KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER (JOACHIM PEIPER & STAFF, ARDENNES 1944) DRAGON 1/35

It is a figure of Joachim Peiper and his staff. I suppose Joachim Piper is the commander of the black leather jacket in the middle right. The photo is better looking than this package.

There is a piece of paper to cut and use for the map. I think that it does not deteriorate if I spray a gloss coating.

The mold of the head was not good because it is a pretty old kit, I changed the head of the Master Box that I kept long before or switch to a resin-made head.
I made it halfway and was tired, so I thought it was thrown away when moving, it was still left in the cardboard. Since I was taking pictures, I was thinking that I would make it someday by that time. I will change my mind and make a continuation. There are some other figure kits in the process of making, so may be able to introduce them one after another. If I still have motivation.

The head of the Master Box is deeply engraved and their expressions are different. It looks easy to paint. I don’t like the old Dragon’s kit as four heads are almost the same expression and mold.

Three out of four soldiers have cigarettes in their hands. I used a 0.2 mm brass wire for cigarettes.

It is like an old man before painted. Because the head has been exchanged all over, I cannot say he is Joachim Peiper. However, I did not think that the original head also looks like him.
(2019/03/30)

I blew the fresh of Tamiya acrylic with the airbrush. I thought that the rough surface of Tamiya acrylic was exactly good because I wanted to paint the face with oil. Oil painting cannot be drawn very well if the surface is too smooth.

I just have blown the surfacer black. Not much meaning. It might be good if the figure wears black clothes such as a tanker.

All four are in various uniforms.

Japan has just decided the next imperial era name to be “Reiwa” and there are a lot of topics. The name of this era is derived from the old Japanese classics and I like it too.
(2019/04/01)

For the time being, four military figures in the process of making have been completed.

Joachim Peiper, commander of Waffen-SS, ended the war and was sentenced to death for alleged involvement in the Malmedy Massacre case. After 11 years in prison, he was reduced and released. Because he was a former Nazi SS officer, after the war there were many harassments and it was a very difficult environment to live. While living in France in 1976, somebody threw a flaming bottle at home and he died.

Joachim Peiper is a talented commander who won the Ritekreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub for his success in Italy.

When I read back the black knight story of Motofumi Kobayashi from time to time, I would like to make such a figure. This book is already tattered. Maybe it is better to scan.

It seems to be a leather coat, but from the top to the bottom black is not very interesting in a model.

He holds the map on a hardboard.

After all, the resin head is one step more precise. I can see it working in parallel. The ease of painting on the face is a little different from injection models.

In particular, the luster of the camouflage-painted soldier has been left before finishing. I tried to blow the matte clear of Gaia Notes as a whole, but there was a part where gloss still remained.

In the end, I did the rough work of mixing and brushing the flat base of Tamiya enamel in clear paint. It was necessary to work carefully because the flat base of Tamiya enamel remains white when one mistake is made. It is necessary to paint on unnecessary parts and runners in advance and check if it is too matte or too thick. Still, I can not trust much. It’s easy to get white if I paint thick with a brush.

I have reproduced the fine insignia as much as possible, so I think the degree of precision has risen.

I painted it in detail with reference to the box picture, but it is difficult. The illustration of Mr. Volstad is very helpful.
(2019/04/06)