I make an Sd.Kfz223 reconnaissance car. It is #268 of MM, but the contents are ancient of MM062. It’s included the gun turret hatch of photo-etched parts and resale. In Tamiya’s instruction, the practical use of Sd.Kfz223, and the detailed explanation about the German Army. It was mentioned in the Reconnaissance Battalion organization table of the 5th light division.
The lower body was precisely reproduced. It was assembled halfway through June or July. I was absorbed in a game and left it. I remembered it recently and have begun to make it again. I want to finish it to the last.
Assembly is completed without trouble. Although the original kit is very old, the parts adjustment is reasonable. Maybe a metal mold is maintained periodically.
Photo-etched parts are practical.
A lot of accessories are piled up outside the body. This is the feature of the vehicle of allied forces, but the German military is also the same.
(23-October-2015)
Two figures are attached. If the upper half body figure is set in the car, it will be completely invisible. The figure of the whole body seems to be the composition that makes it stand in a gun turret and makes his hand grasp an antenna pole.
Since it is an old figure, there is no telling what happens to the finish after painting. It seems slightly challenging to paint.
This figure is just a good height, likely to grasp the various places, even making him stand around the car.
Regrettably, a half-figure cannot be seen. I set a stand on the inside of the car and showed a face from a gun turret.
At first, it is undercoated with blackish paint.
(07-November-2015)
Mold was accessible to visible when I blew the surfacer.
Although the mold was dug up here and there, the quality is inferior compared with the latest figure.
The dark yellow of the water-based paint of Tamiya is higher in saturation than the Creos.
The scratch of the paint was emphasized.
The mold is not clear. Anyway, I drew the eyes.
Now I’m painting the baggage, and it’s almost completed.
(9-November-2015)
Sd.kfz223 played an essential role as the German Army’s mechanized reconnaissance unit. This vehicle can power reconnaissance activities in addition to covert reconnaissance.
The armament was only equipped with a machine gun in the turret.
The one next to the helmet is a washbowl. I feel that a person lives in the desert.
Because I put much load on the compact body, there is a feeling of density, which is attractive for the model.
This vehicle is a three-seater. Probably, various general tools are hooked outside because the car is narrow.
The headlight was painted in plating silver and had a clear coating for the top. Then I painted the light guard wire netting. But probably, the transparent parts are of better appearance.
What is this wooden box? Maybe it’s a toolbox?
The big thing behind the turret is a camouflage net. I like to place a lot of color in a small area. I thought about the balance of body color and the duffle bag color and painted it green.
I thought the ground of North Africa was reddish and that washing at first. Without notice, I changed the colors to brown and gray, which is my favorite. The weathering was performed so that he might like it. It is self-satisfaction, after all.
I wonder if the reconnaissance was at least two cars rather than acting in one.
Long-range reconnaissance through the harsh nature, found by the enemy, or become stuck in vehicle failure, unexpected out of fuel and water shortages, in case the same timing wireless failure occurred, life is in danger.
It is a marking of the Afrika Korps. There were few places to stick the decals after piling up a lot of baggage; anyway, I was forced to paste them. It’s Afrika Korps, the 15th Armored Division, the motorcycle battalion.
The figure was also tried to paint. I use oil painting and enamel paint, trying variously, but I can’t be satisfied.
A mold of a figure is slightly dull, but the insignias are clear, so I think they are nice accents.
It was released in 1977 by the veteran. Still, I have an affection for a figure painted with my concentration.
Ummmm… It’s like an Impressionist painting…
Like this, both persons are displayed outside of the car.
This frame antenna is foldable. It often runs while putting up an antenna, and it seems to have damage because of lacking strength.
The hard Weathering is suited very much to the Afrika Korps vehicle. All in all, the German armored car is cool!!
(12-November-2015)
I am interested in models of tanks, airplanes, ships, military figures, I build them little by little when I feel like it. I am also interested in the history of war. My starting is Tamiya’s Military Miniature series in elementary school.
From elementary school through university students repeatedly suspend and restart my modeling, it’s about 25 years of this hobby’s history.
From February 2007 I was quietly doing a site called “Miniature-Arcadia”. It is being transferred to this blog with the same name from December 2016. My update pace is uneven, but please come to see me here occasionally.
