Dragon 1/35th Bison Sig.33 Pz1

[shaunfletcher]

Having achieved a not too dreadful job on my resurrected A7V project I decided to approach something a bit more complex. Or I went insane, whichever turns out to be true..

I was lucky enough to get a Dragon Smartkit Bison Pz1 on special, and being a big fan of the vehicle for many years had to give it a go. I have completed the basic build of the 4 main parts (Hull, Armour Plating, Gun and gun-support) and am now fearfully contemplating trying to paint them prior to final assembly. The interior I painted before completing the hull as I wanted to get some detail in there.

The kit is a bit of a wow, casting has certainly come on a way over the years and PE parts included in a mainstream kit still seems very wierd to me! That said the instructions are lamentable with many outright errors and ommisions. I seem to have got everything together without any mistakes I couldnt fix and with no lost or destroyed parts which I am surprised by.

Now to the airbrush..

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[tommy1drop]

Hi Shaun

That`s looking lovely mate, I have the ARK version of this in my stash, might get round to it one day, but your build so far is looking great!

Really looking forward to seeing more of this especially with some paint on it.

Are you going to add it to a dio or leave as a static display?

Tom

 

[shaunfletcher]

I have a vague notion of a russian street diorama.. I have in the long past some experience of scratchbuilding such things so perhaps I will be inspired if the model looks the part painted.

 

[CDW]

That looks well put together Shaun, very neat and tidy.

Hopefully the paint will go on fine and you'll get it into that little diorama you have in mind.

Plenty of painting and scratch building assistance available on here so you'll be fine

 

[shaunfletcher]

Thanks, I will definitely take peoples advice on board.

A lot of my time has gone into trying to make sure there are no mould marks, cutter flaws and dreaded mould lines (the ones around the wheels were really unfortunate).

 

[geegad]

Looking quality on both builds looking forward to seein them together I've got one of these in my stash keep up the good work buddy

Geegad

 

[John Huggins]

looking good Shaun, keep the pic's coming.

John

 

[shaunfletcher]

progress at last

Finally got rid of work enough to spend some time on this little thing. having constructed a home made spray table Ive got the first coat of grey over the whole thing. Its actually quite a bit darker than it looks in the main picture (though not as blue as the second one which was under led lighting), going to need a lot of work to breath 'life' into it I think!

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Shaun

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[andygh]

Nice job so far

 

[shaunfletcher]

Got a bit further with some paint layers, now Im right at the stage where the fun starts!

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[tommy1drop]

Hi Shaun

Coming along nicely mate, it`s really starting to take shape, now for the fun part.......the tracks!

Tom

 

[shaunfletcher]

Just got the top half of one track run assembled and draped on the model to set in shape. what a pain they are!

 

[shaunfletcher]

Got the tracks built, painted and on and done a little basic detailing work. will get a coat of dull on soon then commence initial weathering

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[Polux]

This is looking good so far! I like it!

Cheers.

 

[geegad]

that looks the part budddy weathered real nice as well..

 

[CDW]

yep thats a tidy little model now it's all together.

Would look great just on a polished wood base when its done methinks

 

[shaunfletcher]

Just part way through the weathering up. I really have to do the insignia at this point before it is too late. Im so reluctant to use the decals, they are so precise and look nothing like the sprayed ones on real photos of the beast. But cutting and using stencils that accurately might be a bit too hard for my current skills. hmm.

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[shaunfletcher]

Okay I plucked up some courage and painted the crosses.. a mask from soe acetate for the white outer, and handpainted the black inners. I think it looks about good enough.

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[mobear]

its a really good paint job,10 out of 10 for this mate

mobear

 

[CDW]

I've found that hand painting on models and making it look like it was hand painted or painted in the field is quite a job, this looks very good from that image.