I think the Waffen-SS plastic model kit matches the half-track I built last time, Sd. Kfz. 251. It is an omnibus format with four figures, each with a different situation.
Machine-gunner appeals as a production point when belt bullets are wrapped around the neck, but it wasn’t easy to wrap this plastic band part around it. I bent it around the neck gradually, fitted it with instantaneous adhesive, and poured plastic adhesive. Is it possible to fit the photo-etched parts a little more quickly?
A German soldier in a pose is drinking a water bottle. I took care of the angles of water bottles, arms, and the soldiers’ faces. The original soldier’s face mold was not so good, so I tried replacing it with a stocked resin head.
The face is not sharp, making it like this figure photo, completed sample on the back of the box. What is this picture? Is it just an image or fake, or will it look real when blowing a surfacer and a little shadow? A box painting sample is a reference for my painting.
(14-July-2018)
The mold of the head is not good. All the same, the gray picture of the box painting is CG. I thought that figure’s head is good quality because it is Gen2 series, but when I looked closely, it was “Gen2 Gear”. Indeed, the mold of the accessories is quite precise. The head mold may have been used a long time ago. This time I choose to exchange the other headstocks.
I did an undercoat with a surfacer and matte fresh. It is still a long from here until completion.
(16-July-2018)
I built a plastic model of the German SS infantry figure. Because the SS troops are strongly related to the Nazis, there is an image of “evil.” But unlike the guard’s primary duty SS, the Waffen-SS fought equally to or more than Wehrmacht on the battlefield.
Several divisions initially organized were elite troops abundant in training and practical experience. As the battlefield became disadvantaged, it had been replenished from overseas volunteers, the navy, and the air force, and the fighting power was lower than initially. I thought this kit situation was still an elite unit, although it was stuck in the Eastern front.
A figure carrying a machine gun on the shoulder.
The bullet belt of the machine gun is from the neck. The bullet band is too light and unnatural to paint in only metallic brass color; I washed it in matte black.
Pose drinking water from a water bottle. He wears a camouflage smock on the field uniform, leggings, and sports shoes. Speaking of the German Army, I thought it was black boots; it’s rare.
I didn’t have a decal and drew sleeves insignia with a fine brush. Such triangles can be drawn quickly; it may be difficult if it is a more complicated shape.
It is a pose that holds a rifle with both hands and puts a bullet. When I changed the head to a resin one, it did not look like the position was loading unless I turned it down a little more. Even though they crouch back…
The matte coating was done except for the metallic part. The red line is an unnatural part of the uniform if there is gloss.
A soldier who is wearing a hood in a package. If the shape of the face does not match, it is impossible to do such plastic surgery. I tried to transplant only the face but failed. I replaced it with an ordinary head.
Interestingly, a kit of different uniforms seems to have been cut out from such a uniform catalog. However, making it in parallel, it’s a bit tough to switch the mood when painting each one.
(18-July-2018)
