1/72 Waffen SS le IG18 in the middle of the combat

Panzer_Grenadire

Member since
April 2006
From: Romania

Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Monday, November 23, 2009 2:33 AM

Broke man you are right, Pegasus Hobbies' crew is very accurate and nice, but here I used for the crew 3 figures from Preiser's PaK40 Crew and other 3 from Preiser's 8mm Mortar in combat. These figures are more or less converted and even several are in standard poses.

In few days I will post the review for Preiser's PaK40 crew, followed by the one for the Mortar Crew. If you want to read my review of Pegasus Hobbies' IG18 set and see plenty of images with the painted crews in standard and coverted poses, please visit this link:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47210/thread/1234871391/1-72+PEGASUS+HOBBIES-German+75+mm+le+IG18+Infantry+Gun+with+Crew+%28Img+and+Review%29

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broke man

Member since
November 2009

Posted by broke man on Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:19 PM

i readthe review for that kit of figures on plasticsoldierreveiw.com and that kit scored extremely high, as soon as i get the chance i plan to pick up the same kits. awesome job on the camo, especially in that scale.

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Panzer_Grenadire

Member since
April 2006
From: Romania

Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:13 PM

Thank you very much, I am glad to see that you enjoyed this small scene. Regardng camo on uniforms, I think patience and a long practice is the answer....:) Unfortunately, such a figure takes me plenty of time to finish it....

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jetmodeler

Member since
October 2009
From: South Carolina

Posted by jetmodeler on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:01 PM

Looks good. How in the world did you paint the camo on the uniform. Nice word on the dio.

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Panzer_Grenadire

Member since
April 2006
From: Romania

Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:27 AM

Thanks a lot deafpanzer, I am more than happy that you enjoy the figures I post. Quite soon there will come much more, the present ones are only the avangarde....

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deafpanzer

Member since
April 2009
From: Carmel, IN

Posted by deafpanzer on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:09 PM

AMAZING! There is no way I can paint 1/72 figures as good as you do. Keep posting them... I have looked in your past posts and enjoyed 'em.

Andy

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Panzer_Grenadire

Member since
April 2006
From: Romania

Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:16 AM

Thank you very much for the message, I am glad that youu enjoyed them. Next year I want to depict in the 1/72 scale the soldier that you have as avatar....It is one of my favouite images of a WWII German soldier. I hope you will like its 1/72 version....

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psstoff995's lbro

Member since
December 2008
From: Northern Va

Posted by psstoff995's lbro on Monday, November 16, 2009 8:09 PM

Looks great Panzer_Grenadire!

Very realistic poses and layout, well done. Thumbs Up [tup]

-Will young modeler

Test fit master

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Panzer_Grenadire

Member since
April 2006
From: Romania

1/72 Waffen SS le IG18 in the middle of the combat

Posted by Panzer_Grenadire on Monday, November 16, 2009 3:46 PM

Even if I wrote the review for this Pegasus Hobbies kit, putting together two such guns and much more crews, it was a pleasure for assemble another one, heavily weathered and very dirty... This time I have added to it Preiser figures and extra mud made of Tamyia putty.
There is also included a "tractor", a one horse power one taken from Revell's artillery to which I added the reins, traces and few ammo boxes tied with a rope.
Because of the lack of appropriate tractor or complete team of horses, WWII Germans often employ a single horse for towing light guns such as le IG18 or Pak 35/36.
This gun is operated by its complete crew (6 soldiers) enrolled in Waffen SS Panzer Grenadier and they are in the middle of the combat. They are dressed in smocks painted in autum/winter ribbed edge and oak leaf patterns, few helmets camouflage cloths from here featuring also plane tree pattern.

Hope you will enjoy it....:)