1/72 German Armor Group Build

I'll tellya duke the Maus has A TON OF ROADWHEELS!!!( 48 to be exact LOL ) well it was a 180 ton tank. btw it comes with the russian decals to make the "captured Russian" vehicle,it wasn't really captured by the russians.to keep enemy intelligence from finding out too much the germans painted russian markings on the first prototype,Then said THEY captured it from the russians lol at least that is what my references say.

And Frosty GLAD TO SEE YA it's been a while since i posted on the flying circus thread if ya liked my tripe ARMOR is my forte

Awesome! Can't wait to see your Maus. I have been considering getting two of them: one to make German of course, and one to make captured Russian.

Ain't that Jagdpanther fun?

Grant, I agree. It is great to see things like Zimm added to these little tanks. It's about time a company woke up and started to do this!

Frosty, despite what my bench shows, I agree with you on the time part! There's never enough of it! And yes, I knew you couldn't resist!

I say go for a Dragon kit! Fit is almost always great, and the detail is incredible. They almost always give you some P/E parts as well. Just watch out for all the itty-bitty pieces! You'll get alot of tweezer time on a Dragon kit, I assure you! Still, I think you'll find that it will be a most enjoyable build!

DUKE great looking tanks ya got there duke i'm building the same Jagdpanther as well and as for my Maus i should have some pictures of it this tuesday

FROSTYGIRL plz join us the more the merrier

I love it when Dragon adds things to their kits so that you don't have to.



Grant

Thanks everyone for looking. I appreciate the comments.

willjanuary wrote:

Looks great the only problem I see is the Hasegawa Panthers Turret is too small.

Thank you Will. You're right, the Panther's turret is small. This is the Panther F. It was a little-known variant of the Panther G that was designed to improve the tank's armor as well as manufacturability. Sometimes it is also known as the Panther G "Schmalturm". The smaller turret was designed to help reduce the forward silhouette thus attempting to make the tank a more difficult target. This tank was also the first tank to have installed a primitive stereo range finder. Only one Panther F was built by the end of the war.

315rooster wrote:

Nice work Duke, What method of zim did you use on the Jagdpanther? I've always been a big fan of the Hasegawa Panthers.  I can't wait to see all of these finished. Grant

Thanks Grant. The zimm on the Jagdpanther one was molded on at the Dragon factory. I didn't have to do anything to zimm it, thank goodness!

razordws wrote:

Looking good Duke but they are just begging for a wash and some mud on them. Sorry haven't contributed yet but I have 3 projects on the bench already and I hope to clear some of them off before I start on my Dragon stug IV late version. Keep the pictures coming everyone.

Thanks Razor! They'll have some wash and dusty drybrush applied before long. I'm trying to get a few other projects caught up a bit more before clearcoating these, applying the decals, and finishing them with the wash, dullcoat, and drybrush. I'm looking forward to seeing the ones you get done as well.

Thanks again for the comments and I'll post more when these guys are done.

Looking good Duke gut they are just begging for a wash and some mud on them.

Sorry haven't contributed yet but I have 3 projects on the bench already and I hope to clear some of them off before I start on my Dragon stug IV late version.

Keep the pictures coming everyone.

Nice work Duke,

What method of zim did you use on the Jagdpanther?

I've always been a big fan of the Hasegawa Panthers.  I can't wait to see all of these finished.

Grant

Looks great the only problem I see is the Hasegawa Panthers Turret is too small.

Frosty, please! Bring me back to the days when we were in Braille Scale Group Builds together! Let me feel the joy of building another Braille Scale tank at the same time as one of your Braille Scale creations evolves into the incredible representaions you build! I know you can handle it! After all, you are building CARS and everyone knows how difficult they can be with their shiny finishes!



Okay, enough of the Shakespearean begging. Frosty, time to get back to your roots. I would be honored and privilaged to participate once again in a Group Build with you. Even though I am almost done with three subjects for this Group Build, I still have a couple others I can start to build alongside whatever you decide to do.

Speaking of projects almost done, here are pics of my three tanks ready for clearcoat and decals. Afterwards, I'll wash them, dullcoat them and drybrush them. Check them out (click on photos to enlarge):

My 1/72 scale Dragon Jagdpanther with Zimmeritt:



My 1/72 scale Dragon Jadgtiger (Porsche)



My 1/72 scale Hasegawa Panther F. Also my first poor attempt at an Ambush color scheme:



I hope you all enjoy and I hope, Frosty; that this will motivate you to join us all here in this Group Build! I'll post more pics when these are done.

You know...I've defaulted on 3.5 quick builds (two weekend builds and a full week build...the 4th one was just a really bad kit that was unfinishable).  This full year thing is wonderful.  You can really put forth a fantastic `show quality' kit.

