Author: lorenzoimcabrio

Kharkov 1943 LAH continued

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Now I started to work again on the Kharkov LAH vignette, replacing the planned SdKfz 250 with a SdKfz 222. The kit is from Hobbyboss, and is very nicely detailed. I will also add some figures from Alpine Miniatures, Max Wünsche, Kurt Meyer and some SS soldiers.

I almost finished the chassis of the SdKfz 222:

kfz-01 kfz-02

I also started to work on the base. The snow is made from plaster, with imprinted tire marks and footprints. On top, I added a mixture made from baking soda and white glue, which dries to a nice icy sheen:

sockel-01 sockel-03

The figures that will be placed directly into the snow are already primed, and Kurt Meyer received the first paint…

Panzer II – painting

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I covered the tank with a base layer of Tamiya panzer grey, followed by an oils based filter and pinwash. After that, I added stains, streaks and other details again using oils. Finally, I added a first layer of pigments below the fenders:

Now the tank is finished and attached to the base. The tracks are from Friul. There will be also some figures at a later stage:

The Panzer II tank

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I finished building the panzer so that it is ready to be painted now. The build went smoothly, I added some scratch built parts to the running gear and also to the tow shackles at the front of the tank. Apart from that, all parts are either from the Tamiya kit or the PE set. The 20mm gun and the MG are from an Aber set:

I also started with the base, which will be very simple, consisting only of a strip of resin cobblestone pavement. The white stones are made from plaster and are used to fill a gap between the resin parts.

sockel-02  sockel-01

 

New project: Panzer II Warsaw street fighting

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I have an Tamiya Panzer II kit on the stash, that I want to use in a small scene, again based on a historical picture:

Scherl Bilderdienst Polen - September 1939 Erste deutsche Vorhuten erreichen die polnische Hauptstadt; Infanterie mit Panzerunterstützung geht in einem Vorort von Warschau vor. PK: Lanzinger 11846-39 ADN-TEXT: ADN-Zentralbild II. Weltkrieg 1939-1945 Überfall der faschistischen deutschen Wehrmacht auf Polen am 1.9.1939 Warschau ist durch faschistische Truppen von allen Seiten eingeschlossen. Die regulären polnischen Truppen und freiwillige Arbeitsbataillone verteidigen heldenhaft die Stadt gegen eine vielfache Übermacht. Deutsche Infanterie geht im Schutz von Panzern in einer Vorstadtstrasse vor. 11846-39

So it will be a very simple scene, the tank and some soldiers seeking cover behind the tank. I also ordered two PE sets from E.T. models (a general upgrade set and a fender set). There are some figures coming with the kit, that fit quite well to the poses on the picture, so I will still need some thoughts on how to build the figures used.

Painting the Panzerbefehlswagen I

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Now I have completed the model, and started to paint the model using Tamiya German Grey. Then I started to paint the details on the Tank with Vallejo acrylics.

Now painting and weathering is finished. I used oils, enamels for the dust effects and pigments on the tank. Now only the wood beams on the back are missing.

The tracks were burnished using a burnishing liquid, and then dusted using enamels and paints. Some links where placed on the glacis plate as spare track links.

I also fixed the Panzerbefehlswagen to the base:

The figures

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The peasant couple is now finished and already primed, like the soldier from Alpine. For this figure, I also crafted another head from a Hornet head and a overseas cap, which is more lively and also somehow aggressive, which helps to convey the “invader” topic of the overall scene. Finally I noticed that the figures from the Dragon Panzerbefehlswagen kit are too large, so I started to build the tanker also from scratch. As this guy will peep out of the hatch on top of the tank, the boots will not be visible, so I used the large Dragon parts there.

The tanker figure is now finished and in the course of being painted:

The base and the figures

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I started to work on the base, which will be very simple: a part of a plain trail with some grass on its side. As I only started to paint it, it looks very toy-like at the moment.

There will also be some figures, a soldier from Alpine, a tanker (reworked from one of the figures that come with the Dragon tank) and a Russian peasant couple, that will be scratch built. I already started with the woman, it is on the way to get finished soon: