Staghound

[Ted]

Here's the Italeri Staghound with Resicast accessories. It'll be a Manitoba Dragoons car. I'm having fun with the interior, don't know how far I'll take the detail. I used Armorscale and Collector's Brass barrels. The Bronco kit fit together better and was more fun to build but the Italeri kit has a basic turret basket and gun breech.

 

[jknaus]

Awesome work. The holes beside the radio, are they ammo ready storage? This will definately look cool when finished I think.
James

 

[Ken Abrams]

Sweet.

I love the Staghound, I'm sure you'll do a nice job Ted.

 

[f1matt]

Nice job on the side stowage baskets. And an excellent choice for a unit. Not that I`m biased.

*cough, my home province, cough*

Matt in Manitoba

 

[Ted]

Thanks James, Ken and Matt. Much appreciated. I believe the plates on either side of the wireless set are for shells but I'm not sure.

I sprayed this Staghound with Tamiya Olive Drab/Dark Yellow over white primer and black pre-shading. Lots of stowage and weathering to go.

 

[randy_ditton]

Hi Ted, Gotta love the Stag!! Really nice build and paint job :dude

Randy

 

[Ted]

Thanks Randy.

I started on the figures for this dio. I'm using a Triumph motorcycle and one of the figures in the Bronco kit along with a slightly modified Miniart British tanker as the Manitoba Dragoon. Matt, you'll be happy to hear that the Bronco kit comes with Royal Winnipeg uniform decals (was a surprise to me). So this vignette will represent two Manitoba regiments.

The Bronco figures in the Triumph kit really look like Miniart figures, same dour expression and good detail. The motorcycle is super detailled and very nice to build.

I also added decals on the ammo cases from the Bronco 25 pounder ammo case set. They're pretty nice.

 

[Kreighshoer]

hmmmm - i should check out allied builds more often it seems! :S

another winner from you ted! the staghound looks way cool and the figures/motorbike very promising!

 

[Dar]

Excellent work Ted. The motorbike is shaping up nicely too.

Dave.

 

[f1matt]

Well I'll be...that's a neat surprise. Great progress on the Stag!

Matt

 

[StuG]

Looking good...

 

[shawngehling]

Ted,
Looks great to me... (I'm not sure about the figures though.
Is that guy asking for directions)??? If so I'm thinking that they
aren't too realistic looking
We all know that "Guys" don't ask for directions. :laugh:
hmy: Did I cross some kind of line (again). :evil: :evil:
But seriously the Stag looks great and so do the figures and bike.
I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Shawn

 

[Ted]

shawngehling wrote:

I'm not sure about the figures though.
Is that guy asking for directions?

I might paint a crossword puzzle on the clipboard.

 

[shawngehling]

Ted wrote:

shawngehling wrote:

I'm not sure about the figures though.
Is that guy asking for directions?

I might paint a crossword puzzle on the clipboard.

How about a pin up... That might be more fitting. I have some
if you need them in 1/35th scale.
Shawn

 

[Ted]

Re:Staghound and Triumph

Thanks everyone!

I finished the motorcycle, holy smokes, that's a lot of tiny parts. The fork was a challenge but the rest fit together well. I should have filled the back of each saddlebag with putty; I had to put the roll on the rear rack to hide the open-back saddlebags. After my eyes un-cross I'll think about brake and clutch cables

 

[shawngehling]

Ted,
That bike is really sweet looking and has lots of brass...
Looks great.
I'll be following this one closely.
Keep posting us pictures. I love it.
Shawn

 

[Dar]

That Motorbike is a little beauty!

 

[Ted]

Re:Staghound and Triumph

Thanks guys. The painting is finished. The stowage took a long time. Now for the weathering. I painted a cap badge to add to the dio base.

 

[shawngehling]

Wow,
Look at the detail on that bike...
Sweet build... I Love the Staghound too.
Shawn