Love, love, love. I hope those magic tracks fit, for the original kit tracks are too short.

Thanks Eric. I have not checked the track yet, but i am sure the Dragon one's have more than is needed. I will put a small strecth together in a day or so to make sure they fit over the drive sprocket. I do have a few Fruil sets so can use one of those as a fall back if i have to.

Look forward to seeing another masterpiece. I wish I had your work ethic man! 

What was this vehicle designed for? Infantry support. What was the guns main roll is what I'm trying to say. 

Thanks Griffin. I am lucky in that i am able to get a lot of bench time. And apart from pottering around in thegarden, i don't have any other hobbies to distract me.

These were indeed intended to give the Infantry their own direct heavy fire support. They were formed into heavy gun platoons of the heavy companies of Pz Gren battalions. They used guns taken from early StuGs when they were replaced by long barreled versions.

Bish you are a modeling machine, I still havent finished one all the way yet. I can't wait to see what you do with this one. 

Robert

Bish, I can't wait to see the posts from this one.  I have learned so much just checking your posts out.  Great start!  You going to do one of your world famous bases to go with it?  

Eagle90

Thanks guys, glad to have you on board.

I am actually planning on slowlying down my build ratre now i don't have dealines to worry aboiut. I want to concentrate on improving the finer detaisl and especially the figures.

 Good planning.

This is going to be a nice one to follow Bish.

 I'm in.
                                                                                                     

I think that I'll tag along as well. I have the same kit in my stash, so I am watching and learning...

Thanks for jumping on guys.

Carlos, being tamiya, iamnotexpecting any major issues except those which might be caused by the AM or more likely the clot building it. The Verlinden engine willmost likely be the biggest issue.

Time for me to do a bit of catching up. First job on the list was to get some paint on. German dark Yellow of course.

Then a bit of light weathering. I was reading the article of the nashorn buld in the latest issue of the mag and liked the effect. So instead of dot filtering i applied a light overall wash useing MiG Brown Wash. This was followed with some dry brushing and light chipping.

I also got to work on the engine bay adding the PE from the Verlinden set.

This was given a coat of German red primer.

And finished off the rear seats.

I did some test fitting on the engine as i did not have high hopes it would fit well, and it didn't. So i trimmed it down a bit before painting.

Almost ready to get the top on, just needed to add the finbal parts to the inside. I used the radio frame from the Verlinden set. It seems a bit big, but the Eduard one was to smal for the kit radio and i don't like the PE one they supply, its just to flat. So i will live with the larger one.

I used some AK engine oil and engine grime on the engine and in the bay.

Then time to put the lid on and mask up for more painting.

And i got to work on the base as well. I used some strofoam to build up one side, covered with paper mache and put the edging on so its now ready for staining.

And thats all for now. Hopefully won't be so long again.

Aw man.....                
                     I'm just lovin' it.

                              

Thanks DM. That front bit was a real pain. I had to trim away a lot of the kit just to get the apperance of an engine that fits.

Hey man,                              
  'ya need more styro foam!

                                                       

Bish the track is coming along very nicely. The Detail in the forward compartment is great.

Robert

Thanks Robert. I was rather pleased with that.

DM, you reckon?

Bish

DM, you reckon?

             Yep.....

                   

Dumb question. What is magic track? I looked it up and got nothing. I'm not really an armor guy 

Magic Tracks are just Dragons fancy name for individuallink tracks. Most, if not all are workable. The one big advantage with Magic Tracks is that they come lose in bags so you don't have to remove thyem from sprues and there is little if any clean up.

disastermaster

 

 

Bish

DM, you reckon?

 

 

 

 

                           

             Yep.....

                   

 

That pic is a bit decieving, the left side is a bit higher than it looks. I didn'tgo to hight asi didn't want to over do it as its meant to be the bank at the side of a track, and there will be somthing along the top. If things work out that is.

Hey Bish.......

 Here's 'ya a styro-terra-foaming tip.
   
- Before coating with future
   or laying in any brickwork/roadwork:

1. Using a glove, wrap a rag around your first two fingers and wet it (not soak it) with some laquer thinner.

   (might want to practice adjusting the wet factor and the amount of pressure applied in this next part)

2. Next, make some repeated passes in the direction of any ruts or gradual deviances of the surface elevations you want.

    A lot of thinner will make a BIG hole.....   be careful.

    This technique will dissolve a slight layer every time you make a pass.

                       
                                 That's it!   
                                                     

                                                                                                           

This is looking pretty good!

Thanks Mr T, glad to have you following along.

Cheers for that DM, i will definatly keep that in mind. The foam this time was just to build up a slight bank along the side of the track. But i will have to try the foamwallssoon.

Great detailing!  I'm looking forward to this build Bish!

Toshi

Thanks DM for the tip on the laquer thinner rag, I'm going to have to remember that! 

And yes I found out about using solvents on styrofoam years back when I tried to use plastic cement on some... 

Gamera

Thanks DM for the tip on the laquer thinner rag, I'm going to have to remember that! 

And yes I found out about using solvents on styrofoam years back when I tried to use plastic cement on some... 

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Yeah, sometimes it's nice to have a "happy accident".

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Just thought I'd toss it out there.
           
     Hope it helps 'ya.
                                                           

Toshi

Great detailing!  I'm looking forward to this build Bish!

Toshi

 

Thanks Toshi, and good to see you here.

Bish

 

 

Toshi

Great detailing!  I'm looking forward to this build Bish!

Toshi

 

 

 

 

Thanks Toshi, and good to see you here.

 

Toshi