===== Zvezda 1/72 German Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun FlaK 36/37 with Crew =====

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  * Manufacturer: Zvezda
  * Part number: 6158
  * Year of production: 2011
  * Scale: 1/72
  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military series]]
  * Kit type: Fixed-pose anti-aircraft gun
  * In-universe role: WWII German anti-aircraft gun
  * Purchase date: April 2025 (£6.70, from modelsforsaleltd on https://www.ebay.co.uk)
  * Build date: May 2025 - Painted December 2025
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This kit was bought to be used on my [[:blog:models:luftwaffe_display|WWII German airfield diorama]].

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==== Paints ====

=== Figures ===

Figures were painted using the same scheme and colours as the [[:blog:military:models_german_infantry_42_44|Valiant, German Infantry - 1942-44]], as they will be displayed next to them on the same [[:blog:models:luftwaffe_display|diorama]]:

**Upper**
  * AK 3Gen Figures Field Grey Base #1 (Green Uniform)
  * Vallejo Model Colour Green Grey 70.886 drybrush highlights
  * Collar / Shoulders Vallejo Model Colour Pastel Green 70.885
  * Collar / Shoulders Vallejo Game Colour Black 72.051
  * Collar / Shoulders AK 3Gen Off White

**Lower**
  * AK 3Gen Figures Field Grey Base #2 (Grey Uniform)
  * Drybrush AK 3Gen Figures German Grey + AK Grey Blue (drop)

**Helmet**
  * Army Painter Venom Wyrm

**Webbing**
  * Vallejo Game Colour Cobra Leather
  * Vallejo Game Colour Earth

**Weapons**
  * Vallejo Game Colour Cobra Leather (wooden stocks)
  * Vallejo Game Colour Black 72.051
  * Drybrush Vallejo Model Air Gunmetal
  * Vallejo Model Colour Brass (shells)

**Faces**
  * Games Workshop Rakarth Flesh
  * Vallejo Xpress Dwarf Flesh

**Wash**
  * Army Painter Speed Paint Desolate Brown (heavily thinned)

=== Gun ===

  * Vallejo Model Colour German Grey
  * Vallejo Model Colour Dark Sea Grey + AK 3Gen Off-white drybrush (2 or 3 increasingly lighter layers)
  * Army Painter Speed Paint Desolate Brown (lightly thinned)
  * Vallejo Model Colour Brass
==== Box Contents / Partial Build ====

It's a fairly simple kit, but well detailed, and builds into a nice model.

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There are four figures included; one of which is seated on the gun itself, and then three standing - two holding (smallish) additional rounds for the gun, and one with binoculars. All four are nicely detailed for 1/72 scale:

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**[December 2025]** Painted figures:

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Gun painted:

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==== Finished Images ====

Gun and crew in place:

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