How to make a resin German ammo boxes

Set can be used with the following AFVs:

Name: Resin German ammo boxes

Scale: 1/35

Items used: E-002, E-003, E-004, E-005 & E-006

Author: Stefan Frankiewicz

Step 1 — Cleaning and sanding

Separate resin parts and remove thin resin remnants with sharp blade. Please, be careful, sharp blade may hurt you or damage resin part. Clean and polish joining points of resin parts with sandpaper. Use 800–1000 grade sandpaper. To separate small parts from resin sprue please scratch the line near the part. Use sharp needle and scratch the surface several times. Break the part from the sprue and sand the surface with file and polish with sandpaper.

Step 2 — Completing

Due to dimensions of parts remember to use small amount of cyanoacrylate glue (called often CA glue). Some wooden boxes had wooden wooden bar which was used as an handle. Such handles are in following sets: E-002, E-003, E-005, E-015 and E-016.

Step 3 — Priming

Such prepared ammo box can be primed with Mr.Resin Primer Surfacer, Mr.Surfacer or similar primer.

Step 4 — Painting + Colours and markings of ammo boxes

Painted boxes should be left for drying. After that you may add some weathering and make boxes looking a little bit worn. When all effects are added you may install such prepared element on your kit or diorama.

Natural wood

Wooden boxes were often left with natural wood colours and were covered with transparent varnish or colourless lacquer.

Painted boxes

In early stages of war ammo boxes were painted with black green colour. You may use following paints:

Humbrol 91
Mr.Color C018
Mr.Hobby Color H065
any equivalent of popular aviation colour RLM70

In later stages of war ammo boxes were painted with Dunkelgelb 43 colour too.

Humbrol 84
Mr.Color C030
Mr.Hobby Color H403
Tamiya XF-60
any equivalent of popular armour colour Dunkelgelb 43 / Wehrmacht Olive

Markings

Boxes with 8,8 cm ammunition (E-005 & E-006 sets) had markings applied for quick recognition what kind of ammo was stored inside. Markings system was very simple — colour stripes. White stripes for APCBC ammo:

8,8 cm Panzergranatpatrone 39 für Kw.K.36
8,8 cm Panzergranatpatrone 39/43 für Kw.K.43

Yellow stripes for HE ammo:

8,8 cm Sprenggranatpatrone L/4,5 für Kw.K.36
8,8 cm Sprenggranatpatrone L/4,5 für Kw.K.43

Step 5 — Weathering and finish

Feel free to adjust your ammo boxes appearance according to your diorama weather conditions. Ammo boxes could look like freshly manufactured but on the frontline could be dusted, dirty, wet or covered with mud or snow.