WWII Project - Back to Normandy - More Priming

Another day of grey priming. Much like the Stugs, these 21st Panzer Division vehicles now have grey primer on all of the upper surfaces. Again, I will be stopping here with the priming and doing the rest when I paint the camo. Found a nice source for some of the markings that the 21st used on these vehicles in Normandy so I'll try to see what I can do with that. One thing about the Mad Bob Miniatures is that the castings are pretty rough. While they don't have a lot of bubbles to be dealt with they are not smooth castings. In some cases this isn't a problem especially vehicles with sand cast turrets and the like. However, these vehicles are all made from rolled steel plates. Since they are intended for gaming I didn't make any efforts this time to smooth out the surfaces. I think the biggest challenge will be trying to match them up with the first batch of vehicles I painted for this although in the end it really doesn't matter to much so I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Now with a nice shade of grey on the top and just across the top of the tracks and suspension.

WWII Project - Back to Normandy 21st Panzer Vehicles - Priming

Another part of the World War II project and really the main impetus is to play the Kampfgruppe Von Luck Pint Sized Campaign from Two Fat Lardies using their Chain of Command rules. It provides an opportunity to play with some of the more unusual vehicles used by the Germans based on French vehicle chassis.

I had assembled the last the Pak40 aug S307(f) (Somua MCG) for a total of three. To go along with that are 3 15cm sFH 135/1 (Sf) auf Geschutzwagon  (also known as the Lorraine Schlepper (f)). The last vehicles for this project are three of the French halftracks (P107) used by the Germans in Normandy. I have three of these kits from Warlord Games but I have had issues getting them assembled, the track and suspension system are not good fits! In frustration I set them aside and will work on them another day (not like we don't seem to have plenty of times for hobbies right now).

Black on the lower hull and suspension.

WWII Project - Return to the Stugs - Priming Grey

Moving on, another day and I was able to get the grey primer on. This is the second part of trying to do modulation priming...again. I'm going to skip the next priming step though and try and do the rest of the modulation with the camo painting.

These time you get to the see the tracks and all the skirt pieces.

I tried to keep the grey off the suspension and lower hulls. Blending just a bit on the front and back ends.

Lots of little skirt pieces. I cut the skirts up into their individual sections. Priming them was a pain since I didn't fasten them to anything. I know better, put did it anyway.

WWII Project - Return to the Stugs - Priming

I finished building these four Stug variations from Rubicon sometime ago. I have managed to free up a little time to at least get the priming started. At this point they have been primed black on the lower hulls and suspension system. In effect another attempt at starting color modulation at the priming stage which I have had little success with but keep on trying.

Black on the lower hulls. I forgot to take a picture of the tracks and wheels.