Hello friends!.

Nice works here!. I will go with figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943"



Regards!
Rodolfo

Matthew,
Welcome aboard! Seems you and I are working on different boxings of the same kit. Wish you hadn't shown me the errors... ignorance is bliss, I always say. And I don't have any spare parts.

Gaz

Rodolfo,
Welcome to the campaign! Looking forward to seeing what you make of those figures!

Gaz

Thanks for your welcome and words Gary!..


I begun to drill one arm for adding the grenade, but I cannot to make a big hole because I can destroyed the piece, in order of avoid this, I divided the grenade in two parte and them were placed into the holes.



The following step is work and checking the figures (except the head) for verifiy a correct adjust; I added Putty of Tamiya mixed with Lacquer thinner for easy manipulation. I added another grenade in arm of another soldier with the same previous method



Now I am working more Putty in necessary zone of arms.

Regards!
Rodolfo

My front wheel is done:
Before:


on the table:


PE installed:


Now I'm working on the back wheel.. Progress will shown later.

Rodolfo,
I'm looking to learn a lot about figurines. So I;m paying close attention.

Gaz

Martin,
That's a great transformation of the wheel! I do love your PE skills.

Gaz

Thank You, GazzaS

Mark. Great work on the Panzer IV. Very nicely done.

Martin, the etch will really give that old kit a boost. Looks much better.

Matthew, I would say your second pic is whitewash over grey paint.

Thanks for your kind comments Gary!. Really I don´t have experience in figures, I am learning too and I hope to make a good work with them.

Before to paint, I applied Surface Primer Spray of Tamiya.



Regards!
Rodolfo

The equipment are ready in the painting phase.



Regards!
Rodolfo

Looking good Rodolfo. Nice work on the figures and equipment.

Great detail painting, Rodolfo!

Peter, Thank you.

Mark

My next small update - the back wheel and part of the engine..

@ Peter and @ Gary: Thanks for your kind comments.

After of detail the machine guns, I will apply Humbrol/Matt Cote over all equipment. Next step: paint the bodies.

Regards!
Rodolfo

Yes, brings back memories Martin.

Heading out on business for two weeks so had to get this wrapped up. I envisioned these guys hanging around the city in the days leading up to the battle, making a show of force to boost the morale of the citizens. Dirty, but not battle-weary yet.

Mark,

Very nice work. I love this kit, it is easy to build looks awesome when painted and weathered. Again, nice build.

Mark

Mark C.,
Congratulations on your KV-1. It looks excellent! I really like your color modulation and subtle weathering!

Gaz

An excellent rendition Mark.

Looks good Mark.

Excellent work Mark!, the modulation and weathering looks great!.

More updates of my figures:


Airburshed with Vallejo paintings Model Air, 4 capes, (lights and shadows), more lights with dry brush using Humbrol and washes with Vallejo; when I finished the heads, I will add another small weathering with airbrush using Vallejo Model Air.





Regards!
Rodolfo

Rodolfo, those figures look awesome. Great painting skills!

I have a bit of progress to report on the 15cm strum-infanteriegeschutz… Nearly all subassemblies are complete: hull and suspension, wheels and tracks, the gun cradle and casemate. I’m now waiting for a turned metal barrel to arrive in the post so that I can press on. here are a few progress photos:







cheers

Matthew

Matthew,

Looks like a nice clean build, should be good to go when that barrel arrives.

Mark