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Bish, can you sign me up for a AFV German UHU. Sd.Kfz. 251/20 Ausf.D in 1/35

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Looking good there Tony.

Thanks for your comments guys.

More progress. The road wheels are all painted on both the Wirbelwind and Kubelblitz, the tracks are done on the Kubelblitz and the upper and lower hulls are joined, as well as spare track links and road wheels.

Cheers

Tony

Shiv - Great work on the Momsen. Doing that 1/700 PE is like knitting with spiderwebs, isn't it?

Tony - Your panzer twins are shaping up beautifully. I think the Wirbelwind's camouflage looks just fine.

Tony: nice job on the Wirbelwind camo...and the Kugelblitz is coming along nicely.  

I have Dragon's Kugel and was going to basecoat it in Olivgrun, too.

They are looking great Tony. And nice to see the Kugel in all green.

Well I sprayed both the Kugelblitz and the Wirbelwind tonight. Both look a bit like they need some weathering, but at least I got some color modulation in. I'll start the weathering process after painting the roadwheels tomorrow.

For the Kugelblitz, since there are no existing photos, I've just given it the very late war base coat of dark green, but in about six different shades to start of the light and shade effect.

I was getting a bit tired by the time I sprayed the camo on the Wirbelwind, I might have a look at it again tomorrow and make a decision whether to reload the airbrush and touch it up a bit.

Cheers

Tony

Yeah, looks great Shiv, I can't get ships done as quickly as that either.

That's looking really nice shiv.

got the deck painted and decaled and finished the superstructure. Hull and superstructure still need paint and the small pieces need to be added to the deck. Don't have the shade of grey I need so have to wait till my LHS opens tomorrow. Nothing is glued yet.

No worries Tony, sounds like a plan. I will message eagle just in case he misses this. I know he is having some well deserved family time so it could be a few days between visits. One thing I didn't realize until I built the 35th kit was that the turret was a complete ball, with no access to the hull. With 3 crew in there and all the other equipment and ammo, it must have been a tight squeeze.

shiv, that's certainly nice work.

Nice work Shiv.

Bish - I'd rather add them one at a time if that's ok. You can add the Kugelblitz now. I'd rather do that than not complete some of them, if that happens to be the case.

BTW, the Kugelblitz is ready for some primer now.

Cheers

Tony

Yes the ship is 700 scale and the kit comes with 2 sheets of PE. Overall length of the model is 9 3/4 inches

Great work e eryone! I'm in the states already, so I have only limited access to the forum....

shiv, thats 700 scale right. That's some fine detail there. Does the PE come with the kit or is that AM.

got part of the superstructure to the USS Momsen finished. The radar panels will go on after all the painting is done.

hope to get the other part of the superstructure finished this week end

Tony, can I just confirm that you are doing all 5 Pz IV AA variants in 1/48th scale. We only have you down for the Wirbelwind at the moment.

Nice progress guys.

I got some time in this AM on the turret....

there is so many issues with this kit, it's not worth spending the time to make the corrections.   Maybe Tamiya or Trumpeter will do the kit right in the near future.

Thanks Bish and Greg. The info on the Kugelblitz is timely. I started it last night. Here's the fun bit.

It was really just a case of tidying up the resin which was pretty OK, opening out the turret hole a little and mounting the ball turret.

I don't think the 3cm Flak 103/38 guns are available as turned barrels in this scale. Verlinden give a length of plastic tub, but its not rigis enough, so I might use microtube, then hollow out the resin Verlinden muzzles.

I just depress a tiny screw driver into some softened Tamiya putty to make the zimmerit pattern. The AFV Club Sturmtiger kit that I built a couple of years ago had a little photoetched zimmerit rake, but it was still overscale for 1/48 so I don't use it.

Cheers

Tony

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Greg H - Nice work on the M247. Are you going to use the kit scheme, or do you have something special in mind?

Greg: I'm going with the plain-jane OD.  A former co-worker was trained on the M247 prior to it being scrubbed, he said the ones he crewed were just green.

Your Bloodhound looks good so far.

Wayne - Beautiful job on the ZSU-23/4. Hope your club display at Wings Over The Rockies is a great success!

Tony - The Wirbelwind is shaping up nicely. Do you use a special tool for the zimmerit, or just "wing it"?

Greg H - Nice work on the M247. Are you going to use the kit scheme, or do you have something special in mind?

Got a little basic construction work done on the Bloodhound. I figure I'll add a little plumbing to the launcher, a basic interior and a few external details to the Land Rover.

Have a great weekend, all!

Tony, according to Panzer Tracks, two were built in Feb 45, but I have not seen any mention of them entering service. You can really do them in what ever scheme you like. I certainly have not seen any photo's of them.

Nice start on the York.

Well, I started on the M247 Sgt York a few days ago.  I have the Eduard p-e set, but I think I'll save it for a "production" version using an M60 hull as opposed to the M48 in this kit. 

Here's the unfinished hull pics:

  Here's the underside with the motorization holes filled in  Now to work on the turret.....

Hi Greg,

Thanks, but I want 1/48 not 1/35.

Cheers

Tony

I just bought a Mobelwagen, think I'm hooked.

Tony: Look for the Dragon Kugelblitz kit, instead of the Verlinden conversion

Thanks Greg.

I think I saw something that said there were five Kubelblitz's built as prototypes too, although they may have seen service at the end of the war. I'd love to know what the camo was like.

Looks like I'll have to get into these prototypes if  I'm to complete five duck hunters based on the Panzer IV.

I took a look at the Verlinden Kubelblitz conversion last night. It just requires a bit of surgery to the upper hull to make it fit. The guns are deplorable though, I'll have to look for turned metal barrels.

I'll post some pics soon, might as well strike whilst I'm keen.

Cheers

Tony

Tony & Bish: FYI - the Moebelwagen with the Vierling gun was a one-of - it never went into production and was dismantled and rebuilt with the 3,7cm gun.

Nice work Tony.

Photo's of that version are limited, but then so are photo's of the 3.7cm version. These are the most well known ones that appear in most books.

As far as I know the upper part is the same as the 3.7cm gun. But this version was only on the older hull, with the 4 top rollers.  

If you want, I can scan the Tamiya instructions for the 35th kit and send them to you at the weekend.

There is yet another Pz IV Flak version, the Ostwind II. That never left the drawing board, but I would like to add that to complete the Pz IV Flak collection.

I've added some zimmerit to my 1/48 Wirbelwind using Tamiya putty and primed the whole thing with flat black. Good news is that my spraying area in the garage is accessible again.

Bish -  do you know of any detail photos of the four gun Mobelwagen ? I did find one photo via google but it's a bit limited.

Cheers

Tony