Tamiya SturmTiger assault mortar .

Looking forward to this one Carl. Are you going to do your own zimmerit or use AM? To my knowledge, all of them had zimmerit.

Yummm...

       I know dis is gonna be good.

  I got one of those on the shelf, still in the shrink too.

Will be watching this one. I am another with one of these in the stash, only with the Aber PE.

Nice start.

Thanks for looking my friends .

Eric , the Big Ed set has pe zimm so I used it . The fit was good actually . I think your correct about all of these having zimm .

Disaster and Bish , sounds like we all share the same syndrome ..............stash-aholicism !

Eric here's the zim my friend .I was impressed with the fit . I filled in the gaps at the corners with c.a. .

Right on Carl, I trusted your resources. That PE zimm looks pretty dog-gone nice if I say so myself.

Thanks my friend .

That's a chunky beast there Carl!  The PE zim looks pretty sweet!  The interior is coming along nicely!  

Hey Ben thanks . I'll be posting some pics of the interior soon .

Here's some of the interior details provided from the eduard p.e. set .

shell, just plain awesome man...  you're doing it justice man...

Thanks my friend !

Holy crap! That interior is amazing! I was going to say, don't start this kit until you get some kind of AM interior to augment the nice partial that they give you---but that looks like it's all you need. Cool!

I've always wanted to see how that PE zimm looks, too. I"ve got a few of those kits, and I wanted to see what they look like on the model. What are you using to attach it? Epoxy? Or superglue?

Wow! I agree with all, AMAZING interior. But I'm actually posting for some advice...

I'm recently returning to modeling and am learning a lot by reading forums and watching videos on YouTube from others. That being said...

I've started a build on a Dragon 1/35 M1A1 AIM. Super fun and detailed kit.

It's my first kit w/ pe parts, and the more I read/researched, I decided to go all out with additional pe parts and interior resin kits for all the crew stations and the engine kit (I crewed 1 in real life and wanted to put in everything I remember inside and out).

Now the question!

With all that detailed work you are doing INSIDE, how do you intend to display it. If you button t up, it would never be seen I imagine.  Do you plan to leave some of the exterior removable? What is your plan? What advice can you give me? I've been toying with the idea of leaving the tops unglued, perhaps, but am still searching for ideas.

Thanks for looking in Karl . I used c.a. but I'm not satisfied with its ability to hold p.e. very well .Epoxy would probably hold better but I'm not sure about its curing rate or thickness . What do you use ?

Here's some progress on the interior . The base color is MM panzer interior buff . In some areas I cut the buff with MM antique white to lighten it .

Nifty interior work Carl.

Carl, I've seen some pics of a Sturmy interior, and I would say that the color leans much more toward white, with maybe a wash of raw umber to give it some tone? For discussion purposes only, I paste this photo:

Wouldn't you agree? Especially if you're going to put down any wash over it for definition--your buff is going to get dark. In the closed-up shadows of the model, especially in scale affect, you're going to perhaps wish that you went more toward white?

If you look at this link of the Munster Sturmy, and compare the interior with the exterior, I would say you'd be hard-pressed to argue that it isn't a more white color.

http://krimi.tripod.com/sturmtiger/sturmtiger005.jpg.html

I borrowed this one from the internet too--from "The Sixth Army GRoup"'s website: again, it's more white than buff....

Sorry to be a bummer, but hopefully you can get to it before you close it up and make it inaccessible?

I find it hard to believe that this is the original paint. Why is there no equipment labelling? Would the Germans really splash paint on a periscope's glass?

David

Byrden

I find it hard to believe that this is the original paint. Why is there no equipment labelling? Would the Germans really splash paint on a periscope's glass?

David

Even if it IS paint,(??) that's only the second picture---it may as well be dust, or some other kind of reflection off the glass? I would say that the first picture pretty convincingly shows a white tone, yellowed only from age. And the linked photo shows a definite whitish shade which contrasts directly with the tan exterior.

There are actually quite a few of good clear shots of Sturmtiger interiors on the net--in none of them can I find equipment labeling. And such a small area in the photograph is undoubtedly too small to make a judgment of there being *no* labels. But take this one for instance:

http://www.oocities.org/pentagon/2833/heer/selfpropelledgun/sturmtiger/sturmtiger-07.jpg

I can't see labels where clearly one would expect them to be? Then again, perhaps they weren't labeled in this vehicle; who knows for sure?

Your interior work looks awesome Carl. The attention to detail is

Ktkrow

Wow! I agree with all, AMAZING interior. But I'm actually posting for some advice...

I'm recently returning to modeling and am learning a lot by reading forums and watching videos on YouTube from others. That being said...

I've started a build on a Dragon 1/35 M1A1 AIM. Super fun and detailed kit.

It's my first kit w/ pe parts, and the more I read/researched, I decided to go all out with additional pe parts and interior resin kits for all the crew stations and the engine kit (I crewed 1 in real life and wanted to put in everything I remember inside and out).

Now the question!

With all that detailed work you are doing INSIDE, how do you intend to display it. If you button t up, it would never be seen I imagine.  Do you plan to leave some of the exterior removable? What is your plan? What advice can you give me? I've been toying with the idea of leaving the tops unglued, perhaps, but am still searching for ideas.

Kitrow  first I much appreciate your comments ! thanks you for taking the time .

As far as showing off the interior I am going to leave the casement unattached to the hull . The fit is very good .

As far as your M1 and without knowing very much about that kits assembly make up I think it would be a good idea to leave the top of the turret unattached .

Thanks for your service . You must have many experiences from crewing one of the best tanks in the world !

Karl thanks for the excellent pictures of the interior . No prob for me with you posting them . I know you are only helping out . However my rendition will not be as accurate as your pictures but it will be interesting none the less .

Thanks again .

Eric and ibuild good to have you guys along .Thanks for lookingin .

Ok , here's where the interior is now .I used artist oils and some chalks plus pigments . Also I used these two brushes dipped in dark gray to make the multitude of scratches .

Here's the panel for the engine gauges .

The interior . This pose is a possibility for display .

More interior .

My heart leapt with joy when I saw these photos, Carl---that interior looks perfect now. However you got the white tint, it worked perfectly. Exactly what I would have wanted in my own model. Your scratching and chipping looks expertly rendered as well.

Wow, that last photo is especially stunning work. Weathering is really what separates the men from the boys.

Karl , hey I'm glad you feel good about the results . I wasn't sure you'd like the results .

Eric , Thanks again !

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