1/72 Pegasus Paper Panzer P-245-010 - Finished!

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So this kit marks a new era for me and it's the first one I have painted using one of these new fangled airbrush thingies! I actually did the painting last year but only decaled and weathered it just before coming aboard the forum. The filter was a DIY burnt umber one and very dark brown DIY wash in relevant places. I think the filter worked well but the wash less so...........

I chose the kit simply because as a freebie quickbuild kit it was ideal to practice on without wrecking a decent model. I would really welcome your honest opinion of what you think as it is the only way I will learn. I've also included a pre-weathering shot for comparison purposes

As for the vehicle I knew nothing about it but one website I found had this to say about it:

"According to 'Special Panzer Variants' by Spielberger and Doyle it is a Special Vehicle V Porsche Type 245/1. Combat Weight: 18 tons. Crew: 3, Armament 5.5cm rapid fire gun with a belt feed. Designed for AT/AAA targets with an elevation of 90 degrees. Powered by a 10 cylinder gasoline motor type 101 which produces 316 HP. Armour: Hull 60mm Front. Top speed of 65km/h. The design never went past the wooden mock-up scale model – stage of development."

ACW as usual and please be honest!!!

Andrew

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Pre-weathering




Finished

 

[papa 695]

Nice work

 

[Jakko]

Heh … I’ve seen that boxtop plenty of times, but only now with these model pics do I realise the superstructure and turret are cast parts. I find them very unappealing, I must say — nothing to do with your building and painting them, which looks good, just that the whole shape of the thing does absolutely nothing for me

 

[adt70hk]

Nice work

Thanks very much!

 

[adt70hk]

Heh … I’ve seen that boxtop plenty of times, but only now with these model pics do I realise the superstructure and turret are cast parts. I find them very unappealing, I must say — nothing to do with your building and painting them, which looks good, just that the whole shape of the thing does absolutely nothing for me

I know what you mean. As I said above it was a freebie that I had no intention of building but thought it would be good base to test my then new airbrush on.

 

[Fernando N]

Nice one Andrew and smart to test out your new AB on a cheap kit.

What nozzle size and paint did you use?

 

[adt70hk]

Nice one Andrew and smart to test out your new AB on a cheap kit.

What nozzle size and paint did you use?

Thanks very much Fernando.

The AB was a cheap Chinese one that came with the compressor I got. I've been told the needles are often around 0.4mm on these. I knew it was not going to be the best but it works ok and it gave me the chance to play around with something cheap and not risk wrecking a decent AB before I had got used to handling them.

Paints - all acrylics. The 'dunkelgelb' was Humbrol. Brown and green was Vallejo. The filter was tiny bit of artists acrylic burnt umber thinned to almost a water consistency and worked really well in my humble opinion. The dark wash was a 50/50 mix of Revell black and dark earth. Unfortunately I didn't thin it enough but you've got start somewhere!

Thanks again for stopping by.

Andrew

 

[JR]

Andrew.
The dark wash to me looks ok, it's in the right place, maybe a little heavy in one little spot as you mention but has the right effect.
The more we do the hopefully then more we learn. Good start .

 

[adt70hk]

Andrew.
The dark wash to me looks ok, it's in the right place, maybe a little heavy in one little spot as you mention but has the right effect.
The more we do the hopefully then more we learn. Good start .

Thanks John. It didn't quite work out as intended but I was able to correct the worst of it and as you say only practice will improve my skills.

 

[Mickc1440]

More nice work Andrew, for some reason they make me thing of egg boxes with a turret

 

[scottie3158]

Andrew, That is a great finish. That is not a design I have ever scene before, certainly a strange little beast.

 

[adt70hk]

More nice work Andrew, for some reason they make me thing of egg boxes with a turret

Andrew, That is a great finish. That is not a design I have ever scene before, certainly a strange little beast.

Paul, Mick

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and apologies for completely missing your comments and, yes, it is an old little design.

 

[Steve Jones]

Sorry to have missed this Andy. Its different and well constructed and painted. What's on the bench at the moment??

 

[adt70hk]

Sorry to have missed this Andy. Its different and well constructed and painted. What's on the bench at the moment??

Steve

Thanks for stopping by and your support. I also see you've found what's on the bench next.