I see it know. Very nice!!! Thanks for sharing the picture with us Mgartner.
mark956
Anybody have and suggestons on lightly weathering this beast? All of my research photos of Nashorns in Italy (this one in particular) show them to be fairly pristine, except for the usual muck it the tread and road wheels. According to operational accounts, they would be placed on high ground in lightly wooded areas with a good downrange view of a pass or road into a contested town. The effective range of a 164 was out to 2500 yards, with reports of Shermans getting popped open at 4100 yards!! Talk about a stand-off weapon[8D]
My friends and I recently completed building this beats, 3 of us posted pics, go to the link below and go to Nashorn builds and look, maybe you will see something you like. Good build, I really like the colors for the camo.
Mgartner: Nice job on the camo!
I can finally see it (and it was worth the wait)
Outstanding camo!
Now we need more pics [:p]
Cool camo! Nice job.
Ditto the other comments. Would like to see more pics of the gun compartment.
More pics are coming, just gotta fill the roll and process it.
Anybody use pastels to weather. I did a wash in the running gear, but Im afraid of over doing it on the rest of the Nash’.
Any Tips?
Nice, mgartner. I agree with all the above comments. I’m really glad you got that pic to post here. As for my small part in helping you get it posted, you are most welcome. The picture was definately worth waiting for. I have the same kit, also. Did you run into any particular problems with the build? Any advice you can give me? Did you use Dragons indy links?
The kit went together well, almost too well! Because I like to build subassemblies for painting ease(read ‘ship modeler’), I really had to plan my attack. The main gun was a kit all by itself! I wanted to maintain free movement for elevation changes on the cannon, but some of the parts around the hydraulic rams interfered with it, so some slight modification was in order. After the entire gun was assembled, the gun sheild was the next major problem. I didn’t think I clould place it on the mounting struts and align them properly after the gun was on the chassis, so I glued it to the gun before mounting the entire gun assembly to the chassis. This made it easier to paint the gun and chassis, but slipping the two together without marring the finish on the sheild was a[censored]nightmare!
The indy links were surprisingly easy to use. My kits’ were beautifully molded, crisp with little flash and just a few ejector pin marks. I made a jig with a straightedge and double stick tape. Each side was done with 4 sections (top, bottom, idler and drive) using a pair of dividers to lay out the length of each secton on the jig. Once they were completely dry, I brush painted a mix of black with a little blue, then drybrushed graphite on the wear areas.
Overall this is a fantastic kit, my only major gripe is the assembly photos are hard read when building the gun, soooooo many tiny parts with only a vauge idea where to put 'em!
Hope that helps[:)]