K-Wagen

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November 27, 2021
Dry fitting parts… this is a big model at 1/35
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November 28, 2021
Preparing a track for printing
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November 28, 2021
Got all the pieces printed
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November 30, 2021
You know you’re living your best life when you run out of perfect plastic putty
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December 6, 2021
Gluing sponson to hull with furniture clamps
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December 6, 2021
Sponson and track assembly
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December 11, 2021
Initial hull assembly with furniture clamps
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December 11, 2021
Comparing the size of the k-wagen with a Matilda II
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December 14, 2021
I tried using dullcote and it washed all the pastels off first try. Did it again a 2nd try and used Vallejo airbrush thinner as a fixative at low pressure very thin coat. It seemed to work. Then I used a pencil to highlight the track.
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December 16, 2021
Putty and sand and putty and sand and sand and sand and putty and sand and putty and sand.
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December 18, 2021
Barely fits in paint booth, lol
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December 18, 2021
Putty and sand and Putty and sand and Putty and sand and Putty and sand and Putty and sand
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December 20, 2021
Primed
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December 24, 2021
Preshading
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December 24, 2021
Base color coat in progress
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December 26, 2021
Camo in progress
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December 26, 2021
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December 26, 2021
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December 27, 2021
Machine guns on, vision slits painted
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December 28, 2021
Tracks on
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December 28, 2021
Using brass channels to raise the exhaust so it fits on the hull. Making rivets with pin heads.
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January 9, 2022
Well they looked bigger on the internet. The small size is a 3mm x 3mm cross. I was hoping the big ones would be bigger, to fit the scale of the vehicle. Maybe I should look into the Eduard masks
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January 15, 2022
The decals are very thick and have an odd bubbly surface, but you go to war with the decals you have
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January 15, 2022
Leathery decals. Of course they break apart too!
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January 16, 2022
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January 16, 2022
“Rusted” the exhaust and glued it to the tank. Last bit of assembly is complete. Next up, some touch ups and then weathering
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January 17, 2022
Weathering started
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January 19, 2022
Trying to decide how far to take the weathering
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January 19, 2022
Trying to decide how far to take the weathering
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February 5, 2022
Having a pleasant morning painting Germans.
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February 20, 2022
Crew coming along
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February 20, 2022
Trying to decide if I should give them a black wash or not.
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February 20, 2022
Trying to decide if I should give the guys a black wash
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Comentários

44 27 November 2021, 23:11

Simon Nagorsnik
Oh, this looks interesting👀

27 November 2021, 23:20

Rui S
I agree 😎

27 November 2021, 23:41

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

27 November 2021, 23:44

Ben M
The center hull is about a big an object as my printer can print. It took almost 18 hours to print that one part. Some of the pieces have defects but sandpaper and putty should give an ok result. I'm learning to better print things by asking dumb questions on Reddit so the parts are getting better as I go.

27 November 2021, 23:51

David Taylor
got me hooked.

11 December 2021, 14:34

Simon Nagorsnik
What a beast! 😄

11 December 2021, 16:36

Villiers de Vos
Ben, you are very creative and this unique project is coming along very nice.

12 December 2021, 03:32

Simon Nagorsnik
Nice finish on the tracks👍

14 December 2021, 04:55

Tini Hendriks
Gorgeous tracks Ben! Curious to see the endresult!

14 December 2021, 23:48

Rui
You need a BIGGER spare booth LOL 🤣

18 December 2021, 04:54

Tini Hendriks
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... 🤪

23 December 2021, 13:17

James C
Such an unusual subject. Nice paint work 👍

24 December 2021, 17:35

Patryk S.
Following!

24 December 2021, 17:43

Ben M
Thanks James. I went and bought a 4 color AK set of WW1 German tank colors. It's pretty thick stuff, had to shoot it at 35 psi to get it to come out as a thin layer. I tried thinning it with Vallejo airbrush thinner and it kind of curdled. I soldiered on anyway as I want a thin mottled base layer. I should have just mixed up some colors with Tamiya paints as I'm used to painting with those. Anyhow it's going pretty well. I'm going to attempt a 4-color soft-edged scheme.

