System Light Dark

Theme editor

Page Setup Appearance

  • Page Width

    Toggle Page Width

    Allows you to change page width values

    Color Pickers

    Toggle color picker

    Allows you to change the color of some predefined items

    Typography

    Select the font you want to use

  • Styles

    Select the style you want to use

    Style variation

    Select the style variation you want to use
    System Light Dark
Scale Model Shop

Dragon 1/16 Joachim Peiper

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Guest
Thread owner
View attachment 411108

I was recently alarmed to notice the dearth of Tamiya and Dragon 1/16 figures available from the various UK suppliers, so I put in an order with John to stock up. I've made all of them before, but it's always worth revisiting these kits to gauge any improvements in technique one may have made in the interim. The first is a Dragon depiction of Mr Nasty, Joachim Peiper. He's shown wearing Kriegsmarine pattern leather clothing, though I suspect the trousers were actually the tankers blue overalls and not leather as per the box art.

The box contents:

View attachment 411109View attachment 411110

One sprue of well sculpted parts and instructions that include a cut-out map. I was recently surprised to find that a photo of one of my very old builds of this kit is being used on a Vietnamese supplier's website - oh dear.
 
Hi Peter
Watching as always - here before the rabble :thumb2:
Peter Day said:
I was recently surprised to find that a photo of one of my very old builds of this kit is being used on a Vietnamese supplier's website - oh dear.
Click to expand...
Cheek of the devil these people. Take it as a compliment :rolling:
Jim
 
Thread owner
Ha, only just Jim, as the first of the infamous Rabble is here :smiling2:
Morning Peter, please begin.
Fancy seeing one of your works like that, did you have a double take when you realised ?
 
Thread owner
Jim - Well done getting first place. I do definitely take is as a compliment.

John - Sitting comfortably? I was quite surprised to see the figure on the supplier's site, but with the now defunct forum that we don't mention, all photos were automatically released onto the internet. Quite good for publicity - I used to get 10x more hits than now - though I can see how some people wouldn't like it.

This one is built and ready for paint:

View attachment 411123

As usual, the fit was good, though there was a lot of sanding and scalpel work involved. The join on the torso went through the middle of the shoulder boards, so I smoothed them off and reapplied the insignia.
 
Thread owner
Peter-that's surprising to read that all our photos are now out there, suppose we gave out rights to that when we first joined.
Looking fwd to the paint, later today ?
 
Thread owner
Hi John. The photos went down with the site, unless they were saved by someone.
 
Peter Day said:
View attachment 411108

I was recently alarmed to notice the dearth of Tamiya and Dragon 1/16 figures available from the various UK suppliers, so I put in an order with John to stock up. I've made all of them before, but it's always worth revisiting these kits to gauge any improvements in technique one may have made in the interim. The first is a Dragon depiction of Mr Nasty, Joachim Peiper. He's shown wearing Kriegsmarine pattern leather clothing, though I suspect the trousers were actually the tankers blue overalls and not leather as per the box art.

The box contents:

View attachment 411109View attachment 411110

One sprue of well sculpted parts and instructions that include a cut-out map. I was recently surprised to find that a photo of one of my very old builds of this kit is being used on a Vietnamese supplier's website - oh dear.
Click to expand...
HI PETER lookin good this but ive had the same problem but with one of my ships i built 20 yrs ago as one of my boaty freind told me that some model company is useing a picture of my hms cambeltown to advertise their model kits an ive been tryin to find out who it is as my freind saw it on one of his freinds pc an now they cant find it as they were just lookin through different sites as you say cheeky devils
chris
 
Thread owner
Hi Chris. I personally don't mind at all, but I think using pictures of one of your builds without permission is a bit much.
 
Peter Day said:
Hi Chris. I personally don't mind at all, but I think using pictures of one of your builds without permission is a bit much.
Click to expand...
HI Peter thats what i thought if they had asked id have said its ok its just the princeable of it isnt it an im watchin this build as i gather he was a bit of a nasty character this chap ? ATB
chris
 
Morning Peter

Another good start on the smaller figure.

I guess the uniform doesn't allow much variation the way it has been moulded?

Must be odd finding your work out on the interweb!

Looks like a long wet week ahead

Have fun with the leather jacket today

Regards

Steve H
 
Great start Peter I agree with best left alone ,ages ago now some of my russian armoured train builds from the old mm site turned up on a well known Dutch site ,im sure though when I joined the mm site I pushed a button saying anybody could use said pics ,I was shocked and proud when I first saw them. Dave.
 
Thread owner
Steve - Morning. You're right about the jacket, but there should be enough to work with. I'm going to give him overall trousers in reed green for a bit of variety, When the other site was active my stuff used to appear all over the place, as did everyone else's. Really weird to find it cropping up in this instance though. Wet, but warmer until the end of the week they say,

Dave - It had it's advantages. Some people's work gained a huge following simply because it popped up when searchers typed 'trench' or 'Spitfire' or whatever. Like you, I took it as a great compliment.
 
Thread owner
The current state of play:

View attachment 411371View attachment 411370

The jacket is more or less done, painted with black and basalt grey as with my Soviet tanker bust. I found that once I put the cap on, the face needed considerable work to adjust the shadows under the peak, something I found very hard to get right and which prompted a fair bit of blue language. I'm going to leave it alone now - it will have to do
 
Great work Peter and he has a rather mean looking face, would not like to meet him on a dark night.


Andy.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Legal Notice

scalemodelling.co.uk is a privately operated online discussion forum. All content posted by members reflects their own views and opinions and does not necessarily represent those of the forum owners or administrators. While reasonable efforts are made to moderate content, no responsibility is accepted for user-generated material. By using this site, you agree to comply with UK law and the forum rules.

Currently on our website
Members online
Threads 36,167
Messages 695,324
Members 2,506
Latest member CaptainDripp
Back
Top