This is my German Hanomag 251/1. It's the old Tamiya kit. I built this kit out-of-box. The kit goes together fairly well with one exception. When the two halves of the vehicle are joined together, the front did not line up. So, in order to get the front armor plate (sorry for lack of proper terminology) to remotely fit , I had to file the heck out of the haul to get them to level out. In my eyes, the major downfall of this kit is the interior. It is barely "decent". I didn't mess at all with trying to fix it up. I was mostly anxious to try my hand at painting camouflage. If I was going to fix up the interior, it probably could just use a good whiping clean and starting over...or just buy the nice, new Dragon kits! :-) This is my first try ever at camouflage. What do you think? I'm actually really excited about how it turned out. I'm happy with the detail level I was able to achieve with my airbrush...after practicing for quite a while on some scrap cardboard. Let me know what you think.

I think your Camo came out just perfect, now on to some wheatering - especially on all those rivets and decals :-)

If you are not satisfied with the interior (i have the same impression) you could make a tauplin to cover most of the opening.

Camo looks really good! Looks like you are really getting to know your airbrush.
capnjock

What the others said, and your decals look really nice and flat (as in painted on) as well. Good job!

Nice work, all you need is some pastels and chipped paint and you'll have an authentic used vehical...

A very sensible approach. Useing the old kit, experiment, dont waste time changing anything, but try out the skills needed for a better version. The camo looks very well done. Overall the painting and build is excellent. All the basics covered.
The fact that all is done well, now gives you the perfect base to experiment with further weathering.

The only improvement that could be made to the actual camo, is to try a more advanced scheme.You seem to have good control of the brush and this would be perfect for a nice 3-tone late war camo.

I like it very much. Good work on a test kit.

As everyone else has said your camo looks very good, the tarp idea to hide the interior might work.

It looks sharp. Why not try some post shading?

Excellent job armorguy! I'm actually doing the same thing right now, building this old kit just to try out my AB for the first time. It is a weak older kit but for banging it around and trying out new things, it'll do well enough.

A very nice job, Armourguy.
I'm currently working on Revells Leopard 2 A4, converting it into the Norwegian model, and your problems with bad fittings sounds very familiar. Need to use a bucket of putty and a Jerry can of glue, but I think it will be worth it.

Thanks for all of the comments! I appreciate everybody not being too harsh on me as this is my first time showing my work off on Armorama.

Since getting back into modeling about a year and a half ago, I've been trying to progress in stages. I kind of started with trying to get the actual building down well. Then, the painting is next. And finally, trying to work on post-painting kinds of things like adding dust, mud, stains, etc. I've always been a bit of a "neat freak" and have a hard time dirtying up my vehicles...especially when I really get a nice paint job done on one. Frankly, weathering and adding post-painting stuff terrifies me. It's the part I never look forward too. Hopefully, I'll get better at muddying things up when I want to at a later time.

Also, if you see some of the brown dust and stuff on the hood and sides, that's pastels that I tried to apply. It looks a little bit lighter in the photo than in reality. Also, I didn't dry brush this model. I have a hard time dry brushing without getting too big of strokes or having it be too noticeable. I haven't been able to get it subtle enough for my liking yet. What kind of brush do you all use for dry brushing?

Keep the comments coming. I'm more than willing to listen to constructive criticism. Thanks!

Very nice, lovin that camo, that was actually the first kit I ever built

It's been a long time since I posted anything,way too busy with work and a very adventurus 2 year old who has command of all of my free time.
Your model looks really good to me, I like the camo you chose.

hey there armour guy it looks like a good clean build and once agina as everyone has said the camo scheme is very well done.this kit was about the 5 model afv i ever made and it was a good fun build and did have some trouble with the fitting. for mud and things like that try using pigments like the mig products it very easy to use you can use a dry brush and brush the pwder on and it willl turn out like sand or durt depends waht colour and where you use it.
if you have any questions just ask these guys or pm me.if you have an email adress adn even msn send me your adress adn we can also chat there.

Graeme

Nice work, looks really good for an older kit, great paint job.

I really appreciate all of your comments. I'm glad you like the camo. I put some thought into it and wanted the design to be pretty free-form. What color in the Model Master line of paints would be good for the German red-brown color?

Oh, and kwp427, the 2 year old is more important, so we understand. Have a good one!

Nice work, looks to be of Museum quality(IMO)