1,000 Roadwheels - 2009

Thanks panzer88! Yeah, I have been on a roll lately! These new smart kits are very buildable, so they build up pretty quick. I'm planning on building this one almost out of box, the only addition being magic tracks versus the DS tracks that are included with the kit. I'm going to use one of the markings from the kit for a Brummbar in Italy. I'm thinking I may be able to paint it next weekend.

p38jl: Indy tracks are a pain sometimes, but they are worth it! Coming along good.

Nate 

Marc: Check your PM for an explanation.

Nate

yup Marc, 2 at once.. 3 if ya include the Jap Mini sub.. The Tamiya panzer goes together nicely.. its moving along. I got the metal barrel and front mantlet zimmermit plate added last night. The mantlet and other parts took a bit of fiddling to get them to fit nice, but it worked out well.. Pics soon...I'm at the point to add the resin zimmermit to the hull that came with the kit.

The Ausf J, just needs the tracks painted, weathered... then the tank weathered and tools attached, and final touches.. maybe this week.. completion...

Right now I;m stuck at the fire station entering run reports.. blah..

maybe in the fumes later...

Been away for a week, now looking forward to getting some bench time. Guys your builds are looking great.

Bish- That zim looks great. To rehash a previous subject about the turrent motor. The flak unit on the ground would be lighter since it did not have the extra steel protection the Ostwind had. Not saying that your not correct as I have no info on this vehicle. Just seems that they would've used some device to help traverse the turrent.

Nachtflieger- Looking forward to how the Brummbar turns out. If it's any thing like the jagd it should be awesome.

I'll start up on my builds again tonight after work and will post pics as soon as I have anything worthwhile to show.

-Stephen

NucMedTech wrote:

Bish- That zim looks great. To rehash a previous subject about the turrent motor. The flak unit on the ground would be lighter since it did not have the extra steel protection the Ostwind had. Not saying that your not correct as I have no info on this vehicle. Just seems that they would've used some device to help traverse the turrent. -Stephen

Its not as hard as it might seem. The Wirbelwind deffinatly had the turret motor removed as there are a number of pics of both prototype and production versions with it blanked off, and this must have been at least as heavy as the Ostwind turret. Also, the Pz IV Ausf J had it removed to make space for extra fuel, and this was deffiantly heavier. And i once trained as a warrior gunner, and as well as power traverse it had hand traverse, and while it does take a bit of effort its not to hard. Just to me, seeing as the Ostwind was built on the Ausf J hull it would make sense that it was removed. But then seeing as there is so little info on the production Ostwind it could really be anyones guess as to what they really did with it.

Hey Stephen.......thanks for the comments. The Brummbar is really starting to take shape now. I've built the gun, the engine deck, and the main housing. Lots of bits and pieces left though, hatches, tools, schurzen mounts etc. Oh, and I still have to build the track. I'm hoping to get some paint on it this weekend.

Nate

Bish- Interesting info. I'll remove the muffler and see if I can find something to put in it's place. Like a box similar to what the sturm. has.

Nachtflieger- looking forward to your progress pics.

-Stephen

NucMedTech wrote:

Bish- Interesting info. I'll remove the muffler and see if I can find something to put in it's place. Like a box similar to what the sturm. has. -Stephen

You don't need a box. The Germans simply welded a small steel plate over the opening left behind. If you look at the pic off the back of mine, theres a small white patch on the left side. Thats all you need. I just used two pieces of sheet styrene, one ontop of the other, then put putty around the edge. If you can hang on till the weekend i will try to get a close up pic of mine and scan a close up pic i have of the real thing on the back of a wirbelwind.

Sounds good Bish. I'm working on the upper hull of the sturmgeschutze right now so I probably won't get to the Ostwind until these weekend anyhow. Look forward to the reference pic, but there's no rush.

-Stephen

Hi Guys,

It's been ages since I was round this GB, though I keep up with the messages and watch everyone's fabulous builds. Life's been pretty hectic and I have nearly a dozen builds in progress all clamouring for my limited bench time.

