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:
The little panzer I is now ready and fixed to the base:
I now started painting the tank. I primed the model using Gunze Mr Surfacer, and then applied Tamiya German grey on top of it. Weathering was then done using pigments for dirt, and oils and enamels for dust and everything else. The tank is almost finished now:
I also worked on the Panzer I, and I almost finished the build (apart from the towing cable and the headlights). I added a very nice brass upper hull from Aber, which involved a lot of soldering, but building it was actually some real fun. So that is the tank right now:
So it is almost ready to get painted.
I also continued to work on the little Panzer I. I added the road wheels, and I am currently glueing the single link tracks together. They are removable (together with the drive sprocket). The wheels are also moveable to faciliate easier painting later on:
I used different brass parts from an Aber PE set, together with styrene sheet leaf springs. The interior will be totally invisible later on, I added it for fun anf to provide more stability.
As the SdKfz 250 is on hold, I embarked on a new project. Inspired by a historical picture and a left over 3.7cm Pak, I decided to depict a little scene featuring a Panzer I and the Pak. This is the reference:
The Panzer I kit is from Tristar, I also bought myself some PE sets from Aber (basic details, fenders, upper hull). The Pak is from a Dragon kit, and will also be amended with a turned barrel and a PE set from Eduard. The figures will be based upon the crew from the old Tamiya 3.7cm Pak.
I already started building the tank. What a nice little vehicle it is…
In the meantime, I built the lower part of the hull, and detailed the suspension of the first road wheel a little bit, replacing the molded part. The interior I added only for fun, as it won’t be visible at all:
fieldgrau - military scenes in scale 