1/72nd Trumpeter Sturer Emil ....DONE!

[Deleted]

Hello, I just registered today. That's a nice built you have here nice weldings and that in 1/72.
I am building the Trumpeter 1/35 kit right now. One thing you should look at is the right hand casemate next to the one of the driver. That is a fake one that was removed before they were sent to the front line, it was not welded to the hull. The only photo's of them attached is in training area's or barracks and there the vehicles were plain panzer grey.
I want to use the same photo for the camo of my model, I think it is grey over sprayed with dark Yellow like the pz IV of I think Gross Deutschland div.

Eddy

[DeafStuG]

Sturer emil built 2 only in the world.



Just Little research and little work photoshop for you.

I hope it little help for you.
Cheers

[imatanker]

Eddy and Deafstug, thanks for all the great info and fantastic pics   I found out this morning while I was on line that indeed there where only 2 made. I think one of them caught fire and exploded from its ammo, but the other one made it to the end of the War, and did well. As far as the hatch "bubbles" go, I saw two so I used two  I like the way it looks.
 I have a long way to go on My history,and at this point if my builds are somewhat close then I am happy  
 
Dogfish, I haven't forgotten you,just got really busy look for a PM later this evening.

Thanks again guys

[Deleted]

No problem. Thanks for the reply. Great technique and want to try it.

[imatanker]

Thanks Bruce, just mess around with it and you'll get it down in no time

Although it seems like I have been living in a tropical zone with all the rain, I have made some progress between the downpours

We now have a rear hatch handle
 
Before...



Kit handle removed...



And new one installed...



And there you have it,not much I know, but it is something  

[Deleted]

I admire people who make those little details in 1/72.

[Leon]

Looks good Jeff ,keep up the good work.

[braille]

Grabbed some popcorn and soft drink, couple of chocolate covered almonds and a large apple and sat down to open the computer to check on things and all I see is this? One bent piece of soft copper wire, not even one bite or sip of my drink and just like that it’s over! I knew I should have stayed outside and finished watching that huge brown tarantula tear up on that fat little blue bottle fly.

Good job on the handle Jeff, it looks just right and to scale at that . . . every little bit counts.

[imatanker]

Jun 29, 2013 2:27:04 GMT -5 braille said:

Grabbed some popcorn and soft drink, couple of chocolate covered almonds and a large apple and sat down to open the computer to check on things and all I see is this? One bent piece of soft copper wire, not even one bite or sip of my drink and just like that it’s over! I knew I should have stayed outside and finished watching that huge brown tarantula tear up on that fat little blue bottle fly.

Good job on the handle Jeff, it looks just right and to scale at that . . . every little bit counts.

 Yes...yes, yes,  I know. Progress has been very slow. I've been sitting here watching campers go floating down the road  If it warm up a little bit never mind stop raining I would be getting more stuff done. I may just have to put on the dry suit and dive in so to speak.  It's hard to make handles when you can't feel your fingers  It's supposed to be a little better today, so we'll see what happens. If it even reaches 65 degrees I'll be happy. One positive note, at least I don't have to deal with those BIG,FAT,HONKIN' SPIDERS   

[bbd468]

Jeff, i think your one wee wire grab handle looks AWESOME!!! Quality not Quantity huh.

[imatanker]

Jun 29, 2013 9:30:20 GMT -5 bbd468 said:

Jeff, i think your one wee wire grab handle looks AWESOME!!! Quality not Quantity huh.

Thank you sir, may I make some others?

[bbd468]

Jun 29, 2013 9:45:06 GMT -5 imatanker said:

Jun 29, 2013 9:30:20 GMT -5 bbd468 said:

Jeff, i think your one wee wire grab handle looks AWESOME!!! Quality not Quantity huh.

Thank you sir, may I make some others?

Carry on my good man....carry on indeed!

[imatanker]

Thanks for all the comments guys. I realize it's been a slow build but it stopped raining AND got up over 65 degrees today so here We go

Even though it has been pointed out that the second cupola was indeed a phony, since its on there it needs to look as real as possible. So I did a little detailing on it

Started here



added these



then some stretched sprue for the pivoting part and some more scrap PE and we have some hinges



Next step,more grab handles





And yes,I even got it primed



So there ya go,a real update.It's good to be making real progress 



 

[imatanker]

Thanks D. I'm hoping the weather will hold and I can make up for some lost time.

[wbill76]

I'll never quite understand why German panzer designers went through the whole 'dummy' position phase, but it does show up on several vehicles designed at roughly the same time, so I suspect a 'bright idea guy's' influence was the reason! Nice work on scratching up some hinges and handles there Jeff!

