Here is a cool little machine! The Panzer II L by ICM turned out a lot better than I expected. The detail is very good on this kit. Indy tracks went together no problem at all. I had a lot of fun with the kit assembly. I made my own engine grills and 5-prong antenna. The cable up front is string glued to cable “ends” painted to look like cable. The base is custom dioramics (I think) and I was able to make the tank fit the base by altering the suspension on one side. [8D]
I need to add a figure, or figures to the base to make a scene. I’ll take suggestions for what the scene could be [:p]
{{{EDIT}}} I’m editing the post to show the pics I took revised now with troops advancing with the tank! It looked too boring without the men but not anymore. [8D] The figures are tamiya crummy figures, the set where they all ride the panzer4, well I used a pair of pliers to rip off their heads and replaced with the heads from a DML 10th anniv kit! whew! I also used a little photo etch to add some details to the helmets and gear. Considering the way it turned out for the kits I used I am happy to be able to display it on my shelf [^]
Hey Steve,
Looks good[^]. Only one question. Are you sure there is enough dirt, dust, mud and rust on there[:-^][:-^][:-^]. Just kidding[swg]
Regards,
Joe[8]
Steve, Nice little build. Is that the kit that GreatModels had on sale for, like $10? I ended up going for the Tasca for the PzII GB, maybe I should have stuck with the ICM.
Very nicely done. I have this same kit. It’s good to see that it can be built up to a nice result. As for the scene, a classic is just having the commander out of the vehicle, surveying the landscape, while the rest of the crew wait on.
Also, ICM makes a figure kit (mine came packaged in) of the commander and crew posing for a photo, and the photographers are included.
The kit is the ICM kit, and yes I too am surprised at how well the kit built up solely out of the box.
The “rust” look in the pics is actually Tamiya Flat Earth that appears kind of rusty compared to the two yellow colors. I will update the pics with better (more natural) lighting.
I first assembled the entire kit and painted it rattle-can-black. The next color was Dunkelgelb 1943 sprayed from my airbrush. I was going to do a camo pattern but wanted a solid yellow German AFV so after staring at the model for a few days trying to figure out what to do I decided to just make it a dirty yellow AFV. I proceeded to paint the entire lower half (from fenders down) Flat Earth.
Then I hit it with Future to seal the base layers down. I weathered by drybrushing dark brown, black, silver, sand, and original Dunkelgelb 1943 in various places. The pictures may be a little off but the overall look of the kit is that of a dusty, sandy AFV, not really a rusty muddy one. The look is “dry dirt” , kinda. The model has a lot of really sharp edges and the dry brushing really brings out the detail. Same thing goes for the wheels that have a scallop pattern to them that is impossible to see unless you dry brush the wheels. I hand painted the tires flat black. I used dry transfers for the decals and they didnt go as planned so you only get a single digit number on this tank [B)] Someone asked if there were only 20 produced and I think there were 104 of these Panzer II L models produced.
I think I’m going to add a few action figures to the base and I’ll repost new pics when its done [:)]
this looks really good, the troops made a big difference, they brought it alive, good job on the troops by the way, i currently am working with tamiya super geeky figures from the hanomag sdkfz251/1 kit for the halftrack gb and with my experience level am having trouble making them look like anything other than blobs of painted plastic, you however did great with yours maybe there is hope yet i will persevere,thanks for the look.