24 December 2021, 17:44

Ben M
My wife just came out in the garage and asked "so do you need a bigger paint booth?" Lol.

24 December 2021, 17:49

Villiers de Vos
This beast needs a bigger parking space. It is coming along very nicely.

25 December 2021, 03:54

Ben M
I've never freehanded camo before with an airbrush. It's kind of fun. I prefer switching colors after every splotch.

26 December 2021, 01:11

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh, watching. 👀
A big model, it barely fits into your paint booth. 😄
But it fits. Nice paintjob, Ben. 👍

26 December 2021, 08:05

Robert Podkoński
Looks fantastic already! (there was a resin kit of this monster by KORA, but your model is waaaay much better, Ben!)

28 December 2021, 08:44

Ben M
I thought this diagram was interesting: pinterest.com/pin/697917273486531352/ - it's bigger than a Maus!

28 December 2021, 14:11

Mona
looks like you snagged the Mrs. ...pin cushion . great idea for rivets

28 December 2021, 20:47

Ben M
I snagged them from my mom, lol. All the pins I had have little round plastic balls on the end, I needed some old school pins. Old model railroad trick to make rivets.

28 December 2021, 23:28

Pierre Pierre
super cool following

29 December 2021, 08:44

Ben M
Decals on

16 January 2022, 03:19

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Such a huge beast. With some Flak it would be a moving fortress. Well, it pretty much is. 😄

16 January 2022, 08:47

David Taylor
Ticks all my boxes.

16 January 2022, 09:26

Ben M
If anyone else is interested in the intersection of Ww1 and 3d printing, here are some free soldiers I found: cults3d.com/en/3d-mo..-french-uk-us-german

16 January 2022, 23:07

Villiers de Vos
I am still nailed to my chair. I am following your project with interest.

19 January 2022, 13:35

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Will you go for some mud on the tracks and armor?

Thanks for sharing the link to the 3d files of soldiers. One day I'd like to do a WW1 themed dio, so this could come in handy. 👍

19 January 2022, 20:51

Ben M
Thank you Villers de Vos. WhiteGlint, I'm not sure. My wife said it looks great as-is when I asked her if I should mud it up a bit. I'm going to work on some figures to go with it while I think about it. I think some figures will really help bring out the scale. This thing had a crew of 27...

20 January 2022, 21:52

David Taylor
Would the German crosses not be the ww1 type.

21 January 2022, 13:25

Ben M
In 1918 the Germans switched from the Maltese cross to the bar cross. These tanks would have been finished in 1919 had the war not ended. I like the look of the earlier crosses better though!

21 January 2022, 13:28

Villiers de Vos
Ben, the "aerial recognition" crosses on top of the sponsons is probably a first. Was it your artistic initiative?

21 January 2022, 15:50

Ben M
I understand that late in the war some German A7V tanks had crosses on top. As well, late war British tanks had red and white recognition stripes on top in addition to the ones on the nose - those two were my inspiration.

21 January 2022, 18:12

Villiers de Vos
Ben, your build is inspirational.

22 January 2022, 11:17

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Nice start on the figures. I guess this means we will see "small" diorama?

9 February 2022, 20:13

Thomas Espe
Watching!

9 February 2022, 20:38

Ben M
Whiteglint, I'm not sure where I'm going with it. I've been off doing some railway modeling for a while but I'll come back to it soon.

12 February 2022, 18:45

Bobby Thumbs
Figures looking good ben

20 February 2022, 01:08

Ben M
Thanks Bobby I've been trying to improve on my figures

20 February 2022, 05:29

Simon Nagorsnik
Nice figures!
I wouldn't do a general black wash, work on the different colors/areas individually.
I would also take colors that match the basic tone.
For example dark blue and dark brown.
Either way, you'll make it😄

20 February 2022, 07:29