WIP Trippels and S35s

[Freddy]

They look so cool, could be mistaken for a bigger scale.

[Golgotha]

REALLY SURPRISED ITS A COMMISSION LOOKS MORE LIKE A LABOUR OF LOVE!

Bet they are going to be chuffed, I would be...

[Gunner Dunbar]

REALLY SURPRISED ITS A COMMISSION LOOKS MORE LIKE A LABOUR OF LOVE!

Bet they are going to be chuffed, I would be...

Well I’ve made a business out of what I love doing, so I always put that love into the product, it helps if I really have an interest in the subject as well.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Hi guys

I’m eternally grateful to those such as Bergmann (who created and suppled for free the Csaba files on thingyverse) and Aidan https://www.thingiverse.com/krankenpz/designs who supplied some of the Pak STLs also for free, many of the designers create these vehicles to be printed and handled on the wargaming table at 1/100-15mm, so they often have thick sturdy details, especially when resized to 1/72 or bigger, sometimes the display modeller in me urges me to update the model (the old fashioned way) to a more scale appropriate thickness, without letting my inner rivet counter raise its ugly head, with that in mind, I have changed the barrel and grab rail, and hollowed the turret and punched out the commanders hatch to allow for a commander on the Hungarian Csaba Armoured car, don’t intend on doing any other changes.

Have added some details to the Pak crews and their bases, using my precious, hard to obtain Preiser detail sprue (wish you could still buy the 1/72 Preiser military sets)

I also had some requests for closer pics of some vehicles from my last post, to show more details, so here they are.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2023/01/detailing-hungarian-csaba-armoured-car.html

[FreakyFenton]

The work you did on those armoured cars really pays off. I have the same print by Bergman in 1/56th scale, and I might copy your approach and make the aerial from gardening wire and change the barrel some.

Activated my inner rivet counter! 

[Gunner Dunbar]

The work you did on those armoured cars really pays off. I have the same print by Bergman in 1/56th scale, and I might copy your approach and make the aerial from gardening wire and change the barrel some.

Activated my inner rivet counter! 

Well worth the effort, just be careful to score the mounts below the antenna well, resin can be brittle, you don’t want to shatter the mount, then I cut little troughs in the mounts running in the direction of the wire to give it something to sit in, use the cut away antenna as a guide to bend the wire into the right shape, good luck.

[FreakyFenton]

Well worth the effort, just be careful to score the mounts below the antenna well, resin can be brittle, you don’t want to shatter the mount, then I cut little troughs in the mounts running in the direction of the wire to give it something to sit in, use the cut away antenna as a guide to bend the wire into the right shape, good luck.

Thank you for this advice! Will try to follow it.

[Freddy]

Good work on the Csabas! I have one in 1/35, some modelers here argue about even the correct tire pattern too (Hungarian Cordatic tires were kinda special), my advice is not to overthink it

[Gunner Dunbar]

Good work on the Csabas! I have one in 1/35, some modelers here argue about even the correct tire pattern too (Hungarian Cordatic tires were kinda special), my advice is not to overthink it

Yeah, I think they are ready for paint apart from crews.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Hi guys

Started the painting process for this batch of vehicles, the dark yellow vehicles are for German use, the green for Hungarian, I’ve used several different Humbrols for the dark yellow, no. 83, 94, and 225, the Hungarians got a coat of a mix of 149 and 101, it’s a bit darker than I want at the moment, but I’ll be lightening it a little later, it’s very hot here in Queensland Australia, and my airbrush kept clogging, so gave up on doing the camo, I’m not great with an airbrush, and find applying camo a chore, but I have several other options for adding camo, brush painting, pastel pencils or chalk, will go away and think on how I want to proceed. The Hungarians will be getting red brown and light ochre camo added, the Germans will have a mix of red brown and green camo in various patterns.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2023/02/spray-painting-base-coat.html

[Shahbahraz]

I used to have shocking problems with airbrushing. I switched to using Tamiya acrylics with their special thinner mixed roughly 50/50 in little plastic dropper bottles, and pretty much never had it clog again.

[Gunner Dunbar]

I used to have shocking problems with airbrushing. I switched to using Tamiya acrylics with their special thinner mixed roughly 50/50 in little plastic dropper bottles, and pretty much never had it clog again.

I’ve been thinking of going back to Tamiya, I’ve got a few in my collection, wouldn’t be hard to switch over, it was very hot today though.

[Shahbahraz]

I used to have no problems in a Canberra summer. Qld humidity? I don't know.

[Gunner Dunbar]

I’ve got the moisture trap in the compressor and a second attached to the brush, so don’t really get any water spitting through. I did have issues before I got the second one.

[Shahbahraz]

I’ve got the moisture trap in the compressor and a second attached to the brush, so don’t really get any water spitting through. I did have issues before I got the second one.

Just had the single one at the brush, but Canberra is very dry compared to Qld. Seriously, give the Tamiya a go. I'd be surprised if they weren't significantly better.