Volkswagen Schwimmwagen

Djordje Nikolic Schwimmwagen Type 166 - Tamiya 1/35 Complete!

Dave Morris Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Donald Medley What did you use for the Veg. ?

Hanno Kleinecke Wow, that is a compliment, that I can return immediately, thank you very much !

Rui S Hi mates and THX for your kind words. Donald, as usual some "alternative" materiais (nothing from aftermarket brands)...as cut freckles of a large brush to whitewash (5.00 €) to the reeds and many small natural flowers that I catch and collect...

Kerry Cox Rui, the only seam line I could find, (and I looked really hard) was in image 42, being the tip of the Mg34 and a small part of the barrel. Other than that, (now that seam lines were mentioned), a brilliant build and something I would be proud to own and stare at for hours. (Something I do now with my own,) hahahaha

Rui S Hehehe, I see what you mean Kezza .
Yeah. Just as I said, that close-up photo 42, was the only way I could see that seam line and a nasty surprise.
If you want to know if your work is real good take a lot of close-up photos of it, hehehe. Specially with figure faces hahaha .
Anyway Thank you for your kind words Mate.
Much appreciated.
The figures on this one are not finished yet, so when I tackle them, I will take care of that "bastard" seam hehehe

Kerry Cox Rui. What a joy to see how cool calm and collected you are mate. hehehehe
I am always intrigued with what you produce, as you leave very little to the imagination, having obviously planned your builds well.
Thanks for your support and input mate. There is a wealth of knowledge in your head, and I am happy to have you let me know if I make a boo boo.
I would love to produce something absolutely 'perfect', but, I dream. hahaha
Kez.

Rui S Positive criticism, is always welcome for those o look for perfection
I like to make it and like to receive it. It makes one grow...
Thanks for your feedback Mate.
Also much appreciated.

Kerry Cox Any time my brother. Tally Ho.!!

Holger Kranich Hi!
This looks like a really nice project. Please keep us informed when you start it!

playtime 222 Another reason to support your LHS

Nuno Dias Very nice.

Dave Flitton Looks good to me, makes me want to build one

Rui Jorge Thanks Dave and Nuno.

Jean Tchao Details: steel master 126, SMI 45.535, steel master HS 30

Paulo Teixeira Finally done. Very well.

M.Julian Marles Looks great!

Rui Jorge Thanks mates!

EnsignExpendabl Looks great, but you'd think the faces would be happier in a propaganda shot.

Brian Eberle I don't know about that. Have your ever dealt with a PR photographer? "Stand here, look that way, do this, do that, not that way, can look more this way?" I wouldn't be smiling at that point either.

H K And don`t forget it was around noon, so they were very hungry

M.Julian Marles I've always liked this kit!

Markus Antonius youngsters and modellers with ams (advanced modellers syndrome) should build one of these out of the box... and make it look sweet... before moving on to bronco and co.

M.Julian Marles The last one I got was nine bucks. Hard to argue with that.

Acki Thanks Sebastian!

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Christian Meyerhoff Excellent built! Very realistic scene and convincing paint job. The Schwimmwagen is one of my all time favourits.

Martyn Fox Superb little diorama. Like it

Vjekoslav Ranec Thank You guys.

Erik Leijdens Yes very nice!

Marko Excellent. Just excellent.

Ulf Petersen Very nice little scene!

Vjekoslav Ranec Yup, thanks, I was pretty satisfied with this one at that time. Today, I'll change some details here and there, but it was a nice build.

Michal Z. great little dio!

B That's pretty cool Fred! Great work on the Schwimmwagen How'd you get the chalk to stick to the model?

Fred Zayas Simple water adhesion made the chalk stick....I mixed it until it was a semi thick milky liquid, and then just did like a dry brush technique.

Hunter Cummins Can you trade ??

Juiche Sorry sir, Although I am American, but I currently station in Asia. Postage will not be worth to trade. I do suggest to get one of this release, it contains well-detailed parts with minimum part count.

Frank Krause Schöne Seite habt Ihr da, Mike! Dann gibt's ja bald noch mehr zu sehen...

Acki Die Seite wird bei mir nicht so richtig angezeigt. Kann aber auch an dem Rechner hier liegen.
Interessantes Teil und (wie immer) toll geworden!

Mike Kryza Danke für das Lob - LG Mike

Markus Kutsch Grosse Klasse Mike.Nicht zu viel nicht zu wenig Weathering.

Mike Kryza @Markus - vielen Dank dafür, Fotos sind etwas zu dunkel, da muß ich noch mal ein paar neue Bilder schiessen und nachbessern. Hauptsache ist jedoch das unsere Seite einigermaßen gut aus den Startlöchern kam. - LG Mike

Holger Kranich Ja, geiles Teil, Mike! Die Schneerollen kommen echt gut an dem Wagen! Genauso wie Winterketten, die liebe ich auch!

Mike Kryza @Holger - merci

Frank Krause Hab ich auch noch auf dem Radar!

Mike Kryza Hi Frank - eigentlich ein nettes Gefährt, aber der Bau z.T. nervig ohne Ende. (Für den Bausatz ist der Preis m.E. auch zu hoch angesetzt). Ein Gaspedal fehlt völlig (ist aber kein Thema) und gerade die klenen Teile bedürfen fast alle der Nacharbeit. Da hatte ich von AFV schon wesentlich bessere Kits in den Händen gehalten. (8,8 cm FlaK 18 oder auch den Büssing) Aber für so ein WE zwischendurch ist der VW nichts... . AFV ist machmal schon sehr detailverliebt - das zeigt sich z.Bsp. an der Vorderachse, die in rd. ein Dutzend Teile aufgebrochen ist.
Definitiv kein anfängertaugiches Modell.
Egal, mal sehen was daraus wird... - Zumindest kat man am Ende einen außergewöhnlichen Schwimmer in der Vitrine. - Grüße Mike

Frank Krause He Mike,
vergiss nicht Bilder vom Bau zu machen, damit ich weiss, in welches Unglück ich mich stürze...

Mike Kryza Ja - da ist das Kind in den Brunnen gefallen. Ein paar habe ich gemacht die ich auch hochladen kann. Wahrscheinlich aber erst die nächsten Tage. Ich habe mit Schrecken festgestellt das ich vergaß die Bilder von der Bunkerflak einzustellen. Werde erst mal peu a peu das Album fertigmachen...