Hi everyone,

I recently finished this kit. I used the Lion Roar PE set and added a few details by myself. I tried the hair spray method for the first time and have to say it is a cool technique. Gear and other stuff still has to be added. I will do that ones the vehicle is set on the diorama base. I am planning a scene in the ardennes.

Any comments are more than welcome!

Nice weekend to all of you!
Heli

Steve,
looks good thats some mud still looks wet, I take it that the ammo for the .50 cal is PE. looking forward to seeing the dio for this 1

I like what you've done here. Camo and Mud is Very Well Done ! milvehfan

liking the halftrack
is it just going to be this single vehicle in the diorama or maybe more?
will keep an eye on this have been pondering about an ardennes diorama
maybe youl give me some inspiration

Looking good here Steve. I would make sure to include some muddy footprints on the interior floor plates to reflect that muddy ground that is represented by the excellent weathering on your treads and tracks. Looking forward to seeing this in the dio

I like what you've done with this one.
You don't see American half tracks in winter cam that often, nice job.

Hi guys,

Thanks for the comments!

Sal, yes, the ammo is PE (lion roar set) pretty fidgety to assemble, as every single link has to be bent to shape but in the end a real nice gimmik.

The pant job wasn't very easy to do as a lot of masking had to be done. Some parts had to be painted first and then assembled. In the end though it worked out quite pleasing.

There will be only one vehicle on the diorama, I am currently working on the figures. The idea is, a reconnaisance squad is driving by an abandoned german machine gun nest, collecting a few souveniers. I have to admit, I didn't put very much thought into the scene up until i finished the vehicle. Since I didn't want to do a combat scene, the idea with the "souveniers" sounded ok to me.

Let's see how it turns out.

Thanks again!

Hope you all have a nice Sunday!
Heli

Here are a few pics from the cosntruction phase.

What a beauty! I would suggest bringing some of the mud colors into the rear open area. Some of this mud/dust would probably end up being carried in on feet and equipment.

Hi,

Yeah, some muddy foot/shoe prints will be added to the interior and some of the exterior parts (where people get on and off)
Absolutely correct that this would make it a lot more realistic.

Best,
Heli

Great winter whitewash Steve! Have a Panzer 1 that I'm planning on doing a similar scheme for and have started looking at techniques, may just have to give the hairspray one a try! Thanks for sharing your work!

Cheers -

Tim

really nice Heli. I'm currently doing a winter paint job on a T34. I'm going to use toothpaste to remove some of the top coat. Hope i get a great result like you did. RONNY.

Great Job, Steve! Fantastic. Looking forward to the dio. Just one comment: The interior looks a bit clean.

Cheers!
Stefan

Great build. Love the PE ammo - very detailed and realistic.

Looking forward to see the diorama.

hello steve, i have recently just done a winter whitewash on my pzkpfw 38t and need to know how that wonderful mud was created that you have acomplished on the wheels and tracks?
cheers, stan

Hi Stan,

Well, the mud was created using sifted soil (for flowers) I then mixed it with watered down wood glue (watered down so it wouldn't harden too quickly) and added pigments until I reached the desired color tone. I used three different tones, the really dark tone is just the sifted soil without any pigments. I applied this mixture with an old paint brush. After everything was dry I applied Tamiya clear gloss with a brush.... done.

I hope I was able to help.

Heli

Very nice looking build. The whitewash is excellent. May I suggest throwing some snow on the tracks? This will really help to push the winter environment home.

wow, how did you make the paint looked so real?