Hi everyone!
First off, I vote for the Pak40. 88's get way too much publicity.
Secondly, I just wanted to share some pics and a description of my progress. I am building Alan's SiG 33 gun in 1/35. The kit has been a bit of a trial for me so far. I am used to building Tamiya kits, as when I was originally into scale modelling that was most commonly available. This kit, although it has nice detail in places, has needed a lot of cleanup and putty, sometimes even surgery to make parts fit, and very ambiguous instructions.
I tried to detail and improve many kit parts, with varying degrees of suceess. I am proud of what I did with the sighting device, for example, but there is some bits on the carriage that are now hard to see, and other parts that look different, rather than improved.
The barrel was flat and distorted so a new Jordi Rubio barrel was ordered. The barrel itself was exceptional, with built in rifling, but I must admit this is my first AM barrel! It also came with some bits and pieces (breech etc.). Some were nice, but some where inferior to the kits. Choosing to combine the parts, instead of substituting them, made still more filling and sanding issues, and was quite frustrating. I actually came pretty close to making a terminal mistake a couple of times.
I finished up construction more or less last night, then base coated it tonight, only to find more filling/sanding. Again I came close to really stuffing it up. I then had my first go at painting camoflauge freehand with an airbrush, (I am a bit of a novice with airbrushes). Needless to say, I learnt a lot from the experience!
So here is my progress for the last couple of days.
Next up is clear coating, decals and then weathering, but I may well leave it for a week or so. I overestimated my abilities for this one, so I might have to re-evaluate what my plans are.
All advice welcome, of course, but there will be better pics to critique later!
Cheers,
Matt