Scale:  1/76

Kit Producer:  Milicast

This is the very nice resin kit I bought and built years ago. Having spent years on a bridge I built for a diorama at that same time, I decided it would be the ideal model for the "splashing water" vignette I had been planning for a long time. Of course the splashing water is what draws the attention in this vignette.

This is the process I refined over the years:
First the groundworks were made with plaster, painted with multiple washes of oils. The vegetation is made from dried local plants, resembling the famous "Zeeschuim" (Ecume de mer), also painted using oil washes. The the water is added. It is made with Kristal Klear from Microscale. A uniform layer of KK is put on the river bed, left to dry partially and then continuously worked with a toothpick, allowing you to put it in shape as it sets. When it is completely dry (count about 8 hours) a second layer is added and again shaped with a toothpick. And so on, so on. This is a very time-consuming process, as the KK sets very slowly, and you want to make sure the "splashes" keep their shape. The big waves are made a bit differently.

Basically there are 2 methods:
- use some stretched sprue as a skeleton for the KK (it will be invisible afterwards)
- put a film of KK on a mirror (a random outline works best) and leave it to dry. Peel it of afterwards, and use it for the big "splashes". Giving it a
curved form will create enough rigidity, but you could add some stretched sprue. Put very small streaks of KK to break the surface of these waves. If wanted give a very very gentle wash with oils or acrylics.

Mud on the SdKfz 222 was made with a very thin coat of baking powder fixatedand colored by capillary action of oil washes.