Tamiya 1/35 sd.kfz 7/1 Flakvierling.

[JR]

Obviously it might get its corners rounded off and the whole thing may end up twisted, but in principle it will hold its cross-section :smiling3:

Also, if you stretch a hollow piece, like a length of plastic tube, you will get a smaller-diameter tube. This takes more practice/finesse than stretching solid sprue, though.

Every time I try it either catches fire ! Or breaks .
Of course I prefer the first !




Dan sorry for butting in.
Like the whole build, esp the canvas cover .

[CarolsHusband]

Hokay, final stretch. Well, last lap anyway.

Used all the bits up and stuck them together. Except the figures, but more on that later.



I then started on the weathering. I have decided not to go full-on winter white... rather end of the winter, almost all the white-wash has washed off, white. Likewise, the crew will have turned their uniforms inside out to camo. Gonna take my time with them as I never managed to make figures look any good in the past.

Stuck with what I knew to get it going. First enamels. Various small amounts of brown and black mixed with matt clear.





Worked that in a bit and then laid on some acrylic washes. Acrylics are new to me but I like them so far.





I'm happy with that. Next up will be mud in the tracks, arches & wheels as well as areas where boots would tread. Then some rust and lastly I'll do the remnants of winter camo and then a bit more of a wash. Whilst trying not to keep fiddling with and over-cook it.

Hopefully an update tomorrow.

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[grumpa]

Nice work so far Dan :thumb2:

Jim.

[minitnkr]

Lookin good. PaulE

[JR]

Yes nothing amiss with it Dan .

[GerryW]

Looking good - don't forget that the mud and footprints will be on top of the winter cammo, but the rust will be coming through it

[scottie3158]

Dan,
Nice woŕk keep it going.

[CarolsHusband]

Looking good - don't forget that the mud and footprints will be on top of the winter cammo, but the rust will be coming through it

It is a bit of a chicken and egg thing.
Maybe it only ended up in a muddy place at the end of the winter after the thaw set in. I was thinking about quite how much white wash I'm going to do
It may be hardly any. We'll see.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Dan, sweet build so far. I hope the figures go OK......

[GerryW]

It is a bit of a chicken and egg thing.
Maybe it only ended up in a muddy place at the end of the winter after the thaw set in. I was thinking about quite how much white wash I'm going to do
It may be hardly any. We'll see.

Yes, trouble is that I blame my old art teacher (RIP) for the 'picky' thing of 'in order' as he always got us to paint in order - if doing a tree, he'd insist on the trunk/branches then leaves, as he'd say "the tree was there before the leaves, so to get the right form, that's how to paint it"

[CarolsHusband]

Yeah, I had three art teachers at school. All loons.
Mr Huntley sounds just like your teacher.
Mr Jones used to hide in the art cupboard with a bottle of gin and twenty B & H, occasionally popping into the class to flirt with the male students.
Mr Harbard was great, but he crashed his motorbike head-on with a Fire Tender on its way to a job.

And that is my art teacher story by Dan, aged 54 &1/2.

[GerryW]

Mine seems like a combination of the first two, he usually stank of booze, would hand out fags to any of us, had two mental breakdowns - but he was one hell of an artist, just rubbish at being a teacher!

[CarolsHusband]

Hopefully my last post in "construction".

Built some Vallejo light mud up on the running gear and trodden areas and the toned it back a bit with a mixture of darker washes. My diorama plans have changed a little, not least of all because I feel I may mess my work up with the addition of winter camo remnants. I'll just add some rust and touch up any weathering as I see fit. The winter scene can wait for another build.

Anyway, have a couple of pics and I'll post it in the "finished" thread later in the week.

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Pretty sure these two fellahs are debating whether or not they'll end up on the finished product.

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This is probably a good point to thank everyone for the welcome here and also the fantastic advice, inspiration & encouragement. I'm definitely back into modelling and looking forward to many more projects.

Dan

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[Mini Me]

Glad you are here Dan and hope you will stick with it..........very rewarding in the long run. Rick H.

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely.

ATB.

Andrew