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88mm FLAK 37 mit Behelfslafette
- Thread starter Burton
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Kryptosdaddy wrote:
I used this one :
go to Aber and the type 'Flak 36' in the search box. It should give item 35184 as a result. That's where you can get the shield.
The hydraulic tubing is made by using the smallest type of soldering wire i could get. I think it has the right look for those tubes.
@ MP, Mr T and TomN:
Thank you for your kind words !
Frank
I used this one :
go to Aber and the type 'Flak 36' in the search box. It should give item 35184 as a result. That's where you can get the shield.
The hydraulic tubing is made by using the smallest type of soldering wire i could get. I think it has the right look for those tubes.
@ MP, Mr T and TomN:
Thank you for your kind words !
Frank
kryptosdaddy
Active member
Kryptosdaddy wrote:
I used this one :
go to Aber and the type 'Flak 36' in the search box. It should give item 35184 as a result. That's where you can get the shield.
The hydraulic tubing is made by using the smallest type of soldering wire i could get. I think it has the right look for those tubes.
@ MP, Mr T and TomN:
Thank you for your kind words !
Frank
Thanks for getting me straight on that shield Frank!
Hi all.
Today a little update on the weathering of my Flak. Still a lot of work to do but as you may have noticed, I'm not the
fastest modeler on the planet ! :S
I'm not a fan of 'the scrapyard' look so I try to keep my weathering subtle and try to alter it depending on the use of the part of
the equipment. The lafette is subject to wear and tear; it's close to the ground and the gun operators will trot on it.
So I tried to give a worn out look to the paint; some mud splashes and scratches and dirt accumulating in the recesses.
On the other hand the gun shield is likely to be relatively clean, no one will walk on that. The shield protects the crew so there
will be some shrapnel marks damaging the paint. Some more wear is likely to be expected on the moving parts.
Rain streaks on the upper part and a little rust at the bottom where the rain accumulates. The lower part of the outer corners
and edges are subject to paint wear because they can be damaged by the crew.
The inner part of the shield is an other story. Because it doesn't catch as much light I spray painted it in a different hue,
it looks a bit "warmer". Same here; more likely to wear because of the gun operators moving about or using the handles.
Still a bit of work.
The HJ Division hand painted names on their equimpent. So I named the gun "Caesar" spelled "Cäsar" in German.
It is actually the name of the last gun standing in front of Cussy defending the "Abbaye d'Ardenne".
So here's "Caesar", no weathering yet.
I hope I didn't bore you too much with all my theories !!!
Greetings
Frank
Today a little update on the weathering of my Flak. Still a lot of work to do but as you may have noticed, I'm not the
fastest modeler on the planet ! :S
I'm not a fan of 'the scrapyard' look so I try to keep my weathering subtle and try to alter it depending on the use of the part of
the equipment. The lafette is subject to wear and tear; it's close to the ground and the gun operators will trot on it.
So I tried to give a worn out look to the paint; some mud splashes and scratches and dirt accumulating in the recesses.
On the other hand the gun shield is likely to be relatively clean, no one will walk on that. The shield protects the crew so there
will be some shrapnel marks damaging the paint. Some more wear is likely to be expected on the moving parts.
Rain streaks on the upper part and a little rust at the bottom where the rain accumulates. The lower part of the outer corners
and edges are subject to paint wear because they can be damaged by the crew.
The inner part of the shield is an other story. Because it doesn't catch as much light I spray painted it in a different hue,
it looks a bit "warmer". Same here; more likely to wear because of the gun operators moving about or using the handles.
Still a bit of work.
The HJ Division hand painted names on their equimpent. So I named the gun "Caesar" spelled "Cäsar" in German.
It is actually the name of the last gun standing in front of Cussy defending the "Abbaye d'Ardenne".
So here's "Caesar", no weathering yet.
I hope I didn't bore you too much with all my theories !!!
Greetings
Frank
I'm diggin' it, 
kryptosdaddy
Active member
Me too!
The more i see of this build, the more convinced i become that I cannot paint mine in a natural metal theme without it looking like it came from a Hasbro box- Very nice and conservative weathering.
The more i see of this build, the more convinced i become that I cannot paint mine in a natural metal theme without it looking like it came from a Hasbro box- Very nice and conservative weathering.
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
WOW!
Hi Gents,
Some workbench pictures of the progress on the Flak - weathering to prove to you that I'm not hibernating !!!
Hope you like them.
Breech before weathering
I wanted to try something else by giving it local washing with Prussian bleu
In the next pictures the weathering is complete except for the breech and gun tube.
I used Van Dyck Brown and Payne's Grey to add the shadows.
Thanks for watching,
Frank
Some workbench pictures of the progress on the Flak - weathering to prove to you that I'm not hibernating !!!
Hope you like them.
Breech before weathering
I wanted to try something else by giving it local washing with Prussian bleu
In the next pictures the weathering is complete except for the breech and gun tube.
I used Van Dyck Brown and Payne's Grey to add the shadows.
Thanks for watching,
Frank
