Thank you gentlemen

Jens, the streaks were done with a mixture of brown and burnt sienna oil paint, dabbed on with a toothpick and pulled down with a brush wet with thinner. Sometimes I miss, like on the trans hatch where I wanted it on the rivet but it went off to the side. In cases like that I just wipe it clean and redo it (didn't see that until after the pic). The oil paint gives me a good 24 hours to work with before it starts drying too much

Jeff, glad your still following along on this

James, I've been thinking about a Hold-n-Fold, though that'll be sometime in the future!

It's time to put this baby to sleep and start on something new. The tracks were painted with my track paint, which is a mixture of brown, gray and blue. Washes of....you guessed it....brown and burnt sienna, and drybrushed with metallic gray. This is actually the only area of the model that I drybrush.

Tracks were installed with the sprockets, idlers and return rollers and still need a little fine tuning. To cover up the hatch padding that I wasn't too keen on I made a couple of rags out of facial tissue and found a couple of wrenches in a Voyager kit I just picked up. Thanks for following along on this and thanks for the suggestions and encouragement! On with the pics already .........................

Nice work on this one James, the wrenches and rags are a nice touch.

Very nice

hi
well i have followed this build from about the start and its come out great! i like your camo.
great build!

neil

Awesome James, you should make this one into a feature. Nice build, It was great to follow along with it! What's next? Great job!

Thanks again, guys, this is most certainly a kit I recommend and enjoyed. What's next? As redundant as it sounds, a Marder III M for the Eastern Front Campaign

Beautiful job James !!
Picked up one of these kits a few weeks ago and have been actively watching your build.
Cheers

jjumbo

excellent finish James! I really like the weathering job you pulled off. watching you go through this build has got me going on my own now!

just a side question, can you tell me the height in milimeters, of the sides of the mount the 20mm sits on? i can make rough estimates from some pics i have but id really appreciate it if you could give me an actual measurement.

great job once again!

-matt

Thanks John and Matt! It's a great kit to put together.

Matt, it looks like the pedestal is between 9mm- 9.25mm from the floor plate to where the bottom of the flak rotates. HTH, looking forward to seeing some progress