AndrewR's Tamiya Kettenkrad 1/48 *** Fertig! ***

[Ian]

No time to Blitz, Andrew? The way you're going at the moment with all your builds you might as well be blitzing them all!

[AndrewR]

No time to Blitz, Andrew? The way you're going at the moment with all your builds you might as well be blitzing them all!

It's the 24 hours of modelling. I have to spread that over 24 days...

[AndrewR]

A little work on Gefreiter Schmidt today. He got a facial.



As a base shade I used the colour mixed from Vallejo Flesh base, red and light brown. Once that was dry I used the Vallejo flesh tone wash, and then the brown umber wash. The base colour is in the mixing cup directly below the figure in the picture.

Here he is along with an Emil fuselage at close of play.



Cheers

Andrew

[mightymikeD]

Please to be scratchbuilding a wee piano for Gefreiter Schmidt.. his left hand technique looks very promising

[AndrewR]

Please to be scratchbuilding a wee piano for Gefreiter Schmidt.. his left hand technique looks very promising

I wouldn't have to scratchbuild it, quarter scale is a Doll's house scale, so I can buy pretty much any home decor item

http://www.virtualdollhouse.net/images/ ... IAN-48.jpg;

Take a look at the whole emporium:

http://www.virtualdollhouse.net/VDSTORE ... nished.htm;

I reckon the Afrika Korps could probably do with the Ping Pong table, or maybe one of the comfy chairs...

Cheers

Andrew

[mightymikeD]

The diorama possibilities boggle the mind

[AndrewR]

The diorama possibilities boggle the mind

I just noticed that there's actually a model kit in 1/48...

http://www.virtualdollhouse.net/images/ ... S1-Fi2.jpg;

Hmm!
Rommel in his command tent making a Revell of Germany kit...
What a diorama that would be...

No more progress on Gefreiter Schmidt, but I have found a paint guide with Vallejo colour suggestions.

http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx ... rt_id=1722;

Cheers

Andrew

[mightymikeD]

I just noticed that there's actually a model kit in 1/48...

and it's a VacForm by the look of it

Rommel in his tent making a Revell of Germany kit of Rommel in his tent making a Revell of Germany kit of Rom... and on into infinity.

Bet Rommel was a rivet-counter too...

[Narayan]

Which piano are you going for though?

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Narayan

May I kill him?

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2012 20:05 2009 19:16
2011 11:10 2008 16:03
2010 44:12

Overall 193:51

[AndrewR]

Which piano are you going for though?

The Grand, of course!

I painted the driver today. The first figure in a larger scale than 1/72 since, well, last century...



I used a base coat of Vallejo Russian Uniform, and then a mixture and then a final shade. For the jacket's final shade I used Vallejo dark sand, and for the trousers, Vallejo Green Ochre (they're supposed to represent "requisitioned" Italian desert trousers).



I also read that scarves were in fashion in the Afrika Korps, replacing collar and tie, so I've given him a rather fetching cravat in US Intermediate Blue. I hope he doesn't get into trouble for being out of uniform

Then he got a wash with Vallejo umber shade. It's not bad, but I'd like to retouch the paint in a couple of places. The flash does the picture no favours either. The effect is better in natural light.

The final project for the day was to start on the base. I had a little photo frame from a Jumble Sale, so I took the glass out and then added some foam sheet pieces to break up the flatness. These were stuck on with Pritt.



Then I dolloped on a load of white PVA glue and covered the foam with papier mache, using kitchen roll. I like this better than newsprint because it absorbs the glue better and is softer. Newsprint is also a pain to paint...



The main snag with kitchen roll is that you have to get rid of all those little dimples. After all, we all know that the Western Desert isn't covered in little dimples, don't we?

A few places can be left flat.



Now the base gets left overnight. Tomorrow we'll check for dimples, and also edges that didn't get glued down and obvious creases in the covering layers.

Cheers

Andrew

[mightymikeD]

Blimey! A Diorama! This SS is the "Gift That Keeps On Giving".. Kudos to whoever it was!

[AndrewR]

Blimey! A Diorama! This SS is the "Gift That Keeps On Giving".. Kudos to whoever it was!

It's a great set for a diorama - lots of bits and pieces, an oil drum, ammo boxes, Jerry cans etc.

Perfect present

Cheers

Andrew

[AndrewR]

This morning, a good coat of a cheap acrylic paint as the undercoat. This always takes along time to frydry.



cheers

Andrew

[splash]

It's looking great.

It's hard to believe its only 1/48 scale.

Regards Splash

[AndrewR]

It's looking great.

It's hard to believe its only 1/48 scale.

Regards Splash

Thanks! I'm enjoying this build a lot