Hello all. After a long break due to things i could not control I am finally making time for the hobby again and here is what i worked on today. My Horch1a/FLAK38 converstion i'm working on.. its nothing special just a couple of cheap kits to play with.






These pics are taken after a basecoat of panzer grey then a chalk wash of black/water/dishsoap on it and then slightly wiped off for that grimy used look. I think it brings out the details nicely. I"m also very happy with how the scratchbuilt wooden platform came out.



more of my work can be seen at the following website.

http://home.dejazzd.com/delbert3/

That is looking great. Is the platform wood or plastic? Good work.

Thanks

The platform is Plastic strip styrene of a size for scale boards. then lightly sanded with course sandpaper to put a slight grain on it. painted with ModelMaster wood enamal. then a couple of thinned enamals of darker browns streaked on with a paper towel to get the grain pattern finally washed with black chalk wash and mostly wiped that off.. it was a project in itself to get it just right. and i think the results are worth it.

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Ola Delbert

Great to see you back again mate. And you brought a nice car with you. I always like to see these kind of conversions and I can`t wait to see it finished.
How is theFlak38 mounted on that vehicle?? Have you got pictures of that?
Great and interesting project keep us updated

I love the works on the wood! They look realistic!

Well done Del, the result is very pleasing. You should consider, however, adding some dust to the lowest parts of the vehicle, at least in the wheel wells.
Again, very nice,

Andrew

Hi Delbert ..Glad to see you back among us..looking good so far ..the only thing I would look at a bit is your bent fender looks too "melted " I'd sharpen up the edges a bit more to look like bent sheet metal.. Just a question here ..are you sure the floor would have been made of wood? seems like the recoil from the flak might need something a bit tougher than wood ...Just asking ..I'm not sure about this at all...

Rick
welcome back !!

Delster

Welcome back!

Apparently the time away from modeling did nothing to diminish your impressive modeling abilities---- a very very good looking softskin here.

That wash really settled into the nooks and crannies making the details pop on this one. Nice subtle changes in the gray. Looking good.

Try to make it back into chat if you can.

Steve

The weathering looks great, but the tires could use some mud...What model is this, I don't think I've ever seen one of these in plastic?

Although I have many Many pictures of the Horch I only have a few that have a light AA type gun monted. The one good Pic I have of a horch with a flak 38 is in panzer colors on page 43. it is a North Africa version. I'm making one that would be set in Russia.

The picture shows a lot of detail but it doesn't show what the platform is made up as u can't see it.. you can see that there is a platform over the 2nd and 3rd seat area (guy kneeling on it) and a guy behind the gun standing in the rear compartment (which shows me that section wasn't covered.

The gun in the picture is mounted basicly as it would be on the ground if it was taken off its wheeled carrage. you can plainly see the rounded feet of the stand.. my prob is that the tamiya flak kit if I mount it the same way it hangs over more than appears in the picture. I think this may be a problem with the kits diminsions being off.. I'm prob going to wind up shorting the guns tripod legs a bit.

or

I may take it off the tripod and mount the swivel directly on the wooden platform.

I chose wood because i'm assuming a field modification with what ever was handy and maybe there could be some steel reinforcement somewhere.. and also basicly because i like how wood looks and wanted to work on my woodgrain skills.

I like to try something different with each kit to keep improving..

thanks for the warm welcome back.. I may not be around as much as i used to but I will try to keep working on those kits..

and yea the fender didnt' come out all that good.. (why i do some of the cheap kits to find out what dont' work) :>

Horch looks awesome ! Can't wait to see how you make out with the 2cm Flak 38 !

Cheers !!

Alpen

Delbert,welcome back That paint job is very great What did you do to the grey to make it faded?

thanks for the feedback.

All I have done so far is apply a base coat of panzar grey. then I ariburshed some russian earth brown to the bottom of the model and alled it to over spray the bottom panels a bit (base for some of my later weathering i'm planning.

Then i used a chalk wash on the rest of it.. I mixed it with some black pastels, water and a few drops of dish soap. then I painted it onto the model heavy in the panel lines and on the details and a litttle lighter everywhere else such as the bumpers and not really much at all in the middle of the panels.

I then let it sit for about an hour drying then i took a very slightly damp paper towel and rubbed it on the model wiping off all the excess around the panel lines and detail areas then brushing the dirty part of the paper towel over the rest of the model to get a dirtyish faded effect that i liked.

this is the first time i've tried this and it seems to work pretty well for this model the detail just seems to pop out at ya..