Hi 88 -- ah, so basically the same gun mount as the Flakpanzer Coelian?

M

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Wow, we need to get this GB back on the front page.  My H is getting close to being finished.  I got all the washes, pigments on and the mud apllied.  I made it one muddy panzer.  Enough of me babbling here she is.

Here she is skirtless.

Now with her pretty skirts. She is ready for the ball.

Don't know if this going to show up but a front shot showing the mud on the lower hull.

Next up to finish it is the 2 figures, spare track runs, and the antenna.  I think that will finish it.

Thanks and till next time.

Kim

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Hey Moose, that H looks excellent! Bravo on the mud, I think it'll be a while before I get up the guts to add the splatter!

I just scored a set of brass turret skirts and brackets for a great price from LuckyModel in Hong Kong, and they're even shipping postage-free. Now I can do the Academy/Early Tamiya (35029) H/J as a more historically accurate animal, either a late H or early J, as many are seen without flank skirts but none ever seem to be seen without turret skirts. Now I can hunt out some decent decals and an interesting scheme for her.

Cheers,

Mike

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Hi psstoff995 --

The zim is looking very realistic! Squadron white has been my putty of choice for many years and it's great to see this kind of application. You have more guts than me, I could never bring myself to do the "smear and scrape" method, which is why I ended up going with Cavalier (which is looking good, and I hope to get back to the StuG IV before too much longer.)

I'm curious as to why you filled the jointline around the top of the fighting compartment -- was it molded too enthusiastically? Or was there an issue with fit? That division was a natural juncture in the armor, the roof would be removed to enable the engineers to crane out the gun for work. This is shown in photographs in Squadron's StuG III Walk Around book, and the IV was essentially the same superstructure.

Cheers,

Mike

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Hi all,

I received those turret skirts from Lucky model today, fast shipping, especially when you consider it's free! The set is by Griffon, #L35A011, early-style turret skirts for Panzer IVGs. the H and J were both repaired with parts from earlier marks, so late-G-style stand-off plates on an H would be nothing unusual. I'll need to read some PE tutes before tackling this set, but it should really set off the old Tamiya 35029 to perfection. I've picked out a set of Echelon decals for a IV with turret skirts but no flank skirts and a three-color cammo scheme.

I'm not sure when I'll get to this one, I was hoping to do the Brummbar right after the StuG.

Cheers,

Mike

PS: Yes, I'll get back to the StuG soon!

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Thanks for the compliments.  Still have to get the figures done.  I no longer have nlimited amounts of time.  I got a job this Monday.  After 6 months of umeployement, I was going bonkers.  I back to driving and loving it.

thanks again and I will get on those two figures.

Kim

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Double-congrats on the job, moose, I know what it's like at least looking at the prospect of a fixed income, or, as Red Greene would say, 'an income so broke it just can't be fixed.' I'm a month away from the end of my college grant and I gotta get me a JOB!

TB

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