I finished all my "interior" painting of the fighting area items... not much to show off until I set the painted cartridges and shells in their respective places. PLUS, I doubt I'll be able to pick it up with this camera so I may ask my daughter to help me out one day with hers.

It can take some awesome close-ups! It should, I bought that dang thing! I put down some clear for the decals here in the next few days, then pretty much need to start assembling all the parts after I paint the wood floor.

It's starting to look like a bad mutha... well, you know.






~ Jeff

Managed to prime and started with base coat.






Have a Great Day
Mukund

I working at low speed.....
Here my model ready to decals!!!

Great work so far Jose !

Thank you Jeremy. I was glad to finally get started on it. I had so many review projects to finish up that I had to put my campaign projects on the back burner for awhile.

Here is a little more work on my entry.



I finished up the main assembly and added the base coat of German grey. When I weather it up I am going to dry brush some French green on it to show the original color showing through the German grey on wear points. Just gotta love commandeered/captured subjects!! Now.....on to the tracks.

Thanks,
Randy

John, thanks a lot for your words....!!!! I start now the best part for me....

Mukund: The KV looks good!!!!!

Randy: I think your model is the smallest wich I see....

I'm working hard on my entry and should be assembling it soon.

Knee deep in other things:



And my other interests left on the shelf ready to be finished:



Need to get back at it!








~ Jeff

@Randy

Good work on that tiny tank, really small !! That's the size of a wheel of a JagdTiger ..

@Jeff

Great workbench there!!
That's a HUGE Panther you got there... 1:16 ?
Does it have an interior / engine ?

Jeff,

Nice workwench you have
I have only a question: Where is the beer to refresh the modeller?

A fresh Corona is always welcome...

John,
We have an "asado" with some friends this weekend to say goodbye to the holidays....
We working on that....

Jose... I can smell the meat being cooked.. mmhh tasty !!
I'm guessing , no workbench time today !!

Wow Jose! With a crew like that, who has time to model? Or the nerves to! But to answer your question the fridge is in the Kitchen as there is NO spare space for that in there.

The Panther indeed is 1/16th and has two motors because it's R/C!!

One day I'll take a panoramic photo of the room and you will see I have crammed everything into this little 9' X 11' space.

Now, back to the Emil which is ready for decals.







~ Jeff

John,
You are welcome to home this weekend. Two of the friends wich cames are modeller´s but they worked in the dark force (airplanes).

Jeff,
I live now in México but I´m argentinian. In BUenos Aires I making my "special room" (its a room outside the house and off limits from my wife control

Ha ha! My wife loves my room and the more time I spend in it, the better!

She also leaves well enough alone. Goodluck with your room!








~ Jeff

Nice going Jose: like the look of that cooler. Also making good progress on your model.

I was going to go with the EE ZiS-42 but there has been a change in the menu. Thanks to these little guys `n gals...



... I`m missing some loose bits as well as an entire(!) sprue. So I`ve gone for plan B.




At least this box I can close off when I`m not working.

Benjamin,

Three little cats will be a dangerous combination...... mainly in the hobby!!!!!
Nice subjet, I loved the wheel armoured vehicules

It's been a bit since I posted an update.

Here's the sd.kfz.223 built up into its sub-assemblies, waiting for paint. The kit is full of detail, inclding a solid interior. Some of the assembly looked to be troublesome, but actually went togtehr pretty good. Miles ahead of the old Tamiya kit. The downside is that it's missing its radio though. Fortunately, I have a radio that will work.

I'm not sure why Hobby Boss leaves out the radios. I have a LVTP-7 in the stash that is missing it's radio as well.



And out of paint and with the hull parts glued together.



And jumping ahead a bit. The radio car is basically done. I still have the hatches and some of the attached equipment left to put on. I'm waiting to add rolled up tarps and such before doing all of that though. And I'm not sure how I'll be posing this one in the dio yet. Oh the jerry can rack was borrowed from the old Tamiya 223 lurking in my spares box.





Next step in this one will be getting back to work on the motorbikes. Until then....

I have a BA-20M I want to try and squeeze in working on soon.

There's just something about armored cars.








~ Jeff

We're gaining quite the collection of Kv's and armored cars, just the kind of thing we like to see! Keep it up guys, Alex is about to leave you in the dust!

Raul: Take your time and make the choice you will be most happy with.

Jose: Your speed seems like warp speed to some of us

Randy: I hear ya, I've barely been able to look at my workbench lately. How are you liking that little kit?

Jeff: Oh, that's all?

Benjamin: Nice choice for a plan B! I have to be really careful myself when animals are around, they love to be the center of attention!

Yeah... for now. Decals need to be applied on the Emil and then assembled. Just a faint until I get caught up on a few things, then more pics.

I really want to see an Armored Car Campaign after seeing that box-top.








~ Jeff

Thanks for your comment Jeremy, but you need to remenber that my model is in 72.....

Okay, here's one pic without the shells and needed touch ups.












~ Jeff

@Alex

I will be following that one closly, I'm doing the same kit for the AFV/APC Campaign.
Getting to shape really nice. Will you leave all the hatches open ?

Hi,

My humble entry: Tamiya T34/85
Mostly OOB, except for the tracks and barrel (still waiting for delivery).

1. Unpack



2. Start work on the body. Have to patch the underside of the track guard.


3. Some work on the turret. Added Mr surfacer to enhance the texture.


4. Where I am right now:


Next up: the roadwheels and the track links!
Dan