It's looking very good Zaidi, I like the way you painted the concrete, very realistic. But there are some prominent airbubbles on the edge of the wall, by the tree. You should either fill them in or srape them out a bit ( rough) to simulate wear or damage.
A few ruststreaks on the door would look good, but what happend to the door handle... .

Looking forward to the addition of the Flak.

Cheers
Henk

Pre shading came out very well Zaidi. A good overall finish. Just some small suggestions.
1. It may be the contrast on the photos but adding a few more black oil wash might bring out the finer wall details a bit better.
2. Also a bit of light green and/or brown wash on the areas of the wall near ground level and steps to simulate moss and mud might help the place look more like its been around a while.
3. Roughening up some of the edges especially on the steps may give it a more "used" look too.
4. If you like you could add a bit of fine sized soil on the steps and at the edges of the floor to simulate the mud left behind by soldiers moving around.

Small details though as you've definitely done a fair bit of work on this one, my friend

I like it as well.

My only suggestion would to be to add faint rust streaks in various locations along the wall where they would have removed the wires that held the forms, or perhaps spot where the re-bar would be exposed. And perhaps a faint hint of moss along the lower parts of the wall near the grass.

Can't wait to see it it when it's complete!

I really think you have done total justice to this kit - superb!

Regarding further weathering, I wouldn't personally go over the top with it although one thing I would suggest is the following: many times when concrete is poured, at the joints, here can be a build up of a white, salt-like substance - perhaps you could consider this? Just remember, that many of these bunkers were relatively new at the end of WW2 so there would be (some) weathering but not in excessive quantities...

What are you going to mount in it? I have the Tristar 2cm AA gun and am looking for something similar to do a small dio on the Normandy coast - so yours has come at an excellent time for me!...JIm

Looks good! I have a couple of questions: Where did you get this bunker, and how much did it cost? Thanks for your time.

Hi there Zaidi... 6 months has been a long time but hey... who cares when it's such an awesome build. Great job there.

A little observation and I notice a seamline on the hand of the soldier holding the MG.

Question and a suggestion:
Is the bunker big enough to allow the flak to rotate 360 degrees? In the first picture it looks like the brass catcher would hit the wall. It may be the angle of the picture.
Suggestion: Turn the MG42 right side up. I don't think anyone, soldier or civilian would put a rifle muzzle down and lean on it. Asking for trouble with that.

Looks great and thanks for the up date.

Shaun

Nice work, looks really great.

I dont know about bunkers in France or other places, but in Denmark a lot of the bunkers were actually painted to blend in with the surroundings, and even today they show signs of applied camuflage in dunkelgelb, green and brown.

The steeldoors I have seen are mostly painted yellow and are even today in fairly good shape especially those protected from the wheather.

Considering that most of those bunkers in the atlanticwall was between 2-3 years old when the war ended I would recon, that wear and wheathering would be at a minimum - allso considering that maintanace is allways used to keep soldiers everywhere occupied

Attractive as the little tree is, I would suspect that most guncrews would cut it down to get a free field of fire and view?

I like the figures a lot, they bring life to the scene and are well executed!

what most impressed me are the groundwork and the bunker. as is shown in your earlier pics in september, the painting and weathering are really good.

the tree is well done too... i agree with mrMox that in reality it will block the flak's field of fire. the barbed wire is a nice touch. btw how did you do the wire?

the 37mm flak looks nice, though perhaps it will stand out more if you painted it in dark yellow to contast with the grey bunker.

for the figs, individually they are ok, though IMO some variation will help. of the 4 crewmen on the bunker maybe you can use different headgear or a bare head, or different uniforms i.e: camo smocks or a blue luftwaffe uniform... anyway, the standing pair look like twins (?)...

correct me if i'm wrong, but the aa gunsight on the MG34 should only be fitted if the gun is on an AA tripod mount... the dude with the MG42- his hand isn't rested properly on the gun butt....and is the camo-clad fig pointing his mp44 at his 'crown jewels'? ouch!

overall, a good job!.. you should be proud of it...

Nice to see this one pop up again- New Daddy!
Have you considered sending some photos for a nice On Display?

Hi there

Only comments would be that placing the muzzle of the MG down onto the ground would pick up a nice thick plug of earth with a gun of that size and weight. He would be very popular with the firing team.

Better to have it resting on his toe of his thick boots or something more solid that would not get him on a charge for miss treating his weapon.

The same guy has a nice head angle that would give him a degree of interaction with the sitting guys if he were facing one or other.

I wonder if it would have been possible to convert the kneeling guy into one of the flak crew walking up the steps with mugs of hot coffee or something for the three other crew looking outwards with no MG there. After all they are not at risk with the other MG crew nearby. Better to only have their personal side arms handy on the wall.

If the kneeling guy's right leg was replaced with a streight leg he would already be stepping up. A photo of yourself climbing steps with coffee cups would give you an idea of how best to make the changes to the figure to get the angle of knees and feet in careful motion.

Would maybe help make the link between the two figure groups.

Lovely dio