Sd. Kfz. 223 1/35 Tamiya

[cantara]

Hi guys,

It's been long time, almost 2 years since my last model...
Just recently got interested again, partially motivated by a fine new airbrush present from my wife.
So found myself in front of the shelf of doom, dusting old models... finally decide to pick and start this build as a warm up exercise.

The kit is fairly simple to build, i assume a well known and popular subject among modelers, so i will fast forward a bit.
After primer and base color, added a bit some tone variation, then straight to edges and chips...
Didn't plan ahead anything only let it go and sort of painting as it comes...

So here it is, as shown in the pictures below, at this stage tough i guess i ll have to figure out some sort of a plan to get somewhere with this build...

As such, i m asking all of you guys for your thoughts and suggestions, i ll greatly appreciate all comments, thanks in advance.

Cheers

[panzerjager]

Very good looking 223

[InitialProduction1]

Glad you did panzerjager, that 223 radio/recon looks awesome. Really like that worn look.

[panzerdodge]

Very nice indeed, the chipping effects look very good.

[d6mst0]

I just purchased that kit the other day so your post will be a great help to me when I start mind. Really nice work with the base color and chipping. It really looks like its been places.

[Tiger213]

I have this kit as well, it was a gift from a friend of mine... I wish I could paint my 223 as beautifully as you

Nice job!

[cantara]

Hi and thanks all for your kind words.

This kit comes with plenty of accessories and i have focused on them in the meanwhile... also took few shots with them mounted on to get an idea how they will fit together...











The camouflage net kinda bothers me the most as it covers a lot of the car and is not really detailed enough for an eye catcher... i ll have to make a new one from scratch as soon as i ll figure out how...

Hope you enjoy the little update,

Cheers

[Naedrux]

That's a lovely 223! Good work so far!

[cantara]

Thanks, i m glad you like it so far, hope to get some update on this one soon.

Cheers

[cantara]

Hi all,

Last steps for this build, streaks, pigments and few oil stains...

For streaks i tried a little experiment, what in regular painting is called 'wet on wet', basically adding a diluted stains color on a previously moist surface. It seems to work fine, both on vertical and horizontal surfaces, and by controlling the amount and spread of streaking paint the result can range from very soft blurred ones to crisper yet natural looking ones.

Please enjoy the pictures and, as always, all comments will be most welcomed.

Cheers

[InitialProduction1]

Love this build Calin, your weathering is beautiful, and I'm a fan of tamiya kits, but come on tamiya, how hard would it be to put a sprue with newer jerry cans in your older kits.? again sweet build.