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Official Tank Destroyers Campaign
petbat
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Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 03:24 PM UTC
If I recall correctly, Academy rounds are all the same sort and not shaped right. The turret should hold HE rounds on one side and AP on the other...


oldbean
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Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 02:14 AM UTC
Those are perfect. Thanks Peter!
phil2015
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Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 01:59 PM UTC

Back to it on the Stug. Here's the crew:



I'll have to double check that the bottom half of the standing guy won't be visible. He's standing in the open hatch on the right. The commander will be glued together to the top of the cupola which will then be dropped in. He kinda looks like the guy in my inspiration picture. I decided not to try to scratch a hood for the guy in the open hatch.



I just attached the left side track tonight and decided to take pics before calling it a night. The right side track will go on tomorrow. Then it's time to put the winter white wash on most of the vehicle.
Tortise
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Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 09:04 AM UTC
Greetings everyone. I am joining this campaign with the Tiger Model kit of the French VBL Milan. I have never built a Tiger Model kit before so it should be an interesting experience. Looking at the sprues they all seem well molded. Some pictures below.








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Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 10:03 AM UTC

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Some of those are mislabelled.
5 = Armour Piercing Capped, Ballistic Capped (APCBC)
6 = Armour Piercing (AP)
7 = Armour Piercing Capped (APC)
The rest are correct.
nsjohn
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 12:45 PM UTC
Finally finished the M 10. Unfortunately a couple of the photos are slightly over exposed, as my photography skills are similar to that
of my modelling, i.e. mediocre. All comments welcome.











Johnnych01
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 05:39 PM UTC
Well done on getting it finished Norman, and you have a far more than mediocre job !! it looks great.
I like how you managed to get the front star decal on so it sits under the hull bolts.
Its surprising just how much internal turret detail you lose with only 2 crew fitted.
bison126
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 09:48 PM UTC

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Greetings everyone. I am joining this campaign with the Tiger Model kit of the French VBL Milan. I have never built a Tiger Model kit before so it should be an interesting experience. Looking at the sprues they all seem well molded.



TM can be a bit surprising. I've just completed their AMX 10RCR which had serious gap issues between hull parts on one hand and turret parts on the other hand. The VBL is reputedly a good kit. For your information, the firing post is mounted on top of the VBL only when ready to fire. It is not allowed to drive with the post in the firing position. If I remember well there can be an issue with the gunner seat rest. Check your reference pictures for its position. The interior is quite comprehensive.
Mine is still in the stash and I need to build it soon.

Olivier
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 11:25 PM UTC
Thanks John. The front decal actually is shaped to go round the bolts, but the real difficulty was getting the edges to sit down flush. Micro Set is my friend in that respect.

There are in fact 3 crewmen, in that the gunner is almost hidden from view on the left side of the gun. He does show up in the overhead photo. I could have saved a bit of time by simply painting his back, but then I would have known I had cheated slightly.
phil2015
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 05:44 AM UTC

My Stug is so close to being done. I thought it would be done today and I'd be posting pictures, but I've run into a snag on the shurzen. These are dragon white metal shurzen if it makes a difference. Paint won't stick. Pretty much anything I touch causes the primer (Mr Surfacer) to lift. So I've stripped them now and am wondering what to do to get paint to stick to them. Any suggestions?
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 06:52 AM UTC
White metal skirts? Wow! You really need a good etching primer, so look in the auto-parts store. Or use them as templates to cut new ones from sheet plastic! (That'd be my choice...)
brekinapez
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 07:08 AM UTC
Getting close. Have done some initial weathering and a wash. Going to weather/dirty up behind the suspension and then do the tracks (DS unfortunately). Hit it again with some weathering and final coat it--done.



GazzaS
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 08:15 PM UTC
That looks great, Shell! Interesting Camo!

Norman, great looking M10!

Phil, Your StuG looks excellent! Love the crew!
nsjohn
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2020 - 12:05 AM UTC
Thanks Gary
panzerman1
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 - 08:19 PM UTC
COMMENT CAFE:

Gary, thanks. Yes, the vinyl tracks are crap and will be replaced.
Ezra, thanks a million.
Kelly, thanks for the paint info. Your scratchbuilt tree looks terrific.
Tom, your KaJaPa turned out great. That's a mean looking Tank Destroyer. Very cool. Yes, the Hetzer was a sardine can. Ha!
Ezra, stowage looks good. Have fun with the M10 build.
Roman, that's a classic Tamiya kit. Love the LANG.
Peter, thanks. Yes, tight quarters for sure.
Ezra, fantastic job on the M10. Stowage and weathering are uber realistic.
Peter, good info and photos.
Mike, cool kit for the campaign. Good luck.
Mike, making good progress.
Mike, I like the camo paint scheme. Very cool.
Mike, awesome finish on your TD. Realistic weathering and stowage.
Sinsling, nice work on the Jagpanther.
Jesse, nice corrections to your kit. Barrel looks fantastic.
Peter, cool reference info and photos.
Phil, great paintwork on your Stug and crewmen.
Tortise, very cool and unusual wheeled TD. Good luck.
Norman, great finish to your M10. Figures and stowage add realism.
Shell Bush, cool paintwork on your Stug. Love the camouflage scheme.

It's good to be back after a lengthy hiatus. Great work everyone.
Bill
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 - 08:30 PM UTC
Update on my Bandai 1/48 Hetzer.


Replaced the crappy vinyl tracks with hard plastic ones from a Tamiya Hetzer kit. I also had to swap out the drive sprockets for the correction.

I am happy with the updated tracks. Now it's back to work on detailing the upper hull.

Thanks for viewing. Good luck to all on their projects.
Bill
nsjohn
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Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 - 09:39 PM UTC
Thanks Bill. The figures are the Tamiya ones that come with the kit, and the stowage is a mix of Tamiya, Miniart ICM and some Academy thrown in.
Great progress on the Hetzer. Believe it or not I built that kit in the mid 1970's. Needless to say it did not look anything like yours.
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Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 02:27 AM UTC
Wow Bill, that Hetzer is looking great!
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MODELGEEK
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Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 03:48 AM UTC
yep, i have to agree with all the posts above, that hetzer looks so sweet bill.
phil2015
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Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 02:45 PM UTC

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White metal skirts? Wow! You really need a good etching primer, so look in the auto-parts store. Or use them as templates to cut new ones from sheet plastic! (That'd be my choice...)



I had some self-etching primer that I picked up from the automotive store some time ago to do a resin model. It's nasty stuff. I'm glad I didn't spray it on a model - leaves a thick residue everywhere. But it sticks. On the skirts, I sanded the primer down and the paint sticks to it really well. Thanks for the suggestion!
phil2015
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Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 01:51 PM UTC

Almost there. I need to do a little more weathering and add a couple of antennae.





I've been reading up on taking pictures of models. I just shot these on my work table but I think I know how to set them up for good pics. Will experiment on that before posting the final pic.
Mrclark7
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Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 - 11:00 AM UTC




two pics of the build as it stands. I thought 8/1 was the end date for this campaign. So I might work on it a bit more before this ends.
nsjohn
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Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 - 11:31 AM UTC
Jagdpanzer looks great.As an aside both this kit and the M10 date from the mid 2010's and show just how far Tamiya have come with their new (as opposed to their re-issues) in the last 10 years or so.
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MODELGEEK
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Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 - 12:12 PM UTC
I'm loving that jagdpanzer, I can't wait to see that one finished.
plastickjunkie
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Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020 - 03:50 PM UTC
Here is my entry, Academy 1/35 M10 GMC Tank Destroyer