Tamiya SdKfz 7/2 . Completed build pictures .

The side screens were done with the p.e. from the Eduard set . The Tamiya kit has the gun platform access ladders molded in the stowed position so I made the ladders from scratch with styrene rod so I could display them in the down position . I used copper wire to attach the side screens to the side s of the gun platform .

A view of the rear with some of the Eduard pe details .

Johan , good to have you watching !

Hi Shellback.

That is some awesome work you have done there, really like the way that front axle came out!

Thanks for sharing!

Very Best Regards

Johan

Karl , thanks bro !

Those kit tracks are ancient . 40 yrs ago they might of been superb , but now .........not so much .

RX , I missed your post up there bro , thanks for the comment !

WOW, awesome work, Carl! That axle is trick! The tracks look great, too! Much better than kit tracks!

Terry , thanks for lookin !

Great work on the suspension. Looks like it's coming along nicely.

Now that is cool work!

Terry

The front suspension was steerable but looked like a toy when built so I added some scratch built parts to the front axle .

The vinyl tires had a heavy seam down the middle of the tread and I ruined one tire trying to sand off the  seams ridge . I replaced them with a resin set from Tank Workshop .

Here's how it looks with the new tires/ wheels .

I was even able to make the front axle pivot .

Hey Karl good to hear from you .

Nice looking project, Carl. This was always a great kit as it was. It should be quite the stunner when you're done.

Eric , you got that right bro .Tiny ! Especially compared to the Friuls I used on the Jagdtiger .

Tojo , Hope you will enjoy it .

Modeler , thanks for taking a look .

Looks good, looking forward to this build.

Carl,looking forward to an outstanding project.

Great start. Those tracks must be tiny little buggers.

This is the Eduard p.e. set for the Tamiya SdkFz 7/2 that I'll be using .

Here's a step by step on the Friul tracks with the explanation being below the picture .

1.The kit tracks are these ancient vinyl contraptions . They are too wide and poorly detailed by todays standards .I went with a set of Friuls .

2. and 3. . The kits wheels are made to fit the vinyl tracks which are overly wide so some surgery is needed to make them narrower to fit the Friuls .

4. The holes in the tracks for the brass wire connecting pins (you cut your own from a coil of brass wire provided by Friul) have a bit of flash and need drilling out .

5. , 6. and 7. Some of the track assembly .The rubber pads on the tracks are a separate part (those rectangular pieces at the bottom of 7 ) And they fit snuggly into a notch in the tracks .

8. The Friuls assembled and wrapped around the modified width wheels .

Thanks Eric

This should be sweet Carl. Great subject and I know it'll  be the bomb after all the AM's are added.

Hey guys thanks for looking in .

This is cool . The date 1972 molded into the chassis . That was the date that the SdKfz 7 ( the version with all of the seats ) was released by Tamiya.

Some very basic detail down here .I wont be doing much upgrading underneath .

And of course what would a WW II German armor vehicle be without all of those wheel parts ?

Should be a fun build. Looking forward to your progress.

Looking forward to it!