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[Andy H]

I've got a washing vignette in the stash - maybe I could combine the two...





...It's a nightmare researching Soviet underwear. 

[Gaston]

Excellent !

[Andy H]

Well...with the vehicle base-coated in a fetching shade of panzer grey, it's time to think about the crew figure. The only way the little guy's going to fit is by inserting him from underneath the temporarily removed turret. Which means getting him done and carefully doing the weathering around him. Maybe I could wrap him in clingfilm or cut a finger off a latex glove...





...would be a shame to waste him.





 

[Andy H]

Time to bite the bullet. Could have done with three hands, but he's stuck fast now and the turret's back in place. I'm wondering if the gun breech is overscale. Anyway, here's where we're are - quite a way to go, and the whole thing feels very fragile...















Thanks for looking in, back soon with more mudflap mayhem 

[erafitti]

Awesome 

Saludos.

[Andy H]

Cheers, erafitti 

Slow but steady progress. Time for a tea break while some washes are drying off. Almost time for decals. It's starting to look how I want it, but the bloody thing's a nightmare to handle - I wouldn't bet against breaking a delicate part off just yet...


















Thanks for looking in - back soon with more delicate dusting 

[erafitti]

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,64904.msg770448.html#msg770448

Un saludo.

[Andy H]

 Nice one! 


 As far as I got tonight - more detailing and weathering, now waiting for the decalfix to do its' thing before I can proceed...


















Thanks again for dropping by - back soon with more photo-matched fun and games 



Yep, that's the exact same vehicle as represented by the kit, check out the number plate.

[Andy H]

Cleaned up, Klear coated and flat coated, I'm very, very close to calling this one done...






















Thanks as always for looking in - back soon with more lightly-dusted lunacy 



(and another preview of forthcoming attractions - oh yes! I've been rummaging around the bargain basement at my local modelling boutique)  

[Andy H]

Done and dusted. To the next build and beyond! 
























Thanks for looking in - back soon with more men in black mayhem 

[Andy H]

 While having my traditional dither about what one to do next, I decided to give my old Italeri-in-a-Tamiya-box Canadian Staghound a dusting. All that stowage is a Black Dog resin accessories kit (should you ever see it advertised and wonder how it looks), the crewman who reminds me of Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lecter (and the shell-shocked looking driver with his nose pressed against the windscreen) came with the kit, originally found in the old Tamiya Bren Carrier kit I recently picked up...


























Thanks for looking - back soon with another African adventure 

[Andy H]

 O.k, chums...let's have a peek inside my solvent-addled mind and how this modelling madness takes hold.

 Sticking with Italeri, I've decided on their "El Alamein anniversary" edition of a Panzer IV with a lineage that dates back so far that I can remember making one whilst still at school. It comes with 9 figures (actually 3 of them are doubled-up so make that 6), jerry cans and oil drums so could make a nice diorama combined with other Afrika Korps kits, figures and foliage in the stash.

So I pop into the local model shop yesterday for paint, and spot Tamiya's latest all singing all dancing Panzer IV ausf. F2. Nice crew, stowage and having recently built an up-to-date Tamiya Panzer IV, I know it'll look smart. Then I spy an eastern front option on the box and come up with whacky schemes to get the Tamiya, do it as the Afrika Korps version and donate the eastern front decals to a panzer grey-painted Italeri Ausf. F2...

Well, for the price of the new Panzer IV, I spotted some oldie but goodie Tamiya stuff - plus the latest 3D scanned (or so rumour has it) figures...


The British are coming, after all...




The Germans are already here...




And these figures are just exquisite...might need a vehicle for them to loiter around...




Still not sure that new Panzer IV won't be coming home with me next time I visit. 

Anyhow, let's get that Italeri Panzer started. No disrespect, but I fancy practicing new techniques on expendable figures...they might even turn out nicely



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