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[m1keh]

Put the Panther rebuild to the side and got in some wargaming for a break. Decided to restart this old Shanghai Dragon Sturmpanzer Brummbar. The kit has sat partially assembled since at least 2014 when I took a break from model building all together. Still some touch up painting to go until I start weathering. The green color is rattle can with the model masked with Silly Putty.

[buddho]

That is a great job on the camou!

[moparmadness]

Boy, those Shanghai Dragon repops were really priced right back in the day.

[deafpanzer]

I still love those Dragon kits and I wish they didn't jack up the current prices too much. Great work on the camo!!!

[m1keh]

Sept 28, 2023 17:05:48 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I still love those Dragon kits and I wish they didn't jack up the current prices too much. Great work on the camo!!!

When I got back into the hobby I looked at Amazon for Dragon kits and found very few, when I asked at another forum if that was because of covid I was told the same thing about their prices being to high for what you get. When I broke from the hobby Dragon kits were everywhere.

[m1keh]

Sept 28, 2023 16:37:11 GMT -5 moparmadness said:

Boy, those Shanghai Dragon repops were really priced right back in the day.

They sure were.

[m1keh]

Sept 28, 2023 16:24:16 GMT -5 buddho said:

That is a great job on the camou!

Thank you.

[stikpusher]

Very cool! The late production version... I really like where you're going with this one.

[Steve Zuleski]

That is a really clean camo pattern, love the colors, excellent!

[406 Silverado]

Sept 29, 2023 17:09:47 GMT -5 Steve Zuleski said:

That is a really clean camo pattern, love the colors, excellent!

I'm with Steve on that camo pattern. Very nicely done and I'm looking forward to the weathering on this bad boy.

I've still got one Dragon kit in the stash but it's a 1/48 scale Mistel kit with the Ju-88/ Fw190 combo. Very impressive kit and I got a decent deal on it BUT........I got the decent deal around 8 years ago. God knows what that kit would cost now.

[ogrejohn]

Looking really good!

[phil57]

Nice Mike. I like this and looking forward to seeing the finished product. Ditto the remarks about Dragon. They were everywhere at a good price.

[m1keh]

Got what couple decals there are on. Have done a small bit of weathering, more to do.

[chromdome35]

Looking really good! Did you airbrush or brush paint the camo?

[moparmadness]

Looks like you’re almost to the finish line.

[m1keh]

Oct 5, 2023 21:01:54 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

Looking really good! Did you airbrush or brush paint the camo?

The green is rattle can, I masked with Silly Putty, then hand painted the brown outlines.

[Leon]

Looking really good!

[m1keh]

Almost done. Some weathering chalks here a touch of paint there. This turned into a longer project then I anticipated, the plastic after all the years seems to have become brittle, at least I don't remember Dragon Shanghai kits being that way. Both exhaust stacks broke off and defied all super glue. I ended up drilling holes in the back plate, cleaned up the bottom of the exhaust and used bits of a paper clip to hold them in place. The Indy links were also a nightmare just trying to get them to stick with liquid cement, but here CA glue came to the rescue. Makes me nervous just moving it from one place to another. If I drop it I have a feeling it will go off like a grenade and spread plastic shrapnel all over.

[moparmadness]

Looking good!

[deafpanzer]

I love how weathering process makes the camo look better and it's the same for your case!

[Joe Rix]

That looks terrific. You did a sweet job on painting the camo and then weathering it. Glad to see you bring this to the finish line.

[stikpusher]

Wow, sounds like this one is fighting you a bit in the finishing stages. But you've got the finish line in sight and the drive to get there! Looking good!

[m1keh]

Oct 18, 2023 13:03:50 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I love how weathering process makes the camo look better and it's the same for your case!

I dig the process. Love doing it.

[406 Silverado]

Oct 17, 2023 15:55:27 GMT -5 m1keh said:

Almost done. Some weathering chalks here a touch of paint there. This turned into a longer project then I anticipated, the plastic after all the years seems to have become brittle, at least I don't remember Dragon Shanghai kits being that way. Both exhaust stacks broke off and defied all super glue. I ended up drilling holes in the back plate, cleaned up the bottom of the exhaust and used bits of a paper clip to hold them in place. The Indy links were also a nightmare just trying to get them to stick with liquid cement, but here CA glue came to the rescue. Makes me nervous just moving it from one place to another. If I drop it I have a feeling it will go off like a grenade and spread plastic shrapnel all over.

I missed these last couple of updates with the painting, weathering and final detail processes Mike. Man do I ever know what you're talking about in regard to dropping a model in fear of it becoming a plastic grenade. I cringe every time I have to handle one of my builds for that very reason. This is looking great despite the issues with adhesion and brittle plastic that you're having. Looking forward to more on this beauty.