Well, before the Holidays take me into my “gift” building for some people, I’m treating myself to model I’ve wanted to put on the shelf for a while here–the weird prototype 7.5 cm Sturmkanone mounted on the 38 (t) panzerjaeger chassis.
The Cyber Hobby kit of this is really nice, but as usual per Dragon instructions, the instructions are really vague as to some of the placements of certain items, and not structured very well, IMO. I had some real issues with the front plates already–next update will show that.
But here’s where I am so far…the construction of the bogeys. The way they tell you to construct these is really difficult if you don’t add that fitting to the bottom of the hull first–where the leaf springs attach.
The vehicle has an interior–here’s parts of the transmission:
Before adding the fenders, I wanted to do the tracks first–easier to do them without fenders, IMO. But before I could do that, I had to secure the wheels on the tank, and they’re really a pretty loose fit–no poly caps ala’ Tamiya here–so I had to seomhow get them to stay on the posts. I fixed some tiny strips of masking tape over the pegs to provide a little bit of “interference fit”…
and then put the wheels on over the tape; this sticks them pretty well…
I glued the idler wheels on–but good luck getting a locating tab or peg on the directions for the rotating, 90o post! You gotta “eyeball” 'em–here’s the correct position; the outside rim touching just the inner rim of the steel part of the wheel:
Man!–sign me up for these “Magic Tracks”! [:P] They fit right inside of each other like a glove! I assembled them the same way I always do–a strip of masking tape, sticky-side up, held down on each side with strips, and just stick the tracks on the strip, and when I get a length long enough, run a brush loaded with Testor’s Liquid cement down the middle and sides, and go wash the dishes or something for 45 minutes/ an hour or so to let them set. Then, pick them up gently and wrap them around the tracks!
…a little bit o’ sag…!
When the tracks are set (overnight), you can remove the whole assembly (plus wheels) for painting!
New update soon–I’m actually got quite a bit more done since these were taken three days ago–had a major emergency with “Brother Merve” today; spent most of it at the animal hospital…me and Jenn’s little buddy’s not doin’ so well… [sigh][BH]
Gonna be doing a “splinter camo” finish on it, with relatively lighter weathering, as it was only a prototype!
Comments or questions welcomed!
a streamlined tank is just no fun [:D] any country can make a pretty tank! [:O]
