German Flak 37 Crew

[stuartv]

Last of the crew pushing the gun carriage completed.

[stuartv]

I have decided to set the Diorama in an Olive grove in Italy. So the last figure will be dragging a branch from an Olive tree to start the camouflaging of the gun position. I am going to return the finishing of the 88 gun next and getting that sprayed up. Then onto the diorama itself, I have ordered a custom display case from BoxMint boxmint.co.uk

[Steve Zuleski]

Ruck On, Stuart!

[deafpanzer]

Great work on the last figure!

[Mike]

Any more progress here? Your work is fantastic!

[stuartv]

Mike,

I moved on to finishing the 88, you can see that here modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/15209/tamiya-1-35th-flak-37

[stuartv]

I have created a new thread for the Diorama, please see here modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/16289/gun-grove-italy-late-1943

I would like you input into the composition/layout of the scene?

[stuartv]

The Diorama is coming along very well and I need to make the last figure for it.



I am going to have the crew member removing the muzzle cover from the 88. I want the figure to be wearing ankle boots, so I have used the lower torso from an 8th Army figure with good detail on the boots. The figure needs to be reaching up to pull the muzzle cover off so a suitable upper torso has been found with raised shoulders. The figure proportion was not right so a space has been added to get the upper torso length in scale.

[stuartv]

Replaced the head with a Hornet head and cleaned up the figure ready to add the detail. Going to have him with open shirt and then his jacket over the top. Carved out the left shirt collar and added the right one with Milliput. Started building up the torso to create the jacket.

[stuartv]

Front of the uniform completed this week.

[Steve Zuleski]

Looking pretty excellent, actually!

[handiabled]

What fantastic detail you are adding to this figure

[stuartv]

Here is a before and after of the back of the uniform. When I add the arms then the area around the shoulders will be sculpted.

[Steve Zuleski]

I forgot if I read it already, but what putty are you using, Stewart?

[stuartv]

Aug 18, 2024 9:29:13 GMT -5 Steve Zuleski said:

I forgot if I read it already, but what putty are you using, Stewart?

Steve,



I am using Mulliput for the clothing but also used Apoxie Sculpt on the collar.

[stuartv]

First trouser leg sculpted.

[vw8243]

Nice work on the sculpting Stuart ,a chap in shorts in Italy would not have looked out a place  ? 

[paddy]

I can see through whats going on here, this is sorcery, People just dont have this sort of skill without some sort of witchcraft involvement. I've seen it before with Steve Zuleskion on other threads, now its happening here !!!

[Steve Zuleski]

Aug 19, 2024 1:32:49 GMT -5 paddy said:

I can see through whats going on here, this is sorcery, People just dont have this sort of skill without some sort of witchcraft involvement. I've seen it before with Steve Zuleskion other threads, now its happening here !!!

Lol, he does have it down Pat , doesn't he, Paddy? But he's gonna tell you no sorcery, just a ton of boofs, and bump and grind.

Pretty awesome conversations, Stuart. Ruck On!

[stuartv]

Aug 19, 2024 10:34:54 GMT -5 Steve Zuleski said:

Aug 19, 2024 1:32:49 GMT -5 paddy said:

I can see through whats going on here, this is sorcery, People just dont have this sort of skill without some sort of witchcraft involvement. I've seen it before with Steve Zuleskion other threads, now its happening here !!!

Lol, he does have it down Pat , doesn't he, Paddy? But he's gonna tell you no sorcery, just a ton of boofs, and bump and grind.

Pretty awesome conversations, Stuart. Ruck On!

Thank you both

[tcoat]

I have a hard time filling the seams on figures that come with all the parts so this is mind blowing to me!

[stuartv]

Picking out some suitable hands for the figure. Probably the hardest part of figure conversion is to get the hands right for what the figure is doing. So best solution is to find suitable hands from your spares and then attach them to a wire armature and make the clothing on the arms from Mulliput or similar.

The muzzle cover on the 88 had a lanyard attached, so the figure will be holding the lanyard and pulling the cover off the muzzle.



I have picked a selection of arms with suitable gripping hands from my spares, it doesn't matter what position the arms are in as I won't be using them. I will cut them above the wrist mid fore arm area and grind off the clothing, attach them to a wire and position in the correct pose.

[Steve Zuleski]

Your figure bin looks like mine. I never throw away spare parts, so I recon that makes us both pack-rats, HA!

That's a cool ref pic, it's got some wheel damage that somebody probably got shot for, ooops.

[stuartv]

Aug 21, 2024 3:42:50 GMT -5 Steve Zuleski said:

Your figure bin looks like mine. I never throw away spare parts, so I recon that makes us both pack-rats, HA!

That's a cool ref pic, it's got some wheel damage that somebody probably got shot for, ooops.

Had I discovered this photo earlier I would have based my diorama on this.

[stuartv]

The hands have been selected, cropped and clothing clean off ready to be modified for my new figure.



The trousers are now finished, need to add the detail on the gaiters next.

[paddy]

We need to redefine our hobby from model making to model assembly. You are model making, we just assemble. Very impressive

[406 Silverado]

Aug 23, 2024 13:39:15 GMT -5 paddy said:

We need to redefine our hobby from model making to model assembly. You are model making, we just assemble. Very impressive

Right you are about that paddy. This is pure genious!! 

[brandonk]

You are really inspiring me to try modifying figures to make them better fit my vision that dance in my heads. Along side the sugar plumbs.

[keavdog]

That looks great. I attended a few SCHAMS meetings in SoCal. Great sculptors like John Rosengrant and Bill Horan. Looking like those guys!

[stuartv]

The gaiters are completed and positioned the arms on the figure.