Hello,

Made some progress on my entry for the Walcheren campaign.
First coat of OD, with several lightened passes of the same. Added the skate rail for the .50, and have started on the jerrycans etc for the cargo.
Having missed the deadline for the OTW campaign in a embarising fashion, I will make the deadline for this Campaign.
Ideas for a dio are still going through my head, but the final result will incorporate the DUKW, a dyke and a lot of water..







Cheers
Henk

Looking good. One thing I see though, your MG ring mount legs are in the wrong place. They should attach to triangular posts where the rectandular cut-outs are in the intake screen, on the back wall of the driver and passenger seats. Not the forward wall of the bed.
You can see the triangular supports with "U" bolts for the legs in the below pics.

Gino, Is there anything you do not know? :-)
You are indeed right, I realised that precise point tonight ( no kidding) when flicking through a magazine.
I'll reposition the skaterail, as it has actually been bugging me since it saw it.

As an aside Gino, your well informed and honest feedback is,as always, much appreciated. It can make the difference between a 'nice' model and a 'wow' model.

Thanks
Henk

If I understand that correctly that would mean the legs are not all the way at the back of the MG ring but somewhere halfway

No not quite, the skate ring is positioned a bit further forward. Funny that, when I glued it in place, I used my common sense as I didn't have any clear references. After glueing it in place I looked at it, ccompared to the seat and the position of the gunner and I thought, " is that right? If it was me, I'd prefere that a bit more forward"...
Guess I should have checked here before reaching for the glue..

Cheers
Henk

Thanks, I try to help where I can. I just have a knack at remembering the minor details that make a model more realistic. My wife always says I am a wealth of useless knowledge. Guess it pays off sometimes.

A bit more progress, I have repositioned the Skatering, and added the stowage covered with a tarp. The rest of the load bed will be filled up with Jerrycans and sundry boxes, bags etc.



cheers
Henk

Henk,

Lookin good! I have been out of touch for awhile as far as posting and following threads (until recently ahem) - did you ever start your 250/9 was it?

Looking even better now. Good job.

Thanks guys,
The 250/9 is back in the box for now, I just have to much going at the same time (again.. ).
I've got a few projects which are almost finished, and after that I'll start my Firefly and the 250/9. But I also have an Armoured Train thing that keeps calling, there is the Dragon Pzr I which I fancy starting, a Nasshorn which I recently received, the new Pzr IV from Dragon..... So many models, so little time.. :-)

Cheers
Henk

Aw! Don't fret Henk! Send them to me, I'll take care of them! :-)

Vinnie

Final stages of the beast, and a beast it is. It makes a King Tiger look like a recce tank...
I'm done with it as is, still a few small bits to touch up etc, but most of that will be part of the diorama. I'm still not 100% decided on what to do.. . I'm leaning now towards the DUKW positioned on a sliproad leading down from a dyke, into the water, with just the front wheels submerged..possibly with a carrier I build earlier on the dyke, having just received their supplies..
Anyway, here's some pictures, taken in a hurry with flashlight ( I know, I know.. ).







The washed out, bleached look of the OD has actually come out quite well in the photo's, but the dust and weathering is not so apperant. I'll post some daylight pic's tommorow.

All your comments, ideas, corrections and blatant slaps on backs are as always much appreciated...

Cheers
Henk


p.s. Oh, hi Vinnie, well I'm not fretting, it's just that some of us have to work all year round... :-)
But if you ever get bored of turning out beautiful halftracks at industrial speed, I'm sure I've got something to swap in my stash... :-)

Cheers
Henk

Looking pretty good. Only thing I see is that some of the packs and gear in the back have some pretty nasty seam lines that should be scraped off and repainted. Also, may be too late now, but, the drainage slots on the side stiffeners (raised bars running along the hull) were a post WWII modification. If you carefully fill them in and repaint, it shouldn't be noticable. Coming along great. The cargo load looks good and shows off how big it actually is.

Nice looking DUKW Henk, I would like to know what you used for your tarp over the .50 cal?

Hi Henk your DUKW looks very nice, is it finished by now??
Greetz Eric

Back from the drawingboard, for now...
Andy, the tarp was made with tissue paper, glued on top of the .50 and then soaked with paint.

I've filled in the drainage slots, not 100 % smooth, but I'll weather that to look like it's started to rust through. These DUKW's were only build of thin metal, so I take a bit of artistic licence... :-) .
Re-done the packs, and all that's left now is to take a good look at my pic's and touch up those tiny spots I've missed.




This shows why taking photo's this close up is a great help. I've noticed that the duffelbag needs a touch more work, as does the other bag and the buckel on the haversack...



Cheers
Henk