discussion Elefant italeri

[Guest]

Hi guys,

I just started building this old kit from italeri.

With a few tweaks you can build a nice model although there are some wrong details... But the main reason of our hobby should be fun ;-)

So I applied self made zimmerit, a antenna, an metal machine gun and friul tracks...

The gear is completely workable ;-)

So the camo get on it...

And some figures for the diorama are assembled ;-)

So... Still work in progress ;-)

Cheers Benny

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[aaron]

wicked stuff...love the camo! looking forward to seeing those figures done.

 

[Lee W]

Looking goooood!

 

[Guest]

It's looking good Benny! You probably know that old kit is quite inaccurate due to mistakes being made when sizing up the original example at Aberdeen, but to my mind, it's still an Elefant! The zimm & the camo look great, will be following your progress.

Cheers

Patrick

 

[Guest]

Looking very good so far Benny

 

[Guest]

Hi benny that is looking very nice so far, the Italeri kit goes together well and builds into a nice kit, keep up the good work.

scott

 

[monica]

nice work Benny good to see you back again , great start and looking forward to seeing your made bits as well,

may i ask what kits are the figures from please, as i do like the horse one, and if you made the rains and stirrup leathers,

plus is the guy going to have a smoke ?, if so what would you use for the smoke ? please,

 

[geegad]

thats one sweet looking ride and your tank isnt bad either...ive got this kit might get it into my to do pile if it looks like this

 

[Alan 45]

I've always wanted to build a tank with actual working suspension and this is it

It's very good so far Benny

 

[Guest]

Thx ;-)

Yes Patrick it's quite inaccurate... But it doesn't bother me ;-) our hobby is still mainly fun

The figures are from the zvezda tank crew kit and the horse is from the tamiya "mounted Wehrmacht" kit.

The tack is made of tamiya masking tape

The one guy has a pipe and the other got a cigarette made on my own ;-)

Don't know if I make smoke...anyone any idea?

The tracks and running gear is complete.

The first washing is also done ;-)

Cheers Benny

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[monica]

nice Benny do like it alot well done, the tracks and running gear are just fab,

ah thank you looked in my stash that kit i do have as was trying to think what to do with it, as i like the mount troops always like horses

if you think off some think to use for a smoke [ cigarette ] i would like to know been trying to think off what to use myshelf, and dont

have any old phone cable about to use a small bit off the white

 

[Guest]

That's looking so nice you wouldn't know it wasn't a more modern Tamiya or Dragon kit!

 

[Guest]

Mmm...I like the colour on these tracks Benny

Keep up the good work!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks

The dio will be called "Horse meets Elefant" ;-)

I think you can use something like wool for smoke of cigarettes... I'll try later ;-)

Cheers Benny

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[The Migrant]

Looks great, Benny, the zimmerit is especially convincing. How did you do that?

 

[Guest]

I was thinking of microfibre, the stuff in cheap pillows or jacket linings - it's thinner in texture & finer.

This is the stuff

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Cheers

Patrick

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[Guest]

I did the zimmerit with the revell Putty and with tamiya zimmerit tools. That's it ;-)

Yes these microfiber looks good for that

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[papa 695]

Just seen this one Benny great work looking the biz

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Benny, the Elefant is looking great. Those figure will be great when painted. Interested to see how the ciggy smoke turns out

 

[Guest]

Started working on the diorama...

The Elefant got dirt and dust

And now the comrades need to be painted ;-).

Hope you like it ;-)

Cheers Benny

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