My second build of the year is one from my rather large 251 collection and one i have been wanting to do for a while.
I will be building a vehicle from the 1t Pz Div in Greece in 1943. This Div was sent to Greece as a result of the British Operation_Mincemeat This lead to the Germans to believe the Allies would be landing in Greece when in fact they were going to invade Sicily and Italy.
Ashide form a couple of Eduard PE sets, i will be adding some Trumpeter figures. I only need 7 of these and have not yet decided on which 7 i will use.
I also have AFV clubs ammunition set for some extra ammo. The 251 kit comes with one sprue from this ammo set but no decals, so this ammo set gives me the decals as well.
I made a start on this on Tues. Our model club has started doing a build night once a month in addition to the normal club night. This weeks was the first time i have been to the build night and i was surprised how much i got done in 3 hours without any distractions of a TV or computer. Even though i took my PE, i decided i didn't want that pinging across the club room so while i would normally start on the interiour, i focused on getting the sides in place and the running gear started.
Then last night i was able to focus on this kit fully, after finishing off one of my shelf queens. I have concentrated on the drivers section, leaving out the drivers IP and seats to be added after painting.
And got the rear section of the floor fitted.
Next i will work backwards on the lower hull inside before then switching to the upper hull and then painting.
This is my 5th 251 and my 2nd AFV kit, the other being an Ausf D.I have noticed with both kits lots of thick pour stubs. These are not anywhere that would be seen but they have to be removed to allow parts to be fitted. But that being said, the AFV Club 251's are already my favorite of the 3 brands i have built. I did like how the lower sides were fitd on this, much better than Dragon. Its quite lucky fort me that the AFV club kits are my favorite. Our of the 26 251's in the stash, 15 are from AFV.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3