Beowulf's Panzer 2, Revell 1/76, 1st Anniversary GB

so im doing one of these.....



sprue shots for those that like them



due to some time constraints i plan on getting as much done as possible in a week as the first couple of weeks of August will be kinda busy.

my plans are, as per the rules, to make it OOB apart from addinng some texture to the base. got a couple of ideas how im going to do it so we shall see

This is one I never built. It looks small, but perfectly formed.

dio base together.....bit of filler on the seams.....spray of primer





tanky bits going together

obligatory bad joke........

Why did the hedgehog cross the road?

Because he wanted to see his flat mate!

Nice entry....'cute" lil-panzer...

Why didn't the chicken cross the road?
Because she saw what just happened to the hedgehog!

Looking forward to seeing this Beowulf.

Off to a good start.

That's come together quick.

my plan is to add some texture to the base. in the past when ive used that green 'grass' stuff the model railway guys use ive found it an advantage to paint the base the same colour as a sort of undercoat so thought i would do the same with this. i just splodged it on as i only really needed a rough coat. thought i would do the building too roughly and then give it a proper coat later but i kinda like the uneven effect i got. gave it a coat of sepia wash to bring it out. however although i like the effect im not too happy about the colour. seems too 'orangey' to me.

got 3 choices

live with it

re paint it (but when you get an effect by accident you can never duplicate it deliberatly lol)

or hide it

what im doing is making a slurry wash of MiG sand....splodge it on, let it dry and brush it off, see what happens. if it works then great, if it dont i shall just wash it off and go to choice #2



playing with the figures.......3rd way done



tiddly tank has had some filler here and there......ready for the paint shop next




obligatory joke #2

Why did the horse cross the road? Because the chicken needed a day off

you get a decent amount for your £5-99 dont you?

i think the little diorama with really set the build off.

Thankfully the modelling is better than the jokes

Why did the gangster double cross the road?
Or was the chicken a stool pigeon?

I think it will be okay as a base for some other materials to go over the orange.
The problem atm is simply the uniformity of texture. Once you start adding some textures am sure it will look great

so i think option 3 worked quite well



next step is to add some texture to the ground. im not too sure sand will work so im going to try something Blue Peter style...will hopefully do that over the weekend

Panzer has been painted DAK yellow, been kleered ready for decals and a wash



got to admit it, im thoroughly enjoying this little kit

bad joke #3

why are elephants feet wrinkled?................to give ants a 50:50 chance!

If you have a bag of fullers earth type cat litter you could grind it into a powder and use that.
Sand will look too coarse for the scale

The texture on the building looks the part!

i agree but i have an idea to make something finer....just need to buy a plastic tea strainer tomorrow to use as a sieve


................and the cat gets recyled paper litter in her box

Looking good so far.

Roger that..!!