Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) GB...now closed

CN, Kirk & SF,

Thanks,

Here is a pic that should show you my evil plan as to how I am going to paint this little bugger!

As for the color scheme, ti will be Panzer Grau.

PANZERJAGER

P.S. It may take another day before I get to paint.

My pontoon boat ate it's fuse block with the associated re-wiring job.

PANZERJAGER,

My favorite version of the 38(t).

The re-bored Soviet 76.2mm 36(r) anti-tank gun to accept German 75mm pac 40 ammunition was highly successful. Even with the 1.2mm difference in bore the penetration power was less than 10mm at 1000m through a armor plate set vertical. This conversion is the ultimate expression of German ingenuity & necessity.

Wow! That is going to be fun to paint, PJ!

Looking good PANZER. Just curious, how are you going to paint it? Are the parts all glued together or is it a dry run?

Cheers...

Nice looking 38(t) there Castelnuovo!!!!!!!!!

now for a little WIP pics:

I'll need a couple days for the primer to dry, then I'll get her painted this weekend.

Working on the tracks for now (old Dragon tracks with pin marks).

PANZERJAGER

Its looking really nice, castelnuovo! Nice job on the weathering so far. I will hopefully be able to start mine in the next couple of weeks

Little update...

Great looking progress fellas!|

I done went & forgot to pack my 1/144 scale DML 38(t) ! Doh! It was found & I can have it mailed out. So much to do and a bit of haste leaving caused the mistake. Hopefully I can get it here by August! Its less than 12 parts including PE. That should only take me about 48 hours to assemble, scratch build a few parts & paint.

The SiG on my Grille is slowing down my progress greatly. I admire what Dragon  has done in making everything scale thickness but this has gotten out of hand. Some on the fittings for the gun are so thin there is almost no where to glue things together.I'm moving back to the chassis and will come back to the gun later....

Erik

Some progress here.

Hi PANZER,

You are in.

Cheers...

Sign me up with a Marder III mit Pak 39(r) by Tamiya

I'll squeeze this one in this weekend.

PANZERJAGER

Here is the link to Wbill's 38(t) with interior, in case somebody is interested.

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Crazy details there, way beyond my skills...

Cheers...

castelnuovo

Gentlemen,

  Should I do some chipping too? I am thinking maybe some gray chipping with a sponge.

I'd say absolutely!  The crew is kicking around in their, scuffing everything up.  Scratches would be a good idea.

And also as I was going to post pics of the Italeri Hetzer,which built up nicely by the way.Absolutely vowed to make this OOB.The exception would be something other than the rubber band tracks.


The upper fighting compartment has only recieved a first coat of yellow ochre..Any comments are welcome.

Castlenouvo: I dont re-call right offhand,but you could dig up Wbills 38 T build as it has a full interior.

Gentlemen,

Here is some progress for the past two weeks. I asume that the interior is white or some off-white colour and that it is dirty. So I dry brushed it with a bit of black.  Should I do some chipping too? I am thinking maybe some gray chipping with a sponge.

Thanks for comments.

Cheers....

Detailfreak, looking forward too seein some pics

Oh no,am near finished with this build.Italeris old hetzer.I'll be sure to get some pics up.I swore to myself that something ,sooner or later was going to be OOB. And this is it.....

Yeah i should be starting mine in about 2 weeks and finished a few weeks after that....

So am I the only one working their entry so far? This doesn't bode well for getting builds done before the deadline lol.

I've been mostly working on my TIger conversion but I did manage to start the SiG 33 for my Bison M today. I'll get some pics up once I complete more of it.

Erik

Looks good Geist I'll have to pay attention and learn a little before i start my first Armour model...

I've decided to leave out the transmission and engine on this one since I had no plans to open it up. I'm burned out on interiors after a Stuart I recently finished.

Erik

Very nice choice! I am about 2/3rds of the way through this one.I see you,ve buttoned her up already?

I started Dragon's Grille M tonight. I've made good progress on the hull and I plan to post pictures later tonight after I throw a coat of paint on a Tiger I ARV conversion I'm working on.

Erik

Yeah i know i have to start armour at some stage, i consider modeling to be like linear progression with one thing leading to another and i think i'm up to the point where my builds are good enough to start making scenes...I'd like to start with figures and small vignettes and eventually start making dioramas....I have in 1/48 a Tamiya Feisler storch and Rommels halftrack but i'd like to add an Afrika Korps Marder111 and i think the 1/48 stuff would be a good intro into armour......

I'll give it a go....Put me down for a Marder 111 or something that fits into the timeline/theatre....

Julez72

Hmmm i'm still not sure about this one, would love a 38t Marder111 and i like the one with the 20mm flak gun but Armour is something completely out of my comfort zone, never done it before.....decisions decisions...

Heh buddy, if you can produce excellent MNF finishes on your P-51's then a dirty old' tank will be a break for you! Armor is a very forgiving type of model to build, you seen the few kit flaws I hid in my 1/48 Sherman...er missing one of the main sprue frames.

Its all good & fun to build something that shoots at planes this time! I always liked the Flak version of the 38(t) If a tank hunter is more your liking build the version with the Soviet 76.2mm pac 36(r) anti-tank gun!

Hmmm i'm still not sure about this one, would love a 38t Marder111 and i like the one with the 20mm flak gun but Armour is something completely out of my comfort zone, never done it before.....decisions decisions...

hedorah59,

Open the plastic & glue 1 item together for first WIP!

Looks like DML packed a lot of goodies in that box, have fun with this one.

Well, I opened it at least!