German Pair- Tamiya's Sdkfz 222 & Horch 1a (1/35)

[Vaastav]

Feeling a bit bored, I ordered these 2 online. Due to me being in an Orange Zone, these were delivered fairly quickly. The Sd.Kfz was cheap and included PE mesh and an aluminium barrel for the 2cm KwK, a nice deal and I felt it would go nicely with the Horch as a desert pair.

For the weathering etc, I will be taking special inspiration from John Masters' 222 (I wonder how he gets anything done in that scale... His eyes are going for sure, while his sanity has already thrown up its hands at the sizes of models it has to work with.)

 

The 2 boxes:

 

The box shots:

1st is Horch & 2nd is 222

 

 

The light grey sprue is extra drums and Jerry cans.

 

Sprue shots:

Horch:

 

222

 

Please tell me what you think.

[robw_uk]

have a soft spot for the 222 - I enjoyed building mine (not Tamiya) so look forward to seeing your progress

[Foxbat]

Should be an interesting build, I will follow along. As an aside, both these were built on the same chassis as the Germans tried (without much success) to rationalise their vehicle fleet and come up with standard designs.

 

Andy

[Vaastav]

@robw_uk and @Foxbat welcome. I plan to do the Horch first, then the 222

[Hamden]

 

I'll take a seat if I may? Looks an interesting project

 

  Stay safe      Roger

[Ernst]

Cool duo, I've build the 222 many years ago. They make an excellent pair.

Cheers,

Ernst

[Vaastav]

Got to work today.

Fit is typical Tamiya, requiring minimum modification.

My humble workstation

The underside, beginning

 

 

The drive shafts attached.

 

Criticism and advice is welcome.

Stay in, Stay safe

[Vaastav]

Further update:

The Wheels are done:

 

The Bonnet

 

The upper body is fully completed:

 

And the lower body:

 

I plan to not stick the body together until the painting is done, to ease it up.

Any ideas etc. are welcom.

Stay safe

[robw_uk]

Nice start, nice neat workspace too ;-)(

[Vaastav]

Update time:

I finished it and painted it (yes I know it is a horrible shade, but it will be tempered with a brown wash or two)4

 

With the roof on:

 

Open top:

 

 

[Vaastav]

Now I plan to start the 222, and then  they will be weathered together.

 

[Vaastav]

Further update:

The 222 has taken off now, and I have done the chassis work.

The wheels have also been done, but will be mounted only after painting.

 

 

The lower body finished:

 

And the wheels:

 

Stay safe

[Vaastav]

Update time:

The gun has been made. The aluminium barrel is a nice touch.

 

The turret:

 

The upper body:

 

The halves joined together

 

Stay safe

[Vaastav]

Further update:

I finished the body work and moved to the turret.

Tamiya provided PE Mesh for the turret & for the first time, I used some PE

Please do tell me what the PE work is like, as I think I made a bit of a hash of it.

Also , made the figure, and as he sits well enough will be using him.

 

 

 

[Ernst]

Great progress, good to see tamiya supplied some proper DAK decals. No political affiliation here obviously.  Is it just me or are modelers shifting a gear up? I can't advise you on PE, but this looks pretty neat. All I know from painting them is to avoid paint bubbles between the holes, I've had that with grilles and I pinched them.

Cheers,

Ernst.

[Vaastav]

5 minutes ago, Ernst said:

Great progress, good to see tamiya supplied some proper DAK decals. No political affiliation here obviously.  Is it just me or are modelers shifting a gear up? I can't advise you on PE, but this looks pretty neat. All I know from painting them is to avoid paint bubbles between the holes, I've had that with grilles and I pinched them.

Cheers,

Ernst.

Thanks Ernst. 

I am doing the 222 as an Afrika Korps one as well, maybe a dio with the Horch.

Any advice?

[Ernst]

3 minutes ago, Vaastav said:

Thanks Ernst. 

I am doing the 222 as an Afrika Korps one as well, maybe a dio with the Horch.

Any advice?

It's been a long time since I've build any diorama's so any advice is probably outdated. Diorama's used to be quite big in relation to what's actually happening in the scene. These vignettes I see here on britmodeler are often compact and have a focused composition to them. It is on the back of my mind but I decided for myself to learn figure painting first, partly because I keep struggling with canvas gun mantlet covers but also  to add a human touch to a model.

Cheers,

Ernst

[Vaastav]

1 hour ago, Ernst said:

It's been a long time since I've build any diorama's so any advice is probably outdated. Diorama's used to be quite big in relation to what's actually happening in the scene. These vignettes I see here on britmodeler are often compact and have a focused composition to them. It is on the back of my mind but I decided for myself to learn figure painting first, partly because I keep struggling with canvas gun mantlet covers but also  to add a human touch to a model.

Cheers,

Ernst

Thanks Ernst. I think I'll do a desert vignette.

Something like a desert post..

[Vaastav]

Building is finished.

Painting and application of decals was done. Once again I apologize for the horrendous shade, but as it is a concoction of my own invention (I don't have any readymade desert yellow) I have to play it by ear.

 

I also did the figure, to the best of my ability, seeing as I am not too skilled in figure painting.

Anyone with tips please PM me.

 

Hans the commander in his domain

 

 

 

The 222 itself

 

 

Stay Safe

 

 

[Bullbasket]

Nice work on both.

 

John.

[Vaastav]

Thank you @Bullbasket for the kind words. 

 

Does anyone have any advice on weathering desert vehicles? 

[Foxbat]

1 hour ago, Vaastav said:

Does anyone have any advice on weathering desert vehicles? 

A few basics - dust storms will affect surface paint so primer could be showing through, but there isn't a lot of water about so there will be no rust. That same dust will be lighter than the paint, and it gets everywhere but falls off vertical or moving surfaces. Upper surfaces exposed to the desert sun will fade faster than ones more usually in shadow, especially on your 222, but I don't know if they usually survived long enough for that to make a big difference.

 

Have a look at some of the other recent builds on here for inspiration - there's a couple of Matildas and an Sd.Kfz 234 that will give some good pointers. 

 

Andy

[Vaastav]

I gave the Horch a drybrushing with Gunmetal, to try and simulate the sort of sandblasting a vehicle gets in the desert. I know it looks a bit overenthusiastic, but it will be toned down later with washes and dust and appeals to the powers above.

 

 

[Bullbasket]

It looks good Vaastav. You can add rust in small amounts as although there is very little (if any) rain in the N.African desert, there is some moisture at night because the temperature can drop below zero, causing condensation.

 

John.

[Vaastav]

Hello all. Update time.

 

I made (and painted) the Horch's driver. Including hand painting the camo. (Please tell me I got it right)

The 222 was also finished up in a dusty & worn appearance.

 

 

The driver of the Horch

 

And.. as a bonus for those who stayed inside and helped fight corona (What else are modellers expected to do anyway when they have time. Go out?) :

Its a shelf I made for my models, as space was a bit short once again, and everyone else is not allowing me to put any more in their rooms (the rotters)