Steyr Schienenpanzer Artilleriewagen: Scratch 1/35

[Pavel Zabák]

Hi Dario,

great masterpiece work.


I´m looking forward to next progress.

Cheers.
Pavel

 

[Dario Risso]

Thanks!!!

Well, more updates:

Both infantry "smokies" guys:

Balast, using cat litter

A try with flower sponge for the railway platform...I don't like...

....so, I made a mold with plasticard....

....and cast a new one with dentist plaster

I carved the floor with a pencil point

Driver and kommandant (WIP). I see the chosen commander has Waffen-SS uniform...so, I change it for this one of a Tamiya box:

And I don't like the driver face, so I take a Hornet head and prepare it for surgery

The railways platform, painted:

The new driver shouting...who knows what to the truppen

All is in progress, so, comments and ideas are wellcomed

Darío

 

[randy_ditton]

Hi Dario, Very nice job on the figs Looking forward to your paint on the train.

Randy

 

[Dario Risso]

Thanks Randy

I want to add a water crane to the scene
There is various pics of those devices in the Web; something like this:

So, I take my used ballpen collection...

...and I start to take measures, cut, make corrections, and file, and glue...etc I used an old Pz III gun for the water pipe lever

The water crane painted and weathered. I add some bicarbonate to simulate frost on the ground; I still need to wipe the excess and see how it looks

Where do you think the dog will choose for a rest? The cement platform or the frost/snow?

Comments are wellcomed

Cheers

Darío

 

[mike walsh]

Excellent effort Dario,

Great attention to detail.Look forward to seeing this wagon painted up.

Keep up the good work

Michael

 

[slodder]

Very nice, great skill.
My comment is about the uniforms of the crew. They are summer/fall and are on the edge of matching the guys in great coats. Maybe if you add a coat to the turret roof as if the crew took them off to have more room in the steyr.
Secondly I do like the 'driver' sticking his head out of the hatch and getting the attention of the guy lighting the cigarette. If he's not there it looks a bit 'off' to me that the guy is not focusing on lighting the cigarette.

 

[sipari]

Re:Steyr Schienenpanzer Artilleriewagen: Scratch 1

This is very beautiful work. I'm too lazy myself to put rivets and bolts in to my works .

 

[sipari]

Re:Steyr Schienenpanzer Artilleriewagen: Scratch 1

This is very beautiful work. I'm too lazy myself to put rivets and bolts in to my works .

 

[Dario Risso]

slodder wrote:

Very nice, great skill.
My comment is about the uniforms of the crew. They are summer/fall and are on the edge of matching the guys in great coats. Maybe if you add a coat to the turret roof as if the crew took them off to have more room in the steyr.
Secondly I do like the 'driver' sticking his head out of the hatch and getting the attention of the guy lighting the cigarette. If he's not there it looks a bit 'off' to me that the guy is not focusing on lighting the cigarette.

Thanks guys!
Slodder, I suposed the kommandant has left is overcoat inside the vehicle

Well, I'm looking for info about theese schemes proposed by Revell (ex-Dragon) instruction sheet

As you can see, the first one suggest a base of dark yellow with ...beige stripes ? :S I wonder if the beige may be a diluted red brown

The second one suggest the same base with whitewash, but I've never see pics of any of the 2 schemes :angry:

Any pic?

Thanks!

Darío

 

[Ovidiu]

Nice and impressive work Dario!

 

[Dario Risso]

Thanks Ovidiu!
Finally I decide to paint in the winter scheme, so, after a pair of coat of dark yellow, a pair of old black balcan crosses and 2 coats of Blem acrilic floor polish, I applied VO5 laquer spray and Tamiya Flat White.

Perhaps I apply too little floor polish, because it was no easy to remove the white paint. I used come laundry soap and a mixture of water-alcohol to remove it in some parts
The paint job must ble continued with some sponge and brush chipping/mapping job

Darío

 

[Dario Risso]

Well, this is ALMOST finished. I need a new comandant, with more apropiate winter uniform. B)

Regards
Darío

 

[panzerace007]

DARIO,

Good Job ! I dig it. Scratch Build away !!


ERIK

 

[slodder]

Nice end result. I think it came out quite well.

 

[Dario Risso]

Thanks guys! I'm still waiting for the kommandant figure; Meanwhile, inspired by this post

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/thread/1281635532/Sanit%E4tshunde--

I add the first aid kit and a canteen to "Otto"

Darío

 

[Legio Italica]

Hi Dario, superb work, congrats for your great skills...

Massimo

 

[modelguru]

That is beautiful

 

[jose luis lopez]

It´s really comforting to see how a nice and complex proyect reachs to the end in a so satisfactory way. Too many promising projects never are finished.

But you did in the best possiblle way!. My sincere congratulations my friend!. Results are evident. Excellent!

 

[Dario Risso]

Thanks guys! Finally, after 11 months since the project started, I've finished it!

Thanks to all for your help!

Darío

 

[Iron Mike]

Awesome, Dario! I really like the figures, quite lifelike! The scratch built aspect makes this build even better!!