Trumpeter 1/35 Waffenträger 88mm PAK 43

[Guest]

I think a patchy look is good Graham. It gives a sense of how such a surface would look from atmospheric exposure.

[Guest]

Looking good and patchy is better than solid.

[Robert1968]

This is looking very good Graham ( looks nice and mean to!


Regards


Robert

[geegad]

I remember when your dog eat this original kit cause i remember i wanted to build it just cause of that big ass pe gun shield nice...


Like where your at with this build look forward to seeing more of this build

[Gern]

Very nice, tidy build so far Graham. I know you did a great job soldering up the ammo box, but is the PE the only way to do this in the kit? I would have thought it would be easier to mould a plastic one and just use PE for the hinges etc if it's going to be closed. I've never seen the point of PE for closed boxes. It needs a fair degree of skill to bend and seal the edges of a PE box, much easier to just glue a plastic one on.

[Guest]

I remember when your dog eat this original kit cause i remember i wanted to build it just cause of that big ass pe gun shield nice...
Like where your at with this build look forward to seeing more of this build

Cheers John, as I mentioned above, I now know this is a different kit, I have included the original box art above somewhere and it is a completely different vehicle. Not sure if the original one I had is still available but it would be interesting to get it as that vehicals, two of them actually, are documented as being in service. This one, I cannot find anything so may not have actually been built.

[Guest]

Very nice, tidy build so far Graham. I know you did a great job soldering up the ammo box, but is the PE the only way to do this in the kit? I would have thought it would be easier to mould a plastic one and just use PE for the hinges etc if it's going to be closed. I've never seen the point of PE for closed boxes. It needs a fair degree of skill to bend and seal the edges of a PE box, much easier to just glue a plastic one on.

In this case I totally agree with you Dave but no, there is only the one external box and that is PE only but you could just leave it off, it isn't on the box art.

[Guest]

Got some masking tape slapped on and the inside of the fighting compartment and on the gun mount. tiny bit of overspray and a bit of paint pulled off a photo etch piece but apart from these very minor and easily corrected issues, I am very happy with the result. I did wrack my brains wondering where I could get some primer red from when I found a bottle of Panzer Aces Shadow Flesh that looked good enough to me.

[Robert1968]

That Red primer looks straight out of the factory Graham ( nice dark shadows going on too )


Detail on the gun looks very impressive indeed


Regards


Robert

[Pikeman]

Got some masking tape slapped on and the inside of the fighting compartment and on the gun mount. tiny bit of overspray and a bit of paint pulled off a photo etch piece but apart from these very minor and easily corrected issues, I am very happy with the result. I did wrack my brains wondering where I could get some primer red from when I found a bottle of Panzer Aces Shadow Flesh that looked good enough to me.
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Really like the look of this kit and can't wait to see the next stage of your build .


Brilliant work .


Regards Stu

[Guest]

This will be the base for this build. Quite a simple one and mainly OOB with just a bit of rubble scatter. As you can see in the last picture, it sits quite nicely on it and I do like MiniArt buildings to use as a backdrop.

[geegad]

love the colour of this the red against the yellow shame its got to be weathered look forward to seeing that building getting done will truly be a quality dio

[Guest]

The red primer looks good Graham.


Also a nice building to set the vehicle off nicely.


A challenge for you. Make the streetlamp working with a LED or whatever(if I were you I'd tell me to p%^& off)

[Guest]

love the colour of this the red against the yellow shame its got to be weathered look forward to seeing that building getting done will truly be a quality dio

The weathering will be subtle and blending rather than covering anything.

[Guest]

The red primer looks good Graham.
Also a nice building to set the vehicle off nicely.


A challenge for you. Make the streetlamp working with a LED or whatever(if I were you I'd tell me to p%^& off)

Bloody 'ell Ralph You will want a figure of Lili Marleen next