discussion Tamiya PAK 38 3.7cm Anti Tank gun.........plus extras

[PaulTRose]

so heres the plan

had major mojo loss since xmas for several reasons so need something to get me going again, something reasonably simple

so im going to do this anti tank gun that i picked up in a clearance sale in hobbycraft about 5 years ago

not much to it....one sprue for the gun and another for the crew

but then im going to add a few extra figures from these.........

and put it all on the dio base i made before xmas

might make me do a little bit more to the base

 

[monica]

I like the idea of the 2 kits combined,should make a nice little dio ,

will look forward to seeing this one,

 

[aaron]

Nice plan mate, that base will look great with the arty piece.

 

[PaulTRose]

well, for someone that dosnt like doing figures, i think im going to be getting some practice!

might not be using all of these at the end tho

 

[monica]

nice start to the figures,just take your time with them,

 

[PaulTRose]

ive not been idle, just not been posting progress cos its just been little bits each day

must say i will be glad when this is done, figures never were my fave thing, bored stiff of them now lol

the PAK has come out a little darker than planned, picked up 'german grey' not 'panzer grey' so when i did do it in the right one it came out a bit dark but its going to get muddied up anyway

 

[monica]

looking good to me,nice work on the uniforms and it seams as nice work on there faces as well,

which is always the tricky bits,

 

[PaulTRose]

looking good to me,nice work on the uniforms and it seams as nice work on there faces as well,which is always the tricky bits,

lol!!.....cant be arsed with trying to do eyes and that......each figure, including flesh, just got a brownish wash

i hate figures lol

 

[monica]

always hard to do,what i do for the ires use a cocktail,stick to do them,

well i think they look good,fiddly little chaps,

 

[PaulTRose]

the troops have got their kit on.........still not sure which ones i will be using out of the infantry ones

aslo made up a small collection of sandbags, dont know if i shall be using hat yet either

shall be having fun trying to work out where to put things and whats going to get left out

 

[monica]

they look great,real do like them,

were did you get the helmet making from,thats real good,

 

[aaron]

I'm the same mate anymore than two figures and I get sick of them real fast, yours look great for this old kit, I'm pretty sure the old tamiya kits come with the decal for the helmet.

 

[PaulTRose]

were did you get the helmet making from,thats real good,

I'm pretty sure the old tamiya kits come with the decal for the helmet.

yes, they do......the infantry set came with decals for heer, waffen ss and luftwaffe

 

[monica]

thanks, I did not know that or have i ever used the Tamiya,figure kits,

do like the idea,

 

[PaulTRose]

and finished!

more pics in the finished thread.............which i shall put in the dio sub forum since that seems the best place