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Post subject: hightowers little playground  Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:29 am |
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Hello at all... Here are the first steps of my way for my new German Army. For playing a modern warfare tabletop I want to set up German Airborne, but I can't find the modern German Army figures from CAESAR, so I started with one of the support elements of my army:  In fact it's not one of the best kits in the word, but I had it for years in a box. So why don't start to build it? While getting the parts together, I saw mistakes at the kit and so I fixed them with plastic sheet and profiles. But now the first pictures of the "raw" form of the tank...    While building the tank my eyes got on a box with German CRF figures and so one of the guys out of the box transfered from a MP to a tank commander. In the next steps I will do the rear boxes of the turret with plastic profiles and thin net for a camouflage net. Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, but I hope you like the first impressions of my tank anyway. So far...
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:59 am |
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Hi Buddy,
I see you found your way from BO to "the reference in modern wargming"... ;-) Welcome to the show.
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:16 pm |
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Kauf dir die 1/72 German Tank Crew (modern) von MIG Productions. Hab ich auch, hier sind die hier, in meinen Wiesel Panzern: http://smallscaleoperations.blogspot.co ... sel-1.htmlI suggest getting MIG Productions German Tank Crews (modern). S&S also do German tank crews, that would fit.
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:23 am |
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I have a lot of "old" soldier kits, so I try to use them as good as I can. When the tank is finished I'll do the commander and if it doesn't fit with the tank I am thinking about to get the MIG's or S&S.
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:01 am |
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:20 am |
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Good detailing 
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:54 pm |
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Okay, here we go again after a long time. Between lot of work and preperations I got a few minutes for my tank. I did some paint and a little bit camo. In the moment I am a little bit unhappy with the paint, so I will do it a second or third time. The net looks a little bit to much, but I think when the glue is dry and I shake the tank so it will be not so much. But now two pictures ...   In this way...
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:40 pm |
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I really like the look of that foliage camo. What material is that you used?
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:49 am |
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mdauben wrote: I really like the look of that foliage camo. What material is that you used? Look at the picture.... kitchen spice or tea leaf. Oregano in the pic above. 
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:06 pm |
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Yes....you are right, it's the oregano from the picture. But the next days I want to look for tea that I can use for the camo.
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:55 pm |
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Hey guys... Yesterday my ordered rules of FoF arrived and so my motivation is very high to get my army for the first TIC. Today I refreshed the green paint and tried to set the first highlights on the tank. But now the pictures of the results with the unpainted commander and the first brown on the camo net...      In this way...
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:56 pm |
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:11 am |
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While the base of the LEOPARD is drying and my new airbrush didn't arrived, I can't further steps at the tank. So I started with my DINGO. Here are the first pictures:    I didn't fixed the weapons station and add some pices of plastic sheet, so I can turn the weapons station. In this way...
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:03 pm |
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And a second update for this day. Because the weather is bad and I have a little bit time today, I sponsored the DINGO a soft eye at the front bumper, a packed barbwire and canvas sight at the back top of the DINGO.  Then my DINGO was finished until yet and so I started the first of three FUCHS. The kits I got are FUCHS A4 but I want FUCHS A8 and so I have do to much things by myself like the crow node for the front MG gunner, the boxes at the sides of the tank an replace the water drive with boxes, too. For the beginning I cut a porthole out of the roof and open it. Here are the first pictures...   C&C are welcome. In this way...
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Post subject: Re: hightowers little playground Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:01 pm |
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Looking awesome, will be following this one closely.
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