Finally, I added a British roadsign taken from a reference picture taken in June 1942.
Finished
Month: September 2018
I added two FJ figures
After finishing the motorcycle, I added two nice Fallschirmjaeger figures from Alpine, that were used almost unaltered. Only the MP 40 of one figure was exchanged against one from Dragon, taken from the spares box. I also added a pair of goggles to the guy with the MP, carefully removed from another resin head.
Painting went quite well and was a lot of fun. Then I fixed the two figures to the base:
The motorcycle is finished
After finishing the build of the bike, I also built the sidecar, and painted the completed motorcycle. I also fixed it onto a desert style base, leaving space for the figures and possibly a roadsign.
Ardennes 1944 revisited
Making good progress on the Ramcke vignette featuring the BMW R75, I started with another project that will keep me busy until the end of the year. Inspired by the famous pictures taken at the Kaiserbaracke cross roads, between Malmedy and St Vith, I will create a scene located on a forest road in December 1944 in this area. The scene will feature an Opel Maultier halftrack, and a Schwimmwagen (like in one of the original pictures), together with some advancing / marching Waffen SS troopers.
The Maultier is from Dragon, the Schwimmwagen from Tamiya, with some PE sets from Aber and Voyager. I will start with the Maultier, targeting at the drivers cab first, as I will add two figures inside the cab, made from MagicSculp.
fieldgrau - military scenes in scale 