Luft46's Blog

So just a quick wrap up.

Only two kits finished this year – the multi barrel AA gun from Takom and the ICM Sdkfz 222 AKA Lt Grubers little tank.

I’m also still working in the Kaiten 10 sub in 1.35 from MicroMir. I’m now down to the tail end fins etc. and closing in on needing to do a primer coat. As you can see it just needs the Milliput clean up and maybe one more PSR cycle.

I’ll also need to assemble and test fit the props as well as doing the control rods. I’ve also had a closer look at the V1 tank launcher and that mostly needs masking and painting now. A job for the new year. The Triebflugel is on a rest whilst I do the sub unless I get some extra modelling time.

Happy New Year to everyone!

The Kaiten 10 kit from Mikro Mir in 1.35 is this week’s kit. Once I get the main body finished off I’ll be adding the tail section without the props. After that it’ll be time for the control rods with the guidance hooks. The rods will be 0.3mm wire but I’m going to need to find something from the spares box for the 6 u shaped hooks. The box top only shows 2 and is wrong as the RH one goes back into the body just before the tail fins.

There’ll not be much modelling till Boxing Day with all the usual Xmas stuff.

So here’s the beauty shots. The very light weathering may not be visible. After all Lt Gruber loved his little tank so it’s unlikely it ever got very dirty.

Would I recommend this kit – definitely not unless like me you really needed a Sdkfz 222 in 1.72. I imagine a 1.35 one would be a much easier proposition.

Luitenant Grubers little tank is now finished. To be accurate this is the correct version of this armoured car if ‘Allo ‘ Allo’s producers had have had access to the real thing rather than mocking up one based on a Humber armoured car.

The kit is from ICM and seemed to fight me a lot. I don’t think it helped that it is so damned small and fiddly. Highlights at the end were decals that were slow to release and then brittle when released. The number plates were oversize and trimming the edge film was necessary. It tool about five attempts to get these to not break up. The crosses were out of register and replaced by Popy 1.144 decals from an aircraft kit.

The other major problem was the gun barrels which both broke but fortunately glued back on ok. I really do love metal barrels and must remember this for the next time.