Panzer II Ausf. A, France 1940

[Philipp Gross]

Two days ago I looked at the contents of my new Tamiya Panzer II...and somehow this happened

Everything you see here only took me two evenings of work. I replaced the KWK 30 and MG 34 barrels with turned ones by RB Model, added a 2 Metre antenna (also by RB Models) and added a different commander's figure from my huge stockpile of figure sets. This one is from Dragon #6014, which isn't that bad for its age, except for the horrible colour of the plastic. Nonetheless I replaced the head by one from Legend Productions. I also added some lead wires for the headset and microphones, and that's all, basically. I'll paint it sometime in the next few days, getting the GB entries finished before July has priority





Thanks for looking

Philipp

PS: To those concerned of my mental health, I've gotten confirmation that a new contract is indeed in preparation....whew...

[Vincent Power]

Nice clean quick build Philipp. That's what happens when you open a Tamiya box for a look.

Vincent

[Steve Hutchinson]

I thought we were having another 70's speed build

Then Raoul had changed his Pz III A blog title

Tamiya, "shake and bake" got to love those kits

You REALLY need a new contract Philipp

Nice figure, I think I have some legend heads on the desk somewhere

They really are ugly, which makes them so realistic, not like the scale 75 square jawed, poster boys

Paint too

You are a modeling machine

Regards

Steve H

[Adam Durrant]

Nice quick build Philipp, the work bench must be getting pretty crowded at the moment

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks everyone

Yep, it's getting crowded, high time I finish (at least) that Marder

The Legend heads certainly don't compare to Hornet or Alpine but they still have better details than most plastic heads...especially when 15 year old figure sets are concerned. And I really didn't want to mutilate one of the better ones to fit the headphones

Time to write new applications now, then maybe some painting later...

Philipp

[Shawn Ramsey]

Only two evenings. This would have taken me two months.

Shawn

[Philipp Gross]

I dare you to prove otherwise

Seriously though, this thing is incredibly simple to build...and rather small too.

Philipp

[Steve Hutchinson]

I guess we could almost have Adam's 1 week speed build with a tamiya Pz II

Paint and weathering might take longer

Why the heck not

A palette cleanser between GB's

Steve H

[Philipp Gross]

Light Tank GB from June 1st to July 31st?

Any light tank and related vehicles, any scale, any era, any nation.

Philipp

[Steve Kubik]

Light Tank GB from June 1st to July 31st?

Any light tank and related vehicles, any scale, any era, any nation.

Philipp

Great idea.