SimonT - 1/35 Tamiya Sdkfz.223

[minitnkr]

Amen. PaulE

[Si Benson]

Evening Mr T,
You have me drooling . Excellent moggeling sir

[SimonT]

cheers Neil

thanks Paul, lets hope it turns out ok in the end

Jim - in no way am I exempt from the normal problems :smiling5: If a part refuses to stick first time with CA then no amount of additional CA will fix the problem - strip off and clean down (the part, not me) is normally the only way to fix the problem
Glad you like the mudflap - bit of a confession with that, the bend happened when I set the model down between adding bits
I will be distressing the other ones intentionally

Dave / Paul - your wish is my command

may be a while before it is attached to the vehicle though as there are still some bits to sort out on the gun mount, rear lights, Notek cage, crew stowage and the small matter of some crew figures (a set of Hornet Afrika Korps heads are on the way)

Si - stop drooling please everything will be getting soggy :smiling5:


Very small update.....

added the rear lights, left and right, as per the Eduard instructions - silly me

when I checked something in the references it was obvious that the Eduard instructions did not match photos, especially left side so it was stripped off again

The actual light units are ok - they have you make the light housings from plastic card and then add the etch front plates
It is actually easier to just CA the front plates to the plastic card and then cut it out using the etch as a guide

The left light should have a bar/tube frame arrangement with an anti skid plate step on top

So after a bit if a rebuild I got.......


...this

unfortunately the photographer made a muck of it again so it is all rather fuzzy

it is armature wire hoops with some etch mesh CA'd to copper sheet to form the step


this is the right side - may be ok but definitely needs a protective cage making. I will check this further tomorrow

[SimonT]

Wasn’t happy with the rear left light so stripped it off and started again


not perfect but much better second time around




the odd cages added around the rear light and the front Notek driving light

armature wire CA'd in place - need a little tidying before paint


I think it just needs the mg mount finishing off now and then the actual vehicle will be completed


have made a start on the armatures for the crew - they could very easily turn into bin fodder. Been a while since I attempted figure sculpting and it is not easy

[rtfoe]

Somebody unlocked the restraining straps on Simon. :smiling5::tears-of-joy: and very nicely done. Wouldn't be the same without the extra details. :thumb2:
It'll paint and weather well with so much nooks and crannies to give paint attention.

Cheers,
Richard

[Neil Merryweather]

Looking forward to the figures Simon :thumb2:

[SimonT]

Cheers Richard

Neil - not so sure myself



I managed to find my manikin mould that I made a few years back so cast off three sets

unfortunately the mould split after the last one and I have no idea what I did with the master - looks like I will be making another at some point :rolling:


first one roughly assembled, nothing glued yet

spine wire runs right through from lower torso to head

the upper torso is designed with a hole in to take a Hornet head - have made 1:9 and 1:6 heads and attempted 1:72 and 1:35 but I am not very good at it. Hornet are a much easier option


there is a pair of hand/wrist stumps ready to go on the arms and his knees have been crimped with round pliers so the legs bend in the right place

2nd figure parts cleaned up waiting for drilling and assembly bottom right

[rtfoe]

Ah Simon, the poor fellas freezing his b....s off and will need some clothes soon :smiling6:
Its a good idea having these made and duplicated for later figure sculpting.
Yup Hornets still the best heads around...gotta get me some more.

Cheers,
Richard.

[SimonT]

It's ok Richard, he will be in the desert so might be glad off the fresh air around the nether regions :smiling5:

Hornet heads are great but not cheap - costs soon spiral out of control if you want a few different sets

[SimonT]

two wired up and a full set of parts for the third




finished off the gun mount

[Steve Jones]

You have excelled yourself on this project Mr T. There is so much to luv about this build. Figures are great to watch coming together Beautiful craftmanship all round

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
Details and more details. I like the protective light cages. Looking forward to the figures. Seems a good way to get poses just as you want. Sensible to use heads, hands and feet as they are probably harder to sculpt than clothing.
Jim

[JR]

Oh I say.

[SimonT]

Cheers Steve - figures will be interesting. I've started quite a few over the years but not completed many and it's been a while since the last one

Hi Jim - thanks. Yes, free rein to position them to mimic the reference photos rather than cut'n'shut of modifying kit parts but then I have to sculpt everything else so more work overall.
Hornet heads are great and way better than anything I can make. The boots and stumpy hands help keep things in the right proportions, at least that is the idea

John - made me chuckle :thumb2:


Not much done to report on

Last figure armature has been loosely assembled now as per the other two

Made a start on stowage


box made for the front left mudguard based on reference photo

There seems to have been quite a variety of racks and boxes added by crews - rather than depicting a particular vehicle I have just used a random mixture of things seen in photos


a rather fuzzy tarp draped around the aerial support (takes ages to sculpt them fuzzy like that )

not sure I like how it turned out - may get binned and attempted again

[SimonT]

Still didn't like that tarp so off it came


another one went on the front over the jerrycans


added the rope around the front bumper


added a length of chain and the ever present bucket to the rear - bucket pinched from a Tamiya half track


helmet from the kit - chiselled out the insides and added a headband inside from micro strip

looks like the chin strap has broken as I took the picture - it was ok a few seconds before :rolling:
a bit of rectification required there




made some new stowage for the rear


CA'd bloke 1 together and made a start on posing him - needs a bit of fine tuning