G-kazemat mei 1940

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February 24, 2025
The G-kazemat looking menacing.
It was basically a fixed cast steel turret with a machine gun encased in solid concrete.
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February 24, 2025
One of the few remaining today.
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February 24, 2025
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February 24, 2025
The kit is made up of a 3D printed turret and a plaster base.
I've painted the inside black, as there is no interior present.
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February 25, 2025
The following, and this picture both show camouflaged G kazemat bunkers.
These are quite muted colours, there are examples known that have bright geometric shapes painted over them. I'm still trying to find some pictures
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February 25, 2025
The following, and this picture
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March 1, 2025
About ready for paint
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March 1, 2025
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March 1, 2025
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March 1, 2025
This is an example of a more funky camouflage pattern
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March 2, 2025
Base colour brushed on (sandgrey)
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March 2, 2025
The gun used in these bunkers had a armoured sleeve, this is not so with the gun as provided in the kit...
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March 2, 2025
... So I shaved off the details, and tried to add a mantle with scrap evergreen.
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March 2, 2025
Second camouflage colour added (khaki olive drab)
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March 2, 2025
The third and final colour is added (Israeli green)
Next step I will be going over all the colours again.
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March 2, 2025
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March 6, 2025
Started on painting the figure
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March 7, 2025
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March 7, 2025
More paint on the figure.
Macro does not really make it look good
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March 7, 2025
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March 7, 2025
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March 9, 2025
Weathering done on the bunker.
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March 9, 2025
The small step is ready to install
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March 9, 2025
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March 12, 2025
Added the gun to the turret and fixed it in place.
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March 12, 2025
The clay(?) that is used to fill the gap between the concrete and the turret turned rock hard.

Opmerkingen

15 24 February, 13:07

Jan Peters Schrijver
As I wanted to do a simple project for a change, I made a start on this one.

24 February, 13:26

Spanjaard
curious about this one

1 25 February, 16:51

Finn
Coll, will follow

1 25 February, 19:04

Jan Peters Schrijver
Welcome mates 🙂
This is about ready to paint

1 March, 10:15

Robert Podkoński
Very unusual! Taking a seat, of course 🙂

1 1 March, 13:09

Ben M
👁️👁️

1 1 March, 13:21

Ben M
I found this interesting: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koepelkazemat

2 1 March, 13:25

Jan Peters Schrijver
Welcome mates 😄
Ben, it is a fascinating subject, imagine being cramped inside this with two men and a big machine gun.

1 March, 15:02

gorby
Very interesting.
Could the turret move? It looks fixed in place.

1 March, 15:26

Jan Peters Schrijver
It was fixed in the concrete plinth, but the machine gun could move a couple of degrees.

1 1 March, 15:28

Jan Peters Schrijver
Painting in progress 🙂

2 March, 15:34

Jan Peters Schrijver
Third and final colour added.

1 2 March, 19:56

gorby
The camo looks very good and the plaster base really makes it look like concrete.

1 3 March, 08:04

Jan Peters Schrijver
Cheers Gorby 🙏🏻
A large portion of the base will be embedded in the groundwork though.

1 3 March, 08:38

Jan Peters Schrijver
More paint on the figure.
Macro does not really make it look good

7 March, 15:44

gorby
Your doing a better job than the 1/72 figure I'm currently trying to make look vaguely like a human (and failing). 😄

1 7 March, 16:02

Finn
Getting better and better

1 7 March, 19:17

Jan Peters Schrijver
Thanks mates 🫡

7 March, 19:24

Spanjaard
no job will look good under microscope 😉 figureslook great . snd if put the phone far enough to resemble 1/72 scale, they look awesome!

2 7 March, 20:31

Jan Peters Schrijver
Thanks Spanjaard 😄

7 March, 21:06

Jan Peters Schrijver
Weathering in progress. Will need to sort out a simple base for this.

9 March, 10:44

Łukasz Gliński
That guy looks great, more like 1/35 to me 👍 Cool bunker you've got there too

1 12 March, 14:01

Dave
Very interesting bunker, your work on it looks great.

1 12 March, 14:23

Jan Peters Schrijver
Thanks Lukasz and Dave 🙏🏻
I want to finish it soon, yet ran into a problem with the supplied clay that is supposed to be used to fill the gap between the concrete an the cast iron turret. It is rock hard. I've contacted Helmuths strongholds to ask what to do.

1 12 March, 14:54

Jan Peters Schrijver
I've gotten an answer today, they are sending a new batch of black clay.
Excellent service 👍🏻👍🏻

13 March, 17:42

Spanjaard
great to hear!

1 13 March, 18:43