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Flakvierling
ColinEdm
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Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 03:18 PM UTC
Bojan Dragisic shares some pictures of his Flakvierling from AFV Club in 1/35.



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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2020 - 08:16 AM UTC
Very nicely-executed. Flakvierling has always been a one of my favorite modeling subjects.

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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2020 - 09:50 AM UTC
Really well-done; I particularly like the pin wash on the bolt heads and the minimum rust & wear. What a nice "mini-kit" to spent some time on between the big builds.
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2020 - 01:08 PM UTC

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Very nicely-executed. Flakvierling has always been a one of my favorite modeling subjects.



Thank you! I’ve always loved the flakvierling but I had always found it intimidating when I was just starting out with tanks.
KruppCake
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2020 - 01:10 PM UTC

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Really well-done; I particularly like the pin wash on the bolt heads and the minimum rust & wear. What a nice "mini-kit" to spent some time on between the big builds.


Thank you, I appreciate the kind words! It was exactly like you said, it was supposed to be a quick and dirty build just for fun, between my tanks and artillery, and then it ended up being a detailed build. The Aber barrels gave me the most trouble because they had to be trimmed and the alignment was difficult.
ColinAlex
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2020 - 05:24 PM UTC
A very nice, clean build. The light weathering turned out extremely well and highlights the quality of the build. Thanks for posting.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 02:01 AM UTC

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A very nice, clean build. The light weathering turned out extremely well and highlights the quality of the build. Thanks for posting.


Hi Colin,

That’s very kind and much-appreciated!
bill_c
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 03:18 AM UTC
Delightful.
KruppCake
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 07:59 AM UTC

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Delightful.


Thanks, Bill!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 08:20 AM UTC
Gotta’ love that Flakvierling... nice work!

Cheers!🍺
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 01:13 PM UTC

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Gotta’ love that Flakvierling... nice work!

Cheers!🍺
—mike


Thanks, Mike!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 12:35 AM UTC
Can just second everything said before: Very nicely done! I like those small kind of "in between" projects, still very nicely detailed and taking your time to get it right! I very much like the subtle weathering which adds so much to reality! I enjoyed to watch and want to see more of those nice little gems!
KruppCake
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Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 06:27 AM UTC

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Can just second everything said before: Very nicely done! I like those small kind of "in between" projects, still very nicely detailed and taking your time to get it right! I very much like the subtle weathering which adds so much to reality! I enjoyed to watch and want to see more of those nice little gems!


Thank you, I greatly appreciate that! The closest 'in-between' project that's almost done is a flak 88 kit. I will submit it as well if it doesn't disappoint.
Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 25, 2020 - 12:34 PM UTC
I love the build. You can't help but just, love this gun. I mean, look at it. You can definitely see where the Russians got some inspiration for their ZPU-4 from. It was developed right after the war. Anyways, you've done a fantastic job of respecting the kit and not over weathering or going over-board with any particular method. It looks really great. I can almost here that iconic, unmistakable sound -"bhat-bhat-bhat-bhat!"

Thanks for sharing!
KruppCake
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Posted: Monday, April 27, 2020 - 02:24 AM UTC

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I love the build. You can't help but just, love this gun. I mean, look at it. You can definitely see where the Russians got some inspiration for their ZPU-4 from. It was developed right after the war. Anyways, you've done a fantastic job of respecting the kit and not over weathering or going over-board with any particular method. It looks really great. I can almost here that iconic, unmistakable sound -"bhat-bhat-bhat-bhat!"

Thanks for sharing!


Thanks, Nathan! you’re definitely right about the allure of the gun platform, 4 mean-looking barrels in small gun package. I also appreciate the feedback on the weathering, as it’s something I grapple with personally for almost every model I do (except maybe WWI stuff that saw absolute mud). I tend to focus a lot on the build and use photo etch for most models and I’m very reluctant to start slapping on effects which might hide all the work that went into the build.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 05:53 AM UTC
That's how the pin wash should work, very interesting presentation of this remarkable AA gun!
Dioramartin
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 03:26 AM UTC
They’ve said it – a perfect gem. No temptation to crew it?
KruppCake
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 05:19 PM UTC

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That's how the pin wash should work, very interesting presentation of this remarkable AA gun!


Thank you, I appreciate that! I was using the MIG dark brown wash and actually had to add mineral spirit to it for better flow. Not sure if they’ve changed their formulation since, I’ve been using the same bottle for years.
KruppCake
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 05:23 PM UTC

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They’ve said it – a perfect gem. No temptation to crew it?


Thank you, Tim! I’m tempted to both make a presentation base for it as well as a crew, but with 6 models in progress I fall short of prioritizing the base and crews. There might just come a time where I get tired of tanks and sit down to paint 15 crew members for various models and a few bases.

I’d probably have had time for crews thus far had the quick and dirty projects actually been quick and dirty. This model took a lot longer than I had intended mainly because the guns gave me a lot of trouble and I kept putting off aligning them properly.
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