Bish

Thats looking great, really nice work.

Eric, i think the Germans were just thinking along the line of hell, we need a mobile artillery piece quick. And this was the obvious solution until somthing more purpose built came along.

Thanks, that's pretty much it.

Again, haven't had much spare time lately, but...

Wheels.  The road wheels have brass rings that go on both sides, giving the proper depth around the road wheels inner edge.  There are only 20 rings, so none for the spares on the front of the gun shield if you're planning on building it that way.  The majority of the pictures I've seen have them elsewhere anyhow.  We'll see where they end up.

Engine Cover.  The main portion underneath + the top and side plates.

Interior Progress.  The brass pieces holding up the second battery are just two straight pieces.  I had issues gluing the first time so I just overloaded it a bit with Gorilla Superglue.  It'll be mostly covered.

Laying it out.  I'm going to wait til the floor is painted before I put in the seat and brake levers.  I've also left off the transmission gear selector until it installed.

The view thus far.  I still am not sure how I'm going to paint this.  I know I will be painting the interior before it goes in.  But I'm not sure if I'll paint the lower hull/running gear before or after the floor goes in.

You might be right Bish, after all, this was a very early war conversion.

Thats looking great, really nice work.

Eric, i think the Germans were just thinking along the line of hell, we need a mobile artillery piece quick. And this was the obvious solution until somthing more purpose built came along.

Makes me wonder if the Germans were thinking along the lines of the Grasshopper and that that the gun could be dismounted.

That's part of the reason I picked it for my first SPG.

Modeling time has been limited the last couple of weeks.  I've decided to leave the gun shield off till paint, and have started the interior/lower hull instead.

The transmission final drive unit is not yet complete, nor is the hull floor glued down yet.

This was aggravating.  After I had already glued them in I found that parts A9 and A12 were missing a hole.  Fortunately I was able to quickly, carefully peel them off.  

After letting them dry overnight I drilled out the missing hole and installed them along with part A10.  

Dragon, I love you, but your instructions...

Hello!

It's kinda funny how they packed the whole howitzer, together with the wheels on the armored vehicle. It's a very interesting model, good luck with it and have a nice day

Paweł

I was going to zoom in on that guy and forgot...

I still couldn't see it. (The tiny knob ) Nice work so far.

Looking really good so far. 

You have good eyes, in some cases I've had to leave tiny bits off. 

WHEELS ARE ON!

Some celebratory shots with Tamiya Panther and some Dragon grenadiers for scale.

Along with part X, the main hull bit.

Mock up?

Looking good to my eyes.

A few more bits added and a few left more to add.

Thanks for the interest so far.

A bit more assembled...

Again with the recoil.

I was able to work on it several evenings in a row, took some snap shots.

That little gray bit there...

Yes, that little knob...

The two of those may drive me to an optivisor.  Its right there at the top of the brake assembley on the upper portion of the wheel.

Getting somewhere now.

 Also parts A13 and A14 are flipped in the instructions.  And there are several arrows to the wrong place.

I enjoyed my first Dragon kit.  This one is a bit more complex.

There were more of these, just from these three pieces.  No flash to speak of, only these sprue bits.

It recoils!

Always like the oddball builds. Haven't seen this done yet. Should be fun 

Got this on my wish list, will be wathcing.

Yeap, neat little SPG, so ugly it's sorta cute. 

Will be watching! Neat subject.

  Rudy

Last night I began assembling the sIG 33.  Made it this far.