Armor Prototypes GB Spring 2007 to Spring 2008

Is there a cutoff date for joining?  I'm involved in some other GBs and the rest of my life is pretty busy, so I don't know if I'll have time for this until the summer.

Summer is fine, unless you were like planning on a 1/16 scratchbuilt Maus...then you might not have time to finish

Probably a US pilot tank from WWII, this way I can thin out some of my spare bits.

I'll be building the Dragon Jagdpanzer IV A-0 training vehicle.

What happened to all the other people?

MortarMagnet wrote:

What happened to all the other people?

They are working

Put me down for the Minemraumer from RPM  1/35

Hey Hermes, cool badge!    What does it depict?

A proposed flamethrower variant of the Soviet T-28 light tank.

Count me in I am working on Emil right now. Just finished the construction and will be building Tiger I early and Krupp Protze that are going to have the same base coat so I will paint the Emil at the same time. Can anyone lead me to more information on the Emil. I don't know much about it. Unfortunatley their is not much information in the instructions or on the box. I highly recomend this kit from Trumpeter as it falls together quickly and very nicely. Can't wait to see it finished I will have to look for my digital camera cable to upload the images. Talk to you later.

Trumpeter's english is horrible, isn't it? I have the Emil kit as well...

There were only three Sturer Emils made and they all served with PzAbt 521 at Stalingrad. None survived the battle, although one was found afterwards with 28 kill rings on the barrel. Trumpeter's colors and decal placement instructions are pretty accurate, so you'd be fine to do as their directions indicate...if you can decipher them

I was thinking of building a T23, but I'm hurting for pictures of the hull.  I don't want to guess at 75% of the detail.  Are there any books about the T20 series that anyone knows to exits?

Hermesminiatures wrote:

Trumpeter's english is horrible, isn't it? I have the Emil kit as well... There were only three Sturer Emils made and they all served with PzAbt 521 at Stalingrad. None survived the battle, although one was found afterwards with 28 kill rings on the barrel. Trumpeter's colors and decal placement instructions are pretty accurate, so you'd be fine to do as their directions indicate...if you can decipher them

 

Herme I came across an old FSM with an ad for this kit and it was painted in a two tone Green yellow scheme. I think the box number was the same although the kit did have the same number like I said. Yeah I know what you mean by the LOUSY English.  YIKES!!!

Hmm....fanciful artwork I would say. There were only three built and they were all dark grey for certain.

Hi all!, I'd like to join the GB. I'll be building the 1/72 Dragon Maus.

Well then Gray it is. Thanks Herme. I appreciate it. I will paint the Emil when I paint my Tiger I Initial and my Kropp Protze.

I have the chassis already built and the upper hull assemlbed. The road wheels have been assembled as well as the barrel I just need to sand then I can paint. I will have some photos this coming week. Stay in touch.

jimz66 wrote:

Can anyone lead me to more information on the Emil. I don't know much about it. Unfortunatley their is not much information in the instructions or on the box.

Hi - I can probably help out a bit.  I have the issue of Panzer Tracks that features several pages devoted to the good ol Stubborn Emil.  Some excellent pictures - fresh from the factory floor as well as scenes of them in the field.  I built one of these late last year and I agree it nearly fell together by itself.  though I had a little problem in the tail end of the vehicle.  I'll scan some of the pages for you if you like.  From what I remember, there were only two built, with the one survivor currently on display in a Russian museum.

I still need to apply decals and do some mild weathering & dry brushing.

 

Larry

 

The first two images are of the inside of the Upper hull

 

These images are of the inside of the hull without the upper hull attached.

 

These last four images are of the whole assembly minus the tracks.

 

I have some aftermarket tracks that I need to assemble and install. That is the next step here.

 

For those of you who have interest in this model, it goes together very well and very quickly. I recomend it to anyone. It has a great theme to it and looks great all built up. Can't wait to see it once I have painted it.

That looks real good

I'm anxious to start mine, but I have other projects on the to do list....

 

What aftermarket tracks you are going with?

jimz66 wrote:

I have some aftermarket tracks that I need to assemble and install. That is the next step here.

A smart move on your part.  The kit tracks are too tight.  I had some Hobby Boss replacements on order, but the order was cancelled since they didn't have any more in stock.

Which aftermarket tracks did you get? 

Larry

Thanks Jean-Michel, like I said it was a great quick build.

Gun Tech. That thing took like four hours to assemble. Maybe one or two more. It is  very quick build one that is nice. I started working on my tracks last night. So I should have something posted for that next week some time.

Good thing then, I will wait a bit for mine though, I also got the Eduard PE for it. I'll clear a few projects firts, and it's turn should come soon

Gun Tech, sorry I misread your question. The links that I have are from Hobby Boss. They look fairly decent. However, there is absolutely no directions with them.  The other issue is that there are two parts trees, because they mold them one a tree and then there is also a replacement front wheel sprocket. Of note there is no information to weather or not there are differences between the two sides.

No directions???   Is it something regular with them, or it just a mishaps on your set?

As far as I know, there should not be any differences between the 2 sets of tracks.

hello prototype group build members.just read the posts here and this build interests me.i to have built the sturer emil and concur on its ease of assembly,and would recomend it even to a novice.although i broke away from accuracy and painted mine in dark yellow ochre,and heavily weathered it.after all freedom of choice is the rule.i have recieved the trumpeter "dicker max",and if i may would like to enter your g.b. with this offering.although i am currently involved in two other g.b's.i guess im a sucker for punishment.but with the long build times i should be o.k.

That's fine, welcome!

greetings,have started the dicker max project and things moved along smoothly.the kit is typical trumpeter grey molded plastic.the detail for the most part is very good.the instruction sheet starts with the parts sprues laid out,and unused parts listed at the bottom.first step of assembly is the roadwheels,sprockets,and idlers,also tow shackles,drive housings,return rollers are covered in step2.parts locations are well illustrated.step 3 covers the rear panel,idler adjustment,a stowage box with spare roadwheel mounting.step 4 involves the assembly of the bogies.the sprue attachment points are quite thick and require cleaning,also some very large mold lines.the bogies ,when properly assembled,articulate much as the real thing would.the covers over the roadwheel arms are very well registered in there proper position.and hold the arms securely.as i said before the sprue attachments are very prominent so plan on spending more time cleaning than building.in all steps 1-4 have went smoothly.and i will try to take some better quality photos as this progresses.at this point i will paint the lower chassis,clean up the roadwheels which are only set in place and not permanently attached yet.i know the picture quality is not that great.but any discrepencies or comments very welcome.