Italeri 1/35th Panzerwerfer 42 Completed page 2

Thanks Robert, ye, its a nice set with plenty in it. Doing the rocket launcher looks like it will be fun, thats a good chunk of the AM set.

Wow!, that looks just like a lot of work , however, it will be worth the time and patience devoted to it. In a Dio it will just look great.

Looking forward to seeing your progress. I have always liked the looks of this vehicle.

Thanks for dropping in guys. I hope to have some more tomorrow.

After finishing of the lower portion of the inside, it was time to work on the top half. I started off with the vision slits. The AM set has you block these off with plastic card and then re-open them with provided templates to correct the shape.

Once all these were open again, the outer resin pieces were added.

So there is not much left to add to the inside, i can finish that and hopefully the missing parts will be here from RM soon.

So last night i made a start on the launcher. My hope was that i could finish that and the tracks today. I have had the whole day to myself with the Mrs at work and all the kids away. So i have had about 7 hours at the bench today. But, things did not go quite to plan.

The 10 resin launch tubes are each in 2 parts.Each part of hollow at its open end, but 2/3's of each once is soid resin. So, they all had to be drilled and filed out, and of course being resin they are rather brittle and i had to get them very thin. So after a few hours and with a large pile of resin dust on the bench, they were ready to go together. I put all 10 of the lower sections and 2 of the top sections into the PE frames.

These were then fitted together and the other 8 tubes fitted.

A couple of the tubes are a little kinked so will need to be straightened up. And then there is a lot more PE detail and wiring to add.

And i did manage to get one track finished. This were not as fiddly as i was expecting given the size, certainly not as bad as their 251 tracks.

Just got the other one to do. But no rush as the tracks won't go on until at the end.

 I'm a watching Bish. I know the detail is gonna be

great....   even better on a Dio.                                    
                                                

Bish, Thanks for introducing me to Royal Model. I'm going to stick around here if you don't mind

silentbob33

Looking good so far Bish! That also looks like a really nice AM set with all kinds of goodies, though working with PE in that size is a little mind boggling. Can't wait to see what comes next.

 

Thnaks Bob. Being used to 72nd aircrfat PE, this is not to bad. Now i do have some 350 PE for a ship kit, they will be fun

Thnaks Steve, its only a little dio, but hopefuly will give the right impression.

Modelrob

Bish it’s coming along great. The tracks look very nice. The rocket launcher looks a little fiddly but it will have great detail.

 

Robert

 

Thnaks Robert. Ye, it was a little fiddley geting the tubes into the PE frames. The next bit will be the more tricky one thoguh, lots of little PE parts.

SprueOne

Bish, Thanks for introducing me to Royal Model. I'm going to stick around here if you don't mind

 

 

 

More than welcome. I have been aware of them for a few years now. And while i have a few of their sets and have used some small detail bits such as headphones, this is the first full AM set i have used. They do have a nice range, a lot of German, but some other stuff as well, worth checking out.

Bish

 So the Panzer I tracks fit this kit or were they interchangeable in real life? The two vehicles used the same running gear? Thanks 

Ye, they used the same tracks in real life. The rest of the running gear is differant, just the tracks are the same. This vehicle was based on the Maultier halftrack trucks which were introdiced in 1941 and used Pz I tracks.

Just a short update as its been over a week now. Firtsly, i still have not recieved those mssing parts from RM. I did e-mail them at the weekend but have had no reply. So i have turned to plan B. The Eduard set has the metal parts but does not include the wooden blocks that hold the rockets in place. So i used so resin to make the blocks and have used those. So i have now been able to get the inside primed and can start paiting, so some pic sof that at the weekend. But my main focus has been the launcher which was a long slow and tedious process.

But now its all done.

The two tubes on the types right as you look here, which will be bottom left once fitted, have had the locking clamps left off. These will have rockets loade so the clamps will be added later.

I gave this a coat of primer tonighg as i want to see how much clean up was neded, and its not looking as bad as i thought.

I also got the turret built and that was primed tonight as well. The white rod replaces the kit parts. Its the elevating rod but it was the wrong shape and set in the lowered position. I can trim this to correct length once i determne the angle.

And thats it. But hopfeully now i can get some good progress. No doubt the RM parts will turn up as soon as i close up the hull, sod's law.

      Stuff

 That is a heck of a PE set! Is Royal Models Italian? Can't wait to see this in a finished diorama. No pressure

Thanks guys.

