Tamiya 1/35th scale Sd.Kfz 124 Wespe, built straight out of the box, with additions from my spare parts collection. Painted with Tamiya Acrylic, Vallejo Model Colour and Humbrol for the details. Filters and washes with artist and Mig Abteilung 502 oil paints and weathered with Mig Pigments.
The vehicle represents a Wespe as used by the HG Pz Div, on the Barbara Line during the Italian campaign in 1943.

An outstanding job!

The best model I have seen to date, you have got my vote John., Indeed an example of outstanding skills.

Definitely not a WWII fan but there is no way that i can overlook this one.

Great job on this John! That method you used of spots of oil paints on the side panels, did you have to thin the pain down in anyway or was blending them in itself enough to give you the desired effect?

Where did you get the stencils for the storage and lockers?

Mike

looks great. I have just started a Pz WF40 auf amultier panzerwerfer and I was not too sure whether you could use filters on the colour of your wespe, now I know you can to enhance the model.

good luck

Great Job John
What paint/ colour do you use for your chipped paint ?
Andy

Superb! Can you tell us why you have the multi-color pattern applied prior to the overall paint job?

Great looking model I like the wear and tear looks lived in. I think the triple colour paint is a filter

Thanks Guys,

I was very touched yesterday when I presented the Wespe to the veteran, it is a shame that he did not want his picture taken with the model, but he was overjoyed as were his pals who were there at the time.

Jazza: The measles effects of the oil paint are applied neat from the tube, just adding colours that I felt would compliment the overall look I wanted. The Blending is then done with a large round brush [5] that is just damped with thinner. Dip it in the pot and then drain the excess on kitchen roll. Then just blend together, the trick is not to remove too much paint. Practice on an old kit.

Mike: There are no stencils for the lettering, it was just my new spectacles and a 5/0 brush and a few wiggly lines as at the scale of the kit it is just necessary to create an illusion of stencilling.

Gary: I have used oil/enamel filters since reading an article in a very old Tamiya Magazine. This time in the whole I used the Mig/Sin filters as you can get a continuity of tone, however many coats you wish to apply. Just choose colours to gently alter and add tonal shifts like when using photographic filters.

Andy [Torchy]: Hi mate, the chipping is done with vallejo Model Colour German Cam Black Brown 822 [150]. I added a touch of Tamiya flat base and thinned with Vallejo thinner and a little drying retarder and just worked over a few evenings with some really small sable brushes. I found some articles where people then applied a touch of dark metallic paint into some of the chips. A really sharp pencil is good for this too. The Paint is one of those very useful colours, just like their Brown Violet too.

Cavalry: This method of altering the tone of the paint and simulating wear as in real vehicles in the many conditions they face, just takes a little practice, but combined with filters and washes adds a nice effect.

Thanks guys, I get lots of inspiration and ideas from all of the members, made some friends and Armorama has become a very important part of my life. Interaction with the outside world is more important as I recover very slowly from a breakdown caused by my old job, with offenders. Before joining this site, I had never really felt comfortable joining in on websites and forums and had become too comfortable with my own company. Armorama has changed that in a very positive direction.

I wish I could build faster like I used to, but my modelling is a theraputic part of my life that is very important to me.

John

Hi John,

You get my vote, as I said before excellent job.

Cheers

Al

Super job! I really like the extras with the ammo and grenades ect.

Good luck in the contest!

cheers

This really is a super job. You should do very well in the contest indeed! The only thing that falls short IMHO is the decals seem to be silvered in some of the pics. Did you gloss coat before their application?

Wow, amazing…very realistic looking. Like the other I to enjoy your effects. Good luck!

Joe

Hi John,
Your opinion is valued, the effect on those decals has been magnified and emphasised by the macro setting. I did gloss first, but the effect is one that I have never had before and seemed to happen after I applied the oil blend, fiters and final washes. I decided to just clean the decals off as the 'measles' can sometimes alter the colour of lettering and ID markings and I decided to gently clean them with a damped Q-tip, but used a generic $1 for 500 litres from a cheap warehouse shop as I had not been able to get any Humbrol after they went bust.
The thinners seemed to have some strange reaction, which this is the result.
I guess I will stick to rubdowns in future.

John