Yeah, I’m thinking I’ll probably end up doing something like this. Don’t know for sure yet.
Yep, yard brooms, mops, rags and just about anything else that comes to hand.
That would be a nice one. This pic shows a command vehicle from the 12th SS PZ Div. But other vehciles in the Div wore similar schemes.
I did the vehcile above a few years back and oversprayed the camo with a very thin base coat over it. But you could paint the red brown and green with thin mixes so you don’t get the full on colours standing out. You can see in some patches its not a solid coat of paint.
Cool, I’d like to be able to do something like that at some point.
After looking around a bit I actually saw why there was some confusion over which type of 251 this is and why it wouldn’t work with an afrika scheme: Tamiya makes an ausf D kit but this one doesn’t exactly specify which one it is. It’s actually an ausf C, as far as I can tell, since it has the angled hatches in the back and independant stowage on the sides. Regardless, I might just end up doing the more traditional 3-tone camo anyways since I like it.
That said, I’ve read a few varying accounts of what color the interior walls and floor would be, some saying it would be the same as the outside base camo, others saying a panzer grey, others saying either or would work. What do you usually go with? What WOULD be the base color in a 3-tone scheme?
I did wounder if it might be that kit, its the one which says Hanomag on the box. Its the main reason a lot of people refer to the 251 by that name, but the Germans did not use it.
Its a good kit to practice painting and weathering techniques, but not very accurate. One suggestion, leave out the water tank that goes between the front seats.
As for the interiour colour, that would depend on when the vehcile was built. Pre Feb 43 they used the Pz Grey scheme, Feb 43 is when the 3 colour camo was introduced. But of course vehicles built before that date would still be in service afterwards. They would often paint over the grey with camo, usualy, some grey would remain showing on the outside, with for example green painted over it. But on a 251, the inside would not be repainted.
If the vehicle was built after Feb 43, it would be yellow inside with camo on the outside, and the 251 Ausf C remained in production until mid 43. So yes, it could be in the 3 colour camo.
The interior is already fully installed, unfortunately. I actually made the horrible mistake of underestimating the ease at which I could paint the interior once everything is already in place (but not the top half of the hull), but I’m not TOO concerned with the driver section since you’ll barely be able to see it once the figuring manning the forward MG is in place. It’s my first model with an interior so I just had to learn that lesson the hard way, I guess.
Thanks for the help!
The 251 line is definitely one of my favorites and the Tamiya kits are nice and go together very easily practice on a few tamiya kits then move on to a Dragon. Like Bish said they take more work but are very beautiful when finished. For camo schemes the internet is your friend with that one but also check the reference section on spruebrothers and squadron for books on the subject your doing, and swap meets is another excellent source for rare books and reference material.
Where do you guys buy different kits? I’m thus far just working off of Amazon, which has plenty of Tamiya and Revell kits but seems a bit scarce with anything else. I’ll have to keep those sources in mind, thanks.
main source for me is Spruebrothers.com, have recently bought some alpine figures from a site called lots of models. Look for a IPMS show in your area swap meets are a great place to find kits on the cheap.
Awesome, I’ll have to check them out.
“Where do you buy kits from?” , as mentioned above plus Scale Hobbyist, GREAT prices and adequate shipping in CONUS, Squadron, so so prices but they will MATCH or beat competitors if you can prove it, great shipping service. Hannets has been recommended by a frien but I have not tried them yet. Those are my “goto” online places. However if I need instant gratification my LHS usually satisfies.
Since I missed your intro WELCOME TO THE FORUMS[:)], glad to have you here. I posted on your Stug, sir your TC is awesome. Never hesitate to ask a questio as most folks around here can put you on the right track with ease. Lots of really great people here.
Lots of great sources and yeah, the prices on Scale Hobbyist prices are great. I have no idea what I’ll be doing next but I reckon it won’t be too hard to find something interesting after giving those sites a proper look. Thanks again!
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Thanks!