[imatanker]

Jun 29, 2013 18:06:47 GMT -5 wbill76 said:

I'll never quite understand why German panzer designers went through the whole 'dummy' position phase, but it does show up on several vehicles designed at roughly the same time, so I suspect a 'bright idea guy's' influence was the reason! Nice work on scratching up some hinges and handles there Jeff!

Bill, thanks for the comment Guy,and I agree completely with you about a lot of the things the Germans did. Most of the time there does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it,or any consistency . In this case since there where only 2 built its pretty cut and dried. That's why I don't get too concerned about about TOTAL accuracy on my builds. To me it just can't be done. Even if you pick one piece of armor,I'm very confident that the way it started the war is not the way it finished it.

[Deleted]

Real progress indeed Jeff !
Good to see you had permission from Mr. Boggsy before you made more handles .

[Deleted]

Hopefully learning allot here. Excellent details!! Kool Kat too

[braille]

What part of the country you in Jeff ‘cause it’s hotter than heck out right now in Southern California. See you’ve made some good progress today and even got permission from Master Boggs to build some of those extra wire handles, they do look nice especially with the scratch made hinges. And you even managed some primer while you were at it.

I do have to agree with you about the accuracy issue in modeling with all the reference material going around; it can really take the fun out of modeling. But on the other hand that can be exciting for those willing to do all the research on the subject and kit before starting a build and getting their build as accurate as possible, kind’a like being a Dr. of plastic created renditions or something?

Sometimes I just want to build a kit right OOTB and enjoy the time doing so, like you did with the Nova and those HONkinG BiG FaT OveR PounD WheeL’Ola’s. So . . Can you send that Nova over, I just know those bigg’in meatys need to make road kill out of that huge brown tarantula in our back yard.

BTW Carl, is that kitty getting all dressed up to go out and have you get’em a Big Burger?

[Deleted]

Eddy , LOL !
Actually no , no cats living here , just pooches . I did take care of my sons cat for about 15 months while he was over in the 'Ghanistan on deployment .
I found that kitty on photo bucket . It gave me a laugh !

[Leon]

Great progress Jeff ,looking really good with all the scratch goodies.

[imatanker]

Thanks for all the comments Men. They mean a lot.
More progress

As per discussed earlier in the thread, the inside fire extinguisher has been changed to red
I may try to make some straps for it, We'll see...



Under side of hull painted,needs another coat.



Und das Shootsenboomer
This is going to take some time





And now we wait......



 

[Leon]

Great update Jeff.Looking really good.

[Deleted]

Hello Jeff,
There is some misunderstanding about the inside fire extinguishers I think. All the removable extinguishers like the ones on the outside seems to be in the vehicle color, only the ones who were part of a fire fighting system with some sort of tubes and sprinklers attached like in the motor compartments could be red, they also had a different shape.

Eddy

[Deleted]

cracking work there old boy love it!

[imatanker]

eddy, Ooops  I guess I did misunderstand. But I will make a deal with you. The instructions show every extinguisher as red. What I am going to do is, since the inside one has been painted twice, and the shape can't really be changed, I will leave it red, and the outside one's will be the body color.  Maybe I could run some tubing from it down into the hull?

Sniper, your comments are always welcome, thanks Man.

Well, as you may or may not figured out by my lack of updates, it's raining again  How long this is going to last I do not know, but I HOPE IT'S SOON! 
This is the state of My bench at the moment.



It looks like a Murder scene.

I have managed to get the cannon sanded and primed





So much for now. I may move the build inside for a few days, as the Wife has gone to Her Mothers for a couple of days

   

[pt109]

Jeff,

Nice update there....looking mighty fine as in 1/72nd fine.

I seem to recall another photo of the camo on the Sturer, not sure of the color tho as is typical with some of these war time photos.
Well, whatever you decide I'm sure will look great...

Paul

[imatanker]

Jul 1, 2013 19:52:08 GMT -5 pt109 said:

Jeff,

Nice update there....looking mighty fine as in 1/72nd fine.

I seem to recall another photo of the camo on the Sturer, not sure of the color tho as is typical with some of these war time photos.
Well, whatever you decide I'm sure will look great...

Paul

PT, Thank you Bub. The only photo I have been able to find that shows some camo maybe is the one Jeremy posted a little ways up the thread. You would think that with only 2 made and only one really being put in to service, it would not be all that hard to get an answer

[imatanker]

I have moved inside for a couple of days.
The new digs



More cannon work















Some filler in the hole...



And we wait again.

[bullardino]

OMG, how do you handle those bits?

Great job