Marder III H, 1/35

[stikpusher]

At long last, some 20 years after I first started this kit, it is now finally finished. My second completion of this year! This is the Testors boxing of the 70's vintage Italeri molds. I replaced the kit single piece vinyl tracks with some Dragon indy link tracks, added a CMK resin transmission, plus some other scratch work on the interior to fill up the open spaces in there. The crew figures are Dragon, Decals from Star Decals "Panzers in Italy" sheet and I painted this with Floquil and Vallejo colors. Stowage came from various items in my spares bins.
















Thanks for looking! Comments and critiques are welcome.

[Tojo72]

I really like the camo finish and the figs add a nice sense of action

[kyledehart5]

Congratulations on getting this over the line after such a long period!! I absolutely love the camo on this one. And the figures add a great touch too. Brilliant work.

[moparmadness]

A very well earned congratulations on this one!

[brandonk]

Congrats on the 20th anniversary of your great start. Super cool build. I want one of these but they never seem cheap enough. Awesome finish!!!

[stikpusher]

Thanks guys!

Tony, it was actually pretty fun to do the camo finish. Hand brushing does does have its own allure in cases like this.

Kyle, I can’t say enough good things about this set of Dragon figures. They are made for their own Marder III H, but obviously they’ll work great on this kit as well.

Chad, it’s always an accomplishment to finish a long sidelined project

Brandon, I’ll bet you can find one for a good price somewhere. At least one of these secondhand.

[handiabled]

Fantastic finish to this long shelved build! I suddenly stuck me seeing this finished that I built this very kit back in the late 1970's.

[TOWGunner]

Excellent job on this ancient kit Carlos. Skill and perseverance win out over antiquated molds. I love the camo. 

[reserve]

Came out very nice S

[stikpusher]

Thanks guys!

Brent, I built an old Italaeri boxing of this kit back in the 70's as well... didn't turn out as well back then...

TOW, I will not let any kit defeat me... LOL! In one respect my skills improved quite a bit in between the time I first started it and when I decided to finish it all up last year. I guess some perseverance was involved too...

R, I don't think that it'll win any prizes, but I'm very happy to add it to my 1/35 German Army in Italy...  

[floki]

Love the camo! Great work on this old kit

[jeaton01]

I thought the camo was kind of stark earlier, but the weathering brought it all together. Well done, Carlos! And the figures are a real add.

[TJ]

Great finish Stik. Floquil paints huh. Now I know you started this awhile ago

[stikpusher]

Thanks guys!
Clint & John, the camo was fun do with a good old brush and I had a pretty good bunch of photos to show how it should look. The dusty weathering toned it down to where it all came together.
TJ, you, Floquil enamels. All I know for certain is that is started it and got about halfway done and some painting started before September of 2004…

[cheyenne]

Very cool Carlos , camo came out aces !!!

[ogrejohn]

Very fine indeed Stick!

[deafpanzer]

I really like how the camo came out as it looks like if it was applied on the field. Everything looks great and this is the kind of build I always enjoy to follow.

[stikpusher]

Thanks guys! I tried to stay faithful to the photos of the actual vehicle that I found, and I like to think that it worked out for the best.