FINISHED PICS!--Page 10--DML HORNISSE

Update page 2?  I totally missed page 1.  Oh well, found it now and as usual you are up to your old tricks. Beautiful work there doog.  Redleg makes a good point.  How is that you are speeding up as you age and we are slowing down? 

I think Ps1scw is refering to the color of the Verlinden PE being copper and there appears to be a ton of it in there.  BTW nice work on all that bending too.  Copper tneds to get ripped off a lot.  Every  now and then there is a story about the wiring pulled out of a construction site for the copper.  Seems like a lot of work to me.  I always thought the idea behind stealing was to "take" and not "work".

Dang Doog. Great work, especially the PE! I avoided those ammo racks like the plague when I build mine...some major patience (and dexterity) involved in putting those together correctly.

Keep it up!

Mansteins revenge wrote:

Amazing PE work and great tootiledge...I am begining to fall in love with your "Horny-Z"...

Thanks, too, dupes--hey if you still have thise PE racks and aren't using them, I'd love to take 'em off your hands!? I could use them for my Nashorn!

Thaks, Marc--I get ya about the "Copper" thing--I saw two guys stealing it on "Cops"! LOL!

Thanks too, detailfreak! Glad to help you avert the side panel disaster!

More updates soon!

the doog wrote:

Thanks, too, dupes--hey if you still have thise PE racks and aren't using them, I'd love to take 'em off your hands!? I could use them for my Nashorn!

Hey, let me root around in the spare parts box and see if I still have them...I can't imagine I wouldn't, but I built my Hornisse a while ago, and don't remember if I already gave them away. If not, they're yours!

doog

I am on the edge of my seat waiting for more!  As always, your WIPs are a great guide and resource.  Thanks man!

By the way, does this kit come with a radio?  I have the Nashorn Premium Kit and was a little disappointed to find out (and how I missed it when I read the reviews is beyond me) that they include a great little photoetch radio rack, but no radio to go in it!  Is this common to all Dragon open tops?  If so, any ideas where to get a radio?  Sorry to go off on a bit of a tangent here...

Thanks, dupes! That would be so cool! I'll trade ya something, or reimburse ya for the shipping--just let me know!

Thanks, Ron--nice to see you around again! When are we going to see another creation from your tank factory? I do remember that outstading Nashorn, by the way--one of the best I've seen!

Thanks too, Boyd! The Verlinden set actually DOES come with a resin radio and power module. Verlinden actually has a nice little radio set available as well, that has like three radios and accessories in it; you can probably still get it--I have a set of it, and it's been useful to have one around.

the doog wrote:

Verlinden actually has a nice little radio set available as well, that has like three radios and accessories in it; you can probably still get it--I have a set of it, and it's been useful to have one around.

Good to know.  Thanks again!

the doog wrote:

Thanks, dupes! That would be so cool! I'll trade ya something, or reimburse ya for the shipping--just let me know!

Doog - PM me your mailing address...I'll look for those racks tonight. If I get lucky, I'll put it in the mail tomorrow morning after breakfast!

detailfreak wrote:

doog,those locating tabs your were pondering are to hold securely one six pack of russian bee reppellant

He's right, if I remember my reference correctly they worked almost like a smoke grenade launcher. Kind of a last ditch effort to ward off swams during a retreat. I feel like a later variant had something similar to a flare launcher on an aircraft- it would shoot off clods of honey in an attempt to divert the bees attention similar to the flare's role as a heat seaking countermeasure.

I got it in a book somewhere I'll scan a picture for you.

Looks like it's coming along great though! Other than a few Murphy's Law hickups (which you've fixed very well I might add). Starting to follow this a bit late but always look forward to these open top vehicles. You planning on stickin a few people in this one when your finished? You're doing a Summer paint job on this one right? So Hans and Franz going to get little shorts and little flower lei necklaces, kick back and take in some sun? You can scratch build a little 1/35 stein with an umbrella in it right?  

  Doog this ones turning out great. Ditto on the ammo racks they turned out fantastic. Love the wing nuts.

 Is it me or does the Verlinden pe seem stiffer and harder to bend than other after-market brands?  

panzerguy wrote:

Is it me or does the Verlinden pe seem stiffer and harder to bend than other after-market brands?

Thanks too, Rob, Seth and Chris--I'm doing a summer scheme of green-on-DY; Hans and Franz will get the "Pea Pattern Hawaiian shirt/shorts camo combo" and of course, the requisite regulation floopy straw hat w/appropriate branch decals on the side, LOL! I'll be sticking a loading crew in there to show off the racks.

Thanks too, dupes! PM sent!

I'm working on the painting of the interior right now! Updates maybe later? 

Looking good Karl, your making that verlinden etch look too easy.

Terry.

Thanks, Terry and Chris!

I have a painting update; first I put down a pre-shading base of Tamiya Red Brown + Black. Not too worried about "absolute" coverage here--just a dark base for some parts that I know I'll want to have shadows...

Then another coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow lightened with about 50% White. Also, not too worried about an absolute evenness of coverage here--my goal is a little bit of color variation.

And then, even more White added, to almost a light tan...I shade this from top-down; the bottom of the pieces receive very little coverage, so as to provide a gradient of color from top-down...

And here's the camo coat, added with Tamiya XF65 Field Gray, which is a nice panzer-greenish-gray/green. The decals have also been added. I actually had issues with the kit's decals fracturing--had to scrounge the decal folder for some crosses, and repaint part of the numbers!

The sides are still not glued on; I left them off yet for painting and detailing. I also have replaced the inside lifting pintles with accurate scratched pieces. The DML ones are just plain wrong.

Time to work on the interior weathering now. I'll have an update as soon as I can get something worth showing!

Not sure how I missed this thread but again another stellar build Doog!!!

My DML Elefant (premium edition) should be here early this week and this thread just got me even more motivated to get  started on it right away! Although I am dreading the PE parts as this will be my first attempt at mixed media.

Keep up the good work!

That's nice lookiing Karl.

I haven't had time to pick up a model or see Gran Torino, work has been insane, I guess I'm going to have to live vicariously through you for the next couple weeks.

please go see Valkyrie and post a review.  JK.  

That's looking real nice, how'd you get the sprayed on effect with the airbrush for the camo scheme? Just a really low pressure or not much paint? It looks much cooler than the usual solid line, a real "field applied" look

I like what I see! Good luck finding the info on the shell colors, wish I could help

Nice freehand camo. Coming along nicely.

Rounds Complete!!

Crikey Doog!

I am so glad I build 1:72 as I could never compete with these fantastic builds you are working through.

Superb work mate!

I do have this Dragon kit in 1:72. Make a nice shelf partner to my Trumpy Emil

Cheers

MikeJ

Wow, Doog!!!!!

As always, I'm amazed at your work. Evidently, all that DML plastic and Verlinden copper-looking PE actually does build up into a pretty nice Hornisse, if the right person is building it!

Funny how Verlinden stuff is. It's the wrong size, it's hard to fold, it doesn't quite fit - and yet, for those with the patience of Job, it can make for a very rewarding build.

~J