I have finished my build for this campaign. The 1/48 Dust Tactics 88mm flak vierling.
A great build and aggressive looking.

Jesper,
very cool looking gun system!

Thanks, Guy. Sometimes it is fun to do these "what if" vehicles.

Jesper,

An impressive system. Really like the look of the cannon, really look like they are made of metal.

Very nice, congrats on your finish Jesper!

Nice build!

Great thing about those what-if builds is the rivet-counters stay pretty quiet!

Thanks for the comments, guys! Much appreciated.

Looking forward to see more builds in this campaign.

Got the tracks on both sides. Wheels and sprockets are only dry fitted so everything comes off for painting once the tracks have set up overnight.

Guy you build is looking good looks like a cool kit too
Jasper not my style of build but it does look bad a$$
Made some Progress as well

I found a photo of 1 of these with the front armor modified and a damaged fender so i tried to reproduce that

and the base coat of dunkelgelb

hope to get some more done this weekend

amazing models! great!

Looks good, Guy. I want to try the method of removing the whole track side next time I make a tank.

Sal, Nice progress. Really interesting look of the furniture van looking forward to see it with some color.

Looking good Sal!

Jesper, once I learned the method for track all the pain went away for doing indy tracks.

Hey thanks Guys Im at the point now where I need your help
Ok I think the barrel is too silver

and do I need to add some gear hanging into the fighting compartment

Im still working on the figure

and I need to touch up the wash

any other suggestions or comments

Sal, I think you are right about the barrel. Maybe repaint the barrel in a dark gunmetal and then add a medium gun metal highlights. Gun barrels are normally almost black unless they are very worn.

I would also give the tracks a very worn silver on the raised parts that touches the ground.

On the empty shell catching mesh I would also paint that dark yellow. I do not think it should be black.

Hope this is helpful. Looking forward to see more

Probably also going to want to show more damage to the paint on your mangled fender. Anything that would have messed up the fender that bad would have trashed the paint job pretty thoroughly.

Looking good, though!

Hey thanks for the comments they helped
So i added the figure and darkened the barrel

added more damage to the fender and some wear marks to the treads
I also painted the mesh brass catcher

and I think Im ready to call this one finished

Hope you like it

As an old ADA guy myself, I am thoroughly enjoying this thread.

Hi,

Congrats your finished Flak, Sal.

Three kits for three campaigns started at same time. And the JGSDF air-defended Type-87 is chosen for this campaign.




Sincerely,
K.

Started painting. I'm going with the scheme in the instructions. Original 4BO green below the fender line, and German 3 color cammo above. I looked at pictures of this vehicle and couldn't find any with markings so this one will be plain with regards to crosses or unit markings.



I see some splatter I'll need to clean up too. Darned pictures show every flaw!

Hi all,

I am in with the Meng's Shilka.



Going with the MZ variant. Looks like a sweet kit. I tried cleaning and fitting 2 track links. The fit is tight and strong considering there is no glue involved.

@Jesper - Holy !

@Sal - Nice work, I like the cameo.

Nate

Guy, you are right. Photos bring out all the flaws for some reason! Your build looks really good though. Looking forward to see it progress.

Thanks for the comment, Nathan. Cool choice of kit. I always wanted to build a Shilka, but do not even have one in the stash.
BTW: cute baby

Hi Nathan

Really looking forward to see the Meng Shilka coming together. It's on my wishlist so I'll be following along closely.

Regards,
Kobus

OK guys, calling this one done. My first kit after moving back to the states! Some things I would do differently if I ever did this one again, but overall very happy with how it turned out. Thanks for a fun campaign.

Great build, Guy! A really unique and cool looking vehicle.

thanks Jesper! I appreciate the kind words.