finished shortly. Then it will be time to dig into the stash and finally decide on what to do for this campaign.

Here is in-progress photo #2.



I just wanted to show you the start of the ground work. I will be adding sand, gravel, dead grass and some cactus.

I am thinking about calling it "Short Cut - Italy 1943".

I will post another photo soon.

Thanks,

Harv

Hey! Harv, that is quite the lid opener. I like the hill, what is it made of and I still like that base so much that I may just do one.

Bob

Thanks Bob,

I used floral foam for the basic shape and then covered it with drywall mud. I smoothed it out to the basic shape I wanted and added the rocks while it was still wet. Not much to it.

Harv

Here is my AB41 in Italian service. There are two small parts missing and I intend to make a vignette using the kit.

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nice progress on your Autoblinda Matt

I tryed to purchase the kits I wanted on JBmodel but they say that they don't have them in stock. Is there other sites that sell these kits

[/quote] I tryed to purchase the kits I wanted on JBmodel but they say that they don't have them in stock. Is there other sites that sell these kits [/quote]
Which kits are you looking for?

Here is another update on my project. I haven't done much other than work on the base. I did add the rolled up tarp to the Kettenkraftrad but that is all.





Thanks,

Harv

Wow, Randy, I love the composition in such a small area!

zaltar

I tryed to purchase the kits I wanted on JBmodel but they say that they don't have them in stock. Is there other sites that sell these kits [/quote]
Which kits are you looking for?[/quote] Its the Voyager PE set for the Tamiya kit with two bicycles and the metal mags and rounds from Voyager or Griffon models (it was on the third page).

Thank you for the kind feedback Zaltar, I appreciate it.

I wasn't sure how it would turn out or how everything would look on that small of a base. Now I just need to get to work on the Kettenkraftrad and the figure. The base was the easy part!!

Thanks again,

Harv

@ matt, The Autoblinder looks good what brand kit was that
@ randy, looking good what did you make the cactus out of?

haven't made much progress on mine to busy with the holiday coming up maybe today

Finished my White M3, too bad I cannot take good pics like the rest of you. Thats what I get for being cheap and purchasing a Kodak CX7330. Ok! everyone help me out with some suggestions on taking photos and lighting please ( I have a photo booth) .






Bob

Looks good, Bob. This M3 has definitely taken some abuse in the field. The finish looks gloss, but maybe thats the light. Otherwise a mat coat of Varnish might tie everything together.

Thanks for participating

Where is the official gallery link? I would like to go ahead and call my ab41 finished, but can't seem to find the link. Thanks. Matt

Thanks for the comments Jesper, I now see ( I did not review the photos before posting) that I did not spray enough clear flat on the wheels especially and it also looks like I was heavy handed with the weathering. So more practice is needed for my future builds.

Bob