discussion Peter's German Half Track - 1:48 - Mtl.SPW.Sd.Kfz 251/1 Ausf.D

[pjgtech]

Been busy today, more progress....
Camo pattern painted on the figures.


And the accessories added to the figures, eg: bread bag, water bottle, gas mask, etc. You can just about see that the figure on the right, is slightly bigger than the other , original kit two figures.


Tracks also now added, I painted them first on the sprue, using the AK paint pens, bit fiddly to do the tracks at this scale, (link and length) but they went on ok.


Added the MG to one of the kit included figures, as depicted on the box art, there is an option to have the MG on the rear of the half track too.


More internals painted and installed.


Dashboard decals added and steering wheel, etc.


Rear seat backs and rifle racks and storage bins and fire extinguisher added.


Main upper body shell added, fit was quite good.


Side skirts and storage bins added, taped up to pull the very slight gaps in whilst its setting.

 

[pjgtech]

As I'm just using the AK paint pens I am therefore limited in my paint colour choices, as even though I have a set of 35, they are all pretyy much basic colours, so the colours will not be exactly period correct, I'm just doing the best I can with the paints I have.

I obviously could use my (many) other paints, Tamiya, Revell, Mr Hobby, etc, but I sort of set this one up as a challenge for myself, to see how far I could get just be using the paint pens. Yeah, thats a great idea, lets make the model more difficult than it needs to be, Lol..... But hey, sometimes you just gotta challenge yourself....

Once I start the diorama that will go with this kit,, I will then be using my "normal" paints on the base, scenery, etc, and I will be using my airbrush too.... I'm just sticking to the AK pens for this kit.