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Italeri SDKFZ 234/2 Puma (1/35)
kunjuro
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Philippines
Joined: October 27, 2013
KitMaker: 520 posts
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Posted: Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 03:07 AM UTC
Hey folks!

I'd like to share my latest WIP - Italeri's venerable 1/35 SDKFZ 234/2 Puma Armored Scout Car. This is the first all-wheeled vehicle I've finished and I have to say, I enjoyed building her.I think I'll work on a Tamiya SDKFZ 222 next! Would appreciate any constructive criticism. Thanks for looking!

Biggles2
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: January 01, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 03:20 AM UTC
Very neat build and paint job on an OOB (and old) kit!
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Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: March 25, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 03:46 AM UTC
That looks very good.
Once again shows, how the quality of the modelling is more important than the quality of the kit.
piwi
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Nord, France
Joined: March 15, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 04:11 AM UTC
It's sincerely a great job !

I just find the lengh of the antenna a little bit..short !

@ Marc : I 100%agree with you !
stikpusher
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Arizona, United States
Joined: June 16, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 07:43 AM UTC
Nicely built! Nice light weathering and solid work all around. I agree about the antenna length mentioned above. Perhaps a 1.5m or 2m scale length on your next German armor build.
Hohenstaufen
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England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: December 13, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 12:47 AM UTC

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Once again shows, how the quality of the modelling is more important than the quality of the kit.


Couldn't agree more. Nigel, you really nailed this kit. I've got both this and the Dragon kit, assembled and painted. The Dragon kit is more detailed and better in every way, but to be honest the difference in price doesn't really show until they are side by side.
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DECALCOMANIACS
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: April 20, 2009
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 02:01 AM UTC
Very nice work! Good job!
Regards,
Georg
kunjuro
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Philippines
Joined: October 27, 2013
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 03:43 AM UTC
Thanks Georg, Steve, Carlos, Pierre, Marc and Biggles! I really appreciate it

As for the antenna: yeah, she does seem kinda short. I used the kit supplied antenna as I wanted to keep this build OOB. If I would change anything, I would probably have drilled the base of the antenna and attached a new one made from guitar string. Maybe in the next build
brekinapez
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Georgia, United States
Joined: July 26, 2013
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 06:05 AM UTC

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If I would change anything, I would probably have drilled the base of the antenna and attached a new one made from guitar string. Maybe in the next build


Just don't make it look like a whip antenna as the Germans didn't use those.
RLlockie
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United Kingdom
Joined: September 06, 2013
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 06:55 AM UTC
The Fu.f antenna on the turret roof would likely be Dunkelgelb rather than dark grey/black. The jack would also have been painted by the subcontractor, so it too should be Dunkelgelb (not sure why model manufacturers are so keen for us to paint them gunmetal).

All in all, very impressive work.
mudlark
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South Australia, Australia
Joined: June 18, 2019
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Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 06:30 PM UTC
You might want to remove the mold seams from the various parts.
Biggles2
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: January 01, 2004
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 - 03:43 AM UTC

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You might want to remove the mold seams from the various parts.

Well...it's a bit late for that now. You should have mentioned that before he started!
obg153
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Texas, United States
Joined: April 07, 2009
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Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 - 04:45 AM UTC
Another winner in my book! Always like seeing your builds, Nigel. This one really calls out for an appropriate base/dio.
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