1/48 Bronco Staghound Mk. I Pukeko NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment Italy 1944

My first bit of 1/48 armour in a while. 

This the Bronco Staghound MK 1. It is a very detailed kit, perhaps too much so in some place for 1/48 scale.

I'm quite happy with the finish on the Staghound itself, but I'm not sure if the figure adds or detracts to the piece.

The figure is the Universal Carrier driver from the Tamiya 1/48 British Infantry set modified with a new beret and a bottle . He's scales out to about 1.6m (63 inches/ 5.2 ft)  so he's a short arse . But the photos do make it look worse because he's twice the size in the photos as he is in real life (34mm) and the Staghound is a quite a tall large vehicle.

Onto the details.

The Kit

1/48 Bronco Staghound Mk I / Canadian lb Rocket Version

Aftermarket/Stowage

Bits and pieces from Blackdog, Tamiya, Verlinden.

Painted with

Gunze Lacquer Hemp
Tamiya  Nato Black
Tamiya Gloss Coats
Testors Dullcoate 
Vallejo acrylics for the details/stowage  

Weathered with

Oil washes
Pigments
AK Enamel Products  

The Base

The base is made from pine, the ground cover is plaster and the vegetation is mainly Joefix Studio's.

Build threads

Kiwimodeller 

Aussiemodeller

The Photos