Hello

I just finished my German Marder 1A3. The latest pics are att the bottom.

Greetz Roel

Looks great.

What did you use for the camo nets?

Nice looking Marder, but I am not sure if I like the Camo net covering the front of the vehicle. The net on the turret and on the rear deck looks better to me. However, I would have been very proud of that build.

Cheers
Erik

Nice build. Mine is still waiting for the weathering and yours is inspiring.
The nets are looking good to me and render well the way the Germans use this camouflage system.

To answer the above post, they frequently use strips of camo net attached together to get a "shapeless thing". It's a kind of vehicle "gillie suit".
This is much more efficient than the classical net which hardly conceals the vehicle shapes.

olivier

Hello

Thanks for the replies so far.The nets are made using bandage. First I placed a piece of bandage on the vehicle. This was put in a mix of water and woodglue. Then I sprayed fine pieces of parsley. Gave this a colour. Next the gillies suit for the front and turret. I also used bandage. This time I coloured a piece bandage sand colour and dark green. Let this dry over night and cut it in to little rectangular pieces and glued this on the turret and hull. I gave everything a wash and weathering in dark colours and you are finished. The camo net on the rear is used to cover the vehicle when it is in a awaiting position in the woods.


I found the idea after looking many pics of german marders. The often use this camo and like olivier said it is a much better way of camoflage!!!
The red crosses are also used buy germans during FTX (Field Trainig Exercises). Presenting them as opfor. Hope this explanation is good??

Greetz Roel

I know, we do the same thing. Just to be sure, it was not your work I made a comment of, but more of my personal taste. Cam nets look great. As I said: A build to be proud of.

Cheers
Erik

That's ok my friend don't worry

I like it, congratulations!
mine is almost finished, maybe i´m going to do something similar with the camo net
best regards

very nice build and the camo net too. i must get one of those Marder 1A3. the lines are very far from the early marder by tamiya. thanks for sharing.

Your right, the Tamiya vehicle represents a mid 80´s Marder 1A2, also usefull to backdate to an original model of it. The Revell depicts the late 80´s-early 90´s re-built made to them
best regards

Hello

I wanted to share my new pics of my marder. I was not completely satisfied with my model so I started changing some things. I added new camoflage on the hull to make it look smaller. I have shorten the tracks by 2cm. And added periscoop glasess. Hope you like the result.







Cheers Roel

Very nice Roel!,
Very nice build there! You did a great job on the camo and weathering! You should be proud of your work. Keep up the good work! Really enjoyed seeing it.

Walter