sWS halftrack Revell/Italeri kit

[Bagge]

Well i'm back and i thought to finnish this one (already started the second one).

Remade the shipping and wheathering due to misstake with the airbrush....

Here it is as it looks now, and there is a new slogan to, the other one was messed up.

And here is some pics of SwS no.2
This one will be the ammo carrier so i take some artistic freedom and change the flatbed to one from an opel blitz, just made some changes to the front of it as you can see in the pics.

And the attachments for the seatplanks must away.

This will be a sort of "what if" build that's why i done so heavy wheathering etc. and i don't think they made a SwS with that kind of flatbed and armoured cab.... but i find that it could have happened :Hiay
//Mats

 

[Bagge]

Oh and i found this at work in the bag with cleaning rags, it will now serve as cleaning rag for my brushes, i guess it travelled a long way to Belgium :woohoo:

//Mats

 

[moon puppy]

Looks great Mats, glad to see you back at the bench

 

[Bagge]

done a little work on the driver for Sws no2, first time trying german camouflage
Let me know if it's good enough to pass :S
here are the pics

And as you can see here not much will show when it's closed up so maybe i get away with it this time :coolio

If someone have a simple and good sbs for painting these with acrylics please post it up, i would LOVE to learn it! i have so many kits with figures in these kind of uniforms but what's the use of building when i can't paint them good......

//Mats

 

[moon puppy]

I think it looks good Mats

 

[Bagge]

Thanks Bob
Today i've been busy with the sides of the flatbed, drilling out the tie downs

And i had to cut away a piece of one board on the back, otherwise it would interfear with the tow hook when lowered down (it will be in upright position but it's just those small things )

Also the lid for the gastank was to long now with the new flatbed

So i cut a piece off and glued it together again, quick easy fix i'm happy

Yesterday i added the wire for the winch, on the first SwS i didn't do this :pinch:

And at last a pic of the bench, much cleaner than last week as i had it with to the show (thank god for shows than i must clean up a little bit hahaha)

Comments are always welcome :drinks
//Mats

 

[moon puppy]

Nice job shorting the filler pipe, doesn't look like you touched it.

 

[jknaus]

Very very cool Matts. Really like how you did this
James

 

[Bagge]

Thanks Bob and James :drinks
//Mats

 

[Bagge]

Well i knew it would happen... screwed up the paint on the chassi
Glad i didn't do some bigger damage, it can be saved but i feel so sick of doing any paintjob right now, have many builds standing waiting for paint but whats the use, might as well paint them with a big brush!
:smack

 

[Tojo72]

Very interesting build,you don't see that every day,fig does look good.

 

[reconron]

Well i knew it would happen... screwed up the paint on the chassi
Glad i didn't do some bigger damage, it can be saved but i feel so sick of doing any paintjob right now, have many builds standing waiting for paint but whats the use, might as well paint them with a big brush!
:smack

Oh no!...what happened?
Maybe we can help you out if you tell us. :zen


Greetings,Ron.

 

[Bagge]

Thanks need all the support i can get right now
//Mats

 

[moon puppy]

Well then...

:zen :zen :zen :zen :zen

 

[Bagge]

Got a tip from a friend in our club to use vallejos airbrush cleaner as thinner for the model colour.
Gave it a try and it worked very well, just need to do a couple of thin layers.
//Mats

 

[Bagge]

The drive sprockets i painted now with the vallejo a-b cleaner and 70982 cavalry brown.

Front wheels in place, these i handpainted B)

Back of the flatbed, made some small bits to hold the planks together.

Roadwheels! (well not so many on this one)

//Mats

 

[MrT]

I feel your pain.

Looking good so far.

B)

 

[Bagge]

Todays progress, told myself not to start up the computer until the wheels were atleast primed and ready for painting :side:
It worked because i finally made some nice progress :drinks

Going to be some touching up after they are in place, and some mud on the drive sprockets hrmm :smack
:coolio
//Mats

 

[moon puppy]

I can't keep a computer in the garage for this very reason. Wouldn't get any work done.

Looking good Mats

 

[Bagge]

Thanks Bob, yeah it's my biggest problem, if i sit down at the computer then i'm stuck there

Well i got something done today to, filled in some holes in the fenders.

Cleaned up some tools i had in the spares box, still looking for some more tools see:
https://www.modelersalliance.com/forum/post-exchange/147703-tools-for-german-afvs

Found this little guy, think he came with a Dodge truck that my brother had (airfix/italeri/etc) long time ago.

gonna try to clean him upp a little and see if he can be used in a diorama

Wheels are on, just the rear wheels left to do, colours are a little bit bright from the flash, the second is better.

Hope it will come out ok in this scheme :hmmm :idonno
//Mats