Panzerjager GB (March 1st - June 30th, 2011)

I too like the badge

Hey guys,

Some good looking builds appearing - that StuG on the previous page really caught my attention, I'm going to have to try that oil paint weathering method on the lower hull on my next StuG (Tamiya StuG III Ausf B) which I'll be starting after this Marder.

I think that badge looks pretty darn good too

Anyway, onto my Marder:

I was up early to work my morning shift from home covering the emergency phone. At 2pm the relatives came over so by a couple of hours later I was able to sit down and get stuck into some building!

Basically, I'm where I said I hoped to be at the end of today when I updated my WIP yesterday. All of the sub assemblies are complete and primed; the sub assemblies being:

• The main tub (upper and lower)
• The PaK 40
• The cast barrel 'hood' complete with the two stupidly fiddly periscopes!
• the fighting compartment walls with radio detailing in place too
• The tailgate assembly with the exhaust fitted and PE step and tow hitch

So, next weekend (Friday actually as I have that day off) I can go over the whole structure with the AB and lay down the coat of pre shade black panel lines and the first basecoat of Dunky. I'm not too worried about the first coat of DY as I'll be concentrating on the fighting compartment - mainly the radio detailing and working outward. When I'm happy with the radio I'll glue that compartment wall on and then finish up the compartment detailing and move onto the rest of the vehicle. The gun and hood will be the last things to be dropped on. I can then get the running gear on, the spare track links and start the cammo pattern. 

There are lot's of little pieces that will go on following completion of assembly and painting, namely the MG42 on the bar that spans the fighting compartment, gas mask holders, the grouser box and other tools and finally the several antennae as I'm pretty good at snapping them if I fit them before the weathering is complete!

All of the sub-assemblies: 

Cast hood with periscopes in place: 

Tailgate - not quite completed as I'm undecided on whether to have the gate up or down so it's been left off for the time being. Also missing at present is the PE mesh cover for the muffler. I'll need to drill out that tailpipe too and fit the blue convoy light into the holder on the left after painting the basecoat:  

Final radio install - a very tricky install not helped by my lack of experience and some diagram errors - note the periscope has now been fitted here: 

Thanks for looking guys - she's coming along okay (fingers x'd)!

Any hints or tips on effective painting of the radio fascias? I know the colours to use but the detail is too small to paint effectively so I'm thinking drybrush highlights with some black on the larger dials and spots of reds and white in 'appropriate' looking places!

I'm also still totally stumped on the wiring of this radio if anyone has suggestions? 

WIP update on Friday chaps,

Have a good week guys,

ATVB

Ben

Ben-great progress on the Marder.  I hope to build the one in my stash someday.....

Marc-thanks for posting the tutorial-I will be referring to it soon....I hope.

Boyd-sorry to read that you're not going to be building with us.  Hopefully things will clear up and you can join in here,  If not, maybe our paths will cross again sometime soon.  Looking forward to seeing your wingie thingie posted over in the aircraft forum though.

No updates on my end-out of town last weekend, no drive to work on the Jagdpanzer after work during the week and this weekend has slipped away.  Tomorrow evening is committed, so hopefully I can get motivated to finish up most of the small bits on Tuesday & Wednesday evenings.  Still further ahead of schedule compared to most GB's that I've been involved in before.

Nice progress Ben on a busy build.

I did put some weld beads on the hook thing on the mantlet. Came out so so. I checked other modelers on other sites and most didn't even bother. I thought I'd give it a try. Might show up better after paint and weathering. 

Been lazy, the weather here sucks, so no paint today. I might try the tracks, but I keep putting them off.

tigerman

...the weather here sucks...

I would think if you used that excuse, you would never build anything there

How true Marc, or have you noticed how few I've completed? LOL

Here's my poor effort for a badge.

Marc: Great instructions on the oil wash technique, thanks for posting it and it looks really good.

Ben: Awesome work on the build thanks for sharing.

Well this weekend at Valleycon I picked up an AM Barrel and the Aber PE set for the StuG IV. So as soon as I can find the time this week I'll start my build.

I'll post pics as I move along.

Cheers, Thom

Well it's been a while since I got a chance to drop by. Rob that is some progress going on there. Marc, love the Stug must admit that I would use theh exact same approaxch for tackling the lower hull, I find that the more I can break up an open space like that the better. Ben you are making great progress on that Marder, I have a normal one of these (Not Befels) and it is a beautiful kit, take your time mate because you have achieved a very clean build so far and as you hit theh sub assemblies it should all fall together.

Well heres my update,

The hull this is really three subs here just held together with gravity for painting,

The seats they are beautifully done and apart from the 76.2mm gun they are in my opinion one of the more attractive parts of this vehicle, tractor seats on a tank destroyer.

An idea of how small this kit is,

I was going to use theh giant penny but can't find it since Marc used it against his 1/16th Tiger I. Don't believe that peanut butter story it was a giant peanut butter jar.

Got the camo on the other night and got the tracks on last night, still a long way to go.

As for the badge, well Marc that looks cool, very sneaky of that stug, Eric like the hetzer, actually love it, but he background colour.....................

LOL.

Terry.

Excellent progress Terry. Really whipping through that Marder.

What color do you suggest for the background? I was going for a poorman's German flag in colors.

Thom; looking forward to seeing your Stug.......if it comes out anywhere near as good as your sdkfz 222, you'll have a winner!

