Alreet i've recently purchased a trumpeter kit and thought id do a bit of a build log on here as im doing it.

I apologise in advance as there may be gaps between building sessions as the times between modelling session are sometimes quite sparse

Any comments/suggestions/ideas are welcome

Hope u find it interesting


Box art


Quite a range of sprues within this kit


progress after a few sessions. The individual link tracks are not my type of thing i much prefer link and length but after much perseverance i finally got the tracks on only to find they where the wrong way. After much swearing and painstakingly removeing the tracks they have now been corrected. Any damage to the tracks during this will have to be hidden with a bit of weathering


i have an offcut of mdf in my stash so this will be the base for this. However i have not thought of a scene in which to depict this yet im thinking somewhere in berlin 1945. Any ideas as suggestions to this would help.


lower hull interior undercoated ready to be painted with the beginnings of the turret


turret interior still looking quite sparse any ideas for what to detail the iterior a little more with?


parts just dry fitted to get a better idea of this vehicle

i will try to keep this updated as i can
cheers

Hello Lee
I think this looks like an awesome Kit and you are doing an excellant job. I think that alot on the interior will be hidden once the gun is installed.
also this will leave a little bit more room for the crew installation if any.
I really like this kit it looks like a fun build.
Anyway keep the log going.
Regards

Horst

Hi Lee,

Nice model...interesting subject.these paper panzers are always interesting subjects.

How about the box top depiction for a dio? You could always simplify it to suite your needs, experience etc.

Or a simple base with cobblestone is always good?

Any plans for a crew?

Regards, Paul

PS Going to my LHS tomorrow, if they have this kit I might be tempted...

Thanks for the comments i'm leaning towards a scene similar to the box art but still pondering. i've got some late war german crew which i think i may use in my kit stash. i believe to are discussing tactics or something similar.

ive done a little more on the hull and turret i only have a few more details such as ammo bins and the photo etch parts to complete these parts. Follwoing that the only other thing is the gun itself.




i will try to get some more done soon.
Cheers

Well, I just ordered one of these yesterday. I just think it looks cool.
Anyway, Looks good so far. I will be watching your progress.
Any fit problems so far? I've never built a Trumpeter kit.

no problems with part fittings at all. top drawer kit in my opinion

look nice

Whew! I need to get one of 'these' soon. All of the Waffentragers look good, especially when they are in a build blog like this.

Looks great so far and thanks for showing us it!









~ Jeff