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Phil Pucher
Rochester, New York
The VsKfz 617 was a prototype vehicle designed to detonate mines; it proved to be unsatisfactory. The vehicle now resides in the Kubinka Museum in Moscow. Phil base-coated Meng’s 1/35 scale kit with gray, then weathered with a black pinwash, artist oils, and pastels. The wheels were painted flat black and Ammo by Mig Jimenez Track Color before being weathered with rust-colored oils. Rust colored pastels sprinkled over the wet oil paint was worked in with a stiff brush. He added oil stains with black artist oil mixed with graphite.