The Duke's Latest Armor

[Duke Maddog]

In this post, I have two finished models for the collection and two models that I built for my wargame army that do not count toward my finished armor collection.

First off, this is my first model that I finished up for my collection. This is Dragon's 1/72 scale StuG III F that I built during my AMPS club's Four Hour Build Challenge. The rules were:

1) No snap together models
2) the box could be opened but the sprues needed to be still sealed in the bag.
3) Anything goes; just see how far you could get in four hours.

This little StuG was done in that four hour period:

In addition to that, I finished up these two Revell of Germany M4-A1 Shermans that I had bought from an estate sale. I completed both of them in the same four hours that I completed the StuG. These will be going to my war game army:

Finally, the second model for my collection is this 1/72 scale UM Models M4-A1 Sherman with the mine roller attached to it. This was a real bear to do and I'm glad this is finally finished:

That's all for now from my workbench. Hopefully more will come flying off on the way to the shelf. I need the space!

Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[moon puppy]

Nice weathering Mark.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Bob! I used MiG Pigments that the AMPS club had available for the StuG and two Shermans. The mineroller Sherman was weathered by Iwata.

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[razordws]

Nice work Mark!

I bought that Stug III kit recently. How did you like the one piece vinyl track and road wheel assembly? I was not impressed when I saw that in the box.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks James!

Thanks Razor! I wasn't all that impressed either, but they do look fairly good, detail wise. They went on okay; I didn't even need to glue them. I did have to press them back on a few times, but they stayed for the most part. They don't take paint all that well though. It took two sprays of paint from the airbrush to get a solid enough color. I didn't worry too much as it was going to be covered in dust anyway.

Thanks again for looking in and commenting.

 

[Dave wahl]

Duke, its been a long time since I was on the forum. I commend you on the job you did on those 4 hour builds and the wargame stuff. The 4 hour builds are interesting looking, but that Mine Roller looks like a bear. I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year as well

Dave

 

[Duke Maddog]

Dave it is so great to see you back! I appreciate the compliments on the work I did here. Yes, the UM Sherman with mineroller was a real bear to build; I had started this with three other UM Sherman models and this one was the only one I could bring over the finish line. It also took me four months to finish... far longer than anything else that size.



I also managed to finish a few others that you might have missed: A Roden Vauxhall staff car, a Russian Aircraft Carrier, a Star Destroyer from Star Wars, the Mach 5 and Monkeemobile and maybe a few more I have forgotten about. Feel free to check them out too. And above all, stay around! You have been sorely missed!

 

[Swordsman]

Nice work Mark ... Too tiny for me ... Heck I've moved up to 1:48 in my model RR ... Nope I don't do tiny ... But you do it well My Friend .... :salute

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Gerry! I love tiny! It fits so well on display and in tubs. Besides, I love consistency....

Thanks again for the compliments!

 

[Swordsman]

Thanks Gerry! I love tiny! It fits so well on display and in tubs. Besides, I love consistency....

Thanks again for the compliments!

Just keep running that play .... Until ... :nothingtoad

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Gerry! I love tiny! It fits so well on display and in tubs. Besides, I love consistency....

Thanks again for the compliments!

Just keep running that play .... Until ... :nothingtoad

Don't worry, I will.

Stay tuned for more.