Well the title says it all... the vision is a Panzer 38T in a stream type bed that has either had the floor or part of the side blown out and has the stream flowing in through it so is starting to rust upwards.. Now we all know that while excellent the 1/16 kit is bereft of any interior and having never scratch built anything before I dusted down the plasticard and thought I would give it a bash....
So a first ever attempt at scratch building and rather than 100% accurate as I have no drawings to go by and even less inclination to be anal on the detail, I will begin.
As this is a first ever attempt and not wishing to look a total plonker by starting the thread then coming undone I have built up an interiorish and started the painting process, more parts may well be added internally as I go along... Ohh and only my second or third attempt at rust too..

As you can see I have pushed the gearbox assembly across as a result of the explosion and tilted it slightly, this helps with its position in the fwd hatch, also the tube for the transmission shaft is distorted as I figured the engine would still be turning initially and the sheared shaft would beat the proverbial out of the housing.. additionally the radios are gone and one lies in the right hand well, the left seat has vapourised ( handy that, as it cuts down on the scratch building) but the seat base leg and part of the backrest remains scattered about.

So the state of play to date and one hopes you like it.

Dang Tony, If this is your first effort at scratching you got talent !!!
Thanks for sharing and PLEASE keep us updated!
Tom

Yes ! That is a very auspicious beginning for sure !
J

Cool project Tony,
I'm looking forward to your next posts ; )

Kind regards
Steven

Wow, that looks very convincing.
Jacob

Thanks all for the kind comments, I have been playing around with the rust tones to vary them and also have knocked up a corroded ammo box and added it to the interior, I have also taken what I hope is a better picture, state of play so far.

Interior Pz 38 T Update by Tony Taylor, on Flickr

Holy Oxidisation Tony that’s looking superb! What kind of setting/dio do you have in mind for it? Suggest bent wires & twisted/bent bits of tin/lead foil can hint at the force of the blast, otherwise it might look like it just got bogged. Anyway it’s exceptional, looking forward to developments

Really love 1/16 scale and this looks oh so promising. Great back story and can't say enough about your weathering. Looking for more.

Dave

Wow! Great work so far Tony, I can't wait to see more!

Nice work so far (Bill from LSP).