I scored a Dragon Kugelblitz on eBay today though I'm not sure if it'll arrive in time to be part of this GB. I'm hoping to get back to my Tamiya StuG IV shortly, and will be aiming to complete at that one only, as something tells me the Italeri Jagdpanzer will be a model too far by the end of the year.

Cheers, great work and wonderful references here,

Mike/TB379

gRRRR...,, a structure fire and a phantom EMS call back to back.. took up most of my evening last night.. so.. no building..

Hopefully tonight!

NucMedTech wrote:

Sounds good Bish. I'm working on the upper hull of the sturmgeschutze right now so I probably won't get to the Ostwind until these weekend anyhow. Look forward to the reference pic, but there's no rush. -Stephen

No worries. I can only scan pics at the weekend as my scanner is at home, and i have problems downloading pics onto the site from camp as the signal is lousy, so i will do them this weekend with some update pics.

Ahh.. fairly quiet night..

Got some resin ZIM on my Ausf H..'

Pics soon..

OK Guys,

This is where I'm at with the Brummbar. Not as much as I had hoped to get done this week, so instead of painting this weekend, I'll concentrate on finishing the build. Not too much left really. Just the tools, schurzen brackets, and schurzen, and the aircleaner, and the tracks. Hopefully, I'll finish it up iver the weekend, and start painting it sometime during the week. I'm going to build this as a command Brummbar, with two antennas, and one with the star assembly on top. It will be the one on the markings sheet based in Italy, and will be dark yellow with wavy red brown lines. Well, here's the pics. Feel free to comment.

Nate

Nate - looks real solid. Those pistol port plugs are cool - is that a kit part?

Only thing I'm noticing is on the front-mounted spare tracks...are those ejector marks, or am I just seeing where you filled already?

Flying through another one!

Hi Marc,

You're right....those are ejector pin marks. I have sanded them twice now, and you can still see the ghost of an outline. I'm hoping the paint will take care of it, but if not.......back to the sanding sticks!

The pistol ports are included in the kit, but I substituted some ship anchor chain for the pe chain supplied in the kit. As nice as pe is, it just doesn't work for some things!

Thanks for looking!

Nate

Nachtflieger wrote:

The pistol ports are included in the kit, but I substituted some ship anchor chain for the pe chain supplied in the kit.

Is that something you're able to pick up locally?

NucMedTech heres the image i scan of the back of a Wirbelwind. The Ostwind prototype would have the same plate IMHO. I'll get the pics of my kit up later today.

Heres my latest pics. Construction is now complete, so hopefully i can get some paint on on Monday night.  I normally do paint my tools off the vehicle and add them at the end. But with this kit i don't even have to worry about that as the pics show no tools fitted.

All comments appreciated as always.

NucMedtech I tried getting a close up of that area at the rear but they came out really blurred. Luckly my model skills are alot better than my photography. But hopefully you can see on the real thing.

Hi Marc,

While the nearest hobby store to me does sell chain for ship models, I picked my chain up from Free Time Hobbies on line.

Nate

dupes wrote:

Bish - that looks really good so far...the homemade zim is sweet, and that gun assembly is pretty awesome. Who's PE parts are those on there?

The darker ones are Eduard. But some of the clamps in the pics were different from the ones in the set, so i used a few Aber ones two. Though the Eduard set is for the Italeri kit, it seems to be more right for a late model Pz IV hull, like a J. So i just adapted them to fit the photo. The barrel is from Aber.

Good evening... Here are few shots of my Ausf H and J in various stages..

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J Turret with resin Zim on the mantlet and the front plate

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J with resin zim on the turret skirts, I knicked them up a bit to make look not new...

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another J shot, bow on...

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J turret oeverhead..

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H and J.. side by side

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H bow on with tracks..no weathering yet..

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P38j-Your H is coming along quite well.  I'm liken it!!

Nachtflieger- That brummbar is sweeeet! Can't wait to see the paint.

Bish- Thanks for the pics it really helps. Your kit is looking great! Which one are you building again. The gun looks more detailed that the one in my kit.

I've got the upper hull done on the sturm and now working on the Ostwind. Once that is done I'll be working on the E. Iexpect that part to take the longest. Did not get any progress pics this weekend so I'll try to get some up this week.

Stephen