1/48 Academy Jagdpanzer ..... :^o !!!!!!!

[jose luis lopez]

Yes ... it´ s the old Tamiya kit, released by Academy ... 30 years ago?

... yes ... this one:

... just see the tracks ...

Why I´m doing this?

JUST for fun! I also want to see if a detailed painting work can hide a bad kit ...

Meanwhile I finish the 1/48 AFV Club Tiger I Vignette (glossy varnish is really slowly to dry...), I decided for a really fast work, just for joy ... because modelling is not just accuracy, details, resin and PE parts .. it´s also FUN

I started it on the MBC-Camuflage show last sunday at Mülheim-Kärlich (Germany), close to Koblenz, where I bought the kit for just 5 Euros!

This is what I did there:

... soon, some steps more.

If result is funny and not too much "toy - looking", I´ll make a little funny vignette with this one:

Soon ... more steps ... and also the finished base for the Tiger... just waiting for the figures


Many thanks for looking!

 

[lupanzer]

Dear Jose.

...very interesting thread...I agree with you...an elaborate painting job will hide the issues of this old one...anxious to see it finished!

Best!

Luiz.

 

[shawngehling]

Jose,
I think I like where this one is going... :evil: :evil: :evil: hmy:
I have a bunch of snap-tite 1/32nd scale cars for the
same purpose... I will be following this build closely.
Shawn

 

[Ted]

I love it. It is great to see out-of-the-box builds by skilled modellers. That rabbit must be a rare kit.

 

[Iron Mike]

If anyone could make a cheap kit look like a million bucks, it's you, Jose! I like what you've done so far! I had a 1983 Rabbit, the Golf looks much like it. Decent car for the money, I'll be interested to see where you go with it.

 

[jose luis lopez]

... you did not wait too long for a new post, didn´t you ....

Some pictures from the kit made just some minutes ago

I did:

- General and intensive wash (using oleo) all aroud the kit to enhance the ... details? ... details? ... where? .... awfull kit ...

- General acrylic highlight on details and some surfaces. I used the same base color adding some dark yellow.

- Decals. The decals from the kit, excepting the plates, are unusable. I used home made templates for the circles, decals from a Revell´s Tornado (1/72) for the crosses and transfers for the numbers.

- Accesories base color. I painted the gun cover with acrylic canvas color slightly higlighted with marfil. Metal parts directly in black and wood parts using two different colors to achieve a more colorfull finish.

- Chipping. As usually with acrylic colors. For superficial chips, just the base color a little highligthd. For the deepest, just a 50% red - 50% black mix. Some chippings were applied with a number 1 brush and others, with a sponge

Next step ... oleos.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Legio Italica]

Very well done as usual Josè....I envy your skill in making so many models in a short time.

Massimo

 

[Jenny Croft]

Jose ! You are a magician !!! Really you are

Jenny :kiss:

 

[alex]

your brilliant paintwork distracts the eye from the horrible detail on this model kit. i know how horrible it is i have one which i keep as a memory of when i was just a teen talking of which does anybody remember the 1/48 aurora is3, chi ha and m48 i still have them boxed and all

 

[Fomare]

Hola Jose Luis,

Good painting work with an old kit.Like it.

About the tracks,do you think about any similar in 1/35 scale?,(of a little bit more

vehicle,like Toast or similar US.Army vehicles,also driving and wheel.) :huh:

Saludos from Mad.

Tom

 

[jose luis lopez]

Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen!

Legio ... just because my family is not at home now .... ... I miss them and making kits helps me to make time goes faster....

Jenny ... thank you for you nice words, you´re too kind with me!.

Alex, sometimes, to make a kit just for fun is the best medicine!. And of course, a dummie kit is perfect to try new techniques (in this one I´ll try a dry mud)

Fomare ... you really read my mind. I´ve been thinking about this ... the questions is ... which 1/35 vehicle??? ... any idea?

Many thanks for your replies!

 

[Fomare]

Jose Luis,

You can prove in the next link; http://propaganda-kompany.com/

Marc Lebayon,the owner,maybe have a set US.modern wheels,maybe also the tracks.

Just another possibility would be the wheels and tracks of the Tamiya Pershing in 1/48.

I can not remember the type of drawing in the shoes of the chains.I'm not sure is an idea.

Best,


Tomas

 

[jose luis lopez]

Fomare ... thank you for the link. Unfortunately, I didn´t find something useful for this one.... anyway, I found really atractive stuff for future works. Thanks!

And now, the final chapter of this experiment

Dust and accesories made with oleos and acrylic paints.

Sometimes, a work like this one, without pressure, no rush ... is highly recommended ... JUST FOR JOY!

Thanks for looking!