Finished - Sd.Kfz. 222

Christian Lehmann
👍

Christian Bruer
Thx Christian🙂

Christian Lehmann
Wusste gar nicht, daß du auch Panzer baust

Christian Bruer
Well the paint is on. I first sprayed a full layer of German Gray, then several thinn layers of mid brown, lightened with sand and white. I use Vallejo acrylics. Next I will add a layer of Future before I start the wash and the highlights of the surface with oils.

Cheers Christian

Christian Bruer
@Christian, habe ganz früher 35er gebaut und nach vielen Schiffen und Flugzeugen macht auch ein Fahrzeug mal wieder Spaß🙂

Christian Lehmann
👍

Holger Kranich
Na hier bin ich doch mal klar dabei!

Moritz Fentzahn
Count me in Christian, a tank from your bench sounds more than interesting 👍

Christian Bruer
You're all most welcome 🙂

Dave Flitton
What are you going to do about the screen that sits atop the turret?

Christian Bruer
Hi Dave, there are PE parts for the cover provided with the kit. I will post a photo later.
Cheers Christian

Alec K
Looks excellent Christian. I love these armored cars 👍

Stephan Ryll
Christian, no water, no wings and a lot of wheels😉 looking very nice 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Alec and Stephan 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Nice one, following

Martin Oostrom
Why do you always downscale from the 'regular' scales? Planes in 1/144 instead of 72 or 48. Roadstuff in 72 instead of 35 or 24. Is your display cabinet downsized as well? 😄
Troubling part is, your small scale stuff is just so much better then many regular stuff. #Legend 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Lukasz and Martin🙂

Well Martin, you know I'm coming from 1/350 scale, so it's an upscale for me 😄

Cheers Christian

Alec K
Yeah Martin, don't you know?? Christian is upscale, UPSCALE I say...😉 😄 😄 🙂

Christian Bruer
Hehe Alec, I guess you know what I mean in the context to modelmaking 😉

Martin Oostrom
I can confirm he is UPTHERE on a pedestal with the best of us. A lot of guys are good, some are great, few are legendary. CB is one of the legendaries 👍

Christian Bruer
Hey Martin, wow wow wow, to much praise IMHO. As I have seen lately at SMC in Veldhoven, there are much more talented modellers than me.
And I like it to look up to others creating wonderful models and dioramas with all their excellent ideas, skills and techniques.

Anyhow, I'm pleased that you like my work and share you impressions and that counts!

Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
Well, nearly one year ago I painted the tiny Sd.Kfz.222, so the paint should be dry enough now😄

I wanted to represent the peeling green brown Africa colour and the appearing basic gray colour. First I have added a oil colour wash with dark brown. Once dry I painted carefully all adges with Vallejo German Gray by hand brush. This procedure was done untill I was satisfied with the result. At last I start highlighting all upper surfaces with white Oil colour.
Some dust along ght chassies and wheels was done with pastel calks.
So I let it dry (hopefully not one year) and than the decals and some details.
Cheers, Christian

Mike Kryza
Top Arbeit Christian!

Stefan Schacht
very nice 👍

Christian Bruer
Dankeschön 🙂

Lode Schildermans
Top work, Christian. Your standard level at detailing

Christian Bruer
Thank you Lode 🙂 Hope you and your family are well!?

To paint all the bits and pieces, including the Modern Armies in Miniatures palm tree, the Black Dog accessories and the D-Day Miniature Studio figures made a lot of fun. I use Vallejo acrylics to paint all the parts and tried to choose a wide variation of colours to get a good colour modulation when all the parts are coming together.
Happy Modelling

Christian

Christian Bruer
I call this done - first one in 2021 🙂

Happy Modelling, Christian

Stefan Schacht
Well done 👍

Christian Bruer
Many thx Stefan 🙂

Rui S
I really like 1/72 dios. Incredible work. 👍 I don't know how is it possible to paint the figure's eyes in this scale??? 😮

Peter Hardy
Big thumbs up Christian! Good start for the year! Now, what are you planning in 144 scale?

Christian Bruer
Thank you Rui and Peter 🙂
Well Rui, I paint also figures for my ship models in scale 1/350 😄
Peter, I am progressing a 144 Rafale M and a small scratch build CV section as a display. I will post some photos later the week. Otherwise I have some ships in progress.
Cheers, Christian

Spanjaard
what a fantastic job. and i must agree with Martin and all of the above😉

Christian Bruer
Thank you for your kind comment Spanjaard 🙂

Lode Schildermans
It is indeed a fantastic diorama, Christian. Awesome real in this scale. Very nicely done

Dirk Scheffler
Great Dio, the weathering on the Sdkfz 222 for me is outstanding. Top.

Neuling
Top small scale dio! Paint work on the vehicle is excellent!

Christian Lehmann
👍

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding. That eyes in 1/72! That umbrella! 😄

Alec K
Outstanding indeed 👍

gorby
I would have happily believed that was 1/35!

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your very kind comments 🙂

Martin Oostrom
Another little CB gem. No amount of kind comments is enough.

Christian Bruer
Hi Martin, thank you very much 🙂
I hope to show it next to some other new CB models at SMC this year!

Spanjaard
i will not miss it if we have one this year! 🙂

Martin Oostrom
October, dare we dream?

Peter Hardy
I hope you do! No one has raised a toast to me in a pub for 2 years!

Alec K
I am hoping the USA Nationals in Vegas will be on this summer.

Peter Hardy
If they are Alec I will be expecting a photo essay and interviews!

Alec K
I don't know about the interviews Peter, but photo essay I can do😉

Martin R.
On initial glance I didn't realize it was 1:72! Extremely impressive!

Christian Bruer
Let us all hope 👍
Thank you Martin R. 🙂

Dirk Heyer
Habe Dein sehr schönes Diorama heute auf Modelversium gesehen.
modellversium.de/gal..32-sdkfz222-icm.html
Du hast sehr schön die Lichteffekte in dem kleinen Maßstab umgesetzt und das ganze Diorama hat viel Tiefe und schöne Details. Auch die Figuren sind sehr gut bemalt. Bin wieder sehr beeindruckt von Deinem handwerklichen Fähigkeiten. Klasse gemacht.

Christian Bruer
Hallo Dirk, vielen herzlichen Dank für dein großes Lob, freut mich sehr 🙂