You can handle it Frosty.  I've got 4 other kits started that are on hold for this one.

Progress:  I like to average 8 parts on the kit a day.  I'm up to 16 in two days.  The lower hull of the Stug IV is almost built...loving the kit. 

Grant

Come, Frosty...you must not resist the Dark Side. Just one more little bitty build...it's only in 1/72nd scale, and a whole year to build it...



Kent

That sounds good Grant. I did something similar with my StuG IV. I'll be looking forward to seeing pics.

Speaking of Pics, I should be taking a few more soon. My three models for this Group Build are fully camouflaged and ready for a clearcoat prior to applying decals, wash and drybrushing. I'll see if I can get those pics up along with the JP IV Lang that you wanted Grant.

I plan on starting the Dragon Stug IV Early tonight.  It should be fun, and I'll keep you posted on how it is going.  I'm going to probably go with a simple camo pattern of green stripes only.

Grant

315rooster wrote:

Mine were looser than loose.  Send photos when you can.  I believe that I built the Lang also. Grant

Okay. I'll take some new ones. Mine are all backed up on a CD and the originals are unaccessible on my olther drive. I'll try to have them posted in a day or so.

Mine were looser than loose.  Send photos when you can.  I believe that I built the Lang also.

Grant

Thanks for that warning. I actually found that on my Jagdpanzer IV lang, the tracks fit very snug. I didn't notice whether there was anything to introduce the sag though. Now that it's complete, I'll check it and see if it is necessary to add pins to drop the sag. Thanks Grant for the heads-up.

Duke Maddog wrote:

...Hasegawa 1/72 scale Jagdpanzer IV. I got the lower chassis an some of the wheels done on her, but I haven't installed the roadwheels yet:

This is just a warning.  I love Hasegawa armor, but that particular kit has a bit of a flaw with it.  When you build the panzer IV tanks from Hasegawa, there are chunks of plastic that allow/force the tracks to have a sag.  The Jagdpanser IV kit does not have these little hunks of plastic.  This forces the tracks to be long by about 1/8" to 1/4", and there is no built in sag.  You may want to use pins or fishing line to force a sag in the tracks.

Otherwise, I loved the kit.

Grant

PanzerWulff wrote:

well just for show heres my 1/72 panther for the battle for germany 45 GB

Looks fantastic.  Nice work.  I'm glad that I've got 11.5 months to break open the kit now.

Grant

Count me in.

I'll be building the Dragon Stug IV Early.  It comes with a lot of neat stuff in the box.

Grant

PanzerWulff wrote:

Cool Maddog i was thinking of picking up a Jagdtiger myself along with a Stug III let us know what you think of the kit the info will make shopping easier

Well, I built the Dragon StuG IV but not the III. If it is anything like the IV, it should be a great kit. One thing I liked about the StuG IV was the wheel hubs molded seperately so the tires could be painted seperately.

There is alot of detail on this Jagdtiger; even so, this kit is easy to assemble and fairly falls together. The main gun does not elevate well, but then, that is a very minor point when you consider how detailed everything else is. Once I get the Jagdtiger finished, I'll take a pic of it next to my very old Esci Jadgtiger that I built over 25 years ago. This should be intersting!

 Bottom line, Panzer Wulff: Go for it!

Well my parents won't take me to a hobby shop.

Heres my new armor site i need mods! Check it out!

s15.invisionfree.com/panzers

Nice panther I bet that paint scheme was hard.

Cool Maddog i was thinking of picking up a Jagdtiger myself along with a Stug III let us know what you think of the kit the info will make shopping easier

That is great! I also got started on two more Dragon models of German armor. I started the 1/72 scale German Jagdpanther with Zimmerit and the 1/72 scale German Jagdtiger Porsche version. The Panther F is fully basecoated and needs the track installed before I camouflage the rest of it. That's where I stand so far. Once again, when my PC is re-assembled with a new Hard Drive, I'll take pics and post them. By that time though at the rate things are going, I'll be done with these as well before my PC is back up!

Stay tuned....

well the MAUS is built and headed for paint .I'm still deciding on wether to do one of the schemes given with the kit or dream something up Later Guys

That is awesome! Great camo pattern, very original! I tried to post pics of my finished Jagdtiger and the start of my Panther F but then my hard drive crashed. I'm on the wife's PC so I have no access to my pics. Once I get my other PC back up, I'll have pics posted.

YUP heres a good frontal shot that should give you a size reference

thanx for the compliment Will

THATS 1/72?????????????????

well just for show heres my 1/72 panther for the battle for germany 45 GB

hope ya like it until i can post some of my MAUS pics