VK601 Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf C German Light Tank Hobby Boss 1/35

Dragon Models German officer figure of Kursk and Hobby Boss VK601 tank. I built them from December 2012 to March 2013.

It’s suddenly become cold recently. I didn’t feel like painting the kit fully opening the balcony windows, so I made a new model. It’s a small tank like the box art.

Parts are small except for the caterpillar. I can be expected to finish high quality because it also contains photo-etched parts.

Assembly of the Chassis is proceeding without problems. At the back are the instructions for the painting.

C type has adopted staggered wheels like Tiger and Panther. The Black left and right parts are the caterpillar. I had not considered the caterpillar assembly very hard at this time.
(19-December-2012)

First, the mounting caterpillar illustration is reversible. This is a mistake. Very dangerous here. Although I checked it with my documents, the box picture is helpful. This kit’s caterpillar parts are hard to assemble compared with the kit I assembled in the past. It’s hard to join; one of the reasons is that these are made of not the usual plastic parts like dragon models but a kind of vinyl. Parts fitting is not so good. Fundamentally, the sprocket wheel pitch and caterpillar are not matched.

I thought the quick method was like a photo, cutting the teeth of the sprocket wheel after all the caterpillar adhered; I re-bond these teeth. Overall, it would be OK; some part is unnatural.
(20-December-2012)

I was very busy with the account closing job and could not get the Year-end and New Year holidays. I did not feel inclined to make a model the last Saturday and Sunday cause of the holiday working. I can take a holiday today, and at last, I completed the panzer Ic assembly. Compared with the next Zippo lighter, it’s a tiny vehicle.

It wasn’t easy to attach this caterpillar.

I chose the spare parts for the caterpillar assembly. These reserve caterpillars of the vehicle’s rear were originally in bad shape. The photo-etched parts were used moderately, and the precision feeling has risen.

The size of a hatch is small, and it is likely to be hard to make fit with the tank commander. I have to look for a figure from somewhere. Since the antenna was likely to be broken by the painting process, it has made sturdy using piano wire.
(9-February-2013)

Its Dragon Model, “the German officer (Kursk 1943)”, which was rolling in the closet, was unearthed. The military uniform, which has rolled up all sleeves on summer clothes, is seldom seen.

The first is the officer who is arranging the strategy map. The expression is good, although it is an injection figure.

Since general tools are seldom attached to the tank crew body, manufacturing is simple. But there are many general tools among foot soldiers. The board fishing weight was cut down for the leather strip of the submachine gun, and it was pasted.

In the box art, it is the helmet that the soldier who is wiping the frame hotly has. However, the inner side of the helmet is not truly reproduced like the photograph, right? The inner side had a leather pat with many small holes in the air vent; I tried to reappearance them. Then, additional work was carried out with the board weight, etc., which were used above.

Highly motivated looking, two hand grenades to a belt. Since this soldier wears a camouflage smock, it takes a long time to paint a camouflage pattern.

It’s my favorite pose in four bodies. Although the expression of the face of an old injection figure was not a pretty satisfactory result, this one is doing a relatively good expression. It seldom changes to the product made from resin. The fingertip and their eyes, which have pointed out the direction, coincided. Pistol size differs between this tank crew and other officers’ pistols. May be tank crew possesses Walther, and the officers may be Luger.

Since they are attached to wood blocks, the interval of a figure is large, but it is such a touch when a layout is like box art. The tank crew was sitting on a Panzer Ic rear. The box art crew is sitting on the Panzer IV, and this photo crew posing looks pretty natural.
(10-February-2013)

It was working on a holiday this week because of the monthly closing. Therefore, the undercoat was substituted for the airbrush, although the painting process seldom progressed.

I used the Tamiya spray work painting stand set; it’s convenient.

The paint of German gray. A little, it has become bluish. It is the influence of fluorescent lighting.

Since it was tedious to touch when it was monochrome, the airbrushing was in a somewhat bright color. After that, I blew clear at the place due to pasting decals.
(3-March-2013)

German light tank I type C was completed. It was a completely different design concept from the Pzkpfw Ia and Ib, which were often seen.

The actual vehicle produced a total of 40 cars in late 1942. As for battle disposition, test employment of the two cars was carried out by the 1st armored division, and the others were used for training.

After the periscopes were painted in metallic blue, I painted them clear and glossy. Since it is a reconnaissance tank, many periscopes are attached.

This tank was two-person riding. It seems to be narrow the inside of a tank. I guessed it was serious about making treatment of reconnaissance and handling arms in operation and driving only two people.

Is the paint of a reserve caterpillar slightly unnatural? If you can see this photo carefully, the hair of the rabbit (my pet) is attached to the muffler. It must be careful before taking a photo.

Wood stocks of OVM are painted in gloss except for the jack stand attached to the rear of the turret. Since it is monochrome paint, it becomes a good accent.

Since the attached decal differs from high-quality dragon models, I’m worried about how it is. But these decals are good adherence, and silvering did not occur, either.

The square style looks smart.

Because the large space was under the fender, I painted mud dirt color in here. Expression of rust was also added.

The muddy effect was attached using the pastel and resin of the MIG production. Since it solidifies early very well, handling is complex.

Although the expression under the assembly was rather good, the painting was complex. Surprisingly, the skull mark on the field cap is reproduced correctly. But is it such a thing well?

He is the second lieutenant or first lieutenant. Since the ribbon of the second-class iron cross had been removed from the decal pasteboard by mistake, I attached it to the bosom.

Photography of the figure is more complicated than vehicles without knowing why. Sometimes it is to become dark too much and sometimes becomes much too bright. He is a major general. His class is the highest of four persons.

The pause smoking tobacco in relaxing. I suppose the below photo’s soldier is SS; he has the same pattern-covered helmet from the waist, but he’s not SS. He is an army officer and captain.

Ummmm… I feel the base color of a camouflaged smoking jacket is different from the actual color. The person in the box art is winding the bandanna or the scarf around the neck; I painted it on this figure. It is conspicuous too much on the battlefield. Maybe this is under tactical exercise. I painted his hair, expressed in silver hair.

It is impossible to sit at the end of a tank toward a major general and talk. It’s just a good pausing situation.

Marking of rank and medal, I used the WWII German Military Insignia Decal Set by Tamiya as much as possible. Since appearance worsens, caution is required if the decals do not suit the form of a part. Some of my figures are shifted when sticking decals on parts.

The upper photograph — the soldier in a camouflage smock — goes a bit out of focus, retaking this. In the photo from this distance, the figures look natural.

Although I’m worried about how I do for a map, since the 1/35 scale of the map is attached to the box of Tristar’s figure kit, it is diverted. The map was dipped in water, the backside was removed thinly, and it was pasted with the woodwork bond. I think it’s a pretty good reality.

Even though it’s a small tank, making it together with four figures took time very well. Unexpectedly the figure, I took the time. Although it does not become a very precise figure finishing, put on the side of a tank, presence will rise. The assembly of the tank was also enjoyable, of the strong individuality shape.
(09-Mar-2013)