Bronco Adler 13 & Sd. Kfz 232 6 Rad

[steveh]

Good day gents

This has been in my stash for a while, and whilst things are quiet it seemed a good way to fire the building mojo after a lull with soldering.

This is what I would like to recreate

Following along with this sort of idea, as postered in the 30's

Older kit and older vehicles before Blitzkrieg was fully formulated
The build to date, with some undercoating on the way









For being ""off it"" I seem to have been busier than I thought!

I really want to get some figures on the bench again, and my scribbing at work will get me there, its just that the soldering bug is still eating at me, Perhaps I can get it sorted soon.

Thanks for popping by,

More soon?

Steve H

[Leon]

Nice quick build there Steve!

[wbill76]

Off to a nice start on this one! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

[adt70hk]

Interesting choice of kit Steve and something very different from the usual WW2 stuff. Liking it so far!

Andrew

[dierk]

Looks like a nice little kit. Looking forward to seeing it come together!

[noname]

Looking good so far. I built one of these and loved it. This is just a cool subject IMHO.

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[jsteinman]

[steveh]

Thanks chaps, its been a while,

Thanks Leon, she did go together quickly!

Thanks Bill, it will be a surprise, hopefully!

Thanks Andrew, I love the pre war subjects, just so different and the home of one of my favourites, the Panzer I

Thanks Dierk, this should wet your appetite

Thank you Sir, I hope you enjoy what happens with this little one too.

Thanks Bruce

Thanks John, love your early Stug work

some updates





A patchwork quilt, internal references are harder to find that reference photos, I have these
the original



A reconstruction for reenactment, with additional storage, which has been noted in some references,
If anyone has an update, please let me know?




The unifying Mr surfacer 1500





Another one waiting for the top coat and something different?

Thanks for popping by

Steve H

[dierk]

Looking good Steve! Appetite well and truly whetted.

[Leon]

Nice progress Steve! Primer looks good.

[deafpanzer]

Looking real good... looking forward to more!

[panzerjager2]

Looking real nice

[steveh]

Humble apologies for the late reply

Thanks Dierk, Leon, Andy & PJ

And the update, Starting on the 2nd part of the scenario the 232 6-rad

After the massively over engineered and astronomic parts count on the Sd. Kfz. 7 from Trumpeter, I thought I would step down a gear and do something simple,

Oh, how wrong was I!

There are only 2 of the 232 6-rad on the market the other is Italeri, I have the HiPM, with another Eduard PE set!



I found a review and build blog too, and for good measure a build blog of the Italeri, from an old favourite, Vinnie Brannigan

www.internetmodeler.com/2001/september/armor/armor_rad.htm
www.internetmodeler.com/2001/august/first-looks/hipm_sdkfz232.htm
www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/italeri-sdkfz232-6-rad/3006
www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/italeri/it6433.htm

There are plenty of photos of the 6-rad and there seems to be lots of variety in how it looks!

Right into the ""simple"" build with nothing fitting, and I mean no 2 parts fitted together without scrapping, filing and filling afterwards!
This was going to be a change of pace, and possibly a labour of love, but it is just a labour and now a serious challenge to my stamina!
The build to date






So far simple engineering, as it is an 8 mm armoured coffin on a double axled lorry chassis
I made my next error by thinking the turret could be a nice simple distraction, again nothing fit and I had to add some scratch along with the Eduard PE hinges, hatches and guttering, along with the very nice RB barrels for the 2cm cannon and MG





This one is up to date,

Thanks for popping by

Steve H

[dierk]

Sounds like the kit is fighting you every inch of the way - but you're doing a sterling job of beating it into submission!

[jsteinman]

I have that kit, I shall watch with breath bated. What ever happened to old Vinnie?

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[wbill76]

You're a brave man indeed for tackling this HiPM kit! Looks like you've got the upper hand though, stick with it!

[steveh]

Its been awhile

but a bit more

Thanks Dierk, its been a hard fought battle but I think I am getting the upper hand!

Thanks john, its a real challenge to build but its getting there,the Eduard set is made for the Italeri kit, not the Hipm, so it doesn't quite fit!

As for Vinnie, not heard anything at all?

Thank you Sir

Thanks Bill, the challenge was well worth the effort

The PE, before

And ended like this

And progress to date, with the starting cast

The cast still to be finished, perhaps all 7 or maybe just 5?
The Panzer officer on the right is already starring in a Pz I A scenario

Not sure yet!
The turret is primed with Mr Surfacer, the rest with Halford's car body primer




Thanks for popping by

Steve H

[wbill76]

Some nice progress there to be sure Steve! Looks like you made the most of that PE fret in a big way.

[Leon]

Great progress Steve! Looking really good.

[deafpanzer]

Great use of PE... I would be happy if it happens to me too. Everything is looking real good!

[steveh]

Current progress and thanks for all your comments chaps.

Its been awhile but its back on the bench with all my other projects too!

A base coat of Japanese uniform, it is actually more horrid in real life than the photos show!!




Modulation of the base next, then hard edged 3 camo on the Adler and a softer AB camo on the 232

The Reichwehr 3 colour camo is a nice variation before the grey brown of the more popularly known '39 onward from Poland's Blitzkrieg, up to Barbarossa

Thanks for popping by

Steve H

[Leon]

Nice work getting the base coat on Steve! Looking forward to the camo.

[wbill76]

Looking forward to the 3-tone pre-war setup Steve, nice start so far.

[deafpanzer]

Looking real good! I have been to more than 20 museums during my Europe trip recently and I haven't seen this variant. It tells me how rare it is...

[steveh]

Thanks Chaps

20 museums, you lucky lad, no Adler's any where!

Its been longer than I thought,

I have AB'd the Adler but the light has taken the green away?

I will need to tighten up the overspray and I will hand paint the camo on the 232 with a more ""out of the factory"" look against a more weathered Adler.

It needs to look fresher to complement all the PE I managed to attach

Here she is



And the B/W comparisons



More soon?

Steve H

[deafpanzer]

Great work on the camo... looking forward to more!