3.7cm Flak 43 auf Selbstfahrlafette (Sd. Kfz.7/2)
This has been a real slow burner of a project. Conceived in November 2015 it is the 2009 released 1/35 Trumpeter kit #01527. Built pretty much out of the box apart from a metal barrel and a set of Quickwheel resin front wheels it sat on the shelf of shame awaiting paint until 2018. It then took a glacial two further years to get to the weathering stages where upon I discovered all the Trumpeter Flak ammo trailers provided in their kits were pure fantasy, so tracked down the Wiener Modellbau Sd.Ah 57 resin kit. This took another year to complete so 2021 comes around and a lovely fellow by the name of Darius Stucinskas releases a beautiful 3D printed kit of the trailer. This is never ending:tired:
Work started on the 3D trailer in summer 2022 3D Sd.Ah 56/57 trailer blog and is 95% complete. I also started building a mountain road diorama this year to display both on, only to realise that I hadn’t really planned it very well. After much deliberation it bacame obvious the 8Ton was just too large to sit at the desired angle on the slope, so work has begun on a less ambitious base. Lesson learned!:face-with-head-bandage:
Although I had fixed the side and rear panels in place, luckily, I hadn’t fixed any of the accessories, so along with the new sublimely detailed 3D ammo containers and shells, it is now time to consider placement of all the crew paraphernalia onto both vehicles. The trailer accessories are already fixed to the roof rack with just a few interior items still to add so it was time to begin placing parts on the 8Ton
The following pics show some ideas of where some of the accessories could be added.
The wine box, suitcase, backpacks, and water cannisters are yet to receive their final filter coats along with highlights and shadows with oils. Some items like the helmet require a strap and a little tidy up. The rangefinder box still requires a few stencil markings and some other items yet to be added will add a welcome splash of colour.
The small base it is sat on is a WIP for another 8Ton cargo variant I am currently building and is just a convenient surface to take some pics of progress so far.
Comments and critique welcome, as by now it will be clear I’m in no rush and all the time in the world to correct things
This has been a real slow burner of a project. Conceived in November 2015 it is the 2009 released 1/35 Trumpeter kit #01527. Built pretty much out of the box apart from a metal barrel and a set of Quickwheel resin front wheels it sat on the shelf of shame awaiting paint until 2018. It then took a glacial two further years to get to the weathering stages where upon I discovered all the Trumpeter Flak ammo trailers provided in their kits were pure fantasy, so tracked down the Wiener Modellbau Sd.Ah 57 resin kit. This took another year to complete so 2021 comes around and a lovely fellow by the name of Darius Stucinskas releases a beautiful 3D printed kit of the trailer. This is never ending:tired:
Work started on the 3D trailer in summer 2022 3D Sd.Ah 56/57 trailer blog and is 95% complete. I also started building a mountain road diorama this year to display both on, only to realise that I hadn’t really planned it very well. After much deliberation it bacame obvious the 8Ton was just too large to sit at the desired angle on the slope, so work has begun on a less ambitious base. Lesson learned!:face-with-head-bandage:
Although I had fixed the side and rear panels in place, luckily, I hadn’t fixed any of the accessories, so along with the new sublimely detailed 3D ammo containers and shells, it is now time to consider placement of all the crew paraphernalia onto both vehicles. The trailer accessories are already fixed to the roof rack with just a few interior items still to add so it was time to begin placing parts on the 8Ton
The following pics show some ideas of where some of the accessories could be added.
The wine box, suitcase, backpacks, and water cannisters are yet to receive their final filter coats along with highlights and shadows with oils. Some items like the helmet require a strap and a little tidy up. The rangefinder box still requires a few stencil markings and some other items yet to be added will add a welcome splash of colour.
The small base it is sat on is a WIP for another 8Ton cargo variant I am currently building and is just a convenient surface to take some pics of progress so far.
Comments and critique welcome, as by now it will be clear I’m in no rush and all the time in the world to correct things
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