Sd.Kfz. 7 Armoured cab w/ 3.7 cm Flak

[Matt Beattie]

Hey everyone well this is my first blog in quite some time as my interest and motivation has been lost for a while now but it is slowly on the mend
This is a build i completed a few months ago and as yet i haven't put it on a base

It's ( as you have guessed by now ) DML's newish Sd.Kfz. 7 with armoured cab and 3.7 cm Flak and what an out standing , detailed kit it is

All that i have added is a JB barrel , Griffon engine detail set and a set of Friul tracks that i had lying around for a few year's that i was going to use on Tamiya's " 7 " but never got around to finishing
The Photo's were taken on my new iPhone so my lighting set up etc weren't used hence the quality of the photo's ( not the phone's camera issue as it quite a good camera )

so here's what i have done so far ...... hope you enjoy

I still have a little work to complete but will finish it once it's on the base

All comments , questions are more than appreciated

cheer's

Matt :laugh:

 

[lupanzer]

Dear Matt.

...I like it very much...an agressive look...a superb weathering job!...nice style!

Regards and good return to our hobby!

Luiz from Antarctic Continent...

 

[Matt Beattie]

Thank you Luiz for your kind words , glad you like it

cheer's

Matt

 

[Kreighshoer]

matt, that's really wonderful looking!

too bad that you didn't share the actual build with us! would have been very interesting!

 

[Matt Beattie]

Thank you Laura , yes i am kicking myself now that i didn't take some in progress shots as a lot of painted detail has now been hidden
I will take some photo's of under neath to show the detail and i didn't hold back on the painting and weathering here either
Next time i will be taking more in step photo's on a build like this

cheer's and thanks again

Matt

 

[AndyFettes]

Love it

Especially the weathering

 

[Matt Beattie]

Cheer's Andy , thanks mate

Well i have just taken a few more rough and ready photo's ( i'm being lazy as i can't be bothered setting up my make shift photo booth )
to show off the detail underneath
Hope they do the detail ( and all my hard work :S ) justice

thanks ............

And a few more photo's showing detail of the Flak

Thanks again

Matt

 

[Legio Italica]

Hi Matt, fantastic weathering on this one... Congratulations..

Massimo :cheer:

 

[Matt Beattie]

Hey Massimo , thank you very much , much appreciated

Matt

 

[Jenny Croft]

:laugh: Haha almost had me going there , this is a real half track , not a model ...... isn't it ?

I am loving all the detailed weathering you have done Matt .

Jenny :kiss:

 

[carabinier]

aaaaawwwwww thats a beauty, fantastic work the weathering is superb you have inspired me to get mine out of the stash and have a go

 

[MrT]

:pinch: :woohoo: WOW!!! Fantastic work!! I would say something, but I can't get my breath.

Terry

 

[Dario Risso]

Man, I'm confused! They are pictures of a museum's vehicle or a 1/35 model?

NIce job MAtt, it looks so real!!!

Darío

 

[panzerace007]

MATT,

You nailed it Brother Man !! Great job all the way around. The weathering is Superb !

Dragon packs a lot of Detail into their Sd.Kfz 7 family !!

ERIK

 

[Matt Beattie]

WOW thank you all so much for your kind words and inspiration , truly means a lot

Man what else can i say but thank you again

Matt

 

[Rudi Richardson]

I thought you'd finished this one? Wasn't it at Expo? :hmmm Can't leave good enough alone, can ya? :pp

Looks good mate! What's next?

 

[Matt Beattie]

Hey Rudi hows it going

Well i have finished the build but i will be putting it on a small base so the ground work etc needs to be done and yes it was at expo

Up next i am doing the "Erzats " M10 with a twist so watch this space , this will be a big project for me so i am giving myself till expo next year to hopefully finish it . The tank itself is finished ready for paint but the base is in very , very early stage

thanks again mate

Matt

 

[modelguru]

Is it real or is it memorex. man that is stunning the first few pics I thought were reference pics of the real vehicle until I got down to the ones that were showing the base .That is just amazing I cant stop looking at it.

 

[StuG]

It's really great work...!

 

[Sven_Frisch]

Yeah, stop posting pictures of real vehicles here Just wonder where you got that huge wooden base from and how you managed to get the Sdkfz 7 on it

Great work....heavy but extremely realistic weathering, mate

Sven