I´ve always loved Puma … and recent Italeri´s release convinced me to make one . Anyway, I feel very disapointed with this model …
Details are really poor on tools (the jack … to cry) and most of all, the jerry cans attachment, so special and typical in this vehicle. The gun is also a little under sized. Just the fit of the plastic pieces is fine. I just need putty in a few few parts.
So, I just add some little “make up” to the kit in order to get a little more realistic vechicle. Tamiya Jerry cans with some PE strips, some Hauler tools here and there and the Armo Pz III gun barrel (I used the kit´s muzzle brake), Aber width poles …
Not an exhaustive detailing work, just a little step up to achieve a worthy vehicle.
Gaso.line … Hauler … please, release a detailing set for this one!
A vignette from Reality in Scale
A color modulation base
Some chipping
And this is the situation of the painting process now:
Hope that I´ll finish this one in a week … stay tunned!
Jose, I’ve always believed that details are really secondary to how you finish a model. Who really cares if it doesn’t have ten pounds of photo-etch or fancy buckles and straps? It’s what you do with what you have that matters, and what you have done so far is magnificent!
Looking great! [Y] Believe me I thought it was a 1/35 kit until I saw the picture you had the Puma placed next to paint bottles. OMG! You could have easily fool us that it was a 1/35. I didn’t read your subject very carefully… [:$]
