The slow progress of my halftrack:

Thanks for the comments, guys. I appreciate it.

I agree with you Mirko. The 75mm Pak looks very strange on the 251. This is what makes in unusual and attractive for the collection.

I will weather the 251/22 more later, but only when it is included in the diorama. So far I have used two light washes and some subtle pastels applications.

Emre, thanks for the reminder on the width indicators. I missed that the first time around.

Good job on your Sd.Kfz. 251/22 Jesper, I like the way your camouflage came out. That is not an easy camouflage pattern to get right, well done.

i like the way your Sd.Kfz.7 is coming along too Mirko. And thanks for showing us how you do the 'dot' method

As for progress on my diminutive 250/1, I managed to get to the camouflage stage. I tried to create the effect of a camouflage applied by the crew with 'rough' tools, such as a rag or old brush. I know it looks a bit 'harsh', but bear with me, all will be good in the end.
I painted the base coat, and the camouflage, with Windsor & Newton brushes, and Vallejo (camo) and LifeColour (basecoat) paints.
There are two principal reasons for my using this technique, one becuase it is mostly done in my truck, and secondly because my Airbrush is out of action.









More as and when..

Hello friends!

@ Great WIP Jesper, the details looks excellent!
@ Nice WIP John
@ Robert, great WIP and nice pics!
@ Carl, the engine looks great
@ Mirko, excellent work with the camo
@ Henk, excellent work, the details and camo looks great
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Soon I will start my Sdkfz. 10/5 - 2cm Flak of Revell, 1/35 - will be "Out of Box"



Regards,
Rodolfo

Thanks for the comments, Rodolfo and Henk. I appreciate it.

Rodolfo, looking forward to see more of this kit. I have almost bought it a couple of times myself, but I am afraid it is the old ESCI kit. Will be good to hear your judgement on it.

Henk, looks good with the camouflage. Very realistic as there were a lot of quickly field applied camouflages. There seems to be some unpainted areas on the suspension, but these might be covered by mud/weathering anyway.

Good job Henk, interior looks good, the hanging ammo belt on the side is a nice touch. Camouflage is interesting, should stand out. Careful though, looks like you missed the area at the back of the exhaust.

Does any one know who produces a good engine set for the Sdkfz 251? I started thinking whether it would look cool if I added an engine, opened the hatches and placed one or two mechanics on the hood, working on the engine. Tamiya's tank mechanic set should do the trick, but I need a proper engine.

Mirko:
Thank you for sharing your painting technique. It looks great.

Jesper:
Great air brush work. The wash really blended things together nicely. Looking forward to the diorama.

Taylor

Thanks, Taylor. Appreciate it. I will make sure to keep you updated on the diorama.

@ Rodolfo: I'm looking forward to see this one getting done by you. If it will in the same class as your StuG we'll be in for a treat!
@ Henk: I love this little halftrack. The camo really stands out.
I do have some comments about the finishing though. Like jesper said, there are some unpainted areas. One that stands out is the muffler. I assume you will be adding filters and such, which should take care of a few irregularities, such as the front wheels/rims.
@ Emre: there are a few enginesets available. JP Hobby did one. Verlinen did too, but as I understood, that one wasn't too good. You could allways use a Zvezda-engine and update that.

It's about time I got going on my 251/2 again.....

A little update:

So far adding the seats, working on the front/engine cover, doors.
Pics by the end of the week.

Thanks guys,

glad you like the camouflage, I am going to use the concept (really rough application) on another one, and use it as the main finish.

As for this one, thanks for pointing out the area around the exhaust. I'll post up some pics of the latest progress in a moment. Weathering? I would say...

well, really quick, before I dash to work..











Brrrr...

great build Henk,the figures are otstanding,I get cold just looking at them.

Great work,Henk.
I will be doing it live on blogTV again tonight,7 PM EST
11 / 10 /2008

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Looks great, Henk. The white wash came out very well and the weathering is very realistic.

Thanks Anthony, Carl and Jesper,

this is were it is at now, admittedly the weathering was not done in my truck . I am however trying to keep this build really simple, using some of the 'old skool' techniques and not relying on all those new fangled fads like pre-shading and oil filtering (apart from the oil filter for the engine that is .. ) No airbrush is used, and all the materials I use can be readily bought in the shop.
I have found the thin white wash, combined with a heavier dry brush in the centre of the panels, over a rough, but prominent camouflage scheme, to be very effective. And all you need is some (Acrylic) paint, and a few brushes. Like wise for weathering, we are so spoiled today with our choice of specialist pigment powders and (odorless) carriers, oil paint filters and 'colour modulation', that we risk forgetting how effective a bit of diluted white glue and railway ballast can be. I'm sure that some 'new' modellers look at some of the stunning models on display (not just here), read how the modeller explains, in great detail, how he used every exotic (and expensive...) technique to achieve it, and feel that they will never be able to achieve such, and subsequently let the hobby drift, in favour of macrame...

More later

Turned out great, Henk! Nice job indeed. I just think you might use some more "mud" on the front wheel, at least some stuck between the teeth of the wheel. Looks great otherwise, I love those Tamiya Marder figures, they look so "cold".

Great work Henk !

Hello everybody:
First of all, Henk really great work, you are really fast!!!!!

Finally I finished applying the last posted "oil dot" technique to the Sdkfz7 and the IEFH. The first pictures I took were really bad so I decided to buy a couple of clamp lights at Lowe's, as well as daylight bulbs in order to try to capture the subtle changes on the monotone gray.
Here the results:








Here the IEFH....







Some progress on the figures for the scene also, five of them total....









Well sorry for all the pics but any comment on the quality of the pictures will be very appreaciated...I still do not know how to avoid the extra "shine" from the light reflecting over the pictures????

COMING NEXT: Some oil washes and dirt weathering....

Anyway...nice day to all..
Mirko

The halftrack and the artillerypiece look absolutely stunning, Mirko!!
Too bad you are using these crummy Tamiya "figures". These won't do the hardware any good!

I have also began my 251/22 1:35 from dragon (yes same kit as rest of you too)
I have made raw sketch with windows paint. It depicts 251/22 with worn whitewash at early months of 1945.

Main color dunkelgelb painted to whole interior. began to paint other details



cheers
Tuomas

whew..almost forgot that i enlisted for the campaign..............
im done with my halftrack...just want to share my WIP pics...

and now here's the real deal....
it's a Tamiya kit- FAMO with an 88mm 37flak gun from Dragon.























enjoy modelling..........

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Streaming on line right now,M-16 in 1/16th scale.
6PM EST USA

okay here's what's done.




I will be doing a lot of subassembly painting. There are so many nooks and crannies.

More sub assembly making tonight,7 PM EST.

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