Amusing Hobby VK 1602
Posted: 10 Nov 2018, 23:07
The elderly among us might remember this thing from days of yore on Modelarmour. As far as I remember it was my final project before the site met its doom.
If you don't know what a VK 1602 is....well, it's a Panther the size of a Panzer III with a 5cm gun. It was supposed to be a reconaissance vehicle, developed together with the "real" Panther, but after constant delays the project was silently dropped in late 1943. The turret design was used for the Sdkfz 234/2 Puma, which was probably a much better recon vehicle to begin with.
There are two kits by Amusing Hobby and Hobby Boss, this is the former. It comes with a workable suspension and tracks as well as loads and loads of optional parts to customize your kit.
Back in the day I wanted to make a Soviet captured tank with all German markings painted over:
According to the photo metadata I had last worked on this in May 2014. Not that long ago for my standards, but still feels like an eternity....
However, I never was really happy with how it turned out, and so at some point in the past most of it ended up in a bath of oven cleaner to start again fresh.
Today I finally decided to give it another try - I added a few parts and now it's basically ready for a new paintjob.
I've decided to go with Panzer Grey this time - the first Panthers were built in late 1942, and if anyone had put even a little effort into this project it might have seen the light of day before the change to Dunkelgelb. To me it's always quite fascinating to see a "modern" design in the iconic early war grey colour.
Some paint tomorrow I hope
Philipp
If you don't know what a VK 1602 is....well, it's a Panther the size of a Panzer III with a 5cm gun. It was supposed to be a reconaissance vehicle, developed together with the "real" Panther, but after constant delays the project was silently dropped in late 1943. The turret design was used for the Sdkfz 234/2 Puma, which was probably a much better recon vehicle to begin with.
There are two kits by Amusing Hobby and Hobby Boss, this is the former. It comes with a workable suspension and tracks as well as loads and loads of optional parts to customize your kit.
Back in the day I wanted to make a Soviet captured tank with all German markings painted over:
According to the photo metadata I had last worked on this in May 2014. Not that long ago for my standards, but still feels like an eternity....
However, I never was really happy with how it turned out, and so at some point in the past most of it ended up in a bath of oven cleaner to start again fresh.
Today I finally decided to give it another try - I added a few parts and now it's basically ready for a new paintjob.
I've decided to go with Panzer Grey this time - the first Panthers were built in late 1942, and if anyone had put even a little effort into this project it might have seen the light of day before the change to Dunkelgelb. To me it's always quite fascinating to see a "modern" design in the iconic early war grey colour.
Some paint tomorrow I hope
Philipp
I like what you have done and the dark gray fits nicely. There is something about the "little Panther" that is very appealing though I have to admit to having an appetite for "What If" subjects. There is even an element of the Meng Cartoon style kits about it. 
But be warned, the tracks are of the "separate guide horns" variety...
