German 3.7cm Flak 37

[Crawford Wilson]

That looks SHARP!

[Ryan K]

I like the build Bob.

The yellow color at least in photo looks too bright too me.

[Bob S]

The 3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43 was a series of anti-aircraft cannon produced by Nazi Germany that saw widespread service in the Second World War. The cannon was fully automatic and effective against aircraft flying at altitudes up to 4,200 m. The cannon was produced in both towed and self-propelled versions. Having a flexible doctrine, the Germans used their anti-aircraft pieces in ground support roles as well; 37 mm caliber guns were no exception to that. With Germany's defeat, production ceased and, overall, 37 mm caliber anti-aircraft cannon fell into gradual disuse, being replaced by the Bofors 40 mm gun and later, by 35-mm anti-aircraft pieces produced in Switzerland.
This excellent kit is the 1/35 scale Tamiya version. The main color called for was Dark Yellow (which I didn't have), so I primed first with Krylon Medium Gray lacquer primer, and then sprayed Tamiya Camel Yellow directly over the gray - and, Ta-Da!...Dark Yellow. Since I don't own an airbrush and have know idea how to use one even if I did, I used my oil pastel sticks and scraped the camo colors onto a piece of wax paper. I used a separate cotton swab for each of the camo colors and rubbed onto the dark yellow. I then made a thin wash from Model Master Raw Umber enamel to bring out the beautifully crafted details from Tamiya. I think this might be one of their older kits because the painting instructions aren't nearly as clear as the newer kits, but I had the beautiful box art to go by, so I can't be too mad about that.