Spent the last three months working on this very nicely detailed kit by Bronco. Only major change (due to personal preference, not an issue with the kit) was the use of MK workable tracks. Blows the Alan kit out of the water completely, no question about it. Finished as a vehicle serving on the Russian Front in September 1943 or thereabouts. You can see the full build log if curious here: http://www.bpmodels.net/Model/Album/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=168
The finished build:
Great looking build bill. Nice to hear its a good kit. I think its time I added one of these to the pile.
Without a duobt one of my favorite builds of yours. Very nice indeed.
Good stuff Bill,I like the fading,the running gear,and the mesh looks great.
Looks great. Good to see a weathered build without all the overdone unrealistic chipping and rust.
Very nice!!
Looks very real and as others have mentioned, not overdone weathering.
Bronco should use this pics to put them on the boxes or website…!
Bish, go for it, you won’t be disappointed! [B]
Marc, nice to see you around again, thanks for the comments! [Y]
Anthony, thanks for the comments as well, Bronco did an excellent job with the PE provided in this kit, the mesh being such a crucial part of this vehicle’s features.
Bronto, thanks for the comments as well! [B]
Garzonh, glad you like how it turned out. Don’t know about it being on-par with box art quality but appreciate the sentiment all the same [;)]
Fine job Bill. Love the camo and weathering on this one.
Super piece of work, Bill.
Eric and subfixer thanks for looking and for the comments! [B]
Very cool build, and excellent representation of a captured Soviet 76.2mm gun pressed into Wehrmacht service. [Y]
regards,
Jack
Looks like a fun little build, Bill! I expect we shall be seeing this one too in another FSM issue in the future! [H]
Brian
Jack, thanks for the comments! This vehicle and it’s more famous cousin, the Marder III, were the epitome of expedient designs in terms of getting heavy-duty AT capability in a hurry! [:)]
Brian probably the most enjoyable build I’ve had in a while. You never know where it might show up in the future. [:D]
Another impeccable Plunk!http://www.avatars-of-war.com/eng/forum/images/smilies/punk_smiley.gifShot.
Always a fine looking Bill-build.
A real nice job, Bill! A fine representation—I finally get to see how the rear screen detail looks. I scratched some on the back of my Alan kit where they had it solid armor there.
Strange to see a kit show up “done” without a Bill-blog, but I know you’ve been busy! [;)]
Thanks DM! Love the smiley as usual. [;)]
Karl the funny thing about the Marder II Ds…the later variants replaced the mesh with solid armor to speed up their production! The mesh does look better IMHO and Bronco provided an excellent way to tackle it IMHO. Glad you like the buckaroo! [B]
Very Nice work Bill. Love the camo! Cheers Rob
Thanks Rob, nice to see you bumping around these parts again! [B]
