Panzer I A - 95% DONE!!!!

This is my other project besides the Staghound.

I felt that I had to change the Fenders!!

Beautiful work Noel, what excellent detail.

welded or glued?

Dottore

@ Thanks Brian!

@ Thanks Fenech!

@ Matthew ... they are glued..... but I also kinda of rivited them as well for a more secure bond.

@ Thanks Ray

Some more progress. The beauty of holidays!



For a more realistic look... I made the spring myself


Barrels by Aber...Lovely!

Lovely Noel absolutely brilliant work and AMEN to that Ray, there are no clouds on the horizon, seems like it is going to be a bad winter for modelling.

Thanks Ray & Brian............. you are right, this winter was cruel for us! Warm comfortable weather..... sunshine, blue sky..... I'm starting to think that Gad was not a modeler!

Please. please send rain for 7 days....... slow continues drizzling rain... please... and on the weekend let us hear some thunder (no lightning please)

OK..... I'm trying my first attempt at scratch building a figure!!!

Dead German crew commander dangling from the turret. I will probably make some serious injury to his knee (as per original photo) and bullet wounds to his chest.

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Do me a favour can you direct me to a link for those 2 Aber barrels for my Meng Model VsKfz 617? I believe they have the same turret but not so familiar with German hardware....

Dottore

neat !...cool Noel
In nannu

Small update......... Building up slowly........

The right foot is badly hit and I think I will leave it in a broken state.
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looks great and interesting, what material do you use to create the figure?

Just my comment Noel, i think that the lower part of the leg, from the knee down is a bit too long. That is the impression i get.

Look like another masterpiece to add to the next year's exhibition.

Well done Noel.

Keep it up Noel

@ Brian.... noted your comment and shortened the leg!

The first attempt at folds......... 


Was not happy so I did it again...... I'm kinda happy with the result being my first scratch build



Still have to polish the milliput and redo the folds behind the exposed knee....

Now you're talking!!  Can i order  a few figures?  That is coming along really nice, well done, looking good!

Just another comment Noel, if that guy is dead, then he is totally limp and the arms are not so naturally positioned.  The right arm should be resting on the tank turret top but the left would probably droop down over the side of the turret and would be hanging loose in the air. Just my thought of course but when i kept looking at it i somehow thought that something was not right.

Thanks Brian.

Regarding the dead position, I'm following (not exact) a WWII wartime picture that always impressed me. The dead crew member must have entered a stage a of  Rigor mortis  recognizable signs of death, caused by chemical changes in the muscles after death, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stiff and difficult to move or manipulate.^[1] In humans, it commences after about three to four hours, reaches maximum stiffness after 12 hours, and gradually dissipates until approximately 48 to 60 hours after death.^]2]


I might change the angle slightly though.


One headache is what damage to simulate on the tank.  Ivan suggested anti- tank rifle shots.  I'm thinking that the shot or shots entered the tank and killed one crew and injured badly the other who tried to bail out but was machine gunned down in the process.


More Progress....

Sorry about that, i did not realize that you were following a photo. Looking really good.

my humble opinion that is....:oops:Shouldn't the front of the boot (the toe end) be in a straight line with the knee.......again just my penny's worth
In nannu8)