Tat - Your Sturmmorser is a bruiser!

Thanks Dustin, Paul!

Very nice camo on yout Sturmorser, Tat! I think the mortar base looks good as it is.

Ok guys I think Im ready to call my kitty done. Here is progress

And then with the washes and weathering

oops looks like I forgot to put some residue on the muzzle
and the exhaust

Ill get on that right away, anyone have any other comments or suggestions

Looks great Sal. Great finish!

Sharp Camo work, very nice!

Looks like someone has candy canes on their mind for this festive season

I kid, I kid. Great work. Nice and clean.

Thanks guys it's appreciated and I have to say it was a fun kit to build as well

Thanks Clayton -- yeah will just leave the mortar base color as is.

Sal, congrats on your finish. The two pipes that sandwich the left exhaust are intake pipes for cool air -- they don't get rusty as that of the exhaust pipes.

I've painted the wheels and tracks. Brushed on heavily diluted buff color to soften the camo colors.




Now I see that I should have hidden the ends where the tracks meet. Will try to figure out a solution for it.

Cheers,

Tat

Great builds here so far everyone.

Kinda late posting this starter pic

Still thinking of getting indie tracks for this

Sal - That is very interesting camo. What was the purpose of the white? Was it a winter scheme? It sure is striking!

Tat - Your bruiser is a pip! I had decided to taper off buying kits but your build is so attractive that I may have to soften my stance in this particular case and shell out for one . . .

LOL, thanks Paul, I'd say go for it! Countless times I've resolved not to buy anymore, but I guess the itch of getting another kit always wins

Paul apparently this beast is or was at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland

This Jagdpanther, hull number 303018 was issued to a Schwere Heeres-Panzerjäger-Abteilung (army heavy tank destroyer unit) for the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944 and captured by American troops. So I guess it was a Winter camo scheme. There is also this paint option with the kit instructions. I thought it looked different so decided to try it

That will really stand out on your display shelf, Sal! Very cool.

I'm going to be building a Leopard 1 Early Batch using the Italeri kit as a base and Perfect Scale Modellbau's conversion.

Welcome aboard Irvin!

Making some progress on my batch 1 Leopard

Shaping up nicely, Irvin!

I'm finally getting a start on the Dragon JSd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther Sd.Kfz.173 Ausf.G1 Early Production kit. Looking through the booklet I have on the Jagdpanthers it looks like most, if not ALL of them had Zim. The kit does not have it so I can leave well enough alone or plunge in and add it myself. I have seen aftermarket sets in photo etch & resin for some kits that folks were working on here on Armorama. Can anyone guide me on what is available for this Dragon 6458 kit? My skills are modest so I would smile on something fairly easy . . .

I shot some pics of the opening of the box and will post them a bit later.

Unfortunately all of the earlies had zimm,I'm sure some one could recommend a good AM Zimm set,myself,I bought the Dragon version with the molded zimm.

Thanks Anthony, I wish I had done that too. I found a set of resin zim that will cost fully as much as the kit did once shipping is factored in.

I hope someone has some other options?

I originally had an old Tamiya Jagdpanther in mind for this campaign but decided that my skill level is up to trying something more advanced so this Dragon kit was hauled off of the shelf. It looks more detailed and has a lot more parts but still doesn't look too complicated. I'm going to try the Deformable Styrene kit tracks and see how they look. I build a Dragon M-46 Patton a few years ago and there were no issues and they still look terrific. I have a set of Fruils on hand should the DS ones come a cropper.

As mentioned a couple of posts ago, I'm looking to add the zim, steers are welcomed!

I always love this stage of a build when the kit is new and full of promise. Here are a couple of pics shot last night. Actual construction will start in a day or two after deciding which way to go with the zim. It might be best to see what the zim will require before committing to too much . . .

Just one hint Paul,don't use enamel or Lacquer paint or washes on the DS tracks,they will go brittle and break after some time.You should be okay with acrylics,but you can't be sure with those tracks.

Oh! That is exactly what I do use on my tracks. Possibly I ought to think about the Fruils again . . .