Never used to like the look of german halftracks, but this thing is starting to grow on me. The kit is the old Tamiya one, with Eduard photoetch, and a couple things like the metal barrel and jerry can stolen from my Tamiya 222.
Anyways, I am leaving the upper and lower hulls apart right now for easier painting of the interior. I am planning to leave the whole gun and turret removable though so I cans till see my interior.
Anyways, heres some pictures:
My Ian, you are a busy guy. I just saw your Matilda. It looks as though you are off to a good start. Looking forward to see where your weathering takes this build to.
That gun looks incredible! This build is really impressive, Ian, I think your best yet.
Steve
I was gonna say the same thing after just seeing the Matilda–you’re soldiering right along, ain’tcha? [:P]
This one looks great as well–you’re really putting out some high-quality stuff lately! COOL![:D]
Thanks guys! I’ve been cranking them out lately, this, the matilda and my KV-2 in the last 3 weeks…next I’ve got a 222, a churchill, a Bronco Comet with lots of goodies (these are sort of “practice” for the comet) and I’ve started a scratchbuilt SADF Buffel. I’m painting up the interior of the 250/9 right now, pictures tomorow. Thanks again!
Looking good Ian! You might want to check the top hatch grenade screen, in the third/fourth pics it looks like the top edge has separated from the side on the left side?
ian are you that bored???. looking real good so far.
Well, took me a little longer to get some pictures, but I’ve made quite a bit of progress. Painted the interior and gun, then sealed thehull halves. Then some masking around the turret and open rear door, before basecoating, decals and a start on weathering. Most of the weathering is don now, and it came out quite a bit darker than planned. I still have to paint most of the decals, finish weathering, and do some pigments, heavy on the tracks and lower hull. Here she is so far:
That’s some great work Ian. Most will love that heavy weathered look.
Thanks Eric. Personally, I like a heavily weathered look. For one, it keeps them looking less like a toy than a Factory Fresh Paint job (no offence to anyone who prefers clean models, it’s just my preference) And also, keeps eachh model looking indivdual. No trwo heavily weathered vehicles look the same to me, whereas freshly painted models look for the most art, the same to me. Again, just an opinion.
Have you ever tried the salt method? I was think of trying that on a Afrika Korps scheme.
Nope, can’t say I have. Too scared I will ruin a paint job iafter I’ve got my whole basecoat down and all! [:O] I pickep up “the sponge method” from Doog and Biffa, and already I love it. So easy to fix mistakes, too!
Wow, Ian, looks great. You just keep improving with each model. New airbrush, you don’t need no stinkin new airbrush. You’re doing just fine with this one. I’ve always liked the half tracks, I hope when I do mine it comes out half as good as yours! Keep up the great work and keep posting the pics!
Thanks RandW!..my airbrushing skills are half the reason I weather so heavily…nobody can tell how good/bad your basecoats are if there smother in waehering and grime!
Ahhh…weathering will hide a poor basecoat, but you can’t hide poor weathering. And weathering won’t hide a sloppy build unless you glop mud all over! Again, nice work!
Ian, I must say that you are truly outdoing yourself! You’ve improved your skills so remarkably over the last few months that I swear you deserve the “most improved modeler” award![:D]
I think this is really superb. I love the weathering; of course I’m in the same camp as you, with the heavy-weather thing! It looks very realistic; I only wish I could see the interior too!
BRAVO! WELL DONE MY BOY!!![(-D]
Thanks Doog!–Most improved award brings me back to the days when I played soccer, and every year recieved most improved player–'cus they couldn’t think what else to give me! [:D]
More/better pictures of the interior will come with the finished photos, after pigments and detail painting.
Cool Ian, but lets cut to the important stuff…do you have any luck with the ladies?[:-^][(-D]
Hey Ian great job with the weathering. Hey Doog do you got any pointers on how to get the ladies?[:-^][(-D]
Oh, I can answer that one for Doog. It’s simple, just remember…spandex. Or big hair. Or spandex and big hair…ahhhh…maybe Doog should answer this after all!