Tamyia Sd.Kfz. 223
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Tamyia Sd.Kfz. 223
Hi everyone,
here's a little somethig I threw together during the last three days. More or less strictly OOTB, so you really didn't miss much
The kit itself is old enough to qualify for the 70's build, but I really wanted to use the etched screens that came with the reissue from the 2000s. I also changed the MG34 for a better detailed one by Dragon. I'll paint this one for North Africa in 1941, with panzer grey and an improvised muddy desert camo.
Thanks for looking.
Philipp
here's a little somethig I threw together during the last three days. More or less strictly OOTB, so you really didn't miss much
The kit itself is old enough to qualify for the 70's build, but I really wanted to use the etched screens that came with the reissue from the 2000s. I also changed the MG34 for a better detailed one by Dragon. I'll paint this one for North Africa in 1941, with panzer grey and an improvised muddy desert camo.
Thanks for looking.
Philipp
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Re: Tamyia Sd.Kfz. 223
Nice Philipp! This kit arrived in the post for me yesterday!
Will be watching.
Will be watching.
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Re: Tamyia Sd.Kfz. 223
Another quick one
I have your commander's brother in my paintshop at the moment
I think the family make a up a big part of Tamiya's Wehrmacht and Panzergruppe
Nice one
Steve H
I have your commander's brother in my paintshop at the moment
I think the family make a up a big part of Tamiya's Wehrmacht and Panzergruppe
Nice one
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Re: Tamyia Sd.Kfz. 223
Looks really nice Philipp. Pretty much an add glue and shake kind of build?
Matt
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Thanks everyone
Matt, yep that sums it about up. It's a bit low on detail and the interior is a bad joke but with the figure in the turret you don't see much anyway. I'll add a few minor bits and pieces before I start painting.
Philipp
Matt, yep that sums it about up. It's a bit low on detail and the interior is a bad joke but with the figure in the turret you don't see much anyway. I'll add a few minor bits and pieces before I start painting.
Philipp
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Hereby done: I remade the insanely thick rubber mudflaps from styrene sheet and added the often forgotten antenna cable. It's a bit of a mystery where it would connect to the hull, so I picked something that might be an armoured port for it.Philipp Gross wrote:I'll add a few minor bits and pieces before I start painting.
Ready for painting now
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Re: Tamyia Sd.Kfz. 223
Looking good Philipp, how was the fit of the kit overall? Got this one in the stash and my 9 year old wants to glue something together with dads help. Don't want to embark on something that is too challenging for him.
I'm a serial kit starter....
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Thanks Adam
Fit is very good. It's an easy kit to assemble, even the antenna was no problem. I'm sure he'll love all the extras that come with it. I certainly would have back then
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Fit is very good. It's an easy kit to assemble, even the antenna was no problem. I'm sure he'll love all the extras that come with it. I certainly would have back then
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Still alive, still working...and since the Stug deadline is now a thing of distant memory, have a little progress update somewhere else:
The base coat won't be very visible in the end, I plan to add an improvised desert camo made from local mud. But before that can happen, some grey, then highlights and decals:
(yep, the rail bug got its share as well)
Philipp
The base coat won't be very visible in the end, I plan to add an improvised desert camo made from local mud. But before that can happen, some grey, then highlights and decals:
(yep, the rail bug got its share as well)
Philipp
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Seems like I'm the only one in this country not glued to the TV right now....
It feels a little weird to put on the decals this early, but with the next steps in mind I need them in place now:
A common feature of early Tamiya kits is the very generic decal sheet, which gives you no specific vehicles, but rather semi-generic markings for a number of units. This one is marked for the 21st Panzer Division, right after arrival in North Africa.
Philipp
It feels a little weird to put on the decals this early, but with the next steps in mind I need them in place now:
A common feature of early Tamiya kits is the very generic decal sheet, which gives you no specific vehicles, but rather semi-generic markings for a number of units. This one is marked for the 21st Panzer Division, right after arrival in North Africa.
Philipp
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