I had not paid any attention to that until you brought it up. Interesting detail indeed.

Stik: interesting jeep in the background.......the cross's on the hood and the helmet are OD and not red.

Hey GM, here is a partial view in glorious color of a captured Kubel in Tunisa...

GMorrison, I'm building the Dragon Kubelwagen for the group build also...when I finish the Tiger. I have built 4 of them so far. The best color I used was Vallejo Desert Yellow No. 70.977. I built the Tamiya kit as well as the Dragon kits. All were great kits and as you said they almost build themselves. Hope this helps. I look forward to your build.

Scott

I'm just taking it one day at a time here on this build. I am flattered that you can learn from my madness here.

Well, I found my subject this afternoon...

Man Carl does the fun ever stop?!!!! Holy smokes. I learn so much from you man! Great progress.

Scott

Alan, thank you for the kind words. Your Kfz is looking great to my eyes I did not realize that the tup deck behind the turret was mesh, with all the work in there, I can still see plenty showing thru.

GM, I sent you a PM about colors for your Kubelwagen.

So today was mostly spent doing some detail work here and airbrushing. First I drilled and hollowed out the lens portions of the nibs. Once the rangefinder is painted I will put a drop of Testors clear cement in each to simulate the lenses themselves. Not sure if I want to paint the rangefinder itself in Field Gray, the standard color for the Italian Army, or Flat Black. I am kinda leaning towards the Field Gray

then it was time for a new primer coat of Tamiya Yellow Green on all teh work that I have done since I layed down the paint colors and scratch work, and... I tell you what, on planning for this project I give myself a D. Planning ahead would have me saving time and past this point.

But I must say it all looks much better under a coat of paint. Hopefully on Friday I can get a new coat of the Polly Scale Giallo Mimetico 2 on there.

SdKfz222 Update

armor86 - Wow! Nice job. I’m going to have to try those techniques on my next armor build.

Stikpusher - Nice progress. I’m looking forward to the finished model.

Thanks for all the kind words. I’m pretty happy with how this is progressing; although, I still have a lot to learn.

Here the SdKfz222 is glossed up with decals and a dirt wash applied.

Here she is with the turret installed. Too bad very little of the internal work is visible. Oh well, live and learn.

Well, the SdKfz222 is almost done. She needs her wheels, some access doors, the wire mesh nets (whatever they are called) and a final sand wash/pigments with some grey/aluminum brushing and a final flat coat. That should go relatively fast.

Started the kubel this morning. Really nice kit almost a shake the box.

Have pics later.

What's the con census on yellow ?

Thanks guys... I seriously think I have OCD sometimes. What is wrong with OOB??? right? Aren't kits supposed to buildable just fine as you bring them home from the store?

Dan: Fantastic, I love the sand in the tires there!

SP: You sir are kicking the Gonzometer up to 11!!!

Some nice detailing there Stik.

Armour, that is looking really nice, I rather like those AK DAK weathering sets, I got some good result with them recently.

Well, in for a Penny, in for a Pound. Aside from the prototype of the Carro Commando, all the production vehicles had a 4 piece roof hatch, the two that opened to the sides, plus one each for and aft of those. So today I matched up the drawings in my Squadron book, measured them out, traced out the approximate locations and scribed them into place. Then I used strip styrene to make up hinges and splash stripsn abd some stuff from my spares bin to make some round details on the new hatches. I also glued the goniometer and rangefinder base mount in place.

Then I added some bolthead detail to the second radio antenna pot using thin rod styrene

and I dressed up the rangefinder a little bit using those nubs you nip off of parts. I save the better ones for porposes like this

So now I think I am ready for touch up painting and then the final painting steps here...

Coming along - applied AK Filter and first Wash - Updated Photos - 232 RAD 8 - AK Interactive Africa Korps Filter (AK-065) and AK Wash for DAK vehicle - after applying the wash went back over it with some thinner, next up dry brush and then dusting effects. Armor86

DAK Wash

Well looking at my Squadron Italilan Medium Tanks book I noticed another thing needing to be added to my Carro Commando, a second antenna pot and the stowage support. So I scratched up those today from a few sources

I still need to go and add a few details to them, but the main parts are done.

Gamera

Hmmm I've been just spraying them dark grey and using a hole template from the local arts store to mask off the rubber tires and spray the wheel hull. Seems to work ok for me.

i airbrush the wheel and handpaint the rubber to the rim. though this would not fly with most judges, especially non armor judges judging armor, many times the rubber part facing out above the wheel hub will be the same color as the wheel hub. not from the factory but painted in the field.

Dan very nice job on the 8 RAD, you did a great job on the chipping and weathering. Nice build, I think it's going to look very nice on our front page.  

I've got an update on the two Pz. Is coming, but first I want to recognize some great work here!

Dan - the 232 RAD is coming along great!  I love the weathering, chipping etc! The stowage and extra gear is really making thisbuild stand out!

Clemens - Whoa!  You're going all out on your Pv. IV!!  Can't wait to see it all come together!

Stik - fine work on the M13 and the AS-42!  I like how you're painting all the details!  Luv the scratchwork too!  As for replacment headlights, this is how I do mine (if I have the time!): 

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/143751.aspx?sort=ASC&pi240=55

Jack - you've got more books on Italian armor than I have books on any one armor subject!!v  I'd love to see your personal reference library!!

Tojo - glad to see you've joined in!  Looking forward to the Semovente!  And thanks for the tip on how Tony Lee does his Sherman VVSS bogies....I keep forgetting that and will have to try it soon!

Dan: Awesome looking work on that 8-Rad! Looks like she saw quite some action.

Stik: Your Italians look really nice! I like that flashy yellow.

Tojo: It's always nice to have some more Italian builds in here.

Yeah Anthony, that M13/40 goes together well. I had to spring for some Resin AM tracks and they were a mess to clean up, but went together very well. If you can find an AM headlight, that would be a major upgrade.

Dan, that 232 looks great bud. Love the chipping.

Jack, I got a set of their 251 wheels a little while back which comes with a set of those mask's. I have not used masks for wheels, I normally spray the colour and then brush paint the rubber, but these masks look nice and after painting my Panther wheels, I think a mask might be a nice idea. But those ones do seem rather pricey. If your doing lots of a certain type your guess they would make sense.

Armour, sweet work on the RAD, looking very nice.

Hey A86- niiiccceeeee ride, looks like she's been out roaming the desert!

My circle template is a cheap one, figured if I'm going to spray paint on it I didn't need a nice one like Don's though I guess paint thinner should take it off without a problem. And yes I just tape over the adjacent circles so I don't get overspray there.

That looks great A86!

Yea, I've used the same circle template, mask off adjacent circles.  Getting close to finishing up the 232 RAD 8, few more items to install, filter and washes then final dust wash and pigments. Armor86

I need to look into one of those things... What do you do, tape off the adjoining circles to fight overspray?

Gamera

Hmmm I've been just spraying them dark grey and using a hole template from the local arts store to mask off the rubber tires and spray the wheel hull. Seems to work ok for me.

Yep!,  I use the Large and Small Circles Template from the C-Thru Ruler Company (Bloomfield, CT) to mask road wheels after an inital coat of black (gray).  It has templates ranging from 0.0025" (1/16") to 1.875" (1/78") that will accommodate road wheels from almost all Pz vehicles.  Can post a pic if you want....

Don

Sounds a LOT more cost effective than a different mask set for each different vehicle type

Hmmm I've been just spraying them dark grey and using a hole template from the local arts store to mask off the rubber tires and spray the wheel hull. Seems to work ok for me.