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gorby
Wow this is going to be a biggie.

Spanjaard
very interesting, no doubt.

bughunter
Another big (and heavy 😉 ) beauty - I'm in!

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Eric V
Thank you!

Jan Peters
Following this 👀
Cool subject, but a hard model to build, especially in this small scale.
I would love to see this one in 1/144

Bartosz Medyński
It is a simple model, but it's a nice kit. A deck don't fit good to fuselage, but rest of model looks good. In theory it's a fast built, but i will make it as good as I can, so it will be some filling and sanding.

Jan Peters
Ok, good to hear this is a good one.
I've had a go at a mirage type IX once, but it had parts that were not completely moulded, and a general bad fit, so I gave up on it, and promised myself to not build another Mirage kit.

M4A1
The figure above is quite far. His equipment needs a little additional work and then this one is done.

M4A1
Added 2 pics of the second figure. Work in progress on the camo jacket he's wearing.

Bruce Huxtable
Watching closely, and learning from your superb techniques 🙂👍

Rui S
Great figure painting 👍

M4A1
Thanks guys! 🙂
Replaced the 2 pics with 3 pics of the progression of the camo jacket.

Mathias Decommere
That SS camo pattern is not easy... I tried it many times and got close enough, but still... Not happy. I see you got it pretty right there. Did you follow a manual or is it photo-based. Anyway... Respect!

This was my best attempt: Waiting for the Russians - Berlin | Album by Templar1099 (1:35)

M4A1
Thanks! I'm working photo based. Got some color pics of SS camo uniforms preserved in museums. I make my colors look faded by making them a bit lighter. That way the colors are not so much in your face if you know what I mean. What's really important is that the colors are exactly the right ones. Because the Germans used pretty particular colors.

M4A1
Finished painting of the first camouflage smock. Rest of the figure obviously still has to be finished. Working on the 2nd camouflage smock now.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work so far.

M4A1
Thank you! Started building the M8 Greyhound. It's Tamiya, so it builts nice and easy.

M4A1
Some more construction done on the M8. For the most part on the outside of the hull.

M4A1
Finished the interior and glued both hull parts together. Now construction of the outside of the vehicle can continue.

Doubtingmango
Just found this! Great figures and build!

M4A1
Thank you!

M4A1
The M8 is ready for a coat of primer. Added some stowage and finished construction. The wheels and side skirts will be done separately.

M4A1
Started construction of the base. Using all kind of leftover pieces of foam. Added the M8 and a spare figure to test the positioning of the different elements of this project.

Tom B.
Interesting stowage layout on one of my favourite vehicles 👍 Curious to see how this turns out!

M4A1
Hey Tom, out of curiosity may I ask why you find the layout of the stowage interesting? Is it because of the relatively empty engine deck or the blanket rolls on both sides of the vehicle?

Tom B.
I belive the interesting look for me comes down to a) the front mudguards still being attached, while the rear ones are missing b) the empty engine deck without a huge stack of stuff as it is often modelled onto those vehiles c) the tarp on the side which should be nicely dirty and thus an interesting surface for weathering-techniques 👍

M4A1
Hey Tom, I can imagine you're saying this. It makes sense. I'm gonna attach the rear mudguards after I weathered the vehicle and place the wheels. Otherwise I can't place the back wheels. Maybe the engine deck will get some more stowage but I wasn't satisfied with the configurations I came up with so for the time being it stays quite empty. Also I usually add quite some stowage to my AFV's but this time I wanted something different. And the tarps will be come dirty where I hang them. I placed the stowage based in pictures of Greyhounds in WOII and mixed in a little bit of my own ideas.

M4A1
Worked some more on the base and the M8 got a coat of primer.

M4A1
Gave the Greyhound a layer of black paint for preshading.

M4A1
Covered the side of the road with a layer of sand. The side of the road matches the look of a little bit rough country side, at least in my humble opinion. 🙂 After drying I fixated the sand with hair spray. So I can paint it more easily. Next step is to paint the whole base black before adding ground cover and other scenery material.

M4A1
Painted the base black and started adding scenery material.

CaptGPF
Great figure painting! Watching.

M4A1
Thanks!

M4A1
Started painting the M8.

M4A1
Started adding snow chains to the wheels.

M4A1
Finished adding snow chains to the wheels.

Mathias Decommere
Stunning!

M4A1
The M8 nears it's completion and the last 2 camo jackets of the figures are done. Figures itself are also nearly finished.

M4A1
The German soldiers are ready. That leaves the M8 and the base to be finished so everything can put together.

M4A1
Posted a pic of the definitive base for this project.

Mr James
I agree with CaptGPF

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work so far especially on the figure painting. Your base also looks very good.

M4A1
Thanks guys! The base is ready, the German soldiers are ready and the M8 is nearly ready so this project is almost done. Pictures will follow soon.

Donald Dickson II
OK. Well I decided since I was bogged down in my other builds, Id go ahead and do this one.

Frank Frazetta has always been a favorite of mine. I fell in love with his stuff seeing the covers of Conan paperbacks. Then in 78 the first Molly Hatchet album came out with this as its cover. I bought that album based SOLELY on that cover as it was their first and I hadnt heard them yet. LOL Luckily they were a great band. LOL

There is a Frazetta museum here in Stroudsburg PA, about 3 hours from my house. Im planning on taking this there and taking pics of it there. IF it comes out worth a damn.

OK, so, its a relatively simple build. BUT, as you can see, while the fit is OK, it has serious seems. *sigh* Its gonna require a little more work than I was hoping for.

I am not attaching the arms or head to the rider yet, nor the cloak. Those will be painted then attached to make it easier. The things like reigns are separate pieces that will get painted then all put together.

Next session is getting those seams done.

Ben M
👀 cool subject. I remember that album.

Doubtingmango
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Christoph Kunz
I'm taking a seat too.