Alex I think your idea with the Krad is cool . It should look great when done.

You could also have done this for the full circle:
a captured Krad in soviet hands towing back a re-captured Aerosan from the Germans (it's just a thought)

Whatever it'll look cool when finished



Paul

Paul,
I'm going to keep it as simple as I can. I'm going to stick with the dispatch rider role as it'll show it being used by the Germans.

Hey all. May have found the lettering decals I need. What do you think? (seems there are none in 1/48th listed as German:

What I need:



What I found:



Berna Decals 1/48 BLACK CODE LETTERS British Royal Air Force
10mm to 44mm (about 3/8", 1/2", and 9/16") 18" in 1:1 = 3/8" in 1/48th.

Mike

Hi Mike, try this this place out On page 5 are some letterings from Stukas which could help:

http://peddinghaus-decals.rakuten-shop.de/148-decals-fuer-flugzeuge-c22882431





Paul

I have a Luftwaffe font if you're able to print your own decals.

Thanks for the link Paul. Their pretty proud of their decals, aren't they? Costly but an option.

Jessie, PM sent; I'd give it a shot.

Mike

Hi Mike,
yes they are expensive but they're good. I have had three sets
from them, up till now with no complaints at all



Paul

Some primer on the anteater


Definitely more to do.

Hi Jessica,
looking good, the primer looks incredibly smooth, what make is it?
Is it a gloss primer or was it just wet as you took the photo?



Paul

It's Badger Modelflex. It's fairly glossy but yes, it was still pretty damp when I took those

Hi there,
thanks Jessica, I shall try to find it in Europe.
Here's a quick update:

second caunter camo, gloss and decals:








the first round of chipping and beating up:










next up will be some washes and then another round of scratching and beating up



Paul

Looking real good there Paul wii you be adding an arial reconigation flag to that beauty

Hi Sal,
thanks my friend and yes the recognition flag will be there, but that's quite away off at the moment



Paul

Hi all. I see we are making some nice progress here.
Jessie nice build, looking forward for the camo. The only thing that worries me, is that, maybe the primer is too glossy and paint will not get stuck.

Paul dont lie to me. As soon as you opened that box you had dark thoughts about it. Yet i see you did a splendid job! Is the recon flag going to be homemade or AM?

Well i finally got to work on the T 28. Everything is primered and ready to get painted. And Paul you will be able to see some things in the interior, worked a little on the hatches so that they can be placed open or closed and our voyeur friends can see the engine and stuff.

Dark thoughts as in "the dark side of the the force" which eventually lost . The flag is going to be "home brew", there's nothing better than that.

Looking good there John, and believe me you will appreciate it more if you can see some of the inside



Paul

Worry not. Now that it's fully cured it's gone to a nice eggshell finish which the colour coat should stick to without difficulty. I'll be using Xtracolour for the camouflage.

Hi there,
another update:

Washes with a mix of Tamiya paints and a lot of alcohol, and I don't mean beer . After that came some oil paint streaks.







Then just ten minutes ago a coat of Testors "Dullcote Lacquer". This is the first time I have used this stuff and I must say it's good The only thing I don't like is the strange smell it has







next up will be some more scratches, on vehicle tools that I took from the Tamiya Panzer IV OVM kit, some jerry cans, the figure from Tristar "German tropical tank crew", and the air recognition flag.
Should soon be done then



Paul

The Aerosan is coming together. I added a few German tools, a Bosch headlight, MG34, fire extinguisher, tow brackets (front)and German markings. I still need to touch it up, weather it, and paint the suspension springs.




The basic diorama layout. Simple and straight-forward.

Alex that Areosan is looking pretty cool Looking forward to seeing that 1 completed

Whilst looking through my decals sheets I found a simple set for an Polikarpov I-16 in IJAAF markings so I thought why the hell not? So here's a pic of the kit and decals. Yes the Academy kit is simple and a tad basic but should look the real deal with the Japanese meatballs!

Hi Chris, welcome to the pirates campaign
Nice choice you have brought with you there, and even if those
older Academy kits are simple, they can still look great when done

Happy building

Here's a quick update on the Crusader:

Some more scratches and pastels and I have started the figure











Paul

Hey come on, is this campaign that bad that no-one is playing in here

Paul

hello,
Paul very beautiful your crusader. is rather very busy time with dio on the scale 1/1. I should back to my build next weekend
steph

No its a great campaign Paul just need to finish 1 review build and 3 other campaign builds before i start on this

and make it look like this

Fill and sand, round two

And a nice coat of RLM 02 on the inside bits