Dirt

Some MIG pigments in several layers and some pigment fixer was used to weather the lower part of the hull... And now the pain with the track begins.

Flak

Some more progress on this build. Flak needs its barrel painted with gunmetal (I prefer Model Master Metalizer for this task) and some more dirt and dust to hidden corners. Overall this would be a perfect model on its own. I simply love it with all its fine details. Even with the useless construction of the seat-footpedal which makes any figure impossible to attach. It can not be moved closer (especially now) and a figure that has long enough legs would mean a homo sapiens with 2.50 - 3 meter height. No problem. Let the vehicle be ready and then I will be thinking about how should it be set in a diorama. BTW I planned lots of dioramas in my life but have never finished one yet...

Hull almost ready

Some more progress to be announced. The hull was washed (once with oils and second round with the new MigAmmo wash products) and chipped. The chipping is very subtle as I intend to depict a fairly new vehicle in good condition. The bodywork is slowly ready - and in the meantime the 2cm gun is progressing as well, washed and waiting for chipping (and painting the gun barrel to gunmetal). Next big step is the track and the wheels and a lot of dust and weathering the lower sections and finally bring together the hull and the gun. Probably this year. Or maybe not :)

"Kasten"

I have no problem with spending my non-existing free time. But some progress happened anyway. Painted the ammo boxes and made some experiments with weathering. I decided to paint some grey boxes too just to be a little more interesting when put in the fighting compartment. The Griffon box with open top (though quite slow to build its 24 parts) looks very nice when painted, maybe I buy some more...

The original ones look like this (found on missing-lynx.com): 

Second "Mini Me" project...

On 14th of May our daughter was born. Beautiful, healthy and always hungry :)

Sloooow style

Weeks are passing by and I play World of Tanks instead of building the model ones. Finally the radio is ready (the wiring took several hours from my life) and looks as I wanted it to look. Unfortunately the spent ammo basket does not fit the gun because of the aftermarket firing pedal mount. Also a few hours of work for nothing... Or not nothing but for the spares box.

Friday afternoon