Sunday, April 14, 2013

German air support: last steps in the 20mm Spearhead project

Just finished the first air support element for the 20mm WW2 Spearhead project: a Tamiya Ju87 G-2 Stuka. I think that this may be the first aircraft model I've assembled in over 30 years, and.. yes, I enjoyed it. Interesting how we can so easily forget the simple pleasures of our hobby.


Any Soviet commander's worst nightmare? Well close, anyway.

Swooping past a small Russian village


Another one of those 'This may not end well' moments.


I think my 'black/green' is too dark, perhaps because I used the wrong green base for the mix. But it'll do the job on the table top. Just the Sturmovik and the Tempest top go.

5 comments:

  1. Great work Robin. Very cool. Have you considered a taller flying base? Got me more than a couple of magnets you could have...

    Nick

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  2. Thanks Nick.. I prefer the lower bases.. means that visually the aircraft are 'in frame' visually.

    R

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  3. Looking good there Robin, cant wait to see the Shturmovik!!!

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  4. Great looking model. The color looks decidedly brown to me, especially contrasted against the green of the cloth and the tank. But I like the paint scheme quite a bit.

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  5. Thanks guys.

    Sean - the brown is Tamiya Flat Brown which was the colour recommended on the kit instructions. I checked and found a couple of coloured or colourised photos that game something similar. As I said in the blog, I'm certainly not happy with the end result black/green colour either (I used Vallejo Bronze Green as the base.. wrong choice in hindsight.

    I'm certainly no aircraft model expert, nor an expert on German camou colours.. sigh...LOL

    I started work on the Tempest last night.. I have a little work to do on that one as I realised that the propellor spinner is malformed.. out with the greenstuff.
    Robin

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