AFV Club Sd.Kfz251/20 'UHU' (Owl) 1/35

[Guest]

That does look very nice Graham, a great result for all your hard work.


I can see it being tricky to paint & weather though

[Guest]

That does look very nice Graham, a great result for all your hard work.
I can see it being tricky to paint & weather though

Naaaa, piece of cake Patrick. Yep, I will have a piece of cake and worry about the painting and weathering later......

[Tom Rigg]

For future reference Dragon's 251 single link tracks (I got 2 types, bagged and sprue attached) fit Tamiya's 251s perfectly.


It must have been a sight seeing the driver climb past that generator with the extended roof!


Tom

[Guest]

For future reference Dragon's 251 single link tracks (I got 2 types, bagged and sprue attached) fit Tamiya's 251s perfectly.
It must have been a sight seeing the driver climb past that generator with the extended roof!


Tom

They would have to be a lot slimmer than me that's for sure Thanks for the info on the tracks Tom

[Guest]

Little bit more done.


I am now at that stage that is inevitable with open toped vehicles where you cannot just go ahead and paint much, it gets a bit slow and fiddly. Time to concentrating on the inside which needs to be just about complete before the top can go on, including washing and weathering.


The front and side fenders are on. A nice touch with this kit is to have the option of the side fender storage boxes open if you wish. I have this option on my later Tamiya kit but only because I have a PE set for it that offers this option.


And here we are at the moment


The lamp and generator are primed black then a bit of highlighting with grey






These are then sprayed Dunklegelb from the 1939-1944 German Standard Colours Set Ammo by Mig Ammo






The fenders attached as are the front body panel and rear panel. The back doors are held on with tape as I may decide to have them open to give a better view of the lamps operator station.






This is then primed with Stynylrez Red Brown primer. You can see how good this stuff is as the dark green plastic and creamy yellow resin have covered without any issues of colour change.






Then a self indulgent look at the generator and lamp in place. There is a lot of work to be done one these yet with filters and pin washing. I will be doing quite a bit of chipping on them too






And here with the top only loosely in place






The interior will be Dunklegelb and pretty scruffy. I was going to do the generator in Panzer grey but as this is post D-Day, it is probably unlikely that that would be so.


The exterior will be much as the box art but I will leave the lamp in Dunklegelb for contrast.


Slowly getting there

[Robert1968]

Just read and caught up on this Graham, this looks bloody good if I can be so bold. That light is really well detailed indeed. Your really making nice clean progress on this and the use of the primer looks really nice too


Regards


Robert

[geegad]

Great work that dark base works a treat with the yellow really adds depth

[Guest]

This is looking very cool graham that lamp is excellent.


Scott

[Guest]

This is looking very cool graham that lamp is excellent.
Scott

Cheers Scott, you really must get this kit

[Guest]

Maybe at cosford if I find it cheap enough.


Scott

[Guest]

The lamp looks even better with paint on it.


You're doing a fine job elsewhere also.

[Guest]

Slowly plodding on but reaching a milestone of getting the interior completed


First up, sprayed all interior of vehicle with the Dunklegelb and gave it a filter of thinned down wash. Then painted the dashboard, seats etc and put on the personal weapons. This was then given a good chipping followed by a thin dusting of Dunklegelb to soften the effect.






The generator, nasty hot smelly thing would have got quite a bashing with people climbing over it so that got a heavier weathering.






Quite a bit of chipping on the lamp stand as it is quite a cramped space in the back and I can imagine it getting knocked quite a bit






Definitely went for the grungy look as not much will easily be visible once the top is on.






And here we are, the top has been painted inside and is ready to glue in place.






Ready to start on the outside now including quite a few wheels, tracks and other bits and bobs that need to be attached before painting starts.


The supplied extended roof will not fit over the generator so I used the standard front roof. This will not have a machine gun mount.

[Guest]

And this show's why it is alway's worth weathering.


This is weathered very nicely and well worth the effort you put into it to make it look well used.

[Guest]

That looks perfect to me Graham.

[Guest]

Feel like I am there watching you ! Nice one! Feel like a God and build it!