Dragon 1/35 sd.kfz.184 Ferdinand

[Andy T]

I'll keep an eye on this one. Looking good so far.

I've had the Tamiya Elefant on my wishlist for ages and I've never braved a Dragon kit, so will be good to see how this goes together.

[Airborne01]

Never fancied this beastie but I will follow with deep interest! Looking good so far!
Steve

[Scratchbuilder]

Right where's the biscuits, if I do not get bikkies then I will not sleep.... Will you be zimmeriting it???

[Si Benson]

Right where's the biscuits, if I do not get bikkies then I will not sleep.... Will you be zimmeriting it???

Sorry Mike, no bikkies but I do have some homemade chicken and vegetable curry I could email to you :smiling5:

Apparently the Ferdinand didn’t get Zimm until it became Elephant (?) so I can avoid that extra step.

[Si Benson]

Tiny weeny update as I had to work till lunch time.

Broke out the included photoetch and added the mud deflectors (?) and a mesh grill over the rear intake. The kit comes with a choice of metal D shackles or plastic…..metal it was.




Then the cover goes in place to hid the majority of etch :smiling5::smiling5:
Convoy light on and tow point and the rear end is done I think.

[scottie3158]

Si, Any room left at the front? Your off to a great start.

[adt70hk]

Joining the party Si!

[JR]

Move up Paul, I've left all firesticks at home so everyone's safe .
Carry on Si. Any chance of a gluten free cake please ?

[Guest]

I’ll be watching along for some inspiration! I have the Amusing hobby Ferdi in my stash with full interior so will see if I can pick up some tips!:nerd:

[RonGlass]

Looking forward to this Si !

[Tim Marlow]

Just caught up Si. Looking good. Pretty sure I have the Elephant version of this one in the stash. I had a good look at the preserved one when it came over to Bovvy. It was actually a bit smaller than I expected….. between the Tiger I and Tiger II in size. Dwarfed a bit by the hunting tiger though. I have some reference books if you need info, so if you do, just shout…..I read somewhere that it apparently had the highest kill to loss ratio of any German AFV and that the last couple were destroyed in the battle for Berlin.

[David Lovell]

Looking good so far Si ,didn't realise there were two diffrent ones of these thought ferdinand and elephant were one and the same ,made me go back and see what the little zvezda one was I built ,its a ferdinand ,must be why I never put any zimmerit on it yeh hell as like ,you know me Si half the time its attractive box art makes me part with the dosh dont care if its the most inaccurate thing there is it is what it says on the box good enough. Keep it comming looking forward to the top half. Dave

[Si Benson]

Blimey its great to have a full house….hope it doesn’t go pear shaped!


Thanks for the encouragement so far gentlemen :smiling4: :thumb2:

Move up Paul, I've left all firesticks at home so everyone's safe .
Carry on Si. Any chance of a gluten free cake please ?

Got given over 5 kilos of cooking apples so a cake is not a problem…..but you can only have some crumbs as it’s not gluten free :sad:

Just caught up Si. Looking good. Pretty sure I have the Elephant version of this one in the stash. I had a good look at the preserved one when it came over to Bovvy. It was actually a bit smaller than I expected….. between the Tiger I and Tiger II in size. Dwarfed a bit by the hunting tiger though. I have some reference books if you need info, so if you do, just shout…..I read somewhere that it apparently had the highest kill to loss ratio of any German AFV and that the last couple were destroyed in the battle for Berlin.

Thanks for the offer of references Tim...might take you up on it. The ferdinand at Bovvy was on loan from the states so I didn’t get to see it when I went earlier this month.

Looking good so far Si ,didn't realise there were two diffrent ones of these thought ferdinand and elephant were one and the same ,made me go back and see what the little zvezda one was I built ,its a ferdinand ,must be why I never put any zimmerit on it yeh hell as like ,you know me Si half the time its attractive box art makes me part with the dosh dont care if its the most inaccurate thing there is it is what it says on the box good enough. Keep it comming looking forward to the top half. Dave

I built the Zvezda one too, which was entirely your fault, because I saw yours! I blame the box art too….it’s how they lure us in….at least that’s what I tell the Mrs :smiling5:

[Si Benson]

Got a wee bit more done with the front end, a splash of PE and some fenders….

[Si Benson]

Homemade Apple cake and custard anyone?




Not much done tonight just gun assembly to go inside the super structure.