Dragon 1/35 German 'Totenkopf Division Kharkov 1943'

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Mike- I am afraid I have to buy all future Dragon releases... only Germans and Americans.  I am not really into Russian armor... I am glad because if I was my stash would be much bigger and I will not be able to build them all.  

Eric- Thanks! Always good hearing from you my friend!  

 

I'm just lucky with the two Russian sets I have that I actually have a couple Mosin Nagants to use as examples when doing the guns. And I hopefully plan on getting some of the newer Gen2 US sets as I have a M1 Garand clip to use as a example when painting those as well and the 8 rounds in it are well unusual so to say.

Anthony- Thanks man!  I used couple of paint colors on the fleece hoods.  Base color was off white, then sand color for the depth. Then it was highlighted with white on the top of edges before I applied heavily thinned oil paint burnt umber to make the details pop.  Give it a shot... it was fun and easy.  Oh, I forgot to mention that a cold bottle of helped too.  

they look real good Andy,the fleece hoods came out nice,cant wait to see them with the Stug

Mike- I am afraid I have to buy all future Dragon releases... only Germans and Americans.  I am not really into Russian armor... I am glad because if I was my stash would be much bigger and I will not be able to build them all.  

Eric- Thanks! Always good hearing from you my friend!  

Well done on the figures. Great poses.

LOL no kidding especially since alot of those figure sets contain alot of goodies for the spares box including weapons and kit (gear for the not so military inclined). I think I have over 30 DML figure sets including extras and quite a few Tamiya figure sets as well. Probably need to get some more Soviet figure sets since I have a couple Soviet WWII AFV's

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Mike- Yes I can not remember which figure set I stole the head strap from. LOL!  I have like 30 figure sets in stash so it was fun going thru many boxes.  Appreciate you taking your time to let me know... I am always looking for more figure sets especially for half tracks.

Goose- Thanks buddy... glad you liked them!

KFC-  Maybe I shouldn't have added 'F' to your name.  I think of KFC every time I see your name.  Yes you will love this set.  It was released recently so they have great improved details.  I consider them better than resin now because they are ALOT cheaper.

 

 

Mike- Yes I can not remember which figure set I stole the head strap from. LOL!  I have like 30 figure sets in stash so it was fun going thru many boxes.  Appreciate you taking your time to let me know... I am always looking for more figure sets especially for half tracks.

Goose- Thanks buddy... glad you liked them!

KFC-  Maybe I shouldn't have added 'F' to your name.  I think of KFC every time I see your name.  Yes you will love this set.  It was released recently so they have great improved details.  I consider them better than resin now because they are ALOT cheaper.

As for PE headset straps  the DML German Halftrack crew set has 4 PE headset straps yet you use only one so you could probably pick up the Halftrack crew figure set and have a few extra straps and I think the Achtung! Jabo figure set includes the same pe set as well.

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Thought I'd share you my latest work on figures from Dragon... 'Totenkopf Division Kharkov 1943'.  They are going with my StuG III Ausf F/8 I am building for my Panzer III & its Variants GB.  

I have to say that those are the best figures from Dragon so far.  Their facial expression were just great...

The AMMO BOY- He is missing a k98 rifle... I snapped it in half while trying to attach it to his hand.   Will have it repaired or replaced...

 

 The MULE- 

The RAMBO- My favorite so far.  I am still working on his helmet.  It is temporarily attached using putty.  Will use hairspray technique for white wash when I have my StuG white washed at the same time. 

The COMMANDER- From Tahk (Tank)... resin figure.

Replaced the headset with PE strap... resin part broke into pieces. 

I have to say kudos to Dragon for coming out with this great figures set.  I will not hesitate to buy future releases like this especially that they are alot cheaper than resin figures.

Comments and feedbacks are always welcome.  Thanks for looking!

Very well done expressions !

Great work on painting those figures!

Good work.  I had thought about ordering the same set and now I might.