Ian M's Sd.Kfz.8 12t half track. Trumpeter. 1/35.

[Ian M]

Just caught up with your build, so far looking really good. Compared to the Tamiya offering it looks so much better.
Mike.

They do look a lot like each other to us mere mortals but to them in the know, the Tamiya on is an 18 ton and this 'only' a 12 ton.
(I made almost the same mistake).

[Guest]

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From left to right:

• leichter Zugkraftwagen 1 t (Sd.Kfz. 10), DEMAG model D 7
• leichter Zugkraftwagen 3 t (Sd.Kfz. 11), HANOMAG model H kl 6
• leichter Zugkraftwagen 5 t (Sd.Kfz. 6), Büssing-NAG model BN 9
• mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8 t (Sd.Kfz. 7), Krauss-Maffei model KM m 11
• schwerer Zugkraftwagen 12 t (Sd.Kfz. 8), Daimler-Benz model DB 10
• schwerer Zugkraftwagen 18 t (Sd.Kfz. 9), FAMO model F 3

Photo from Walter Spielberger’s Die Halbketten-Fahrzeuge des deutschen Heeres 1909–1945 (Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1984 (2nd edition).

[Ian M]

Nice line up- I can see that I might be building a few more of these...

[Ian M]

Well how odd. I am waiting on two parcels. One from Poland with GLS the other from Jutland with the postal 'service'. Both Should have come today, however they have both been delayed in distributions centre... Weird.
One of them has paint in, the other a kit and more importantly GLUE! So I am at a point where there is not a lot I can get on with until one of the parcels turns up!

Today I got this far:



Points for creative clamping. 9/10.
The top picture the side part needed to be pulled down and the bottom one held in. I think there is a tiny bend or twist in the bed.
The one thing I can't clamp my way out of is the rear end of the side panels...

I can get the part down so it meets the 'mudguard' but that gives a step at the top and or a wedge shape gap where the side joins the back... I figured this will be the easiest to fix, a little dab filler along the bottom job done? we will see.
And yes both the Tamiya and the Mig Glue bottles are running on fumes.

Cheers.

[Mini Me]

If you can get MEK, it works great as a substitute, till your glue arrives. I use it regularly to bump the potency of my Testor's liquid cement........cheap as dirt and makes a bottle of glue last twice as long. :thumb2:

[Ian M]

I just need to remember to put the lid on tight and stop knocking it over.
I like the stuff from mig. Thin brush and sets up quick. But a tall round bottle... way to easy to tip over. I super-glued thus one to a square of plastic scrap.

[BattleshipBob]

Very nice Ian of a interesting vehicle.

Sorry, very late but got a few interesting builds to catch up with!

[Mickc1440]

Nice progress Ian, hope that post arrives soon

[scottie3158]

Ian, coming on nicely.

[Tim Marlow]

That’s building up well Ian. Starting to look the part.

[Jim R]

Excellent progress. I hope your clamping works and not too much filling in needed.

[Ian M]

Cheers chaps.

Excellent progress. I hope your clamping works and not too much filling in needed.

Just a little swipe at the rear of the track guards.
My to parcel deliveries still not arrived yet

[Ian M]

Yeah! Paint arrived today. Only delayed two days!!!

So I got to spray the primer on. Now curing until tomorrow...


A few bits to sort with a hairy stick and a couple of bits to spray Black and some leather seats to sort out! Then its colour time.

[Mini Me]

Very Nice.........muddle model on!

[Jim R]

Two days isn't too bad a delay. We have a few delays in the UK due to industrial action among postal workers.
Looks as if the paint has gone on nicely.