Plastic Soldier Company Allied M5 Halftrack 1/72 Scale - WW2 - Finished

Finished painting the details namely the tracks, stowage and crew and these nice looking models are now ready to take their place in my Allied Army.

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Plastic Soldier Company Allied M5 Halftrack 1/72 Scale - WW2 - WIP

 

PSC make great kits and this was not exception, it was easy to build and comes with loads of bits to add to the model like stowage and crew etc.

A bit from Wikipedia:

The M5 Half-track (officially the Carrier, Personnel Half-track M5) was an American armoured personnel carrier in use during World War II. It was developed in 1942 when existing manufacturers of the M2 Half Track Car, and M3 Half-track could not keep up with production demand. The M5 was supplied to Allied nations (the British Commonwealth, France, and the Soviet Union) under the Lend-Lease.

The specifications of the M5 were almost identical to the specifications of the M3 Half-track. It was 20.8 feet (6.3 m) long, 7.3 feet (2.23 m) wide, 9 feet (2.74 m) high, and weighed 21,500 pounds (9.8 t). It had vertical volute springs for the tracks and semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs for the wheels. It was powered by a 142 hp (106 kW) White 160AX, 386 cubic inch (6,330 cc), 6-cylinder engine, with a compression ratio of 6.35:1. It had a fuel capacity of 60 US gallons (230 l), a range of 125 miles (201 km), and a speed of 42 miles per hour (68 km/h). It had constant mesh transmission, 6.5–13.5 mm (0.26–0.53 in) of armour, one 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2 machine gun and two 0.3 in (7.6 mm) M1919 machine guns, and crew of three with up to ten passengers.


I primed the models in black followed by a spray of Army Painter 'British Tank'.

Next was a heavy wash of 60/40 brown /black wash.

I followed up with a dry brush with Russian Uniform and painted the base colours of the other details.

 

 I also painted the crew in GW paints namely Graveyard Earth for the uniform and Russian Uniform for the helmets followed by the wash of brown and black.

 Nearly done, so stay tuned.

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Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 German SdKfz251 D - Finished

I finished painting all the details and really like how they turned out.

I took pictures of them against the terrain I made to show them off.

Let me know what you think with a comment.

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Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 German SdKfz251 D - WIP

I am working on more 1/72 scale stuff with a World War icon that everybody surely loves.. the German halftrack.

This model from PSC is great all-round, relatively cheap as you get 3 vehicles plus crew and some weapon options like adding the Pak 36.

For this batch of models I will start off with a grey primer.

Followed by a base coat of Middlestone.

Then a wash of 60/40 Brown/Black wash.

Nest a drybrush with Middlestone to clean up. Also started on the crew.

I painted my camouflage in the same tried and tested method as all my other german models. The green was a 50/50 mix of Reflective Green and Middlestone as a base then a 70/30 mix of Reflective Green and Middlestone for the center of the camouflage. I then drybrushed the armour again to bring out the detail.

I wanted to paint the camouflage all green to add some difference to my other German Tanks, similar to these pictures below.

Then finished off the tracks and other bits

More work on the crew.

Stay tuned for the finished models.

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Churchill Tank WW2 - Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 scale - Finished

Painted all the details and am very happy with the way the tanks turned out.

Will take some pictures against my terrain backdrop to show in a later post.

Let me know what you think.

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Churchill Tank WW2 - Plastic Soldier Company 1/72 scale - WIP

The Churchill tank was a heavy tank with good armour, better than the Tiger 1 but not quite a s good as the Tiger 2, a reasonable gun (75mm) in the later versions and a good suspension albeit relatively slow.

The PSC kit is easy to build comes with loads of options and has 2 models in the box.

I primed the models with Army Painter spray.

Then covered the models in a brown / black wash.

Drybrushed with Vallejo Russian Uniform and painted in all the details.

Now just the finishing touches.


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German Panther with Zimmerit WW2 - 1/72 Scale - Plastic Soldier Company - Finished

I finished painting all the tracks and details and photographed the models with my filed and bocage terrain pieces.

Very happy with the outcome.

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German Panther with Zimmerit WW2 - 1/72 Scale - Plastic Soldier Company - WIP

Who doesn't love German tanks! This kit from PSC is a good price, easy to assemble and you get two tanks in the box with all the extra bits you may want like a tank commander.

I primed the models with grey then base coated them with Middlestone.

Next was a heavy wash of 60/40 brown/black.

I then drybrushed the models with Middlestone again.

I painted my camouflage in the same tried and tested method as all my other german models. The brown camouflage with a 50/50 mix of Middlestone and Chocolate Brown and a 70/30 Chocolate Brown and Middlestone mix for the center part of the camouflage. The green was a 50/50 mix of Reflective Green and Middlestone as a base then a 70/30 mix of Reflective Green and Middlestone for the center of the camouflage.

I need to drybrush the armour again to bring out the detail then finish of the tracks and other bits.

stay tuned for the finished model.


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