Steyr RSO (1/35 Italeri 0227)

Good morning gents! Another build begins! The Steyr RSO from Italeri!

I will use Voyager’s PE set (PE35110)!

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Metal sprocket and idler wheels from Friulmodel! These are included with the tracks set!

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Wheels in place!

Sprocket and idler wheels in place!

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I have removed the base of the driving gears..

I have removed the plastic details which will be replaced by photoetched parts!

The jack with PE parts!

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RSO’s jack..

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Primed with Vallejo surface primer!

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Dunkelgelb base colour has been applied!

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Modulation..

Olivgrun has been applied!

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Rotbrun has been applied!

Decals have been applied!

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Wheels and driver’s seat painted!

Friul tracks have been blackened..

Weathering the tracks with various earth tone pigments..

Weathering..

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Tracks in place!!

Decals in place!

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I have applied green oil on the olivgrun..

Windows in place by using Contacta Clear..

Rubber margins of the windows have been painted..

Exhaust has been weathered..

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Sdanh 473 (CMK 1/35)

Good morning gents! Another build! This time the Sdanh 473 from CMK Models! It’s a resin kit and it has fine detail!

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Reinforcing the front axle with a brass rod!

Construction is very easy! It needed some touches of putty!

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Primed!

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Base colour has been applied!

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Base colour modulation!

Olivgrun has been applied!

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I have replaced the resin parts with Evergreen strip styrene!

Rotbrun has been applied!

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Wheels have been painted!

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I have applied olivgrun again!

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Decals in place!

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Fries crane 16t

Good morning gents! Another construction begins! The famous german FRIES 16t crane. It was portable and widely used throughout the WWII.

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Primed!

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Dunkelgelb base colour has been applied!

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Generator 24kw with Sdah 104 (DES kit 35058)

Good morning gents! Another construction begins! A very usual german 24 kw generator with its remolque. This generator was supplying electricity to A/A batteries, FRIES cranes and others. This kit is only available in resin by DES kit! The resin pieces come in the well known quality for which DES kits are famous!

Great detail!

Engine, generator and batteries in place!

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Assembling trolley number one!

Replacing the resin parts with pe and plastic ones!

I have drilled a 0,5mm hole, passed a wire through in order to make it workable!

Front bogey finished!

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Back bogey. I have replaced the resin parts with PE ones!

Generator’s side covers with custom made brass handles!

Many brass handles have been added!

I have used a compass cutter iot cut mesh for the radiator cover!

Mesh in position!

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Priming..

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Dunkelgelb has been applied as base colour!

Engine and generator painted in Vallejo’s aluminium!

Air filter painted with field gray..

Batteries painted!

Dry fit!

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Primed!

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Primed with Vallejo’s Dunkelgelb primer!

Sdah 204 bogies glued in place!

Comparison with Opel Blitz omnibus in order to see the size of the model!

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Modulation!

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Olivgrun has been applied..

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Rotbrun has been applied! Wheels have been painted!

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Engine covers in place!

Filter has been applied!

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AK’s neutral wash has been applied!

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Chipping with sponge technique!

Weathering of the wooden tools!

I have added the cable wire!

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Mercedes Benz L3000 with snow plow (Tamiya 1/35)

Good morning gents! Another construction begins! Tamiya’s Mercedes Benz L3000 which is actually Italeri’s kit with that addition of barrels and canisters! I will use:

Tamiya Mercedes Benz L3000.

Plus Models K snow plow.

Photo etched parts from Eduard.

The K medium snow plow from Plus Models includes the 4×4 conversion!

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Platform is ready!

I have covered all the mold holes with acrylic putty!

Ready for primer!

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Primed with Vallejo’s Rotbrun surface primer!

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Priming has been finished!

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The plow has been painted with Vallejo’s aluminium metal colour.

Dunkelgelb has been applied and lights and shadows also!

Chipping fluid has been applied!

Dunkelgelb..

Weathering with pigments..

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Plow in place!

Canvas, notek light and tools in place!

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Canvas has been painted!

Windows in place with Revell Contacta!

Canvas in place!

PE chain in place!

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Tools have been painted!

Weathering with oils!

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