Dragon 1/35 Hummel SDKFZ 165.. FINISHED!!!!

Awesome work.looks great

Very nicely done. Is this supposed to be a captured vehicle then?

Raualduke, thank you sir.

the doog, long time not seeing you.... yes, the GB is based on captured vehicles or used in other countries where it was made. This is obviously in Russian Markings.

very good job, Garzonh.

good paintind especially dirt and rust. this is early version and it's more interesting for modeling than late version of Hummel. dragon produced good model but it needs to rebuild many interior details.

Did you use photoetching or some conversion kits ?

Hi Vladimir!

Thanks for your comments, yes...I used tons of PE, it is a Voyager special PE edition. All the top part of the tank, accesories, guns are PE. I only used around 20% of the plastic model.

Have a great day.

the doog

Very nicely done. Is this supposed to be a captured vehicle then?

The orphaned armor GB is for vehicles being used by someone other than the originator. Like a Sherman with Russian markings or a captured StuG being used by the Soviets.

garzonh

...I used tons of PE, it is a Voyager special PE edition...

I'm familiar with the Voyager set and all I have to say is... 

I never acquired the skills to work with any but the simplest of PE sets, so I always enjoy seeing the impressive results one can obtain with more extensive use of PE.  Nicely done!!

Don

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!

 Totally love it.

I think this is a great build, it was very cool following along with it. Masterful..

SUPER LOOKING WEATHERING! got any how to tips?

Beautiful build very well executed- nice job sir!

Good afternoon,

So, Im calling this finished!

The full built log is in the GB FSM Orphan Armor if you are interested.

Finally able to complete the base and dio setting. 

Sorry I did not replied back to you guys earlier but I will since Im back into this forum.

My next build will be French FT -17 from Meng, A strict OOB since I have spent months in PE bending I need some fun and less frustration.

See you around!

Beautiful, very well done

Did I say I love this?

Now, what more can I say?

I'm afraid that my vocabulary doesn't contain enough adjectives to describe the impact this has on me.

The ground work just brings it alive with the grim emptiness and destruction of war.

Let me just say, "all around beautiful".

But even diamonds have flaws.

The only flaw I could see on this vehicle is the arrangement of the top run of the tracks. They appear to have a combination of ̂^ and v arrangements near two of the return rollers where it should be more of a   ⁀  and  ‿  shape overall. Those links would be very heavy but in some places they appear to float a bit.

Please know that these comments are only meant to help.

 It's still a very well presented beauty though.

"Holy realism, Batman!" Fantastic work 

Looks superb, Hugo! Great weathering and a "surprise" captured look! Haven't seen one of these before!

Rob Gronovius

Beautiful, very well done

Hi Rob!

Thank you very very much.

disastermaster

The ground work just brings it alive with the grim emptiness and destruction of war.

The only flaw I could see on this vehicle is the arrangement of the top run of the tracks. They appear to have a combination of ̂^ and v arrangements near two of the return rollers where it should be more of a   ⁀  and  ‿  shape overall. Those links would be very heavy but in some places they appear to float a it.

HI disastermaster

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and appreciation. Truly, they are a motivation and allows me to keep on this hobby even when things are frustrating and exasperating.

I'm happy to see I was able to transmit that  feeling of war, where you can see how a beautiful land (green on the left) turns into a complete dark, life emptiness after war.

Also, I agree on the tracks, this were my first individual link tracks I have ever built and it was nightmare, they would not sit in place, initially when I "presented" on the tank and position them correctly they looked perfect, however, I had to take them out for painting, that's when trouble began. They split apart and I even ended with individual links, in my 5 minutes of psychotic event I added a lot of glue which made things worse and they started to melt... so I was "the hell with this things. jus stay there!" and called it for the day. But I definitely learn a lot and will improve in my following kits.

Thanks again sir.!

SprueOne

"Holy realism, Batman!" Fantastic work 

SprueOne, thank you very much for commenting and appreciating the time invested.

the doog

Looks superb, Hugo! Great weathering and a "surprise" captured look! Haven't seen one of these before!

The doog, my friend. Thanks a lot and yes, I had to search deep down the Internet to find photos of captured hummel by Russians to support it.

I did had to use ALL tricks in the bag to make the weathering.

Have a great holiday.

Garzonh thats one beautifully recreated AFV. I would have loved to see a couple figures with it but this is one to be proud of. Terry

jibber

Garzonh thats one beautifully recreated AFV. I would have loved to see a couple figures with it but this is one to be proud of. Terry

Good moring Terry,

Thank you. As much as I also love figures, I have not been able to paint one decently, so I did not wanted to ruin the dio with it. Let's all say the dio name is "solitude"...heheheh 

Have a great week.

Hi garzonh,

The fighting compartment is a piece of art, the overall finnish is xlnt and the dio hits the mark.

Would you have more pictures of the fighting compartment?

Thank you very much for sharing this :)

Very Best Regards

Johan

JohanT

Would you have more pictures of the fighting compartment?

Johan

Hi Johan,

Thanks for your comments and taking time to express them here.

I sure do have some more pics of the interior, here they are:

Thank you garzonh :)

I can almost smell the the grease on the sliding rail!

Very Best Regards

Johan