Bobs StuG no 2 ! Tamiya 1/35 B

[BattleshipBob]

Hes the chap i copied the shell impact. Look for Hornet hobbies, they have a good few builds with Dave Forest. Hes a good teacher and i have learnt a lot. Well worth watching

 

[BattleshipBob]

Bit more progress

Added some more of the tools, jack. Rear fenders with I hope some suitable damage with one folded up



Fitted the headlight covers with one buckled, damaged Notek (missing) and added others

Its nerd time
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According to Zimmerman and Muller the B did not have the wooden rack to store the radio antenna, but used a V shaped bracket attached to the end of the engine intake grills


But have photos of the B's using the wooden rack so whats ,what. Going to dig a bit deeper to see if it was fitted during the B's builds? nothing in the book?

Cheers Bob

 

[adt70hk]

Sir Bob thank you for showing a mere mortals what the track shield should look like when fitted.
That white weld line looks good. As for the hits I saw the other day that if you push the end of a brush into the impact and then twist it around, remove and add a little cement to the area it will give a realistic spatter effect on the area. Not tried it myself yet but it looked effective on the Y tube video.

I've not tried this technique yet but I like some of his other bids. Thx for reminding me to have a look at

 

[JR]

I've not tried this technique yet but I like some of his other bids. Thx for reminding me to have a look at

Andrew when you've seen it could you tell me what you think please .

 

[Mr Bowcat]

but will also try bullet holes.

Bob, if you would like to add some realistic bullet holes I'm going to the range this weekend. I can offer you .22 or .357. May be a bit over-scale.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Very generous but might just blow it to bits

 

[BattleshipBob]

In primer!

For the first used Mr Surfacer 1500 black thinned 50/50 with their leveling thinner as a primer and very happy bunny i am, will use again i can see why it gets good reviews

Went on so smooth, covered all of the glue marks and dried very quickly, cracking finish to boot






Even makes my attempts at weld seams look ok pleased with them as well, so far so good

The dust bits are after and not in the paint , i have to spray in a cold, drafty and dusty garage so despite using a booth and hoovering every time i still see the dreaded dust bits!

Also did the wheels


The easy link tracks have arrived so they are next then top coat, then a first go at a bit of modulation

thanks bob

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Looks cracking Bob.

Once you've tried that primer you'll never go back! I also have the white version so I can mix various shades of grey if I need to.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Andy , impressed to be fair!
Only issue was a different way to clean the airbrush

Flushed it through with lacquer thinners

 

[Mini Me]

Good man, hope you used your respirator. Rick H.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Oh yes Rick, just taking the lids off was bad enough!! But never used lacquer paints and have posted a ? ref using the tammy lacquer paints, do they always go on so smoothly??

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Bob, I haven't used the Tammy ones yet but the Mr Color lacquer paints go on a dream, just like their primers. From what I've heard the Tamiya ones are good too and I'm sure to be giving them a go at some point.

 

[JR]

Looks good Bob, really impressive. Thanks for those photos, I can see how far up my track guards need to go now.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks John

After the tracks going to top coat then modualtion!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Evening, some more progress

Had a go at the easy link tracks



they are not joined together yet, fitted loose just to see if the sags ok, pleased with it!

Plus points: very easy to build up, made it one long length in about 10 minutes?
Negs: Casting not as crisp as friules and a few of the locking tabs missing or damaged, also not a great fit on the sprocket, do not seem as flexible, just my opinion

But so much easier, no drilling, fiddly wires or glueing!

Next Vallejo panzer grey sprayed on, note one of the s hooks as escaped!






Looking ok, what do you think, criticism always welcome

Next is youtube to see whats this modulation is all about

thanks bob

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Next is youtube to see whats this modulation is all about

Looking good Bob, my Easy Tracks turned up in the post today.

If you can find it, Sergio Solo has done a video of modulating this exact kit in the same colour. Might be worth a look.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Andy

The tracks are so easy, like John i used a track jig but double sided tape will do.

Will see if i can find the chap on YT

Bob

 

[Lee Drennen]

Looking smart Bob

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Lee, appreciated

Fun bits next and more experiments

 

[BattleshipBob]

Some of you may have read that i was questioning the fitment of the wooden rail for the antenna as it was not fitted from the factory on the B. I have contacted Wolfgang Zimmerman THE Mr Stug who kindly told me that they were first fitted to the Ausf D but retro fitted on the A, b, c etc. So you can fit either the U or V shaped bracket as from the factory or the rail.

What a nerd i am