Griffin, yes, they are Italian. They do some nice stuff, a good range of figures, buldings and AM sets. I will make a start on the base this weekend for that.

And just a word about RM. They did come through, the missing pieces arrived today, just in the kick of time. And to their credit, it was posted on the 2nd, so not there fault it took 13 days.

So well done Royal Model, another good example of customer service from Europe.

Bish glad to hear the parts came in.  The tubes are looking great. The extra detail is paying off. Can't wait to see how the base comes along.

Robert

Hi Bish,looks like some pretty extensive additions to dress it up.Looking good so far on that tiny detailed stuff.

Thnaks guys, should have a decent update in a day or so, managed to get a lot of painting done last couple of days.

Right, time for a more hefty update. And time to hit the spray booth. Starting with the chassis and running gear, it got a primer coat and the DY.

And then an overall wash of AK wash for DAK vehicles.

And then i was able to get the bogies together.

Then it was the turn of the inside of the hull. For the floor i mixed up a German red primer with Tamiya and the rest got a coat of Xtracolor interior cream.

Then the floor got an raw umber oil wash. I had to be careful i didn't damage the Enamel paint on the side, which i would used flory washes on.

Now i know what you thinking, why not use flory on the whole thing. The answer is simple.

Because i am stupid. It just never occured to me to use flory on the floor, i usually leave that wash for aircraft but just wanted to avoid a future coat.

So the rest got a wash, the floor, after removing excess wash, got a dry brush for chipping and the wood parts were painted. For the wood, i painted tamiya red brown and went over it with a sepia ink wash. This matches nicley the wood parts in the photo's and is a tip i found out by accident when i tried to paint my 251/6 leather seats a red leather. That was a bad idea that turned good. I also added the final parts includeing a few bit of crew equipment.

The final bit to add before i can close up is the rockets. These have been painted and decal added useing a set from Peddinghaus which has a nice selection of German rocket markings.

Also got the tracks together.

And painted tamiya NATO black.

And finally the base. A piece of chipboard glued to a bit of MDF to get the thickness i wanted surrounded by my usual balsa wood.

Then stained and varnished. This can now be put to one side until i am ready to add the celluclay.

And thats all for now. I am hopeing by the end of the weekend, i can start on painting the outside of the hull.

Thnaks Bob. I was glad i found those decals. I wasn't sure what i was going to do with the rockets and only found them last week. They only took a few days to get here from Germany. And now i have some nice markings for other rocket vehicles as well.

 Are you going to use the stock decals on the hull or do you more AM up your sleave?

A lot of photo's show few or no markings on these. The only image i have of the one i am doing is side on and there is no black cross. So the only decals i will add will be the number plate, and as i don't have a pic of it, i will make up my own number.

Had quite a busy wekend so thought i would share it with you. having got the rockets finished, i fitted some inside, along with the long awaited missing parts from RM.

I was then able to get the top on which went on pretty well. I then laid a couple more rockets on the floor once i worked out where the loader would stand.

It seems as thoguh this kit is based on the vehicle at the Samur tank museum. It includes moulded on hooks for holding the hatch open. These are fitted to the samur vehicle but according to Nuts and Bolts, these are probably a post war addition as there is not sign of these in war time photo's, and i have looked and think they are right.

It was then just down to the last bits of PE on the outside. I used Aber tool clamps as the RM set did not include these. The insid was also filled with tissue to mask off the openings. You can see those hooks have been removed.

Then off to the paint booth. Yesterday i gave it a primer coat, then this morning i got up early before we went out for the day and sprayed the Dark Yellow useing Xtracolor enamels. When we came home, i then sprayed the random squiggles of green and red brown which i could do in one sitting as i didn't have to worry about masking.

And the launcher was done as well.

And after leaving it a couple of hours, i gave the whole thing a dry brush useing MiG oils.

And yes, i was useing enamels, yes i did say a couple of hours and yes it was touch dry. A complete paiunt job and dry brush in 12 hours, who says useing enamels is slow.

And finally, my first pic of the figures. I put the two standing figures together a couple of weeks ago. But i waited until the two hull halves were together before doing the kneeling figure to get his arm position right.

So now i will let the oil dry brush dry for a couple of days before a coat of future and the weathering. In the menatime i can work on the figures and finish and fit the tracks.