1/72 Hasegawa Sd.Kfz 234/3 8-Rad
The Sd.Kfz 234/3 is basically the better version of the “Puma.” Its 75mm gun gave it, far better anti-tank capability than the Sd.Kfz 234/2 “Puma.” The 8-Rad has a 210hp, V12 engine which gives it a performance of 80km/h. It also has a 7.92mm MG42 machine gun.
The Hasegawa kit looks good; it has six sprues (the plastic that the pieces are connected to) and lots of small, fiddly parts. I started by painting the suspension rust 113 and 157 Dark Camouflage Grey (the springs rust and the rest Dark Camouflage Grey). All these paints are from the Humbrol range. Then I went on to the wheels painting the tires 33 or 85 black and the hub caps 93 Desert Yellow. The main construction began with gluing the suspension to the base of the vehicle. Then on went the wheels, and interior detail, the wheels I had problems with because they kept falling off because I painted the place where you glue them on which does give a good connection. Because you can see the inside of the vehicle I had to paint it here’s what I did: The seats were 29 Dark Earth, the steering wheels 33 Black and the floors 156. Now for the top, the roof went on easily but there were a few small holes which I filled with Plastercine which is what I use for modeling filler. After this there were a few other pieces to put on the outside. Next the covers over the wheels went on and a few things on the outside, most of the stuff on the outside I am keeping of to paint separately. The final part of the construction is the gun, this went with no hassles.
Painting
I left the gun off to make painting easier. I start painting on the camouflage pattern firs 93 Desert Yellow, then 86 light olive green and finally 73 wine this colour is not perfect as it is a little bright and needed a little more purple in it, so I would recommend 160 German Camouflage Brown for a more authentic look. There were still gaps in the camouflage so I continued putting on one of each colour until it all filled up. While painting this I also painted the man which comes with the kit a cool and interesting feature is that you can choose between him holding binoculars up to his eyes or holding them down near his chest. I painted him 76 Uniform Green for his uniform, 33 Black for his belt , binoculars, head phones and boots, 61 Flesh for his face and hands and finally 56 Aluminum for his belt buckle. After finishing the camouflage pattern on the 8-Rad I painted the tools, the gun 156, the machine gun 53 Gun Metal, glued on the jerry cans, did touch ups and glued in the man. Then I weathered it by putting a piece of sponge in paint and wiping most of it off then putting on the model where it would get muddy. After all this it was finished.
By Andrew
The Sd.Kfz 234/3 is basically the better version of the “Puma.” Its 75mm gun gave it, far better anti-tank capability than the Sd.Kfz 234/2 “Puma.” The 8-Rad has a 210hp, V12 engine which gives it a performance of 80km/h. It also has a 7.92mm MG42 machine gun.
The Hasegawa kit looks good; it has six sprues (the plastic that the pieces are connected to) and lots of small, fiddly parts. I started by painting the suspension rust 113 and 157 Dark Camouflage Grey (the springs rust and the rest Dark Camouflage Grey). All these paints are from the Humbrol range. Then I went on to the wheels painting the tires 33 or 85 black and the hub caps 93 Desert Yellow. The main construction began with gluing the suspension to the base of the vehicle. Then on went the wheels, and interior detail, the wheels I had problems with because they kept falling off because I painted the place where you glue them on which does give a good connection. Because you can see the inside of the vehicle I had to paint it here’s what I did: The seats were 29 Dark Earth, the steering wheels 33 Black and the floors 156. Now for the top, the roof went on easily but there were a few small holes which I filled with Plastercine which is what I use for modeling filler. After this there were a few other pieces to put on the outside. Next the covers over the wheels went on and a few things on the outside, most of the stuff on the outside I am keeping of to paint separately. The final part of the construction is the gun, this went with no hassles.
Painting
I left the gun off to make painting easier. I start painting on the camouflage pattern firs 93 Desert Yellow, then 86 light olive green and finally 73 wine this colour is not perfect as it is a little bright and needed a little more purple in it, so I would recommend 160 German Camouflage Brown for a more authentic look. There were still gaps in the camouflage so I continued putting on one of each colour until it all filled up. While painting this I also painted the man which comes with the kit a cool and interesting feature is that you can choose between him holding binoculars up to his eyes or holding them down near his chest. I painted him 76 Uniform Green for his uniform, 33 Black for his belt , binoculars, head phones and boots, 61 Flesh for his face and hands and finally 56 Aluminum for his belt buckle. After finishing the camouflage pattern on the 8-Rad I painted the tools, the gun 156, the machine gun 53 Gun Metal, glued on the jerry cans, did touch ups and glued in the man. Then I weathered it by putting a piece of sponge in paint and wiping most of it off then putting on the model where it would get muddy. After all this it was finished.
By Andrew