Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[Westfalia Chris]

Fantastic work. Does the model come with that radiator grille? That looks superbly crisp for a plastic wargame kit.

Wished I could get one for my Crete Germans to use as a captured truck - that Perry CS8 was a bit sobering.

[Constable Bertrand]

That is a stonker Captain, the wash and details of the model are amazing. Good work taking the time to do it properly.

Is the load in the back part of the model or your custom work? Because it looks perfect!

Cheers
Matt

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Thanks UVS.

Ah, now that's interesting. I'm a big fan of Russian Uniform, but I've never come across Black Brown. I shall look out for it... 

Would that be Vallejo German Camouflage Black Brown?

I use it for slightly grubby and worn black as well deep shades.

[moiterei_1984]

Wonderful looking piece of kit Richard! Looks like your OP was a total success 

[Helen]

Lovely brushwork Richard on the CMP 15 cwt. Fits in well with Perry Miniatures.

[carlos marighela]

Lovely work indeed.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 
Gushing Peder? Never!

Fantastic work. Does the model come with that radiator grille? That looks superbly crisp for a plastic wargame kit.

Thanks Chris. Yes, it’s all part of the kit. It comes with a very well made moulded canvas top as well, either fully enclosed or with optional open back flaps, but I decided to go for the topless look 
I remember on the Rubicon forum when they posted the first drawings for this kit a year or so back, the intention was to offer a Ford radiator grill and a Chevrolet radiator grill as options. In the event, only the Chevvy version was in the final kit. But Rubicon are excellent. I really can’t recommend them highly enough. Obviously they’re a bit more fragile than resin for gaming, but the quality really is streets ahead. They are basically Tamiya in miniature.

Is the load in the back part of the model or your custom work? Because it looks perfect!

It’s a Rubicon stowage set batch of jerry cans and ammo box, with a spare Perry helmet, ammo pouch, and a Warlord shovel!

[Elk101]

Excellent that you're back painting. Lovely work too.

[NurgleHH]

Cool, my captain. Great work, as usual. Hope to see your beauties at the BLAM.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Steve and Dirk 

For the grill and stowage enthusiasts () a couple of close-ups...









At this level of magnification, you can see the only tell-tale sign of a plastic kit... the two little circles on the inside of each of the upper side panels, which I think are something to do with the moulding process - not a historical detail! Probably I should have filled these in or filed them away or something, but - meh... 

[Westfalia Chris]

At this level of magnification, you can see the only tell-tale sign of a plastic kit... the two little circles on the inside of each of the upper side panels, which I think are something to do with the moulding process - not a historical detail! Probably I should have filled these in or filed them away or something, but - meh... 

Ejector pin marks, resulting from the plastic not being cooled-down far enough when the sprue is ejected from the mould.

That said, I've seen worse on "proper scale kits", and they seem to be properly placed where you can remove them if you are so inclined. I'd probably just hide them with more stowage or a tarp or two, but that's me being lazy. Some good mould design there - the Rubicon kits I've built so far were all rather good regarding the workmanship.

[rumacara]

Great looking model.

[Mason]

Lovely work, Richard.
Good to see you back at it and your bionics are working well for you.
 

Loving all the little details, its those that really pay off and take a kit to the next level, I reckon.
 

[tomrommel1]

very nice! The weathering especially is outstanding

[Constable Bertrand]

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