discussion Hanomag SdKfz 251 1/76 Revell/Matchbox

[PaulTRose]

at the minute i dare not start any big projects. so ive been going thro the stash looking for some easy and fairly quick little builds

this is a Revell boxing of an old Matchbox kit, one i never did back in the day when Matchbox was around

as usual for a Matchbox moulding it comes with a little dio

im this far with it

at the mo im thinking of an early WW2 one in DunkelGrau since the dio is a wall/street....not very north african like the box art, and im not sure i have the right colours to do yellow/green/brown camo of a late war one

 

[Guest]

Nice start!

Will keep an eye on this one! Love this little dioramas or bases.

Cheers

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks to be quite a nice little kit Paul. Look forward to seeing what you do with the diorama setting.

 

[yak face]

Fantastic paul , i love these old matchbox armour kits with the little bases , the detail on them is excellent. The figures were superbly sculpted and the interlocking method of joining the tracks was genius , much better than everyone elses pin and hole system, looking forward to seeing this one come alive , cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Great start Paul, and there looks some very nice detail for such an old kit. I

 

[Guest]

lovely work so far, i rememder the one with the T34 and the jagdpanther they were great. Will be watching with interest.

scott

 

[PaulTRose]

lovely work so far, i rememder the one with the T34 and the jagdpanther they were great. Will be watching with interest.scott

i did the T34 a few years ago but wasnt a great success due to my kackhandedness at the time lol

 

[PaulTRose]

work done on the base......might still do a little more to the road yet

 

[Alan 45]

Great start I remember the matchbox kits if I remember many of their kits came in two different colours.

The hanomag is one of my favourit vehicles from WWII and yours is looking great , I shall be getting tamiyas 1/35 scale one the weekend and Airfix do rommels one in 1/32 scale so I might get that one as well

I shall follow this build I think it will look special on that little dio

 

[yak face]

Great start paul , the brickwork looks excellent , looking forward to the next instalment! cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Nice start on the paint work will be watching with interest.

scott

 

[PaulTRose]

ready for paint just not sure if its going panzergrau or yellow/green/red-brown camo yet

 

[PaulTRose]

my first go at a tri color camo..............hope its easier on a bigger scale!! lol.....kind of wish i had done by hairy brush instead of air brush cos i dont think it works ,but its done now

 

[aaron]

Nice camo, if theres any part your not too happy with you can always touch up with base colour but that looks great to me.

 

[Guest]

lookin good on such a tiny piece, well done and keep up the good work.

scott

 

[PaulTRose]

i need to do an update.............been cleared, decaled, cleaared again and a wash added!

 

[PaulTRose]

cleared, decaled, a dark wash, matt coated a few times, tracks on........next up is a covering of dust then maybe some light mud

 

[Guest]

Beautiful model, excellent paint work!

Very nice camo mate.

 

[colin m]

Looking very nice. I'm an aircraft person, but I like the old Matchbox stuff, I suppose it just takes me back.......................

 

[PaulTRose]

finished....more pics in the completed thread