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LAND => ARMOR => Topic started by: Greif on 12 Jan , 2014, 08:02

Title: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Greif on 12 Jan , 2014, 08:02
I finished this diorama before the 1/32 Scale Bf 109 E-4.  It is AFV Club's 1/35 scale Flak 18 with some aftermarket figures and ammo.  The scene depicts an action either during Operation Battleaxe or Operation Brevity during the May-June 1941 timeframe.  I used the hairspray technique to chip and fade the paint, which I did fairly heavily as I wanted to show an 8,8 that had been painted with local stocks of paint as was done historically.  This paint faded and chipped quickly in the harsh desert environment due to it being of uneven quality.  8,8's often operated from temporary positions either set directly on the desert floor or still on their carriage during the battles of maneuver that were common in North Africa.  Critiques and questions are welcome!

Enjoy the photos,
Ernest

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Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: NZSnowman on 12 Jan , 2014, 12:04
Ernest, looks great!!!
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Rokket on 13 Jan , 2014, 00:15
Superb Love the tire, and the landscape, and the "just right" weathering. If you shot that outside against a far away appropriate landscape, it would be very real. Well done.
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Greif on 13 Jan , 2014, 07:55
Thanks for the kind words NZ and Wink.  I just started Revell's big 1/32 scale Ju88 A-1 with lots of AM stuff.  I don't know if there is enough interest here to do a build log like I did with the uboots I have built.  What do you guy's think.
 
Ernest
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: SG on 13 Jan , 2014, 08:56
Well done Ernest!!!
A very effective use of the hairspray technique. Also, the figures are very well done and the desertic terrain is rendered at its best. Congrats!!!!
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Greif on 14 Jan , 2014, 23:20
Thank you SG, the build turned out pretty well.  Believe it or not the stones in the "desert" are actually cat litter.   :o
 
Ernest
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Rokket on 15 Jan , 2014, 04:15
do it, man, there are enough of us here!
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Greif on 15 Jan , 2014, 07:00
Sounds like a plan Wink!  I have barely scratched the surface of this build so now is a good time to start a build log.
 
Ernest
do it, man, there are enough of us here!
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: Rokket on 16 Jan , 2014, 21:43
We're standing by. Love to see fine work like this.
Title: Re: 8,8 cm Afrika Korps
Post by: 42rocker on 12 Apr , 2014, 10:58
Super display. Nice work.

Later Tim