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Being a modeller for quite a few years now, I decided to explore the endless possibilities that the world (through internet) offers, and come up with a series of ways of building, modelling and painting fast (but not hastily), to create the worlds I was seeing in history books since I was little. . .If you care to join me. . . This is the place to be! And, I promise you to find the way (or ways)!!

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

ITALERI #7024, VW TYP 82 KUBELWAGEN

Good day guys!

A Bank holiday yesterday and a small break took place. I took advantage of it and managed to finish two little models, that I am sure you all know about. Behold, the famous and magnificent Kubelwagen! I bought Italeri's #7024 kit, last Saturday and since it consists of two models per kit, I came up to the decision of following two colour variations in terms of painting. I painted one in early war colours (panzer grey) and one in late war (dunkelgelb) colours. The models were built in 10-15 minutes each, their details were nice and crisp, but there was a little problem - Italeri doesn't provide any drivers for these vehicles, so you have to come with an idea (or other spare figs) to fill the driver's seat. This isn't a big deal, but, I think they should be included in the kit.

On with the photos then:










If someone wants to include these little daemons in his army for his officers, this kit does seem appealing (except for this little drawback I mentioned earlier).

I hope you like 'em!
C&C are more than welcome!
T.

21 comments:

  1. nice one. the last pic make them look like they are about to race each other

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  2. Good work, what figs did you use, Prieser?

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    1. Thx Dan!
      The fig in the grey kubelwagen, is from a caesar's kit, I never managed to paint and the one in the dunklgelb, is from Zvezda's 20mm A/A gun (same story as with the Caesar kit).

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  3. Excellent work Thanos, I like the camouflage pattern a lot

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    1. Gracias mate!
      Since I don't have an aerograph, I used paper stencil and sprays.

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  4. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! The weathering really brings these to life, great work Thanos.

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    1. Thank you Michael. I am afraid I cannot reach your level of painting, but I reckon that they'd fill the task for wargames reasons. :-)

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  5. Damn nice work on both but the dunklegelb came out especially well!

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    1. Thx Fran!
      Paper stencil and sprays...That's it really!

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  6. Superb work Thanos! I hate kits without drivers or pilots.

    Great detailing.

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    1. Thx Paul.
      I never understood why they're doing that...it's common sense really. But, then again, who lost it in order to for others to find it???

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  7. Really well done. The Kubelwagon is one of those iconic vehicles of WW2 and you have finished them superbly!

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    1. Thank you mate! I always liked this vehicle.

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  8. Really nice modelling there Thanos.

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  9. Really nice pair of models, the camo one is particularly impressive; much better than my attempt on the Airfix kit! I also think it's annoying that so many kits don't include drivers!

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  10. Great addition with those drivers. And the cars are very well painted. Might get me a pair of these cars to! ;-)

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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