Halftrack needs help

[fam43]

hi,

my hands are still not useable for serious modelwork so my TA-152 has to wait. Meanwhile I will post a little halftrack story.

It all started in the spring of 2009. While visiting a flea market I bought a Tamiya halftrack from a boy for around 6.- €. We both were happy.

Again I use a cutting board as a groundplate which normally was used for breakfast .

 

Here is the general arrangement:

 

 

Some parts were broken off. I call this a happy accident.

 

 

Some hours later I started with the engine compartement:

 

 

 

bits and pieces go in:

 

 

 

will be continued soon.

Edited April 13, 2011 by fam43

[Tomek]

Apparently injuries to your fingers do good to your armor models, Michael

 

Nice use of cork. I see possibilities here.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures.

[Loic]

Nice job

[fam43]

Let's have a look at the groundplate. This time i used cheap cork cuttingboards because they are easy to cut and light. To make it more inflexable I glued it on a piece of scrap plastic plate. The ground material is mostly sand with deluted white glue.

 

 

There are some cheap modelling materials on the market namely waterdilutable airdrying putty used in schools or Kindergarten which I use for forming larger hillocks.

 

 

The first try on a realistic strand scene:

 

 

 

back to the craft. Some color to get an impression of the engine compartement.

 

 

 

Let's have a closer look:

 

 

 

will be vcontinued soon.

Edited April 18, 2011 by fam43

[fam43]

Now let's do a step forward. I started to piece the halftrack together again and placed it on the groundplate.

 

 

The story is. After running on a mine the crew left the car in a hurry and took cover. Each Gi starting off in a different direction. The germans were known placing mines as indicators for enemy movements and you could be sure to receive mortar or attillery fire in short time. So it was wise to leaf the place as quickly as you could waiting for things to develope. (The truth is I hate doing figures so I'm happy they all ran away)

 

 

 

 

will be continued

[fam43]

Hello,

my fingers slowly are performing again. But I will wait a day or two before going back to the TA-152 again. Meanwhile I continue this thread from 2009.

 

When soldiers leaf their armored car in a hurry they will leave behind all except their weapons. So some carbage had to added to the vehicle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is room for more items to hang on the car.

This was the moment I realized the halftrack had to go deeper into the mud than shown. Well let's see what I can do in this case.

[dutik]

Ist doch kein Problem. Mach einen kleinen Randwall links und rechts neben jeder Kette und Kettenspur. Fahrzeuge drücken den Sand doch nicht nur unter sich zusammen, sondern auch etwas links und rechts hoch und seitlich weg.

 

Sieht gut aus. Wirklich erstaunlich, was du so aus Altmaterial machst. Das ist noch richtig klassischer Modellbau in Tradition von Shephard Paine, Bill Horan oder Francoise Verlinden. Respekt!

 

Gruß dutik

[fam43]

Hi dudik,

nice to hear from you again. Will we meet in Gatow or next year in Lübeck?

Edited April 20, 2011 by fam43

[dutik]

Both, I guess. Also want to bring in some new build models this year.

 

Regards!

- dutik

[fam43]

this is good news Dudik.

[LSP_K2]

I've always liked the look of the M16. I've been wanting the Trumpeter 1:16 scale kit for quite a while now; ran into a guy selling one last September for $120, but I just didn't have the cash. If he's there again this year with more kits for that price, I'll have one! Good job buddy!

[fam43]

Digging in the car wasn't posible so I added sand around it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[fam43]

Time to do some weathering with watercolors and vpastels and adding some more detalls:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 7, 2011 by fam43

[fam43]

The isle of "Rügen" was used as background for this pic:

 

 

The same in black and white

 

Edited May 7, 2011 by fam43