"Nennst Du das eine große Kanone?"

(Call that a big gun?)

A hot day in late August 1942 on the side of a hard packed road. While the other members of his crew attend to the necessities of life, this driver shares a laugh with passing Tiger I and PzIV crews.

Presenting the Trumpeter 1:72 12.8cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK3001(H) "Sturer Emil" which has taken a little while to build and base. This is the first open topped AFV I have built and gave me the full experience of fun, joy and sheer bloody frustration.

I used a multitiude of newly learned techniques to finish this "stubborn Emil" Some of which worked, sort of worked and abjectly failed. Still, practice makes perfect for these armour builds and I would not want it any other way.

The Emil was painted in Vallejo acrylics, treated to lighter dry brushing shades and a turps/pastel wash to reflect a dusty journey.

The base was done using Celluclay (thanks Karl!) and I used Academy and resin accessories next to a Presier figure. Another first, painting a 1:72 figure which was not a pilot (and not many of those either as I rarely add them to aircraft models). I tried to reflect a dusty, packed earth roadside.

So here it is. The images are pretty average (flash washed), shot on my workbench, so expect better images soon. The differences can be seen as the first image of the base was taken without a flash.

Comments as usual are most welcome.







cheers

Mike

edit: I think this translation is better. Can any German speakers assist please?

Nicely done work in 1:72! I like the base: simple but very well done! A well displayed model all together! Maybe the figures face could use a bit more dust and dirt?

Nice work. I like the layout.

Hi, Mike!

Looks good, I'd like to see some better pics of this small diorama! Don't forget to shoot the interior, it looks promising on these pics.

Also, I have to notice, drink bottles are getting popular these days...

Nicely done! I've been thinking about getting me one of those! Nice interior! How was the tracks?

I'm not German, but are you sure about the translation: Nennen Sie das eine grosse Gewehr?

Gewehr doesn't translate to gun, it's more like rifle!

regards,
Steen

Hello Sabredog,
This is a nice vignette ! The stuff (barrel, wine bottle, etc...) next to the figure is a good addition and beautifully executed. I'd like to see pics of the interior as well, looks nicely done. Did you take your pics by daylight ? I think the flashlight made a lot of subtle color effects dissapear ? As I said, please more pics. Greetz G.

Steen

Yeah, my German is not good and I had to use a translation programme to help me. I would have thought kanone was better, but I wanted to use the word "gun". It even suggested pistole was the correct translation as well!

So if there are any who can give me the correct enunciation, I would certainly appreciate the assistance!

Das nennen eine grosse Gewehr? Is that better? Hmmmm..... I would love to get the translation correct.

The tracks are troublesome and need to be shortened. I cut the joined ends off and sewed them together with black thread. The paint will not stick either if the track is manipulated but once on they look good.




Thanks for that. Yes, the flash really does bad things to a models final look. I took these last night while the build was on my hobby bench. Hopefully this weekend will allow some time to take better posed and lit shots.

cheers

Mike

Michael,

Excellent work!!! Really very inspiring! Like the figure and the layout. Very good weathering job on the "Sturer Emil".

-Eddy

"Nennst Du das eine große Kanone?" (Call that a big gun?)

Pretty sure that is a better translation!

Updated and better images for those interested.

One thing about digicam's is they take no prisoners when they come to revealing flaws you never normally notice!