Construction of the SD.Kfz 250/3 Papermodel - Page 7

Johnny · 05-12-2006

That bloody cat!!
Almost destroyed the Greif today! The body was split in two, and several inside items was lying around....
The cat was almost done as a "popsinger" after this...
I will fix it, but the model has got some bad injurys.

alan2525 · 05-12-2006

OUCH!

What was the Cat doing on your modelling table!

I hope it's salvageable, it's been great watching this model come together it'd be a disaster not to complete it!

**Bunkerbarge** · 05-12-2006

I assume the cat is now nailed to a wall by it's tail.

A quick death would be too lenient!

Johnny · 05-12-2006

That insane furball jumped up to a window above my workbench...and pulled a porselain figure down on the Greif from approx one meter.....

I'm now in the middle of reconstructing the upper hull.....
It was broken on both sides....broken at the rear end...and at the left front end....steeringwheel was damaged....the tank on the right inside was pulled off...one of the windows was so destroyed It couldn't be fixed, so I glued it on...the gazmaskcontainers was ripped off, and the rim around the upper hull was broken in 3 places.
And now after several hours of work, I can see the end of the reparation.
So a couple of hours and some help from Tamiyas weathering sets I think the damages will not be seen in the end.

Johnny · 14-12-2006

Had to take a break from the wheels and caterpillars....
So I made one of the sideskirts and the exhaustbox.

I did not have my digicam available during the buildprocess, so I come back with the construction report on the other skirt and toolbox.

Johnny · 18-12-2006

Working on details on the left side.

Supporters for the hull

Details

Johnny · 02-01-2007

Making tracks.
The first tracks I got was a bit out of propotions, so Rafal at Drafmodel made several sets before I got the one I wanted.Hats off to him for his effort in making me satisfied!!
This is very slow work....not many links made so far from the new set.
But here is what I got so far.What do you think of the colors used??

So now it's off to my nightshift....and the Pak

Johnny · 09-01-2007

The right sideskirt.

The sideskirt is made of two parts.outer and inner part.

Straight forward assembly....just glue together, shape the corners and glue the ends

Attached to the hull

Next will be the front fender and the toolbox between the fender and the skirt.

Johnny · 10-01-2007

The front fender and the toolbox.

Same procedure here.The fender is made of the outer and inner skin and another piece.

The outer part is shaped, next will be gluing the inner part and the inside shaper to the left on the pic

The fender and topcover for the toolbox are in place

alan2525 · 10-01-2007

I never realised the SDKFZ 250 had such an odd arrangement on the drive wheel, it's a 12 sided wheel with rollers fitted to the tips of the drive teeth.

Those tracks and running gear are looking excellent painted!