2015-2016 House move and keeping busy......

Productivity away from the bench 2015-2016

So it turns out I was quite busy for short periods at the (temporary) workstation's I resided on during our prolonged house move!  No painting but under the circumstances quite productive!  I started building the Dragon Ferdinand premium kit, an ICM Renault AHN (Lastkraftwagen), Riich models Skoda RSO Radschlepper, the ancient Tamiya Sd.Kfz.7 primemover, Roden’s Opel Omnibus, Tamiya's Tiger I mid production, a Takom Type 2.5 VW crew cab and lastly a kit bashed soft skin build. This comprised an Italeri ambulance, a Ford V300 chassis together with Dnepro Model's resin fenders and Einsheitskabine (wooden cab)

 

Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12t (Trumpeter) Chapter 1: Build history

Kit:                 Trumpeter # 01584
Tracks:           Kit indy-link workable tracks
Photo Etch:    Kit photo etch

Start date:      February 2013

This is a kit that I started in 2013 and was about to start painting the exterior when we moved home in 2015. She made it to the new place intact but has sat on the shelf of shame ever since! I am still undecided what paintwork to apply as the box art is not too exciting and I have only seen other completed examples in a simple plain Dunkelgelb. Perhaps as only a few examples ever existed a bit of artistic license can be applied. Hetzer late war hard edged scheme maybe?

 
My original and ancient build blog can be found here Trumpeter DB10 Gepanzert 12T blog

 

Restored vehicle pulled out of a Polish river. Notice the solid front drive wheel tyres it was fitted with.

Chapter 2: Build resurrection