Moving on swiftly…Tamiya Krupp Protze Kfz70

[locomotive]

With the Bedford finished, as far as I can for now anyway, I pulled this off the shelf.

Rattled it up quite quickly straight from the box.
Sprayed with Field grey from Tamiya aerosol.

Don't you love it when the colour starts going on?

Then I noticed the feckin' seam line on the tow hook!

Never mind…. Worse things happen at sea!

 

[locomotive]

Thinking about how to finish this off and how to add interest.
Then I had an idea….

Knew this kit would come in handy sometime.

 

[BarleyBop]

Swift but sure!
Love these trucks with the sloped nose!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Interesting build. I like that trailer. I've been looking at some of the cargo trucks out lately. Tons of weathering possibilities

 

[locomotive]

Picked it up a few months ago just because it looked unusual. I'd never seen one before.

 

[locomotive]

Trailer built. Not the best quality it has to be said. Lots of flash and seam lines. Poor location of parts too. But once it's painted and weathered up it should be ok.

 

[BarleyBop]

Trailer

Nice! There was a trailer with my Topolino kit which I didn't use... great idea.

 

[locomotive]

Not much been going on as I've been a bit run down.
But trailer painted and pile of bits and pieces.
Time to fill it with crap!

 

[locomotive]

Snatching an hour to myself. Wife is a bit ill just now so obviously attention is elsewhere. But managed an hour to myself to recharge the batteries.
At the playing about with things stage.
Truck bed is loaded up, with possibly more to go.
Did 3 figures to go with it. Yes they're a bit **** but practice makes mediocre…
So weathering and toning things down to

go next.

 

[BarleyBop]

loaded up, with possibly more to go

Looking good! This is the fun stage.

Nice figures, where did you get them?!
Making me want to fast track my other builds and start my Kfz70 in desert attire!

Hope the illness resolves itself, that's no fun.

 

[locomotive]

They're just a Tamiya set.

 

[Edbert]

Those sloped-nose trucks are ubiquitous in photographic references. You have a vbery nice build of one of them.

(I just watched a show about the Wehrmacht, it said even at the end on 1944 their non-combat transport (other than rail) was 90% horse-drawn, wow)

 

[locomotive]

Those sloped-nose trucks are ubiquitous in photographic references. You have a vbery nice build of one of them.

(I just watched a show about the Wehrmacht, it said even at the end on 1944 their non-combat transport (other than rail) was 90% horse-drawn, wow)

Yes I read that too somewhere. Also in 1940/ 41 the German tank fleet was 25% allied captured tanks.

 

[Jakko]

Here's a quote from Escape of the German Army Across the Westerscheldt, September 1944 by S.J. DeGroot:

100,000 men, 6,000 vehicles, 6,000 horse-drawn wagons and 750 artillery pieces (from 2 cm cannon to 21 cm railway guns) were ferried across

This is a photo of a small part of that withdrawal, taken 5 September 1944:

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Though note that the claim of railway artillery being ferried across is not accurate. Those remained behind:

 

[ambivalentmaybe]

Unique among the major combatant nations, I think, was that Germany had one of the most mechanized armies at the start of the war, but became steadily less mechanized as the war progressed.

I know that Germany managed during the war to produce increasing numbers of tanks and planes, despite air attacks and etc., up to 1944. I've not seen production totals for soft-skinned vehicle production but I assume they were not prioritized.

 

[Jakko]

In terms of tank units in 1940, that's true. But most of the rest of the German army at the time still moved long distances on foot and with horse-drawn vehicles. By 1944 the situation had improved a bit, but still quite a lot of the German army was horse-drawn.

 

[locomotive]

Bit more progress. I'm leaving weathering as it is. Not over the top. Lot of dust and some mud thrown up.
Trying to picture a scenic set up in my head. I'm thinking cobblestones, rubble, puddles. Just enough to frame the truck.

 

[locomotive]

And yes the faces need some work.
I never could do faces…

 

[BarleyBop]

dust and some mud

Nice plan - once everything is in place, would a small amount on boots/figures help tie them in?

faces

Don't sweat the faces, think of them as pumpkins with some light shadow underneath, and highlights on top... just the way they are lit in your photos!

I saw a guy who just brushed down (using a square edged brush) lightly (literally a glancing stroke) with the thinnest of paint for the highlights, and up for the shadows.

Like a lot of folks, I have a natural aversion to drawing on a photo of a face, especially one I care about. Sometimes I feel like the same thing applies to my figures, because I feel so invested and don't want to mess them up.

 

[locomotive]

Nice plan - once everything is in place, would a small amount on boots/figures help tie them in?


Don't sweat the faces, think of them as pumpkins with some light shadow underneath, and highlights on top... just the way they are lit in your photos!

I saw a guy who just brushed down (using a square edged brush) lightly (literally a glancing stroke) with the thinnest of paint for the highlights, and up for the shadows.

Like a lot of folks, I have a natural aversion to drawing on a photo of a face, especially one I care about. Sometimes I feel like the same thing applies to my figures, because I feel so invested and don't want to mess them up.

I've tried the spraying from top down technique. Brilliant white over Matt black. But as I've an aversion to airbrushes and just use rattle cans it's not as effective.
I like idea of the square edge brushing.
I'll have a go at that I think. Cheers.

 

[Edbert]

Don't sweat the faces, think of them as pumpkins with some light shadow underneath, and highlights on top... just the way they are lit in your photos!

nOOO!

We must paint teh google eyes!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Snatching an hour to myself. Wife is a bit ill just now so obviously attention is elsewhere. But managed an hour to myself to recharge the batteries.
At the playing about with things stage.
Truck bed is loaded up, with possibly more to go.
Did 3 figures to go with it. Yes they're a bit poop but practice makes mediocre…
So weathering and toning things down to View attachment 150156View attachment 150157View attachment 150158go next.

Man that looks great! It's going to be a shame for the rains to hit.

 

[locomotive]

Man that looks great! It's going to be a shame for the rains to hit.

Thanks very much

 

[locomotive]

Been awhile as I've been away on holiday.
Rattled up a base today and I'm calling it finished now.

 

[BarleyBop]

That was a fun build! Feel like I learned some things along with you, and I like your follow-through on the dio.
The positioning of the figures (when viewed from the front) really makes me want to look over my shoulder to see what they are looking at... so pulling me into their space: nicely done!

 

[Tommergun]

Excellent build. I'm surprised the truck doesn't look as big as I thought with the soldiers standing next to it.

 

[BarleyBop]

doesn't look as big

I had the same reaction, I suppose that might be due in part to the sloped nose... imagine if it were squared off instead!

 

[locomotive]

Thanks guys.
Yes it had a bigger feel about it until I placed the figures. Gave it a sense of scale.