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Rui Sadded a new photoalbum.
70 30 March 2015, 14:45
Rui S AuthorThx a lot for your words, Ruslan. Yes it's a nice small one, and very simple to build... 😉
30 March 2015, 17:27
George BaconWow! Great job Rui 👍👍👍. You made that old kit come alive! It looks like it was a fun little project. 🙂
31 March 2015, 01:31
Rui S AuthorThank You All for your nice words Mates. Yes George, another old one, like me hehehe (OOB). and yes fun to build and paint. The base was snatched away from a ""beautiful"" porcelain horse hehe. @Mathias, it was my first uniform camo attempt...😉
31 March 2015, 18:05
Marko Paakkanencamouflage is painted very good.
in fact, I have not dared try it ... must try some day.
23 July 2015, 03:37
Rui S AuthorHi Marko, Thx for your nice words. 👍
It was my first try in that uniforms camo, and I've followed this book:
SCM Book: Waffen-SS uniforms in color photographs
I've now to do it again in my Kfz. 1/20K2s Schwimmwagen guys, and I found in the net a good video about it: Youtube Video
"Try and error" just have to take the courage and practice 😉
23 July 2015, 09:51
Urban GardiniGreat work mate! Now here's a model that I'd like to see as a new modern kit. I've always liked the cute little 7.5cm light infantry gun.
23 July 2015, 11:20
Rui S AuthorThx for your nice words, Mate. Yeah, I really like it too, it's a nice piece for a lot of ideas. 🙂
You have a Verlinden one:
scalemates.com/kits/945932-v..-german-75mm-infantry-gun-18
a Tamiya with wooden wheels:
scalemates.com/kits/177603-t..man-7-5cm-light-infantry-gun
and the DNEPROMODEL from 2009
scalemates.com/kits/238972-dnepromodel-3508-7-5-cm-le-ig-18
23 July 2015, 11:28
Urban GardiniYeah, I know of them but a new injection mold wouldn't be bad. The Tammy one isn't that good.
23 July 2015, 11:36
Rui S AuthorHun ok, but it as those nice wooden wheels, and I can guess it's better then the ESCI, one? do you think/know if the DNEPROMODE is an old mold?
23 July 2015, 11:40
Urban GardiniNo, but that one is a resin kit, fairly modern though as it hails from 2009 but I've never done a resin kit before and don't know anything about that one.
23 July 2015, 11:43
Rui S AuthorI see, the Verlinden one is also resin, and it's a Verlinden so should be a god kit. .I've to try resin too😉
23 July 2015, 11:47
John Van KootenThat is looking really good, Rui! Awesome! The gun and the camouflage uniforms look great! 👍 👍
And I agree, Urban, I too would LOVE to see a newly tooled version of that gun! Preferably done by Bronco or AFV Club because they definitely have high quality artillery pieces down already 🙂
23 July 2015, 13:56
Fabian D.I hear you guys, a newly tooled l.IG would be nice, but if so, please with a new crew.
Still, nice work with that what´s available at the moment, Rui.
Have you done anything (in terms of modding) with the figures? Judging from the boxart they seem to be included here aswell: scalemates.com/kits/186184-i..425-5cm-pak-38-with-servants
23 July 2015, 15:13
Rui S AuthorThx again mate. 🙂
If I remember, I include in this, 2 and a half figures from the kit, and one figure an some arms from a different box:
scalemates.com/kits/206113-italeri-334-german-infantry
I've also the 5cm. Pak 38 with servants (Italeri 6425, 1:35) and yes the figures look the same as the Esci kit 🙁 or maybe also from this one:
scalemates.com/kits/133810-italeri-6400-7-5-cm-howitzer
It would be also nice some decals for this:
igamf.wordpress.com/..nz/#jp-carousel-1149
23 July 2015, 15:28
Fabian D.Well, as it seems Italeri got hold of the a lot of those Esci moulds... that´s why they pop up from time to time in different combinations...
23 July 2015, 16:06
Rui S AuthorDid you mates notice how much angular the tyres are? 👎 And I remember sanding them in the edges in a angle but feared that if I continued they would lose the tire profile.
24 July 2015, 01:11
M.Julian MarlesYeah a bunch of Italeri figures were originally ESCI. The rest were Heller and Peerless Max with really a few being Italeri's own design 😛
24 July 2015, 03:12
Cortexnice! Love it when the modeller grabs an old discontinued model and make piece of art.
24 July 2015, 08:57
Rui S AuthorHello M.Julian, Thx for the info.😉
Hi, Cortex, Thx for your nice comments, much appreciated 🙂
24 July 2015, 11:26
Kerry COXRui, a touch of class mate, and the pole and wires is exactly the key to it all. 🙂 👍
24 July 2015, 11:35
Rui S Author😄 Hi Kezza, thanks for your nice and concise opinion. Much appreciated coming from you Mate 👍
24 July 2015, 11:42
Rui S AuthorHi, Eugene and Holger.
Thank you, for your kind words.
Much apreciated. Especialy coming from such talented modelers.
I'm really glad you liked this One.
16 May 2019, 19:40
oaoaoaWhere do you get the wooden base from? Been looking to get into basing my models but can't find a good base for them.
1 October 2022, 14:38
Rui S AuthorHi oaoaoa.
Can't help you here.
This was Just one more of my improvised solutions.
It came from a base of a porcelain white horse with a rider (maybe Napoleon) statue offered to my father.
I don't remember if with his permission or not I got reed of the statue and replace it with my work 😄. Either way I'm sure he didn't mind.
Nevertheless I know some hobby shops sell worden bases like this one:
super-hobby.co.uk/
super-hobby.co.uk/ca..keywords=Wooden+Base
Hope it can help 😉
1 October 2022, 16:20
Alan G@oaoaoa The wooden bases can be bought from shops that make trophies or easily on ebay
2 October 2022, 08:54
Alan GRui. This build turned out stunning. The figures look fantastic. The uniforms are spot on. I love it
2 October 2022, 08:55
Rui S Author@Alan thank you very much for stopping by and comment with such kind words. This is an old work, but like all my projects I enjoyed it a lot.
@Neuling thank you also for stopping by and comment. I'm very glad you think so and like it.
I also Wich to thank All the 26 mates that liked this album. Apreciated.
2 October 2022, 11:59
DoubtingmangoI always loved that kit after seeing it done in Military Modeler magazine in the 80s. That looks great Rui!
16 June 2023, 22:06
Rui S AuthorThank you all my friends. Glad you like this oldie. I Apreciate your comments
17 June 2023, 22:02
Rui S AuthorThank you mates. Really appreciate you stopping by and comment, and also very glad you like this one.
21 June 2023, 22:42
Rui S AuthorThank you so much Anthony, for your kind comment. Glad you like this oldie.
Apreciated. It's a far from perfect Kit but one thing I recall disliking was the tires shape that I tried to round on the edges. 🤔
@ J35J, thank you for your like.
16 March 2024, 14:58
Rui S AuthorThank you John E. Glad you liked that. I really apreciate your comment.
22 March 2024, 11:57