Thanks Ivan!NorthernModeller wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:37 am Brilliant stufflooks great and looking forward to the end result
Well life, work and technology have all conspired to put this on the back burner for a few weeks, but having sorted the technology yesterday and with the other two settling down a little before the Christmas mayhem I've got a chance to pay some attention to this neglected kitty.
This is how I left it previously
Since then I've "glazed" the windows with some random shapes of acetate. These were glued in place using Humbrol clearfix, and then sprayed with a very thin Vallejo umber wash to give some grime. The frames were painted with a Vallejo dark green of some description and then grimed up again with the umber wash.
The streetlamp was glazed the same way, and painted with a base coat of German Grey, dry-brushed with a dark metallic from Citadel, and then weathered up with a combination of rust & grime clay washes
Starting to take shape
Onto the Puma, I added the aerials and opened up the hatches and finished those off - I used the photo etched option for the top of the umbrella antenna which was a little fiddly and required some filling at the join. I've also added a false floor inside the turret for a crewman to stand on.
So that's the cat pretty much done I think
And I've finally decided it will be this way around on the base
So onto the dudes, here are the sprues - one for the figures
And one with the equipment
As usual for Masterbox there are no instructions per-se just an illustration on the back of the box. The only minor disappointment with the set is that despite the front illustration showing a variety of head gear there are only the standard helmets in the kit, so I've nabbed a helmet from the spares box
The figures go together well with minimum filling and cleaning up required, and I love the poses that Masterbox have come up with. Here we see Hauptman Willi von Karr explaining to General Sweikinder-KeinSchlaf that we can't go that way because Gerhard von Quax has got his Tiger stuck in the high street
And here they are all posed on the base with blu-tack. The guy in the turret is from a Tamiya set, and I've done some work on his headgear since this shot (basically nicking another cap from a different set).
There may be some minor tweaking but I think this is where they're more or less going to end up
I've also started in on the painting of the figures and if I can get them finished off this weekend then I'll be in with a fighting chance of getting this done in time.
Thanks as always for looking.
Woohoo, TC’s back and the cat is looking sweet. Love the work on the glass and those figures look superb. Can’t wait to see them painted.
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Really well done, I love it. Merry Christmas
