Sd.Kfz. 251/9 Ausf.C (early) half-track AFV Club 1/35

[Jakko]

I'll have to play with the settings for the final pics.

On my 2024 iPad, I find that using one of the "cool" filters usually works reasonably well — but it depends on the colours on the model as well. It sometimes needs quite a lot of manual adjustment to get sort of close.

 

[Ron2]

That camouflage looks awesome. Did you like the Play-Doh? I almost got some of that when I got back into modeling years ago and I read that it either leaves a film on the plastic or it got stuck in cracks and crevices and was hard to get out

It was a bit tedious. I like free handing it but for this application I wanted cleaner lines since the amount of Olive is pretty heavy.

 

[Ron2]

Not quite done with this. I'm going to do a. It more weathering- bring out the pastels and make some dust. No mud, just dust. I added a few details but otherwise this is OOB. Cool kit and not near as bad as I thought it would be. I would say, for you Jakko, what I would call a minor fit issue on backside. The doors did not fit well and you can see there is a small gap at the bottom of the doors. Someone else, who may be named above, would probably have scratch built some doors but alas, I was feeling lazy and did not. I'll take some better pics when I've dusted this puppy.

 

[Jakko]

If you can't see the gap then it's not important

 

[BarleyBop]

Very nice.
I do like how the camo scheme worked out.

As for "the bottom of the doors"...

 

[Edbert]

Your halftrack is amazing Ron! I love the paintjob.

Regarding the general fiddliness of the AFV Club kits, I'm starting to get the same impression from the only RFM kit I've ever done. The linked tracks were not as bad as one might imagine, 6 parts per link (one was part of the next link) and I got throught that without to much hassle. But the rear-view mirrors on a Sherman being 3 parts each are but one example of just taking theings too far. Unless you just really like that level of build complexity I guess. Buyer beware what you're getting into

 

[Edbert]

its camera app applies all kinds of processing to make people and natural scenes look good

the phone's little brain is trying to optimize based on the whole scene that it sees

Can't the phone's camera be put in "raw" mode or similar?

 

[Ron2]

Your halftrack is amazing Ron! I love the paintjob.

Regarding the general fiddliness of the AFV Club kits, I'm starting to get the same impression from the only RFM kit I've ever done. The linked tracks were not as bad as one might imagine, 6 parts per link (one was part of the next link) and I got throught that without to much hassle. But the rear-view mirrors on a Sherman being 3 parts each are but one example of just taking theings too far. Unless you just really like that level of build complexity I guess. Buyer beware what you're getting into

Yeah I didn't mind a two part mirror but some of this is just silly in my opinion. More parts to go out of alignment. Some of the parts are so tiny it's difficult to place them with tweezers- I kept getting glue in mine. Idk maybe I'm just turning into a crabby old man.

 

[Edbert]

Based on me, probably a yes to both, ha!

 

[BarleyBop]

Can't the phone's camera be put in "raw" mode or similar?

Good point, my Android phone can be, but then you need to be prepared to fool with the image afterwards.

 

[Ron2]

Good point, my Android phone can be, but then you need to be prepared to fool with the image afterwards.

I just changed the camera filter until it looked close to what I saw with my naked eye.

 

[Jakko]

Can't the phone's camera be put in "raw" mode or similar?

Not on an iPhone or iPad with the standard camera app. It's definitely an in-app processing issue, as the following will show

iPad Pro first generation:

iPad Pro M4:

Same model, same lighting, same background, both pictures taken with the "built-in" camera app within minutes of each other. The colours in the first photo (as they appeared on the iPad's screen) are much closer to those on the model than in the second photo.

And here's the same model with different colours behind it, all taken with the iPad Pro M4 by only swapping out the background (grey card vs. white and blue photo booth backgrounds):

I've been looking for a replacement camera app, but haven't found a good one yet. Either they're paid apps without a trial mode, or they have so many buttons that they're basically DSLR camera equivalents, or both. I don't want a DSLR camera equivalent, I want a simple-to-use app like what comes with my iPad — just one that doesn't do all this "optimisation" that I didn't ask for.

 

[Edbert]

Other than a DSLR (many top bodies from ~5 years ago are cheap now) where lenses can be very expensive, you can look at something like a "Pixel 6 Pro".

It has a lot of custom settings in the base camera app, and they are really cheap now since the "10" is out.

https://www.ebay.com/p/5054955171?iid=266758301472

 

[BarleyBop]

Pixel 6 Pro

Yup, this spring I swapped out my old phone which was losing steam. Got Pixel 10 ( not the Pro) and pretty happy with it.

 

[Ron2]

Not on an iPhone or iPad with the standard camera app. It's definitely an in-app processing issue, as the following will show

iPad Pro first generation:

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iPad Pro M4:

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Same model, same lighting, same background, both pictures taken with the "built-in" camera app within minutes of each other. The colours in the first photo (as they appeared on the iPad's screen) are much closer to those on the model than in the second photo.

And here's the same model with different colours behind it, all taken with the iPad Pro M4 by only swapping out the background (grey card vs. white and blue photo booth backgrounds):

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I've been looking for a replacement camera app, but haven't found a good one yet. Either they're paid apps without a trial mode, or they have so many buttons that they're basically DSLR camera equivalents, or both. I don't want a DSLR camera equivalent, I want a simple-to-use app like what comes with my iPad — just one that doesn't do all this "optimisation" that I didn't ask for.

Amazing the differences.

 

[Ron2]

Finalized the weathering and another coat of matte.

 

[Ron2]

Finalized the weathering and another coat of matte.

 

[Jakko]

It has a lot of custom settings in the base camera app

That's exactly what I don't want Photography isn't my hobby, building models (and showing how I did that) is — learning to use something where every setting appears to influence at least one other is not my idea of fun What I'm looking for is a camera app that has the usability of the iPad's standard camera app, but doesn't do as much processing on the pictures.

 

[BarleyBop]

Finalized the weathering

Nice! IMHO, your weathering and matte have pulled the camo colours together... I like it. You should be pretty happy with the results — I sure would be!

 

[Ron2]

Nice! IMHO, your weathering and matte have pulled the camo colours together... I like it. You should be pretty happy with the results — I sure would be!

Thank you that means a lot!

 

[Edbert]

Well done, she's a keeper!

 

[Ron2]

Well done, she's a keeper!

Thank you!

 

[kevin]

Good looking build, one to be proud of for sure.

 

[Ron2]

Good looking build, one to be proud of for sure.

Thank you!