Hi guys,
I decided to build this one before I will start my 1/16 King Tiger from Trumpeter. This should bring some experience required for my next hard task, mainly the finishing techniques. The kubelwagen can be very good one used for trying and practice. More pictures and details again here:
Kubelwagen
Thanks for looking.
All parts are cut off the sprues, cleaned up and mostly glued togethet. I am keeping them in small completed parts, which will be painted and then put together to make whole thing, this way seems to me much easier than to finish the building and paint it after that. In my way is not needed much masking and I do not mess already painted parts with very different color. I will add more details, especially some wires and hoses to the engine and some else. Have found a lot pictures of real vehicles, which can guide me well this time.
Any comments very welcome

The one thing this build won't educate you on is filling knockout marks.

Wow libor that Kubel's looking sweet can't wait to see it all painted up what scheme are you going for 1) german gray
2) desert yellow
or
3) the challenging three-tone ?

Thanks, Lyndon,
probably I will use two-tone camo from the front of the box, which my son is pushing me to do, but the three-colored camo is nice too, however this looks to be done easier. Hard to decide. Nice painting I have seen here too
camo

Nice clean build so far, looking foward to seeing that "little Kubel" painted and weathered.

Rob

Thanks for you comments, guys.
To Herbert, that is right, nothing to fill on this kit so far, but I have already good experience from older Trumpeter´s kits, especially on Mörser Karl and its railway transporter, there is a lot work with putty. By the way, I have tried first Mr White Putty from Mr. Hobby and it is the best I ever used.
So far I have finished my work witk surfacer and I am going to do some preshading and painting on the engine. I also ordered some wires I was missing in my stock, and I will add some details according to pictures of this vegicle, which I found on internet. Some pictures are coming soon.

Some progress made at last, I started painting after some preshading, using technique seen on Mig production DVD volume 2, that makes really nice shadows, so I hope not to mess it later. Here are some pictures.

Coming out very nice so far....looking forward to seeing it finished

Today I did some work on engine and painted the most in dark yellow. Tomorrow I´ll paint the seats and lighter shades, will glue together everything I can, and finally green camo I hope to start on Tuesday.


Thanks for looking.
Libor

Exterior and interior painted, some parts glued in. The engine is almost finished. I have done darker and lighter shades on the vehicle. Here is also a picture of the engine from below, before I stick on the cover.

The green is on. The camo went somehow different than was my idea, but it is still all right. I am going to do little fading, and then washes after varnish coat and application of decals.


Libor

Looking very good, very clean too.

After having fondled all the 1/16 Tiger-B sprues and hull parts and such, what is the size of this Kubel. I might add it to something I might do with the Tiger-B, to dress up the scene. Not too much 1/16 vehicles around

i love your camo. must be great to paint thin lines on a big model. lucky...

Hi Libor that Kubel is really coming along now keep up the good work and keep those pics coming

Thank you for your comments, guys. I have 0,3, 0,25 and 0,2mm nozzles in my airbrush, I tried all of them and different paint mixtures, lot of tries with pressure, and finally I used 0,2mm nozzle, very low pressure and paint thinned with lacquer thinner 1:4, but there was still big paint scattering, however this combination became the best one. Probably I need more practice on this. There is a picture of finished interior, and there is more pictures in my log here:
Kubelwagen




Thanks for looking.
Libor

Very, very nice detail! Amazing crispness to the parts. I would like to try a larger scale sometime!

Some update hera at last. I have mostly finished washes and weathering and more work to be done on the hood and driver´s figure with accessories. There are some pictures, the other on my website:
Kubelwagen
Any comments most welcome.
Libor

Figure and all stuff painted, I have to the finish touch and some pictures will come tonight.
Libor

Wow, it is really looking nice. I really like the engine and engine compartment, very nice detail!

Wow that looks terrific. I saw this kit at the LHS and it's a big booger (compared to it's 1/35th cousin)

Thank you, guys!
Finally finished, a few more pictures here, the rest can be seen in my gallery:
gallery
Your comments are much appreciated

hi libor great kubel nice paintjob i also like your model website thanks for sharing

Thank you for compliment, chicane, the kubel was great experience, at least I already know now, what I could have done another way, painting and weathering thought, so I think my next kit will be a bit better finished.
Libor

Wow Libor the finished product looks absolutely amazing i especially like the mud splattering on the lower half also the figure is superb well done sir