Update on my 88mm Gun Flak 18. Four (4) days left! Aaaah!

Decal work is underway. The kit decals were bad, so I used decals from my spares collection. Markings make it an Army Flak gun, but it's being used by the Luftwaffe. That's my story! Ha!
Thanks for viewing. Good luck everyone on finishing the campaign.
Bill

Well, sad to say, I'll need to shelve this until (hopefully) Artillery 2018...a lot of work to make the useless piece useful...

Ugh! Gonna have to call no joy on this campaign. having painting issues with my G6. There were really good builds, well done everyone!

Update on my 88mm Gun Flak 18. Three (3) days remaining. Aaaah!

The 88 is complete, well almost. Got to matte varnish the decal areas.

Work continues on my Flak crew. These should be finished today, then I have to make a suitable base for everything. Getting down to the wire.
Thanks for viewing. Good luck everyone on finishing the campaign. Bill

Update on my 88mm Gun Flak 18. Two (2) days left! Aaaah!

Gunner figure added to his position. Also matte varnished the glossy decal areas.

Painting on the crew figures is done. I added 3 shells to the loader figures.

Remaining kit details are being worked on here. Ammo crates and spent shells are nice additions.
All that remains is making a suitable base for the model. Thanks for viewing. Good luck everyone on finishing the campaign. Bill

Beautiful work on the camo for the 88. Outstanding!

Wow, great work on the tiny 88 William!

Thank you Michael and Colin. I'm having a blast on this campaign.
Making a base for the 88 and crew today. With the deadline fast approaching, Good Luck to everyone on finishing their builds.
Bill

Go, Panzerman, Go...git that 88 done.

Hey Chuck! Glad to see you in the forum. Finished the 88 today. Posting reveal below. See you tonight at club meeting.
Bill

Final reveal of 88mm Gun Flak 18. Hip hip hooray!!!!








Sorry about the photo heavy reveal. I had a blast on this fun campaign. Thanks to all participants for inspiration and fellowship. Bill

Very nice, especially the camo at this small scale. I have a problem with the "bulkiness" of some of the figures but all around it is a first rate job and the dio base really brings it all together. Aces! Kudos!

Very impressive, William.
It's unbelievable in 1/72 dio.

Well done , Panzerman!

chuck

Hi all,
I finished the coastal artillery Bereg A-222.





And the brothers of Maz-543G:

Congrats the finished builds.
Regards,
K.

Mr K well done,congrats on crossing the finish line.

William congrats, nice piece.

Hi all,

VERY impressive builds/dioramas here on display. If I had time, I'd compliment everybody individually.

Anyway, I finished my Meng PLZ05 (many thanks for the extra time, John, I needed it):











Congratulations to everyone who's finished and good luck to those working up to the deadline.

Jerry

Beautiful work, guys!!!

I always enjoy anything mounted on that big MAZ 8x8 chassis!
(I've built four of them so far and contemplating a fifth one!)

Also the Russian PLZ, self-propelled gun is very impressive.

I have enjoyed this thread AND the campaign itself very much!

Congrats to all who participated!

Here's what I've been working on:



Build pics:

And the final result:

Way to go Comrade.

Boy this campaign has certainly brought out the end of the race sprinters!

Due to the Photobucket Mishap of 2017, all my postings are dead, so I am posting highlights from start to finish as well as a gallery pic. I have left the piece relatively unweathered as I intend to build the crew set that goes along with this and make a base, but I am in the middle of creating my display area and the crew won't be ready for some time.

I think this makes four of these entered with one pull-out. The other two are in towed position as well, I believe.

A final pic, and link to more pics:

imgur



I had to hand paint the sighting poles in-situ as I forgot to do it while they were off the kit. I had already done the camo and decals before I realized it. I am now ready for a few rounds of playing "Operation" with my kids.

As the gun is deployed, you could just have left them off - they'd be out in the field. Nice to see another sFH, we almost have enough for a whole battery.