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Online Reader Gallery October 30, 2024
Michael Epstein
Prairie Village, Kansas
Michael says he was inspired to build this Tamiya 1/35th scale Type 82 Kubelwagen from a single photo in a book on wartime VWs that showed a Kubelwagen in winter camo after crossing a bridge in western Russia. He hand-painted the camo to match the photo but had to print the photo in reverse to help him paint the other side. Michael made the diorama base with a DioDump winter scenery mat and trees from JTT. He cut some of the grass from the pad to create a road with lots of AK Interactive acrylic mud. Michael used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water for the puddles and added extra snow in the trees and on the edges of the road.