Ralphanso's Krup Protze

[Ralphonso]

I have a soft-spot for softskins.

I'm building this Tamiya kit mostly as a canvas for some Gaso.Line figures that should arrive in the mail any day now.

The kit is pretty basic, particularly underneath. But as I'll be fixing it to a diorama base, I'm not concerned about what's under the chassis.

Typical of Tamiya, there are a bunch of ejection marks on the wooden board surfaces. These were filled before the cargo bed was assembled.

I'm holding off on building the cab until I get my figures, so that I might position them.

Stay tuned for more.

[kyle]

what a coincidence ralphonoso
i too am currently working on a protze (tamiyas new pak 36 kit)
but im lacking any inspiration for it atm
other than maybe making it in dak camo
i basically bought it for the pak 36 (making a desert gun emplacement with some figs i have for dak)
but figured id build the protze too while im at it
but the protze would look kinda silly without the pak behind it so i dunno
any suggestions guys?

[Ralphonso]

Decided to move right along. Assembly of the protze was a breeze. I primed it with a mix of tamiya dark gray and blue.



The headless driver is an excellent Gaso.line figure that came as a set with the officer I used in my hanomag diorama.

Those gaso.line figs are a great bang for the buck.

[kyle]

ahaa.. yes moving right along ralpho
im kinda stuck myself (on a somewhat related note)
ive had the other protze on the desk for over 2 weeks now
its finished i suppose (atm) in german gray
but dont really have any inspiration as what to do with it
perhaps yer build will inspire me!
so im on board with this one

[didiumus]

Looks great so far - have you considered airbrushing some lighter shades of grey on the truck? I find this works well breaking up the monochrome appearance of PanzerGrau. Thanks for sharing your work!

[Ralphonso]

Didimus, I had done that, but the photo was taken with my phone camera, which takes crap pics.

So here are some more ;-p






I'd say I'm about 85% finished.

[kyle]

wow!
woodgrain looks awsome!
nice work

[calum]

Looks pretty good.

[arthurkrull]

Look'n good!

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