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Marder III H, Shelf of Doom Rescue

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Marder III H, Shelf of Doom Rescue
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 6:57 PM

At long last, some 20 years after I first started this kit, it is now finally finished.  My second completion of this year! This is the Testors boxing of the 70's vintage Italeri molds. I replaced the kit single piece vinyl tracks with some Dragon indy link tracks, added a CMK resin transmission, plus some other scratch work on the interior to fill up the open spaces in there. The crew figures are Dragon, Decals from Star Decals "Panzers in Italy" sheet and I painted this with Floquil and Vallejo colors. Stowage came from various items in my spares bins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! Comments and critiques are welcome.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 8:32 PM

Oh wow that looks great SP! Love the camo, dirt and mud on the road wheels and the figures! 

And Floquil paints, gee you've got some that hasn't dried up yet? 

 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, February 8, 2024 11:27 AM

Gamera

Oh wow that looks great SP! Love the camo, dirt and mud on the road wheels and the figures! 

And Floquil paints, gee you've got some that hasn't dried up yet? 



Thanks Gamera!

Yes, I actually have a few Floquil paints left. Although my bottle of Dark Yellow that I used here is long dried up... at least five years or more.... 

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Sunday, March 3, 2024 10:26 PM

Another nice piece of work. Great camo and weathering and nice job on replacing the tracks with individual track links. I recognize the self-propelled insignia, but I don't recognize the shamrock divisional(?) sign. What is it?

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, March 3, 2024 11:27 PM

Thanks Tiger! The sign is from 71st Infantry Division in Italy, 1944. There are several photos of this actual vehicle after it was knocked out and recovered by the US.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Monday, March 4, 2024 9:35 AM

WOW !! I don't know what else to say. That is super cool and incredibly well done. Bow Down

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, March 4, 2024 10:35 AM

Thank you Brandon! I'm slowly whittleing down my shelf of doom builds, and getting that section of my work area emptied.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Monday, March 4, 2024 12:50 PM

stikpusher

Thanks Tiger! The sign is from 71st Infantry Division in Italy, 1944. There are several photos of this actual vehicle after it was knocked out and recovered by the US.

 

Thanks Stik. I was looking in the Pz. Divisions. I didn't know that was an Infantry division.

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Monday, March 4, 2024 9:04 PM

If you look closely, the insignia looks to be a couple of crossed axes or some similar item in white, with a green outline, not an actual shamrock.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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