French Sd.Kfz. 251 in Indochina

[Jakko]

I’m calling this one done, just in time before the broom wagon sweeps me up



(The build thread is here.)

 

[Ian M]

Love the paint. Great build as well.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nicely done Jakko. The finish is excellent. An unusual take on a familiar vehicle.
Not sure about the position of the kepi though, being red and centrally placed like that it looks a bit like an emergency vehicle signal beacon.

 

[Gern]

Beautiful

 

[Valeron]

Great finish there Jakko. The external colouring finish looks great and I really like the internal weathering

 

[Jakko]

Thanks, all

Not sure about the position of the kepi though, being red and centrally placed like that it looks a bit like an emergency vehicle signal beacon.

Now you mention it, it does a bit, yes … But part of the reason it’s there, is to hide the hole in the roof that the machine gun pintle mount goes into. I don’t know what the roof looks like when that isn’t there, so I decided to hide it with something that could reasonably be on the vehicle.

 

[therapy]

That's really nice Jakko ..

Nick

 

[Airborne01]

I like that mate - unusual slant on a familiar vehicle (echoing earlier comments!), very good model!
Steve

 

[Jakko]

Thanks, guys I’m not sure I could have built and painted it per the instructions

 

[Mark1]

Nice build.