JamesOLeary
Master at Arms
I am building this kit for a build campaign about captured vehicles being put to use by the country that captured them. For this I am going to have this Tamiya SdKfz 251 represent one that was captured by the US Army in France and then was repainted and put to use by an Artillery unit that used captured German guns and vehicles.
Here is the kit I am using. A couple of years ago when my Grandson went to his first few shows, he bought this same kit and built it before I had a chance to help him with it. He got it done in a day and although the suspension of the front wheels was kind of jacked up because he didn't let the glue dry before moving it, it still turned out halfway decent. I bought my kit at Soonercon a couple weekends ago because it seemed like a decent kit, but would still be fairly easy and quick to build.
And here is a picture from a Squadron/Signal book of the vehicle this will end up looking like:
I started building the kit yesterday evening and it is coming along nicely and fairly quick. I might not be following the sequence of construction according to the instructions, but the way I am doing it will enable me to paint the interior details better. I plan on keeping the interior the yellow color that the factory painted it and just painting the exterior OD. I will add some chipping that exposes the yellow a bit.
For stowage I will probably just add a few US packs and some German Artillery ammo.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James
Here is the kit I am using. A couple of years ago when my Grandson went to his first few shows, he bought this same kit and built it before I had a chance to help him with it. He got it done in a day and although the suspension of the front wheels was kind of jacked up because he didn't let the glue dry before moving it, it still turned out halfway decent. I bought my kit at Soonercon a couple weekends ago because it seemed like a decent kit, but would still be fairly easy and quick to build.
And here is a picture from a Squadron/Signal book of the vehicle this will end up looking like:
I started building the kit yesterday evening and it is coming along nicely and fairly quick. I might not be following the sequence of construction according to the instructions, but the way I am doing it will enable me to paint the interior details better. I plan on keeping the interior the yellow color that the factory painted it and just painting the exterior OD. I will add some chipping that exposes the yellow a bit.
For stowage I will probably just add a few US packs and some German Artillery ammo.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James