Thanks guys, for the positive vibes. Much appreciated.
I'm still feeling my way still with this vehicle modelling lark. (And basically copying Queeg's techniques as far as possible
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I also have yet more boxes of Blitzkreig vehicles, and having read the thoughts of Capt Blood I'm wondering whether I was possibly a bit hasty in purchasing so many, over 20 of various types I think, and perhaps I should have just tried one or two first? --- I did ponder waiting for Rubicon to move onto the vehicles I wanted, and I didn't like the look of the Warlord stuff so I bypassed that. Perhaps I should have more patience.
Well, don't beat yourself up too much
I think if we wait for all the lovely goodies which Rubicon will produce in the fullness of time, we could be waiting for a while to get the things we actually want.
And now I've cleaned them up and primed them, the Blitzkrieg vehicles are looking pretty darn good... (See below)
My grumbling is more to do with the fact that the casting around the mould line leaves a great deal to be desired - but you'd never know that from the pictures they use... As borne out by Brent's testimony...
Welcome to the world of 28mm resins. Working on stuff with issues like this is par for the course and not just a Blitzkrieg issue. Some manufacturers are better, and within ranges quality can go from great spiralling down to far far worse than this. It's why I openly favour plastics where something is available in both. It's also why I spend so long on my builds and can't churn them out in 2 hours like some can, without a Dremel and Bench Grinder working with any quantity of resins becomes problematic.
I feel your pain, and appreciate now why you prefer plastic kits.
Anyway, here's some progress...
I've cleaned up and primed the two Blitzkrieg pieces, and added the Perry Steyr 1500 personnel carrier to the collection.
Conversely, this is a really LOVELY resin model, very finely detailed and cast, and with almost no flash or nasty unwonted resin lumpage at all...
Ironically, the only badly cast bits were the few metal components - but then we all know the issues with the casting of Perry's metals... Took a bit of remedial work with Green Stuff.
Given that there's a hook up between Blitzkrieg and Perry (and the resin looks identical), I'm guessing the same caster does both the Perry and Blitzkrieg products. Ironic that the hand-crafted master of the Steyr produces a better quality model than the whizzo, CAD-designed Blitzkrieg pieces...
That said, they do all look rather good now, and I'm looking forward to painting them when time allows...
Having overdone the stowage on the Tiger I a bit, I've given the stowage a miss altogether on the Vickers and Panzer II - they're only small tanks, and they have so much lovely detailing on their upper hulls, that there scarcely seems room for stowage.
I have however added some Rubicon stowage bits and pieces to the back shelf of the Steyr, as it seemed to be crying out for something...
I also bought a pack of 28mm scale oil drums from a seller on eBay - damn good value these, six different stacks of drums in various configurations, plus a few loose drums, all for about 5.00 GBP. Not perfectly cast, but not bad either. Now I can add a fuel dump to my desert terrain boards in due course
In other news, Hammers' generous donation of a 1/48 Tamiya Austin Tilly has now arrived (thanks Peder!) It looks like a really beautiful little model, and I don't think the scale difference between 1/48 and 1/56 will notice at all on such a small vehicle. So that's another one for the queue...
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