Finnish Armored Rail Car "Zepplin"

[norm]

Figure I should post photos of my finished pieces again, been a while, so here is a rather unusual one I completed about a month ago, the Finnish armored rail car "Zepplin", in 1/72 from a small Ukrainian company called UMmt, mainly makes armored train. It was an interesting build, soft plastic, not the best molding, and all surface details from photo etch. Wish I had done the base color more brown, but ah well. Rather pleased with the dio base for it, it came with tracks, but they were rather poor, so I re-did them using coffee stirrers for ties and HO (OO in the uk I believe) rails.


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[Polux]

I don't see the rail car!! is really well camouflaged inside all those trees lol


Nice little dio

 

[Airfix Modeller Freak]

I don't see the rail car!! is really well camouflaged inside all those trees lol
Nice little dio

That means he has done a #1 job


Good job mate. Like the snow


John

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Great little dio .......... Thesnow effect is spot on matey.

 

[bazers]

Nice litle dio i think it could do with one less tree to see more of railcar .


I have built one of u m models complete trains they are a bit of a challange and i used o o tracks modified but when finished look good.


nice to see another railcar modeled, i think i am the only one on here building rail related armour.

 

[flyjoe180]

Convincing snow and trees Norm, the camouflage works well.

 

[Robert1968]

I think this is just perfect, you show the finished product then put in the dio and it disappears in the undergrowth with trees and weather effects no aircraft spotter will be able to get that one.


Well done and nice dio weathering and good photography


Regards


Robert

 

[steve scan]

Excellent Norm, the snow looks good and this is a nice build.

 

[geegad]

Cracking dio and as people have said love the snowy look a well camouflaged rail car