1/72 Pz.kpfw VIII Maus - Germany 1946

[JR]

Think it looks ok, in fact damned good Greg. Nice touch with the ladder :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Making a nice job of this Greg. The grubbiness looks pretty good to me.

[Greg_147]

A bit more work on this one, mainly the street. I've scored the pavement and bricks into a plastic sheet, and will paint these grey. The inside of the building has been done to mimic floorboards, and will be brown.



Also, a few more additions to the Maus. It now has some unditching beams, a tow cable, and some spare tracks on the turret.

[Greg_147]

Aaaand groundwork painted. Most of this will be covered in rubble and the suchlike. Also done are the three US soldier figures.

[Greg_147]

A bit more progress today. I've molded some ammo crates for stowage, and made some additions to the turret; some netting for the barrel, and an MG34 for the commander. I've also started building up the rubble on the street; kitchen towel at the moment as a base layer, and when it's dry I'll paint it and start adding debris.

[Mini Me]

Shaping up nicely Greg.......the debris will definitely add a lot to the scene. Rick H.

[The Smythe Meister]

All i can say is "WOW"!!
I`ve missed this completely until now Greg.... and so pleased i`ve discovered it!
It`s a subject that has always had my interest,(mainly because of it`s absurd size i suspect!!:flushed,and your rendition is looking spot on!
Also,your Scratch Dio building is so clean looking it`s just unfair on the rest of us mate!!....
All in all,a cracking piece of work so far,and i look forward to following the rest of your progress!
Andy

[scottie3158]

Hi Greg,
Nice work so far. Apologies if I missed it earlier but what did you use to take the moulds of the boxes?

[JR]

Just gets better with each posting Greg.

[Greg_147]

Thank you all, it's starting to come together. Urban rubble has always been a challenge for me; at the moment I'm trying to get a base layer of scenic scatter and shredded cork chunks. Once painted hopefully I can apply some larger pieces of debris to tie it together, but at 1/72 scale it's very difficult to get things that look like individual bricks.

Paul, the molds I use are a product called 'Blue Stuff'. They come in sticks, and you soften them with boiling water to make a mold. Then I use milliput for the actual casting. Very handy for this scale, where decent accessories are hard to come by!

[adt70hk]

Greg

Looking very good indeed so far.

Well done.

Andrew.