Finished Wirbelwind 1/48

Came out pretty nice Carlos!

Nice build! Good control of the airbrush... It could really stand a flat coat in honest opinion, looks a bit shiny.

Yeah, hit that MOJO with some dullccoat---looks nice other than the fact that I could look into the mirror finish of it and pick my teeth...

Nice job on the camo and zim and congrats on your first armor build...25 years is a long time to go between builds but once the bug bites, you're hooked! I agree with Kenneth, the pics do seem to show some shine on the finish but could be related to the angle/lighting.

Thanks all....

it does have a flat finish...I think the flash might have been a bit too strong...or it might need another coat...I did add a bit of metallic grey drybrush after the flat...maybe thats whats the shine is......now the camo was freehand...used the same tecnique as my Ho...very thin paint, low pressure and worked very close to the surface...although I got to say its much easier spraying the camo on a wing than on a tank side!!!

For the next one, you'd really improve the look with a proper finish on the tracks--spare and actual tracks. Without getting too involved, you could simply paint them a darkish brown and then drybrush a metallic grey over them, followed by a highlight pass of silver. Silver monotone tracks tend to look unnatural.

However, it's a good effort at a tricky piece to model. That open turret can be challenging.

looks real good,I have this kit in the stash,question,does it have to have zimm to be accurate ?

anthony2779

looks real good,I have this kit in the stash,question,does it have to have zimm to be accurate ?

anthony...Im not an armor expert but I would think..and I guess it could be said, that since the zimmerit was field applied some vehicles didnt have it....

This was a nice kit and 1/48 goes well with my aircraft on display but I might move to 1/35 for future armor kits...ESPECIALLY if I have to add zimmerit...

Carlos, now you have something to shoot all your planes down with. LOL

Can't really add anything to what the others said. I like your camo and you're braver then I for doing your own zimmerit. Here's hoping you crank more armor out.

Just a slight modification to the info Carlos provided re: zim for the Wirbelwinds. They were all built on re-conditioned existing Pz IV G/H/J hulls and only had zim if the hull got it when it was a standard hull (either at time of original manufacture or if it was refurbished at any point in its service life when zim application was the norm prior to being given over to Wirbelwind production). That means that many Wirbelwinds did and did not have zim, it all depends. HTH!

This is a nice build, i agree it does look shiny in the pics. As for rust, i don't think it does need more. In fact, i think rust is way over done on AFV models a lot of the time.

Just to add to bill's comment on Zimm. It was factory applied and not field applied.

What Doog said about tghe tracks and tools. However, I'd have hit them with either ModelMaster Burnt Iron or Burnt Metal metalizer for a base. Same with the tools on the fenders. Look at the tools in your tool chest or garage that don't get used too often. That's the color I'd try for.

Other than that, very nicely done. Good freehanding on the camo.Too bad so many people feel they need to mask instead of learing to use the tool they have properly as you have done.

As to weathering, here's where research come in. There were 86 of vehicles constructed from July through November 1944, which left them no more than 8 and as litle as 5 months in the field.