discussion A Summer Schwimm (Tamiya 1/48 Schwimmwagen)

[Steve Brodie]

After spending Friday night photographing a junior football team presentation and then spending all weekend photographing a junior ice hockey tournament ( and picking up a couple of injuries !!), I managed to get some time last night to add some weathering to the little schwimmer, mud and dust added along with paint chips. Got her on her wheels, so now need to weather up the wheels, add the windscreen/shield and also a steering wheel. Was looking a bit bare in the back so ordered this set from blackdog models - http://www.blackdog.cz/products/t48/t48025/1.jpg

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Got some camo foliage to add to her as well.;

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Thanks for looking(again)

 

[papa 695]

That is coming along very nicely Steve.

 

[col68]

Looking good steve .

 

[Guest]

Awesome Steve, looing great.

Have fun, John

 

[monica]

looking good,Steve,like the mud ,and dusty look,nice bit of camo as well,

 

[Pikeman]

Just caught up Steve and this is looking great mate

 

[Steve Brodie]

Thanks for all the kind comments

 

[Steve Brodie]

Steering wheel and windscreen finally added. Put some 'in field' camouflage on her last night, it was very green (bright), so toned down with the same dust mix i had used on the actual car, seemed to help and tie it in better. After all, why would the grass, flowers be nice and clean when the vehicle is dusty and muddy;

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Will have to post a photo of the schwimmwagen next to a bottle of Tamiya paint, this thing is tiny, only 82mm long !!

Now i am just waiting for my mobile to ping to say the Blackdog set have arrived at Argos and i can pick them up.

 

[Steve Brodie]

Go some of the blackdog gear painted up last night;

Panzerfaust, base coated - next step is shadows and highlights ;

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Duffel Bags (?) - i did start to paint these wih AK canvas, but it just would not adhere to the resin, so base coated them with Tamiya German grey and then repainted with the AK colour, has left quite a nice affect - next step shading and highlight washes

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Back pack - painted and highlighted (washes) - next shadow wash to be added and dusted up.

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Mess Canteens - base painted - next

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Apologies for my 'paint pot thumb' in some of the shots, but it does add a sense of scale to the gear.
Items are Matt, just the light has given them a gloss coat !!, will all be dullcoated later

 

[papa 695]

Great work Steve and some very nice additions. I know how small it is but it's coming along nicely, or should I say schwimmingly. .

 

[Guest]

Great stuff!!!
Those details will mark the difference

 

[Steve Brodie]

ordered some decals to finish of the Panzerfaust (from the states), so no updates for a week or so. back to the Takom ZSU it is.

 

[Pikeman]

Liking the additions it really makes a difference to the look of the build,great job Steve looks fab

 

[Steve Brodie]

Thanks all for the kind comments, still waiting for the Panzerfaust decals to arrive from Uncle Sam

 

[Steve Brodie]

Started to fit out the little swimmer, couple of ruck sacks, two mess tins and a backpack. Just waiting for the panzerfausts to be completed along with the figure.

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[Steve Brodie]

The decals for the Panzerfaust’s arrived from the states yesterday, so thought I would have a bash at decaling some of the resin items. So cut the decals as would normally, leaving a fair amount of backing paper so I could slide the decal across onto the items. WRONG, the decals are printed as one sheet, so I ended up with a very small decal on a huge piece of decal paper . Lesson learned I trimmed the next decal right down to the edge of the print, dipped in water and then – how do I get it off the backing paper, can’t pull it forward as nothing to grip on as the decal is the whole back as well and some of these are minute, very, very fiddly, but did manage to use a brush and slowly paint the decal off the paper. I had read recently that Tamiya thinners work brilliantly as a decal fixing medium and also acts as a setting agent, so have tried that method to seat the decals in place. Will need to check later if it worked or destroyed the decals.

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[col68]

Steve those decals and panzer shrek look the business mate.
Do they do the decals in 1/35 scale?

 

[Steve Brodie]

Steve those decals and panzer shrek look the business mate.
Do they do the decals in 1/35 scale?

Thanks very much, Pendinghaus dont seem to, but Archer fine transfers do -

http://www.archertransfers.com/AR77040.html

then their are these resin beauty's, if you dont have any 'shreks' to hand -

https://hlj.com/product/HALHLU35075...MIj8_0n5P31AIVzZ3tCh2HwApqEAYYASABEgLyWPD_BwE