DAK - Sdkfz 233 8 Rad

 There are a couple of photos of the Sdkfz 233 in North Afrika.  They weren't manufactured until late 1942 so for my purposes would only appear in the Torch book for late North Africa or Tunisia.

I started off with a base model that had sat around in the started but not finished pile for a long time and had an DG and OG camo scheme on it.  I washed it and gave it a good scrub and threw some AK Gelb Braun (RAL 8000) on it.  This is the same RAL 8000 that I have used on my 88s.

Problem with research is that the AK colour doesn't match.  Their RC range has a different interpretation of the colour and I was bit torn between repainting models again or going with a bit of a hybrid. I wasn't happy with the placement of the stowage either to be fair.

So I stripped off the crate, tarpaulin and spare wheel and started again

The spare wheel was drilled out from both sides and superglued into the correct place.  The plastic glue marks were sanded and filed where possible.  The superstructure was then given a patchy overspray of my Tamiya RAL8000 Mix which is a lot darker.  The model was then given the chipping treatment to try and disguise any marks that hadn't been completely rectified.

Now onto the putting different stowage on it.

Original model

Battlegroup Kursk - Tiger 1 Refresh

 I have gone back and redone the paint work on four old PSC Tiger 1s that I did a long time ago.  This is part of getting back to playing some Kursk themed games.

Sdkfz 234/2 90% done

90% complete. I need to go and look at the exhaust colour on this otherwise it is done.  Kept this one a lot simpler and only went with the Reseda Opt B over the DGIII basecoat. Tan Filter and a brown pin wash.

Sdkfz 251/3 Finished

for now anyway.  I don't want to spend much more time on this which will only appear in a couple of games.

Panzer IV J

The Wacht Am Rhein book has the need for a pair of Panzer IV J.  I don't know enough about the variant and all its differences so this is my approximation.

Bit of styrene strip and new cuploas added (from the PSC Panther kit) for a one piece look.  Apart from that nothing else

Pre shading

DGI 1944 Base coat

With Reseda Green and the Rotbraun from MiG

Sat waiting to move up the pile

Sdkfz 251/3D from Wacht Am Rhein

This is where I have reached in mocking up a Sdkfz 251/3D for my Late War Germans primarily for Wacht Am Rhein.  It is a bit different and might not survive being a gaming model.

Following some research ably assisted by the nice people on The Wargamers Forum This is what I am going with.

PSC Sdkfz 251D mated to the telescopic antenna from the PSC 8 Rad kit which in turn sits onto of a 0.6mm brass tube.  I have used a spare Stern Antenna for this.  The research says thatere was a Sternantenna on the RHS Mounted Internally as well as the 1.2m antenna on the Forward left so I will hve a look at mounting something later.  Problem is that I want a crew figure there so I might put something on the forward right instead.  Not sure about making the roof supports.

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a now the last of my late war armour. In this case six PSC Panther Ausf G and two more 251D halftracks.

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then some PSC 251D halftracks

British Armour 1944-45

Tried the AK SCC15 with a drop of Dunkelgelb to lighten on the British Armour

Battlegroup Market-Garden 1st Airborne

Bit of progress made today. Lightining isn't great so will update these tomorrow. Essentially these are the rest of the infantry and basic supports for the Infantry Platoon I started a couple of weeks ago.

A mix of Peter Pig and PSC as usual.  Hopefully I will get around to basing them all in the coming week