Italeri Group Build Sept. 1, 2006-Jan. 15 2007

DURR wrote:

Rob Gronovius wrote: I've decided to change my build from the old Italeri Panzer IV to the old Italeri Panzer I. I found out I have the Aber PE for the Panzer IV and want to save that build for another day. Old Panzer I will be built mainly OOB. Rob i was hoping to follow your build to compare and see what i do wrong

I'm going to build my 1/35 Italeri Panther Ausf. A for this build, although it will be about a month before I begin as I'm on a serious roll with my aircraft builds. 

Rob Gronovius wrote:

I've decided to change my build from the old Italeri Panzer IV to the old Italeri Panzer I. I found out I have the Aber PE for the Panzer IV and want to save that build for another day. Old Panzer I will be built mainly OOB.

Rob

i was hoping to follow your build to compare and see what i do wrong

tigerman wrote:

My pitiful progress report is that the house is getting clean.  Yes it's Spring cleaning here at the end of Summer. Actually it feels great! Some parts of the house were teeing me off and just looking at it bugged the heck out of me. I often thought I should be cleaning that up rather than building. Once this is done and the yard of course, it should be clear sailing.

Sounds to me that you have your priorities in order.  I hope to get around to "spring cleaning" maybe by Christmas.  I salute you !

Larry

Hey Guys,

I hope it's not too late to join the group build.  This will be my first group build.  Oh and my the way, my model will be the 1/35 ITA202 SdKfz.234/2 Puma

Thanks,

Ron

Larry, I believe it did have movement, but like I said, It's been a few years. I'm sure it wasn't glued in place per say.

My pitiful progress report is that the house is getting clean.  Yes it's Spring cleaning here at the end of Summer. Actually it feels great! Some parts of the house were teeing me off and just looking at it bugged the heck out of me. I often thought I should be cleaning that up rather than building. Once this is done and the yard of course, it should be clear sailing.

As for actual work, I got some of the gun done and finally broke open the putty. I can't believe how putty free it is so far. Some of the pieces were poorly placed on the sprue and should have been reversed since the pin marks wouldn't have shown that way. poorly thought out. Oh well, onward we go.

It's a nice little kit, only 2 sprues.  A nice change of pace from the M18 I've been building.

Question - I can't tell from the instructions, but is the main gun on this tank supposed to be moveable?  My interpretation of the instructions indicate that the foremost mantle is glued into  place.  Does the Hetzer gun supposed to have some verticle movement capability? 

Thanks,

Larry

Italeri Group Build, Field Report #2

Hetzer 1/35 Update:

I took a couple of quick shots of the Hetzer before leaving for work this morning. There's not much to see on the inside, so I've posted a couple of exterior photos.

Another view.  The small artillery to the left is a piece from the Attack ! boardgame.

Still plenty to do.

Larry

DURR wrote:

315rooster wrote:  tigerman wrote: If Dragon were to do this kit, there would probably be 4 more sprues. Not that would be bad, but it's nice to build a kit that you know you might might actually finish. Accroding to the new Finescale, Dragon kits now have "Smart Engineering" that reduce the number of parts.  Nice.  That makes me happy. I've put 9 parts on my T3 Christie.  See below.  The face mask was in big-time use.  The yellow part took 2 hours to cut away all of the excess resin (more to shave off still with the Dremel). Grant   the only thing i see with "smart engineering" is they would have to mold more parts together    to me that would seem more like the old days that we were trying to get away from

You have a point there. Still, it seems like some pieces are overdone and could be simplified and still look great. I mean nobody wants a 50 piece 1/35th kit, but on the same token, how many of us want a 1000 piece kit? I'd prefer the in between, but of course that is just my .

Customizer, good start on the Demag, the dents add character.

315rooster wrote:

tigerman wrote: If Dragon were to do this kit, there would probably be 4 more sprues. Not that would be bad, but it's nice to build a kit that you know you might might actually finish. Accroding to the new Finescale, Dragon kits now have "Smart Engineering" that reduce the number of parts.  Nice.  That makes me happy. I've put 9 parts on my T3 Christie.  See below.  The face mask was in big-time use.  The yellow part took 2 hours to cut away all of the excess resin (more to shave off still with the Dremel). Grant

the only thing i see with "smart engineering" is they would have to mold more parts together    to me that would seem more like the old days that we were trying to get away from

customizer wrote:

Got a start on my Demag yesterday. So far so good. I threw a few dents on the front fenders, nothing major, just enough to give it character. Ron.

Comet wrote:

Here's my progress so far on the AS-42.The chassie was abit of a pain to get together because you have to get the 2 side sections plum square but there's nothing for them to rest against so it's a case of doing it all by eye,if I built another one of these I'd tape a block of balsa cut to size in the center.Apart from that everything else is going great and the detail of the moulding are superb.

Got a start on my Demag yesterday. So far so good. I threw a few dents on the front fenders, nothing major, just enough to give it character.

Ron.

Good to see your progress Rooster and Comet.

Even though it looks a tad inaccurate, I included Tamiya's Marder III hull MG. I liked the details better and the kits included a lot of flash. So far so good, I'm working on the 75mm today. Then it's putty time for the inside of the gunshield and a few other pieces.

tigerman wrote:

If Dragon were to do this kit, there would probably be 4 more sprues. Not that would be bad, but it's nice to build a kit that you know you might might actually finish.

That's one thing I notice about these Italeri kits, an acceptable amount of pieces. If Dragon were to do this kit, there would probably be 4 more sprues. Not that would be bad, but it's nice to build a kit that you know you might might actually finish.

Good to see you Steve. I built the one without the AA gun. It was nice kit.

Hi all,

Well here is my entry into this GB. It is the Opel Maultier (mule). This one is equipped with a flak 38 for protecting mainly supply units against enemy air attacks. They were very useful in the muddy Russian steppe.

The mule

The flak 38

My eyes are much better now and I will probably get started on this next weekend.

Thank you

Zip

biffa wrote:

larry im currently finishing up a sd.kfz 140/1 light tank based on the 38t chassis and it had two sets of drive sprockets one with holes on the outside ring one without i used the one with holes and the other is spare if you think you can use them i would be happy to send them your way (the hetzer was based also on the 38t chassis wasnt it? or are the pain meds messing with me heh)

Biffa,

Thanks a million for offering to send the part.  I think that the conversion will work out though.  Some drilling, cutting and sanding.....it doesn't look too bad.  I appreciate all the help and advice. 

Calling it a night (12:58 AM Dallas, TX time).

Larry

larry im currently finishing up a sd.kfz 140/1 light tank based on the 38t chassis and it had two sets of drive sprockets one with holes on the outside ring one without i used the one with holes and the other is spare if you think you can use them i would be happy to send them your way (the hetzer was based also on the 38t chassis wasnt it? or are the pain meds messing with me heh)  

edit* i just looked back at the box cover and the sprockets look the same the only thing you might have to do is make the track fit and find a way to mount it but that should be easier than making a whole new sprocket.