sdkfz 250-3 in 1/6th scale

Finished the front eight hinges and added another detail

some-how I never noticed the front armor plate on these old 250's are a separate armor plate

these two pictures show the plate missing

mine

I cut a grove with the razor knife to show a gap between the body and the front armored plate

also holes for missing front lift hooks

then after over one year, real colored paint.

a base coat of model masters Africa mustard

followed by three coats of Tamiya TS3 dunkelgelb

It needs one more coat, but real color on the model !!!

More ASAP

CG

Looks like your coming along nicely. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks jet.

I don't know if I am happy or sad. Over a year to get to this point.

The model still needs camouflage (air brush) paint and lot's of weathering, also more radio equipment and a scratch radio-rack, the interior is not yet done !!

Lot's more to do

CrapGame

Outstanding Job there, crapGame. Really nive work there. You should be proud on your self for all the work and effort into that Halftrack. - I know i would ! .

May i ask in wich time frame you're doing the Paint of the Waffen - SS?

Thanks PWM

it will be a member of

s.SS-Pz.Abt. 101 (501)... late war Normandy. I will get the final coat of dunkelgelb on tonight and work on some interior detail parts. I will post an update asap.

CG

Aha! that one, I beleive that was the Same Unit Herr Michael wittman was attached to and was the comanding officaer after Kurt Meyer Him self. Or was the SS- Schweres Abteilung 501?

Congrats on clearing the 1 year hurdle and getting some paint on this one! Definitely have my admiration...don't know if I could work on a single build for that length of time and maintain my discipline/focus the way you have.

Thanks. I did take more than a few months of and worked strictly on my tiger 1, then got a little bored with that and went back to work on this 250.

Here is what I did in the last week or so.

Interior radio stuff. I have very few pictures of the interior of these machines

I had to do a lot of guess work to install these junction boxes and misc. intercom parts.

as for actual radio gear, I have built two of the four radio kits for the model

I still need to order the other two kits and build the rack that holds them.

one of my favorite sdkfz250 pictures!

it clearly shows three antenna's for the machine.  I ordered and added another mount to the driver's side of the model

other side the  "stab" antenna installed

then on to the front air intake ports (at least I think that is what they are)..

on the model they are just molded plastic and sit to low. I made a new set from a fine gauge stainless steal mesh.

then added some rust

that is it for now

Thanks for following along

CrapGame

Alright, I just love a good interior.  It's looking good. Keep up the good work!

Looks like your coming along on this one. The screens and radio look great.

Much-thanks.

Three color camouflage (and weathering) is all that is left to do. 

I will " test fire " my airbrush this weekend (with any luck) and shoot the camouflage paint.

CG

I spent the day looking at camouflage patterns and radio-antenna stuff for the sdkf250

there is a great set of three books on the 250 from "total detail".. out of print, but available from rapidshare download.  Countless pictures of 250's you will not find on Google.

To do the three antenna sdkfz250 correctly, requires a "box stern, drivers side"..

I have one on order from Mike Standard. More parts for the project, and more money and another delay..

CrapGame

Yesterday I started the camouflage for the 250.

Tamiya hull red and nato green both cut with white, then an over spray of there TS-3

what is great about German camouflage is that you can do just about any sort of pattern you like.

I finished half the machine before running out of time and paint.

in black and white

more soon

CG

Paint job looks great. Can't wait to see the weathering.

jetmodeler

Paint job looks great. Can't wait to see the weathering.

I'll seccond that.

Phenominal painting.

Crapgame

I spent the day looking at camouflage patterns and radio-antenna stuff for the sdkf250

there is a great set of three books on the 250 from "total detail".. out of print, but available from rapidshare download.  Countless pictures of 250's you will not find on Google.

To do the three antenna sdkfz250 correctly, requires a "box stern, drivers side"..

I have one on order from Mike Standard. More parts for the project, and more money and another delay..

CrapGame

 

Actually that is a 250/5 not a 250/3. So if you want to make it a 250/5 just lose the overhead antenna frame and go with the antenna.

