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

I hope that everyone remembers that this GB starts in 3 days.

Here's that comparison of the Jagdtiger next to my M1

The M1 kind of dwarfs it. 

One week to go gentlemen.

I checked the size of the Jagdtiger next to my M1 Abrams and the length was almost identical and the Jagdtiger was taller, but not wider. Gives you an impression of how huge it was.

tigerman

Well it is tempting to try it, but in most cases it looks kind of fake to me, especially the sprayed earth color. 

I've found that some Squadron putty, nail polish remover & cheap craft acrylic paint-various shades of brown, make a nice dried or wet mud.....

Well it is tempting to try it, but in most cases it looks kind of fake to me, especially the sprayed earth color. 

tigerman

 

 

....I've seen more then a few Pz IV wheels mudded or sprayed with a earthy color, so the builder could get out of  painting the tires.

hmmm....I'll have to remember that little tip if I get close to the deadline and need to skip a few steps...

bobbaily

 

tigerman:

 

Let me know Bob. That Jagdpanzer sure looks tempting. I mean, really tempting. The only drawback for me is the 32 roadwheels and indy tracks. I'm to that stage on my Panzer IV J that's sitting waiting for a camo paint job.

 

 

Will do Eric.  Right now I'm planning on sticking with the Jagdpanzer and saving the StuG for any future builds similar to the "Panzer Aces" GB that I never got around to starting a few years ago.

I feel your pain regarding the road wheels-I gave serious consideration to picking up a Jagdpanther...until I counted the road wheels!

Those are arguably worse, since they are so much larger. Perfect candidate for the template masking. Never tried it myself.

I've seen more then a few Pz IV wheels mudded or sprayed with a earthy color, so the builder could get out of  painting the tires.

tigerman

Let me know Bob. That Jagdpanzer sure looks tempting. I mean, really tempting. The only drawback for me is the 32 roadwheels and indy tracks. I'm to that stage on my Panzer IV J that's sitting waiting for a camo paint job.

Will do Eric.  Right now I'm planning on sticking with the Jagdpanzer and saving the StuG for any future builds similar to the "Panzer Aces" GB that I never got around to starting a few years ago.

I feel your pain regarding the road wheels-I gave serious consideration to picking up a Jagdpanther...until I counted the road wheels!

Let me know Bob. That Jagdpanzer sure looks tempting. I mean, really tempting. The only drawback for me is the 32 roadwheels and indy tracks. I'm to that stage on my Panzer IV J that's sitting waiting for a camo paint job.

terry35

Nice one Bob, I was wondering who was contemplating doing this one. I must say that when I looked at the kit I thought that because it was limited to one particular vehicle that it may be somewhat bland or limiting in what you can do with it.

I must agree that I think it is basically the same kit that Marc is doing with minor differences.

I have not done a whitewash since theh old Verlinden days of the 1980's , and things have changed. Still looking forward anyway.

Good luck with the Jagd Pz.IV.

Regards,

Terry.

Thanks Terry,

For the record, I gave some thought to changing my build to the StuG after seeing your post last night.  Of course, I've been known to change my mind about a build more than once......

Cheers

Terry, glad to have you aboard.

Gentlemen.....just 10 days to go! Not so far away anymore is it?

Here's some pics of my Jagdtiger.

What doesn't  show up well in the photos is the 30 odd PE tie-downs for foliage. There's no way in he$% that I'm attempting to place those things.

Otherwise this appears to be a fairly straight forward build. I'm trying to figure out the tracks. I feel I have to assemble the roadwheels and leave the sprocket and idler loose. I've never don the "Doog" method, but it seems worth a try. Anyone's input appreciated.

Just noticed a mail from Dale over in the Stug  build so I will be using the Stug for that one and a 1/48th Tamiya marder over here.

Roll on the 1st.

Terry.

Nice one Bob, I was wondering who was contemplating doing this one. I must say that when I looked at the kit I thought that because it was limited to one particular vehicle that it may be somewhat bland or limiting in what you can do with it.

I must agree that I think it is basically the same kit that Marc is doing with minor differences.

I have not done a whitewash since theh old Verlinden days of the 1980's , and things have changed. Still looking forward anyway.

Good luck with the Jagd Pz.IV.

Regards,

Terry.

terry35

Well I hope I can meet the date but I have not had a slip up yet, count me in with the dragon expo '07 George Bose Stug III G early.  I read that somebody else was thinking of doing this kit as well, would be great from my point of view to have another one for comparsion.

 

Terry.

uh....that would have been me...I decided to go with a Jagdpanzer IV instead.  Not really sure that I wanted to tackle a winter scheme at the moment.  However, Wing Nut is doing a Cyber Hobby Stug III G early-my guess is that the kits are pretty much the same.

Looking forward to seeing your build for future reference though.

Well I hope I can meet the date but I have not had a slip up yet, count me in with the dragon expo '07 George Bose Stug III G early.  I read that somebody else was thinking of doing this kit as well, would be great from my point of view to have another one for comparsion.

Terry.

Wow. Just got my model from Spruebrothers. Took 3 days. They've made a customer out of me!

I don't know if I'd be a very good author per say, I will try to provide up-to-date pictures of my work. I don't have a studio area, so I've been trying to shoot outdoors, and you know the sunlight in the NW sucks. I know most haven't seen any of my work for I'm a notorious quiter. LOL

I have finished 5 GB's since I started: Panther, StuG, Italeri, Kursk, Elefant. it seems to be a motivator for me.

