SteveKrieg
Company Commander
G'day all,
Given my first three projects relating to German Army mobility dealt with horses (one of which still awaiting parts for completion), I've moved onto one of two vehicle projects for the year relating to the theme. This particular one a TAOWAN 2013 release of the Sd.Kfz 205/1 in the livery of Grossdeutschland's Reconnaissance Battalion (2 SQN) 'Hussars' circa Kharkov early '43.
I'm working on it in three distinct phases given the model itself is light on detail with some minor inaccuracies and casting flaws - the former I'm dealing with by scratch-building, the latter by weathering effects.
Phase 1 is the exterior hull, Phase 2 the interior and the most tedious - Phase 3 being the wheel and track.
As you can see from the first series of pics, the model arrived in a winter livery however I was not particularly happy with it so some slide sanding followed by primer coat, German grey basecoat, matt-white camo followed by some wear/tear.
Some of the pics show another TAOWAN Sd.Kfz 250...this one a '3' variant comms fit which I did in the livery of Rommel's command track ("GRIEF") back in 2013 which I intend to spruce up and put in this year's model show also given I'm always asked about it.
More to follow and I hope everyone is travelling well, enjoy. Steve
Given my first three projects relating to German Army mobility dealt with horses (one of which still awaiting parts for completion), I've moved onto one of two vehicle projects for the year relating to the theme. This particular one a TAOWAN 2013 release of the Sd.Kfz 205/1 in the livery of Grossdeutschland's Reconnaissance Battalion (2 SQN) 'Hussars' circa Kharkov early '43.
I'm working on it in three distinct phases given the model itself is light on detail with some minor inaccuracies and casting flaws - the former I'm dealing with by scratch-building, the latter by weathering effects.
Phase 1 is the exterior hull, Phase 2 the interior and the most tedious - Phase 3 being the wheel and track.
As you can see from the first series of pics, the model arrived in a winter livery however I was not particularly happy with it so some slide sanding followed by primer coat, German grey basecoat, matt-white camo followed by some wear/tear.
Some of the pics show another TAOWAN Sd.Kfz 250...this one a '3' variant comms fit which I did in the livery of Rommel's command track ("GRIEF") back in 2013 which I intend to spruce up and put in this year's model show also given I'm always asked about it.
More to follow and I hope everyone is travelling well, enjoy. Steve