Post by robwesterman on Dec 27, 2015 3:29:11 GMT -5
Just wanted to share a project which I'm currently working on.
It's a Sd.Kfz 250 from the 12SS with a Italian 2cm Breda Flak mounted in it. It's based on the picture below.
Some typical field modifications are present on this vehicle, like the foliage tie downs welded on the upper hull, a side boarding step and a bumper bar.
This is where I'm at right now. It's the Sd.Kfz 250 Neu kit from Dragon, with some photo etch from Eduard and Aber. The 2cm Breda kit is from Italeri. Just a few more details need to be fixed like the foliage tie downs.
The bumper bar, made from evergreen strips.
I also added some kind of container on the rear of the vehicle as can be seen on the pics. Also made from Evergreen sheet and strips.
The inside of the vehicle is almost finished. The transmission is scratched, as the Dragon kit does not contain parts for this. I wonder why because the kit is fairly complete with lots of other parts!
So here's the Italeri gun. A nice little kit, not to complicated and only needs some cleaning up of the parts. I added a few details.
A question for me was in what way the gun was fixed in the vehicle as I didn't have any reference photo's. It was obviously a field conversion, so I guess I'd have a bit of artistic freedom in this. I made a simple mount of Evergreen sheets on which the gun can be placed.
As you can see, the space in this vehicle is very limited. Maybe I'll remove the seat of the gun...
I adjusted the axels of the rear wheels to make a proper sit of the vehicle, like on the photo.
Next step is painting the inside and trying to add some figures! :-)
Thanks for watching!
Rob.
It's a Sd.Kfz 250 from the 12SS with a Italian 2cm Breda Flak mounted in it. It's based on the picture below.
Some typical field modifications are present on this vehicle, like the foliage tie downs welded on the upper hull, a side boarding step and a bumper bar.
This is where I'm at right now. It's the Sd.Kfz 250 Neu kit from Dragon, with some photo etch from Eduard and Aber. The 2cm Breda kit is from Italeri. Just a few more details need to be fixed like the foliage tie downs.
The bumper bar, made from evergreen strips.
I also added some kind of container on the rear of the vehicle as can be seen on the pics. Also made from Evergreen sheet and strips.
The inside of the vehicle is almost finished. The transmission is scratched, as the Dragon kit does not contain parts for this. I wonder why because the kit is fairly complete with lots of other parts!
So here's the Italeri gun. A nice little kit, not to complicated and only needs some cleaning up of the parts. I added a few details.
A question for me was in what way the gun was fixed in the vehicle as I didn't have any reference photo's. It was obviously a field conversion, so I guess I'd have a bit of artistic freedom in this. I made a simple mount of Evergreen sheets on which the gun can be placed.
As you can see, the space in this vehicle is very limited. Maybe I'll remove the seat of the gun...
I adjusted the axels of the rear wheels to make a proper sit of the vehicle, like on the photo.
Next step is painting the inside and trying to add some figures! :-)
Thanks for watching!
Rob.
