1/48 Kübelwagen - 4 Hour Build (now weathered!)

BlackSheep214 · Post by **BlackSheep214** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:40 pm

Stikpusher wrote:
BlackSheep214 wrote:With 20 minutes to spare, you’d have time for decals. Looks great!
The decals are there... all four of them...

Well damn, I missed them.. My bad...

Post by **Stikpusher** » Sun May 03, 2020 10:23 pm

Duke Maddog wrote:That is magnificent Carlos! especially given the time taken, you rocked this. I wish I could have joined this but it started and went too late for me. Besides, despite my many kits; I didn't have anything in hand that I could do in four hours.

Thanks Mark. Jake and Jim Spelmire built some 1/72 kits that both came out really good. But yes, kit choice is critical...

Medicman71 wrote:That's pretty impressive to get that much done in 4 hours. Very nice!

Thank you Mike. There’s noting like a challenge to get the wheels turning in your head as to a better approach for next year.

BlackSheep214 wrote:Well damn, I missed them.. My bad...

Actually there are five... front and rear license numbers, front and rear unit insignia, and driver’s door shipping stencil...

But the Solvaset kinda zapped the front license....

Post by **Stikpusher** » Thu May 07, 2020 3:01 pm

These guys that came with the kit were not part of the Online 4 Hour Build challenge, but they are part of the follow up.... they are beautifully molded and the poses are so natural once assembled...

Floki · Post by **Floki** » Thu May 07, 2020 3:13 pm

Wow then are some very nice looking figures and in 1/48. I'm gonna have to find this kit

Post by **Stikpusher** » Thu May 07, 2020 3:27 pm

I highly recommend this kit. Tamiya also does another version with the standard tires and the driver & pilot figures in Continental Europe uniforms. I want to build one of those too.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun May 10, 2020 6:19 pm

LyleW wrote:I honk that Stuart would say, “Cracking good build!”

So would I!

...and you'd be right

Crackingly good build Carlos!

Post by **Stikpusher** » Mon May 11, 2020 9:32 pm

Thank you Stuart. It did turn out cracking, if I do say so myself.

So, Saturday I took two more hours total to wrap this up... oil wash, then pigments....

I took the above shots yesterday, then today posed it on my little desert base

Floki · Post by **Floki** » Mon May 11, 2020 11:03 pm

That made all the difference Carlos! Excellent job weathering it. Now just need to add the figures.

Post by **Stikpusher** » Mon May 11, 2020 11:14 pm

Thanks Clint. Yes, now for the figures... always my challenge... doubly so in this smaller scale...

BlackSheep214 · Post by **BlackSheep214** » Tue May 12, 2020 7:57 am

Now she looks like a proper Kubelwagen! Well done, Carlos!

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