Accidented 232 Italeri

[Francisco]

Hello gentlemen,

This diorama was finished some time ago already but for one reason or another I hadn't written a

forum post about it yet..

The idea to make it came from the following period photos. They were taken in 1938 and they looked

rather sugestive, the perfect excuse to finally start building Italeri's 1/72 SdKfz 232.

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I had to convert the kit as it depicts the version built by Bussing-Nag. When Germany's High

Command launched the order for a new 6 wheeled armored car, three companies developed their

prototypes so, three versions end up seeing combat, although in different numbers: Bussing-Nag,

Daimler-Benz and MAgirus. The vehicle in the period photos was built by Magirus and the main

differences to the Bussing-Nag vehicle were: their from grill, front fenders, shorter chassis and

presence of return-rollers on the chassis.

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(Daimler-Benz, Bussin-Nag and Magirus, from top to bottom)

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(typical MAgirus look)

http://planetarmor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3620
(great Bussing-Nag built by Rick Lawler)

I had to convert the wheels to look like the photo's, build a new aerial frame because the plastic

one was too thick, build a new grill, new fenders, new frontal part of the turret, new vehicle

access doors on the back and so on. I only used plasticard, copper wire and stretched sprue. In the

end it looked like this:

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I used Tamiya colours for the paint job, sealed it with floor wax, applied some oil washes and

sealed everything again with Modelmaster Flat Lacquer:

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(a bit too much masking but gladly everything held it's place...)

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The figures are Preiser's, painted with Humbrol enamels. I've now started to use Vallejo and their

pretty great but it takes some time getting used to...

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The base was a challenge because I wanted to display the photos on it. This way, I build a

structure from balsa wood that was sanded and varnished. The street-section was built from plaster

scribed with a needle with the help of a strip of coca cola can used as straight-edge (mostly for

size and flexibility).

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It was airbrushed with Tamiya colours, received some oils washes and pastel dust for the weathering

of it:
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And here's the end result:

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It was stressful at times but the end result is near enough to what was my objective. Looking at it

now, I'm glad it's finished

Thanks for viewing and happy modelling,

Francisco
http://fbminis.blogspot.com

[Zdeněk Hanzal]

Great Work!!!!!!

[pajko]

Very nice, good idea.

[Hooky]

Very, very, good perfect progress

[Mates]

nice work..... perfect idea..... very nice model.... congratulations.....

[KLingO]

Hi

For diorama itself I have no other word just - Perfect. And I mean that in all manners: idea, composition, execution.
But on the other hand there is one thing that's disturbing - visible cuts on balsa wood on base (angle cuts would hide this - and I know it's not so easy to do).

agian, wery nice work

best regards

Martin

[Štěpán Los]

Great!!

[Orfeus]

Wow ! Nice work !!!

[PetrBM]

Jesus ..... great work

[Milan Mynář]

Very good.

[J. K.]

Very good.

[modelmrak]

realy good work... i like this, because it´s build on historical photos

[stefo]

perfect work

[nunymaster]

[Matej Kavečko Paluda]

Nice work you have made I like the idea of dio. Weathering on 232 is perfect also.