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)

 

For the life of me I don't recall getting any of the stuff below but photographic evidence proves this was all purchased at SMC Telford 2015!

Sd.Kfz.8 DB10 Gepanzerte 12t (Trumpeter)

Kit:                                          Trumpeter # 01584
Tracks:                                    Kit tracks
Photo Etch:                             Kit PE
Start date:                              February 2013

This is a kit that I started in 2013 and was about to start painting the body when we moved home in 2015. She made it to the new place intact and the plan is to get her finished ASAP. I am still undecided what paintwork to apply as the box art is not a great example and I have only seen others complete it in a simple all over Dunkelgelb. Perhaps as only a few examples ever existed a bit of artistic license can be applied. I quite like the idea of a late war wavy hard edged Tri-Tonal. We'll see? 

My original and ancient build blog can be found here http://modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/6166/trumpys-db10-gepanzert-back-track?page=1

  
The running gear is complete. The interior requires the benches to be finished, a late fire extinguisher to be found and some paraphernalia to be distributed within. I can then attack it with some oils and pigments. The engine needs some more pipework and then weathering. The kit does not provide a radiator so I need to be careful with open engine hatch placement! Once that's done we can close her up and get some exterior paint on:)

Completed lower chassis and running gear