VW type 166

Finished the Schwimmwagen

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I also finished the Schwimmwagen. After adding all missing parts, I airbrushed it using Tamiya acrylics, and weathered it using a lot of oils, as well as mud made from enamels and plaster.

I also created a base featuring a muddy forest road, with a lot of fallen autumn leaves on each side. I attached both vehicles to the base, and harmonized all mud areas using oils.

Now I will work on the figures, that I have planned to add. I will use quite a lot, five resin offerings from Alpine, and I also want to add three to four figures from a Dragon set, that have to be detailed a bit first.

 

Ardennes 1944 revisited

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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.