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DAK, Gazala 1942

Posted by FatFather on 22 Jan 2017, 15:03

Hi,
I would like show you model Panzer IVD from Mirage Hobby (I think good modeller could make it awesome model) and few figures from Revell, Italeri, Orion, Matchbox and something else. I will never do the dioram of this meeting in desert.

Panzer IV D
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Tank crew
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Troops (looking for ideal colour of uniforms DAK)
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In old fashion style... :P
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Feldmarschall? :-)
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Thank you for watching.
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Posted by Bluefalchion on 22 Jan 2017, 16:56

Fun WIP, thanks for posting. The DAK uniforms arrived in an olive green from the factory, but merciless sun soon bleached them to more of a tan color. Some later in the war were more brownish. Officers had their own uniforms made, so they could vary greatly. Finally, continental items (German field grey) were sometimes worn, especially as supply became more and more of a problem. Good luck!
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Posted by Wiking on 22 Jan 2017, 18:19

The survivors of Got el Ualeb during regrouping for the way to Tobruk?

The Mirage Panzer IV is on the other end (over engineered) in amount of parts to your past shown Stug III .
Only the antenna in your nice build is a bit oversized for my taste.
The men from Preiser who put his arm behind his head is a often seen pose. And fit nice for an Africa Dio. 8)
As the drinking Revell one. I wish that more useful pose like this would be in the soft plastic boxes.
And Orion do a great job for for this subject as you show us.
But the most surprise is that the aged Airfix DAK troop set is still top to all the other 1/72 DAK soft plastic offers.

:eh: I feel me the whole time observed by Rommel!
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Posted by Peter on 22 Jan 2017, 21:01

That something else in figures is Airfix! ;-)

Nice project! Do it! ;-) :thumbup:
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Posted by Carlos on 22 Jan 2017, 22:12

Well, "not thank for watching" for me, thank you to posting, is a very nice work is nice to see.
There are figres from airifx and revell but I cant remember from where is the officer wth and covering the sunligth in the eyes.
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Posted by Bluefalchion on 23 Jan 2017, 01:42

He's a Matchbox standard German Infantry officer.
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Posted by Peter on 25 Jan 2017, 18:33

Bluefalchion wrote:He's a Matchbox standard German Infantry officer.

Yep! :thumbup:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=238
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Posted by FatFather on 06 Aug 2017, 15:26

Hello,
Continuing theme of DAK I took some old figures (long time ago painted, and short time ago repainted), new set of Plastic Soldiers with SdKfz 231, Roden and old SdKfz 251 from Esci (repainted), some parts from Black Dog. All painted in Vallejo.
Hope, you have fun for watching.

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Figures you know

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Officer from left repainted

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Old SdKfz, thinking about more work on this...

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Old figures, and repainted model from Roden

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Little fun with old photo.
Thank you.
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Posted by sansovino on 12 Aug 2017, 11:03

Wonderful models, painting and sceneries! I like especially the resting-troops with the palm. Do you want to add landscapes to your models? I would been a still more impressive presentation. Or do you prefer the combination of photos and models as your own personal style?
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Posted by FatFather on 13 Aug 2017, 14:58

Dear sansovino, thank you for so much good words about my work.
Some day I will make dioram for those models and figures.
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