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Cuajete
The new mold... Following!
How does it fit?

Andrea Brenco
Welcome! Fit is nearly perfect but it requires great attention, no room for mistake! I will write more soon!

Andrea Brenco
Added some comments in the pictures

Cuajete
Thanks, Andrea 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Interesting to follow this build! Curious to your findings.

Andrea Brenco
Thanks Patrick and Cuajete!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following Andrea 👍

Łukasz Gliński
That's great mottling, wish I could do it so well

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with Lukasz... Vorrei avere anche solo la metà delle tue capacità caro Andrea!

Cuajete
I also agree with mates... Nice mottling!

Andrea Brenco
Thank you mates, I appreciate your comments!!!
I just need to find a better feeling with Gunze Mr. Hobby when airbrushing small spots and lines, I prefer Tamiya for this but Gunze has a better color choice.

Sebastian Meyner
Following 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
I love those Gunze paints! Highly diluted and with low pressure wonderful results can be achieved.

Fritz01
You gave already a lot of very useful hints concerning the built. Waiting for more. Following.

Andrea Brenco
Thanks guys!!! Decaling is approaching the finish line now...

Alec K
Looking great Andrea 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Marvelous! The sanding really blended in those decals. They look like they've been panted on now. 👍

Andrea Brenco
Thank you Alek and Patrick, glad you notice it!

Jv
Amazing

Andrea Brenco
Thanks, Jv

Cuajete
Very nice job. Congrats!

Fritz01
Superb finish!

Guy Rump
Beautiful job Andrea. 👍

Andrea Brenco
Cuajete, Fritz and Guy, really appreciate! Thank you very much

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Alec K
Beautifully done 👍

Andrea Brenco
Thanks Alec and Neuling, you are too kind!

Spanjaard
wow. when i saw pic 36 i thought it was a reference picture. excellent

Guillaume Blanchet
Very impressive. Good work!

Sebastian Meyner
Very impressive mate 👍

Andrea Brenco
thank you Guillaume and Spanjaard, every now and then it happens that I take a better picture than the other, but still I have to figure how!!!

gorby
Fantastic photography. They look like authentic period photos!

Andrea Brenco
Thanks Gorby, I like that photos too!!!

Neil Patrick
Brilliant Andrea! Sorry I am late to the show, but its good to be able to see the start to finish in a single sitting. Fantastic craftsmanship as usual. Love it.

Andrea Brenco
Thank you very much, Neil! Never too late, I appreciate your comment!

Stephen Lesley
Wow, that is amazing. When I first looked at the pictures I thought it was in 1/48 scale. It's only looking at your project photos that I saw it's 1/72! Brilliant.

Andrea Brenco
Stephen, thanks a lot!!!

Guy Rump
Beautiful build Andrea. 👍

Bernd Grün
Outstanding result and perfect photography, Andrea. I'm looking to buy this kit. How was the building progress?

Andrea Brenco
Please forgive me Guy and Bernd if it takes me so much to thank you, sometimes I didn't notice the notification at first sight and then they slip to far!
Bernd, I hope you find the text in the pictures self explanatory, but if you need more info please let me know.
Ciao
Andrea

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful job!

Andy Ball
Late to the party, but I've brought a bottle to toast the build! Fantastic!

Olivier
Thanks for the step by step tuto.
The result is really impressive.

Andrea Brenco
Cheers Andy!!! Many thanks!
And thank you Olivier and Pietro too!
Ciao!
Andrea
P.s. Pietro, nice bike...

Stefan Schacht
very nice model 👍

Andrea Brenco
Thank you very much, Stefan!

Neil Patrick
Just glorious Andrea! Thank you for sharing all your experiences and tips for this kit.

Andrea Brenco
thanks again for your comment, Neil! My pleasure!

Trez Mackenzie
Was in touch with these innovative people - asked why the amazing engine was moulded with closed panels?! Apparently it was just techinical limitations. The kits all seem to be very accurate -

HOWEVER - they have a D-11 with a nose cannon. Uh uh! That's not right and is a schoolboy error on their part. I'm surprised that with the amount of research they must have done for all the other kits that they would make such a blunder.

That said it is probably possible to resolve this issue. But still!

Rui S
Great work 👍

Andrea Brenco
Thank you very much Ruy and Trez!
@Trez Mackenzie : could you be more precise about that inaccuracy regarding the D-11? I gave a quick check at my references ( Japo part I and Crandall vol II) but in both books I found the same bottom wings with one ejection chute for the motor cannon that was never mounted, and some prototype using a spinner with the cannon hole, but production had normal spinner.
Maybe the problem is that the instruction show the wrong spinner, but there is the right one on the same sprue.

Trez Mackenzie
Hi Andrea. Yeh, this one was quite the discovery. I have those 2 resources too, very nice.

If you check the instructions for the twin pack which has both the D-9 and D-11 you will find the D-11 is fitted with the Motorkanone.

That is wrong. You can see page 5 you will see the ammo can and cannon clearly fitted as per the D-13

Vis Step 8 as well

Andrea Brenco
You are right Trez, I checked the D-11 boxing and in the instruction there is the same mistake.
Let's see the bright side of this: the plastic parts are correct and all the needed one on the sprues, it is only a problem due probably of a "copy and paste" done by the graphic guys...
But I am very happy you pointed it out because I will probably not notice in the building process, thank you very much!

Ben M
Watching!

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!