Dkw Nz 350

[Totenhosen]

Hello all - I havent posted in here in a while so I thought I'd post what I have in front of me at the moment on my workbench. I wish I had taken in progress pix but I didn't have time for any frills. So far this guy has taken me 3 weeks to get it to this point (95% done).

This is a Tamiya NZ 350 with Royal Model photoetch and a little brass wire here and there. Added some stowage from the spares box and made a traffic control paddle from scratch. Painted with Tamiya and Vallejo. The metallic parts of the engine were painted with Alclad metallizer paint, then polished.

The figure is a Tamiya from some other set I had. The head and hands are from Warriors, and I added some ABER and Lion Roar photoetch details to him like belt buckle, gorget, and collar insignias. The goggles are from the spares box, and the pistol and map case are resin items from Verlinden. I drilled a hole in his hand and stuck a peice of wire in there for his ciggie. Face painted with oils, the rest with Vallejo.

DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a figure painter!

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All thats left (I think) is some minor detail painting and to dust it up with MIGments.

Comments/feedback/critisism appreciated.

[mattd8589]

"DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a figure painter!"

Uh - YES you are. This is outstanding.

[RickLawler]

Nice to see a posting, Ken. I agree, the figure is good. All thats left (I think) is some minor detail painting Don't forget to hit his collar tabs with a bit of color. I also might suggest another wash on the right exhaust near the top (last photo) it's appears just a little splotchy and I believe would look more realistic with a little more feathering.

The bike is super, lots of details on such a small piece.

[janno823]

yes you can paint the figures, i looks very nice:thumb:

[stormtrooper]

your figure is looking great and te bike looking great too:)

greetz sormtrooper

[alanmac]

Hi Ken

Great looking model.

Could I ask did you use a PE set for the detail or was it scratch built?

I'm thinking of the wheel spokes mainly as these look very fine and delicate, much closer looking to the real thing than the kit provides.

Cheers

Alan

[halaci]

"I'm NOT a figure painter!"

What if you were :-)))? Very nice work! The spokes and the spring in the front fork are homemade?

[Totenhosen]

Thanks for the comments guys. :)

@ Rick: That splotching was probably caused from spraying Tamiya clear blue acrylic over the polished Alclad silver...looks like it caused some sort of "fisheye" effect.

I'm going to try your idea of adding washes to try and make it less obvious.

@alanmac & halaci: The wheel spokes are from the Royal Model PE set. The fork spring is stock (not scratch made). ABER also makes a nice set for this bike that includes the wheel spokes.

[Flak]

Great work...Ken :thumb: