Global Scale Modeller

After seeing some of the awesome dioramas on the forums I have decided to have a go at one myself.Being my first crack at a dio I decided to use a couple simple cheap Tamiya kits in case I bork this thing up


The victims:



Here is what I am going to use for my dio base.Basically it's a diorama-in-a-box (kinda cheating I know )





I decided to start with the PAK 40 first.The build went really fast and I had the build portion done in a couple hours.








Next I primed everything with Alclad black primer/microfiller.



Then I sprayed everything with Vallejo desert sand.I don't know if it is "correct" or not,but it looks good to me




After a coat of clear I gave everything a pinwash using cheap 59 cent acrylic paint.



I then did some chipping using Vallejo German grey.I am still trying to get my chipping technique down so I kinda got carried away playing around.







After the chipping dried I used some AK streaking rust on some of the chips.






And that's where it stands now.I still need to do final assembly and add some dust effects.Thanks for looking

Lookin good so far.......i think your weathering for a desert dio is just rite.....curious to see how you make out with the dio in the box stuff as i have the same stuff but havent used any of it yet.....have fun

Nice work Steve, the Pak 40 looks great. The Oasis dio pack is interesting (Its not cheating).

Thanks for the kind words guys


I got some more work done on the PAK 40 today.Got final assembly done and gave it a coat of AK Interactive Africa dust.



It looked ok but the dust effects looked too uniform so I used a thinner dampened brush and stumped the dust effects a little.




So,I am going to call the PAK 40 done and now move on to the Sdkfz 251

Great progress Steve. You are doing well and I can't wait to see more .... A diorama in a box, great idea, not seen that before!

Great work on the PAK, Steve. The weathering looks awesome. Looking forward to seeing how the diorama comes together. Seems like its a new package for many of us here.

That looks pretty cool to me, Steve. Looking forward to seeing it in your dio

Excellent work on the PAK ! Looking forward to see the complete combo !

Great work Steve, love the chipping and the dust effects!

Ok,after a little break from this build I have managed to get some more done on it.


All of the initial assembly is done and everything is in AK Interactive primer.



I am going to add some rust to the muffler so I broke out the Mr Surfacer 500 and stippled it on randomly.




I decided it would be almost impossible to assemble the interior with the two hull halves together so I will do it like an aircraft cockpit and build the interior first.Nothing special,just painted it with Vallejo desert yellow and added some Vallejo German dark brown chipping and some various detail painting.I painted the shifter knobs with some Bakelite color I mixed up myself.





I am on vacation this coming week so I hope to get this thing wrapped up soon,thanks for looking

Coming along really well.

done a real good job so far bud

Doing a cracker job so far, I love half tracks (especially the Hanomag) and I love the Afrika Corps colours, just something about the yellow really appeals to me . Keep it up, I like the idea of a dio from the box, it seems like a good way to make a start .

Ok,this thing is getting real close to being done.I have the hull painted,chipped and rust streaks down.In my opinion there is too much chipping and rust but this is just a skill building test subject so I am not worried about 100% accuracy.I also have the tools and MG's painted and ready to go,hopefully I can finish this part of the project up this weekend and get started on the figure painting and diorama portion pretty soon.Thanks for looking

That's a hell of a lot of detail crammed into very little space Steve. It looks good bud.

Fabulous detailing work mate

Top notch work there mate! I'll be watching for more!

Looks very good. . I look forward to more

Can't believe I've just seen your thread Steve, but I'm glad I have caught up with it. Some great work going on there and i really love that chipping - gives it a fantastic worn look. Nice one!!

Thanks again for the kind words Well,I am going to call part 2 of this build done.I am not 100% happy with the dust job on this,I wanted to use pigments but I didn't use any on the PAK 40 so didn't think it would look right.Anyway here are the final pics.








Now with that done it's on to phase 3 of this build(and the one I'll most likely stuff-up) the diorama base and figures.Thanks for looking

Stunning looking Hanomag there mate! I'm sure you'll do fine with the dio