Dragon 5.0cm anti-tank gun

[Vincent Power]

This build came about after I saw a picture online of a gun crew relaxing around their 5.0cm Pak. It inspired me to search for the kit and replicate the scene.

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I eventually tracked one down and put it together quite quickly. I added a few details to spice up the rather basic Dragon kit.
I should add that this all occured last year and I have been slack in posting anything on here.

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Next, I gave the gun a dark gray primer before adding some darker shadows. This was followed by various lighter shades of gray before picking out various highlights on the gun with a nearly white/light gray shade.

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Over this base coat I will add a thin dark gray wash to tie it all together when I eventually get back to this build. Perhaps posting the progress pics here will give me the boost I need to get around to it once again.

Cheers,
Vincent

[Philipp Gross]

Please do post the progress photos! We do get far too few gun dioramas anyway

.....I promise I'll do the same with my stalled projects

I really like the way the crew got creative with camouflaging their gun in an urban environment. Will you replicate the photo?

Philipp

[Vincent Power]

Thanks Philipp. Yes, I will post progress pics, no worries.

The camouflage the crew used is the reason I wanted to build the Pak and I do want to get as close as I can to the picture. The crew poses are one of the reasons I stopped the build. I'll have to do some surgery to get close enough.

Cheers,
Vincent

[Bryan Krueger]

Very cool project. Nice work on the PaK. I've avoiding building these kinds of things as they look so fussy and everything needs to fit perfectly.

Any idea where-when the photo is taken?

[Vincent Power]

Thanks Bryan. Yes, the kit has tiny parts though it is to be expected.

I believe the photo was taken in 1942 at Stalingrad. I found a second view of the scene when I was researching the project which you might find interesting.

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Any figures will require some modification to match the poses of the crew. I've got a few sets that I think will be suitable when I decide to move forward, plus the obligatory Hornet heads of course.

Cheers,
Vincent