Thanks for the information Mikeym.  I love the shower curtain antenna, I have to use it . I know your going sdkfz 250 (1) to (12) by the book ... BUT check this out :

Clearly shows three antenna(s), check out  Rommel's machine

Clearly shows the second antenna on the wrong side and in the wrong location.

I believe both of these machines started life as sdkfz253's.. Field mods made them sdkfz250's. The armored visor on the back door of my model makes mine a field-mod 253 as well. Which gives me "lee-way" with antenna placement. Make sense..?

The paint. As I said I ran out. I ordered more, which I should have in a week or so. I am prettty happy with the pattern, although I will still "tweek" it a bit. That is what is fun about German camouflage. As long as the color's are correct the pattern is " anything goes". Here are a few pictures of some wild ones from my collection

I would not have the guts to model any of the above patterns.

More soon

CG

Over the weekend I finished the three color camouflage, I only need to shoot an over-spray of Tamiya TS-3. I should have the paint tomorrow. Then I can move on to some vehicle-markings and weathering.

I am always looking for cool 250 pictures for ideas. I found this " artists interpretation " of the 250 @ Arnhem.

I like this look a lot. Original gray paint on the drive/road wheels, with a bit of winter white-wash that was not removed. Only the body receiving the late war (field applied) camo-repaint. IMHO, paint like this is very possible.

First step:

airbrushed Tamiya colors nato brown and flat black.

flat white

Real-deal drive wheel

notice the bolted rubber pads around the wheel

I found these resin bolt heads to add to the project

cut and painted

real-deal road wheel, notice the rubber outer ring

my version :

More soon !

CrapGame

Back-side markings and rust :

rust

then

I need to pick a number

More soon

CG

Decided on a vehicle number "217" .. Why, no real reason it just looks good.

drivers side

passenger side

and rear

Three options, leave the numbers as-is ( white outline) or add black inside or red inside..

Not sure what do you think?

I also did the front L-plate box. The numbers will be water slide decals, the only decals on the model. (on order)..

Then the curb finders and rear view mirror

Fritz hit something on the passenger side and bent this one

drivers side rear view mirror

real mirror

Please let me know what you think about the "217" numbers ..

CrapGame

The numbers look perfect.

Thanks jet. I will leave them as-is.

tracks

license plates numbers

front

--

weathering is all that remains..

Today I added the sdkfz250's tools

jack block

jack

shovel and jack handle

wire cutters

small axe

pad lock for storage bin

and rear mount tow cable

I am getting close, weathering up next.

CrapGame

I carried this thing into the kitchen to shot these shots ( no easy deal, this models weight is about 30lbs) to show you the contrast between the camouflage body and the gray running gear. I got the idea from this painting of the Arnhem 250

please bear in mind the machine still needs a (weathering) wash..

IMHO, the gray running gear and camouflage body make for an interesting sdkfz250. I also think this was a real possibility with field repainted machines.

That is going to be "it" for a while. I have a 52 hour work week ahead of me. I will not have much free time in days to come.

CG

I agree with you on the gray running gear. It really gives it some interest.

Hi CG,

I'm about to start the same project, the Monkeydepot delivery just arrived yesterday. I am impressed about your work and i hope that you don't mind if i follow your footsteps. I could not find what "mike standard" is ? Maby i did not search enough ? I will make mine RC and also with working suspensions. I will post it and give you the link. I also have a Tiger 1 project going on and also a Dragon kettenkrad which i finished to make it RC. I will scratchbuild a lot of the parts if i get good info on them. Looking forward to your input, thanks

tigertiki

CG....Your sdkfz 250-3 is really like good.

I really appreciate your up close "VISUAL" tutorials. I picked up some valuable techniques that I must use.

Thanks a bunch for sharing.

Great build; love the 250's, too. Have a 250-9 coming. U should do an article. By the way, how did U choose interior color & what color is it? Also, how did U do the ruxt? Thnx