Restarting the Maybach !

[longlance67]

Its time to take AFV's Sd.Kfz.251/D off dust gathering shelf and restart the project after it kinda burned out :-X





having decided to left the rocket launcher platforms off and model the 251 as a standard troop carrier as the parts were too tricky to work with. Ive painted up the 251 in a simple dark yellow scheme and gonna use it as a platform to try out some new methods of weathering.....in short im gonna weather the balls out of it




the hull:









what i need to do lists as:

paint the road wheels

rear door

MG's & AA mount

Add decals


also got me a new lamp for the work bench which im chuffed about ;D




more to follow soon gents,

thanks for looking


shane.

 

[spud]

oh nice one shane. lamp is nice where did ya nab that from?

 

[longlance67]

Spud, an unicle of mine picked up the lamp from a company that used make them that recently went under

the build goes well just in the process of chippin the paint using the good old sponge method will have pics up very soon


till then gents


cheers,


shane

 

[longlance67]

Howide gents,


as i promised i have an update to share with yee

been working on the first stages of weathering the 251, im aiming to depict a machine belonging to one of DAK's panzer gren regiments so this will give me a nice subject but also a great platform in which to try some heavy weathering methods


The first received a highlight of model colour middle stone drybrushed over the basecoat to give it what i hope comes across as a sun faded effect.



once that set, it was time to break out the sponge and paint and go play school mode i stippled the model with model colours german grey to give its heavy chipping, later i went back over certain areas where further wear would reveal the steel



Then it was on to decals....the one stage where things go so badly wrong, i think many of you out there will argee :-X

something very strange happen to the decals supplied in the kit, it looks like they dried out, never seen it happen before, but the kit has been sitting in the workshop for 8 months so i think moisture may have gotten at them....any thoughts ?



but not too worry have a wealth of 251 decals left over from a danger build years ago, which is very extensive in terms of units included



got the first batch of decalling done tonight and will do the numbering for the plates which are blank :-X tomorrow








thats all for now gents

all feedback welcome


thanks,


shane.

 

[Jelly]

Nice shots, Shane,

I was beginnimg to think that you were AWOL for toooooo much time, man...

Maybe you precise some music background for you work !!

Wehrmacht - Panzer rollen in afrika vor- in Colour

Cheers!
R.G.

 

[longlance67]

Hi Jelly,

sorry i havent been around as much of late, had a mini burn out with so many builds on the go at once, and then discovered the tabletop game Flames of War which i must say is one of hell of a good game ;D

thanks for sharing the vid man, i remenber hearing that when Rommels panzers came ashore and were perading he had each tank go around twice to give the impression that he had double the number


cheers,


shane.

 

[longlance67]

Hi All,

quick update,

still in the progress of decalling the individual nembers for plates from a spare DML sheet i have lying around, they most be one of the smallest and tricky bit of decalling ive done to date, its driving me crazy, but im almost there, just have to hope i dont lose my sanity before the next photo update


thanks for looking in,


shane.

 

[longlance67]

Hi Folks,

update time and a taste of things to come

So im happy to report i got the decals done, and im over joyed as i managed to do number plates without them falling to peices, the model has been given a couple of coats of Matt varnish to seal everthing in before the i begin the last stages of weathering the halftrack. And there maybe a small clue to what im intending to build next but trust me it might be hard to spot ! ;D







and just in case you missed the clue my next build will be finishing off this monster

 

[spud]

hmm ive no idea.... ;D

is that sponging for chipping? or is it camo? reason im asking if its chipping i would have dryed out the sponge more as it looks more like camo ;D

 

[geegad]

thats one big gun buddy i will look cracking when its all painted

 

[longlance67]

- Spud, the hint is very easy to miss alright ;D

as the grey patches they were meant to be scracthes :-X
so should i let the paint slightly dry on sponge before appling it ?

Geegad, thanks for the comment mate

im looking forward to getting crack on the monster, it'll be a pig to brush paint but itll be fu n


thanks all


shane.

 

[spud]

lol, what you do is get almost all of the paint out of the sponge and what you after is a subtle effect and just build it up

 

[longlance67]

lol, what you do is get almost all of the paint out of the sponge and what you after is a subtle effect and just build it up

Hi Spud,

a bit of stupid question i know, but it was important i had that i got this method down and tight, so i wouldnt have to deal with the same problem in the future


Build update:

the weathering continues on another horrible Irish summer's day, its been lashing here with heavy rain must of the day, I think Spud will knows what im talking about And just to prove the irish weather has a mean sense of humor we had lovely spells of sunshine to lure us out hahahahaha :-\

any how back on topic, been weathering away,decals have been sealed away safe and out came the washes, the model was given plenty of pin washes of shadrow brown and gave me a very nice worn effect








more updates to follow


thanks gents


shane.

 

[Ferris928]

Fantastic work!

 

[spud]

looking good Shane

 

[longlance67]

Ferris & Spud - thanks very much for your encouragement and supports gents it means alot



Now on to the long part of the build the wheels....the many.............many wheels :-X ;D
ive started painting them up, in between looking after my dad's dog and painting of a friends Airborne platoon for Flames of War as a gift


so ill have pics up in the next or so, theres alot of painting in these


thanks all


shane.

 

[longlance67]

Howdie all,

quick update chaps

the wheel-aton is finaly done...and it wasnt too bad, now the halftrack actually looks like a halftrack














almost there now chaps


shane.

 

[andrei383]

nice work so far! ;D

 

[spud]

that's looking the doggies now Shane

 

[longlance67]

- andrei383, thanks bud ;D

- Spud, thanks for the kind words mate ;D


update time

the model has got a few coats of matt varnish on and is ready for weathering process. nearly there now chaps the tracks went on last last night but proved be a little tricky getting the rubber band style tracks to sag realisticly but the good thing about AFV rubber tracks is that normal plastic glue will work on them just fine





all to do now is to go to town with the weathering pigments, im really liking tamyia's little makeup format pigment sets, though i prefer mig's range, these little sets are growing on me as they offer a handy selection of colours in each set, however a coat of matt will haev to go on again after weathering to prevent the tamiya pigments from wiping off due to to handling


more to follow soon


thanks,


shane .