Hello modellmates @afv Studio. Awesome build.i was well Entertained.i like passion for detail.and i truly appreciate ur efforts.of course you deserve a thumb up.nice 2cu unleashing your creative flows.i am looking forward for future content. with sticky greetings from Brandenburg germany.yours truly.your modellmate.christian
You can’t really beat Dragon’s Sd.Kfz.251 kits. I’ve got most of them and AFV’s as well. The main difference I think is Dragon’s sometimes vague instructions which can be a bit annoying 😂 and the AFV kits come with rubber band tracks which I would replace anyway with their own brand individual link tracks that is also bloody annoying! PS. Don’t always follow the build instruction order, so just a lot of pre-planning and test dry fitting so you don’t get backed into a corner. Nice work though mate.
Thanks Mike. Yes Dragon instructions are probably some of the worst out there, so it is important to study them well before starting, and plan the way you are going to build rather than the way it might suggest. They have realised now though that modellers prefer single link tracks and are reissuing with suitable own brand links. That's something I dont often see with Tamiya and others. Tamiya will produce a new kit with link and length tracks (M18), but all their older kits will still have the rubber band. Even their M10 Achilles had rubber band so they could save by supplying it with some old M4 lower hull parts. 🥴 Dragon are like '' Lets give it new tracks, throw in a metal barrel, add some 3D printed parts and extra photo etch. Hey lets even bundle one of our figure sets into the re-box.''
It’s very nice to watch the work of masters of their craft, I’m new to modeling, and I’m very interested in learning step by step from your videos. Thank you
Thanks Colin, great to hear feedback on the video. If you get the version with the crew, be prepared to do some modification to get the sitting crew to fit. Not something I included in my video, but you can see when I add them during the assembly how much I had to grind off of each so they would fit. And once they do sit in the seats, you then find they are sitting to tall and the roof wont fit 🫡. A bit of a pain in arse. But at least its not my arse that's been ground away to nothing 😂
Many thanks in relation to the figures, I thought they looked excellent and fitted perfectly in the 251. Now I know I will have a job to do on them. Keep up the excellent work. @@afv-studio
Hallo. Sehr saubere Arbeit eines bestimmt nicht perfekten Bausatzes . Man sieht nicht viele dieser Bausätze, leider. Aber das liegt wohl auch an den Preisen, die dafür verlangt werden. Und die sind Jenseits von Gut und Böse. Ich zumindest bin nicht bereit 70-89€ für einen solchen zu bezahlen. Mir scheint, dass du das Lenkrad nicht bemalt hast. Zumindest sieht es im Video so aus. Was mich aber etwas zweifelnt zurück lässt, ist das Dunkelgelb '44. Die genietete Ausf.C kamm deutlich vor Sommer '43 ( Farbwechsel von Grau zu Gelb ) heraus und war damit in Grau lackiert. Komplett in Gelb, da hab ich so meine Zweifel. Grau innen, gerne auch Gelb überlackiert und dann mit deutlichen Spuren der Nutzung, das hätte besser gepasst. Aber dafür ist nun zu spät. Bin auf Teil 2 gespannt. Danke für's Teilhaben lassen. Grüße. Markus Frömbgen
Thank you for your comment. The steering wheel was painted but in an attempt to keep the video to around 25 minuets long this was omitted. I agree , even though it could have been repaint outside after summer 43 the inside would likely have remained grey. My main reason at the time using 7028 ,44 was to create a variation in tone between what will be the outside colour and the inside and was purely aesthetic reason. Indeed now you mention it the grey interior option would have worked very well for this purpose. These Dragon kits can be purchased for less if you buy a number of different kits on a single order from Hong Kong. This one was only £38 I do think the new reissue Dragon kits are pretty good value even at the imported price of about £60. All now have single link tracks (these were even fully articulated) Most have metal gun barrels You get a respectable amount of photo etch They are now including 3D printed parts and throwing in one of their boxed figure sets (4-5 figures) with each kit. If that is not enough the bundled infantry figures come with the Gen2 'weapon an kit' sets which are much better than the previous. You will be seeing more of them here.... So watch this space.
Say about Dragon what you like, theire instructions being obsolete on whole sections of builds being an obvios one lol. I had my fair share of that, thanks Dragon :-P They do produce some mighty beautiful kits. You did well on the build and interior. How did you paint her up, late war dunkelgelb + olivegreen + redbrown?
@@PanzerChicken69 thanks. Actually I used standard 7028 for the halftrack as it is an older riveted c version and used a 44 version on the rocket mounting frame, to try and make it look like it was a later addition. German green and brown for camo yes.