Terry; Looking real good, I really like the colors you've got going on your Marder.

Eric: I like you badge. My only suggestion would be to make it a tad smaller.

 After attending Valley Con yesterday, and meeting up with Thom, Boyd,Marc, Mia, Scratchmod, panzerguy, and Al LaFleche,I'm looking forward to getting back to my Marder sometime this week. I have the day off tomorrow, so I might just get a little paint on it. Great to see you guys again!

Nate

Nachtflieger

Thom; looking forward to seeing your Stug.......if it comes out anywhere near as good as your sdkfz 222, you'll have a winner!

Terry; Looking real good, I really like the colors you've got going on your Marder.

Eric: I like you badge. My only suggestion would be to make it a tad smaller.

 After attending Valley Con yesterday, and meeting up with Thom, Boyd,Marc, Mia, Scratchmod, panzerguy, and Al LaFleche,I'm looking forward to getting back to my Marder sometime this week. I have the day off tomorrow, so I might just get a little paint on it. Great to see you guys again!

Nate

Yes, it would be resized. It's large for demonstrative purposes.

Thanks Eric for the kind words. As for a background colour I honestly wouldn't know what to suggest.

Maybe if both are allowed as a choice to members.

Terry.

Thom, Terry Thanks.

Terry... And here I am coming around the club house turn and WOOSH... you blow by me. And it looks great too.  I knew there would be one of you that has done that oil shading.  I picked that up at Planet Figures.

Hi, Marc, I learned theh oil technique doing figures, I used to do large comic/movie/TV characters for customers and needed to have a turn around of between 7 & 10 days so on a scale of 1/10th a quick bang of oils carefully removed could easily be taken as carefully applied shading. Especially when all is dried and a coat of matt applied with Mr. airbrush.

I'm laughing here.....

Terry.

Okay, i have an idea. I'll make the background black with red lettering. I wish I had photoshop here, but I'll have to squeeze it in at work.

Here''s a revised image resized.

Does the forum automatically resize the picture? It should be smaller then this.

Better in black Eric

I added the months to mine for the member vote.

I must say yours is more original then mine. It gets my vote. LOL I was just seeing if i could throw something together.

Well since it's your GB I guess that's the only vote that counts  LOL.  The photo is actually one of my PBP's

Here are a couple of different angles...

A quickie update.  Got some MIG pigments on and some pin washing.  Needs to be lightened and brushed.

At work I build ads on Macs using In-Design. We have so-called graphic artists. I often tell sales people that I'm "not" a designer (that's what they get paid for! LOL) . Anyway, it gave it a shot, but I like any of yours. The first was a clever angle, so it gets my vote.

Terry-great work on the Marder.  Very nice camo.  Not to mention the rate of progress that you've achieved.....you're making me look bad....just kidding....I don't need any help there....

Back a few pages, someone requested a pic of the interior of the Jagdpanzer-here it is:

Gun & radio detail are great....but that's about it.  Guess it keeps the aftermarket folks in business.

Working a bit on the turret top (is it still a turret since it doesn't turn?)....anyway, you know what I mean.

My goal is to get it to the point that I can primer it this weekend and maybe work on the tracks.  We'll see.

bobbaily

Terry-great work on the Marder.  Very nice camo.  Not to mention the rate of progress that you've achieved.....you're making me look bad....just kidding....I don't need any help there....

Back a few pages, someone requested a pic of the interior of the Jagdpanzer-here it is:

Gun & radio detail are great....but that's about it.  Guess it keeps the aftermarket folks in business.

Working a bit on the turret top (is it still a turret since it doesn't turn?)....anyway, you know what I mean.

My goal is to get it to the point that I can primer it this weekend and maybe work on the tracks.  We'll see.

Roof. Non-turret enclosed would become a casermate.

Good to see some progress Bob

I need to get my tracks done so I can start painting.

tigerman

 

 

 

Roof. Non-turret enclosed would become a casermate.

Good to see some progress Bob

I need to get my tracks done so I can start painting.

 

Thanks Eric for the explanation-needless to say I haven't spent enough time hanging out with the armor group.

Did get the hatches and such on the roof.  One minor stumbling point-the periscopes....I'm going to be a little OCD and mask off the lenses, paint it white then black (I'm guessing-someone please let me know if they should be the same color as the rest of the vehicle).  Dunno if it will make a difference, but I just want to give it a try.  Probably not realistic to think that I'll get it primed over the weekend, but I'll give it a shot.

No color instructions for the tools-I'll be trying to find some builds of Jagdpanzers on some of the other forums (Hyperscale, Missing-Lynx, etc)  for reference.

                      So sad about the very limited interior, but all is not lost,it will have an outstanding exterior. Looking good so far Bob be watchin for the next update.

                                                  Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

Looks like I've got all of the AM parts assembled for the Sturer - just doing a bit of research on this beast and then I'm off!

Nice stuff so far, btw.

Hi Bob,

I built that kit about a year and a half ago......great kit! Here's a pic of the engine deck with the tool stowage. Hope this helps.

Nate

Sweet looking ride Nate.

Thanks Nate-I'll be referencing this pic a lot.  Very nice build too.....nicely weathered.

Thanks Guys. The kit was a JOY to build. No troubles at all.

Nate

Beautiful Jagdpanzer Nate.