I decided to put the old Panzer IA and Panzer II scenes together, again after the inspiration from some war time pictures from Warsaw.
I rebuilt the Panzer IA, the Panzer II and repainted the figures. I then created a new base using styrofoam for the first time.
I spent the last weeks reworking the Warsaw street fighting scene. The Panzer I is new, as is the PaK crew. This is a nice figure set from SOGA, a russian figure manufacturer. The upper part of the PaK was also rebuilt, using a very nice PaK 35/36 kit from Riich models.
I finished and painted the last figure of the pak crew, and fixed is to the base:
And this is how the finished scene looks now:
In the meantime I started to paint the pak. I started with primin using Gunze Resin Primer, and then coating the gun with a layer of Tamiya German Grey. This was followed by some subtle sponge chipping, showing red primer marks. These spots were then occasionally painted with a black brown color simulating bare metal.
Then I added a filer using a beige brown oil mixture, followed by a black brown pin wash. To ease painting, I still keep the upper part of the gun separate from the base:
For the pictures, the gun was put together on the base.
Update: Now the gun is finished, and I fixed it to the base. Currently I am still working on the grenade cases. Then the gun crew will be sculpted…
In the meantime I continued working on the Pak. I airbrushed the lower part, and I did quite some work on the gun itself:
I did use almost no parts from the Eduard PE set. And I am really looking forward to painting the whole thing.
The Warsaw street fighting scene will feature also a PaK 35/36 anti – tank gun together with the Panzer I. I have a spare one from a Dragon kit, and I bought the old Tamiya kit as well, as I like to convert the figures included to fit this scene. I added a turned barrel from Aber, and a PE set from Eduard.
Both kits are similar, the Tamiya gun has crisper details (but fewer), whereas the Dragon gun features more details, but the moulding is less crisp. The PE set is disappointing. Only a few parts can be used, and Eduard really missed the opportunity to add much more nice details.
As I have quite some reference pictures available, I will scratchbuild a lot of the missing details by myself. I started with the base of the gun:
In the meantime I continued working on the Pak, and I have also finished the construction of the base, which is now ready for painting:
The lower part of the Pak is now ready to be painted, and the base is also finished:
fieldgrau - military scenes in scale 