*I forgot to mention that if anyone with creative artisty would like to attempt a badge, feel free to submit ideas.

A thought has occurred to me.   Since this is your GB Eric... Does this mean we will finally get to see some WIP pics.  i don't believe I have ever seen that before.  Isn't that an internet law... mod a GB you must show pics?

Thanks Nate. Must be creative licensing from a few I've seen. Where's Field-Marshal Manny?

I don't know for sure, but I think they were pretty much all painted in a tri-colored scheme. Quite a few in ambush schemes too. I don't recall seeing any in 2 colored camo, but I'm not an expert on them either. Maybe someone else knows different?

Nate

The gratutious bump to remind people.

I was looking in the stash last night and noticed my Ferdinand premium edition. Hmmmmmm. The problem I have is that I built an Elefant some years ago, so I want to try something different. My Tamiya Hetzer is also staring at me. Sounds stupid, but I want to build one of my Dragon kits while I still some eyesight and patience left.

Of course that Jagdpanzer is on it's way from Spruebrothers..........However, I have a Panzer IV started in my stash, so that's enough tires to piant. LOL

More then likely going with the Jagdtiger and can't wait to rip the box open and start plotting a camo scheme and such. I think I'd really like to do a two-color combo. So, does anyone know if yellow and green, or yellow and red-brown would be more popular at this juncture of the war?

Holy Guacamole. I just checked Spruebrothers and purchasing another kit only added another $2 in shipping. A third kit, another 50 cents on top of the $2 for the second. Wow. Buy in bulk and save big bucks.

wing_nut

TigerPE1... why not opt for the Ferdinand.  No zim needed.  Except for adding a copula, moving the tool kit to the rear, adding the rain gutter to the front and maybe some other tiny cosmetic difference... it's the same thing. $34 at Sprue Bros.

Marc beat me to it. I have the premium edition of the Ferdy and it's pretty sweet.

I've built the plain-jane Elefant and it was an enjoyable build. I just added some Cavalier zimmerit and ended up going with the much maligned DS tracks which saved my sanity.

wing_nut

TigerPE1... why not opt for the Ferdinand.  No zim needed.  Except for adding a copula, moving the tool kit to the rear, adding the rain gutter to the front and maybe some other tiny cosmetic difference... it's the same thing. $34 at Sprue Bros.

Or model the Elephant as a Ferdinand in the middle of being converted but not yet recieving the zimm. That's what I am thinking to do for my non-zimmed Italeri Elephant. That or try applying zimm for the first time. Decisions, decisions...

Oh BTW, now that I know about the Sprue Bros. super specials I may have to put in an order soon. I just have to find a way to do it while keeping SWMBO happy. LOL

Denis

TigerPE1... why not opt for the Ferdinand.  No zim needed.  Except for adding a copula, moving the tool kit to the rear, adding the rain gutter to the front and maybe some other tiny cosmetic difference... it's the same thing. $34 at Sprue Bros.

Tigerman,

I just bought enough to where the 14% discount was more than the shipping.  Then it looks like free shipping...err...right?

TigerEP1,

I have spent in excess of $400 through Sprue Brothers since the beginning of December, and I have NEVER been disappointed.  Their shipping schedule is rock solid, I've never had anything broken or dented from them, and you'd be hard pressed to beat the prices in their Super Special section.  Especially Dragon armor kits.  It can be hard to catch the right kit at the right time, since he keeps most of his non special stock below 5 on hand, but overall, it's really tough to beat.

Well searching around i found the elefant with zimmerit for 55 bucks from sprue bros its a bit steep but i think its worth it int eh end, although they do have the 1:35 Dragon Elefant SdKfz 184 - Premium Edition Kit #6311 for 39 bucks but alas no zim. So i thin the 20 bucks extra will be worth me not losing ym sanity!

Ill order it next week, after i price it out at a few more places.

Any suggestions welcome. (im in the US)

Sprue Bros is always my 1st online stop. My mom never knows what to get me for bdays, Xmas etc so she gave me her credit card # and tell me what to get the gift cert for.  It's always at Sprue Bros.  A great arrangement if you ask me.

Depends on the time of day.... or ...it's all good .....

I hear that!  And both of mine are "home brew"  Dark roast with some espresso in th AM and right now for the PM working my way through an Irish red ale.  An IPA will be going the the brew bucket very soon

Dunno about the shipping.  Doesn't the Sprue Brothers site have a way to check the shipping charges of the order before you commit? 

Of course, you could order between $100 to $200 and get half price shipping.....or over $200 and get free shipping.....now that's the way to go....

I ordered the Jagdpanzer IV from Sprue brothers. Glad I waited, the extra $4 off was worth it. I was crying for not taking advantage of their sale during Christmas.

Anyone know how much they charge for postage for 2 kits? Obviously, It will be even cheeper if the shipping isn't all that affected by additional kits.

BigSmitty

I know I'm in with the Marder III H, but guess what I had delivered to my door this morning...

Not bad for one of their pre-SmartKit/Premium Editions.  Aluminum barrel, brass ammo, metal tow hooks.  Indy track links that are on sprues though.  Eep.  Reminds me of the old Tamiya Tiger I with four sprues of 80 indy tracks with three sprue attachment points each.  Bleah.  Oh, and my four man Dragon Marder crew showed up as well.  The ones without the heavy winter clothing.  Driver, loader (with ammo), gunner and commander figs.  A good Tuesday.

That's my build! Yes, magic tracks to boot. However, I do realize that I have about 7 qualifying kits in the stash for this build and if I buy that jagdpanzer............stay tuned.