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Post by desertrat on Feb 3, 2014 16:44:18 GMT -5
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Post by TRM on Feb 3, 2014 20:54:50 GMT -5
Lovely bit of work there DR!! Great detail going on with the engine and deck!!  |
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 3, 2014 21:11:50 GMT -5
Looking good, lots of detail on this quarter-scale monster.
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Post by Hinksy on Feb 4, 2014 9:50:36 GMT -5
Nice! I was asking about the availability of a pre-Zimmed 1/35 Sturm the other day - no luck. I'm VERY interested in this kit. I like the occasional Quarter Scale build and I've heard good thing about AFV Club! How does the 1/35 AFV Club Sturm stand up against the Tamiya Sturm guys? Dragon should get their butt's in gear and release a pre-Zimmed Sturm instead of another Pz.III or StuG variant - I know I'd buy one! Keep the updates coming dude! Ben Edit: I've just noticed that this kit DOESN'T come pre-zimmed but it's no big or fiddly job adding Zim to a 1/48 Tiger. Your kit looks like it was bought with the Zim on it! You say you used 'Pyro'? I've not heard of that before? |
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Post by pantherf..-Email Not Valid on Feb 4, 2014 9:58:13 GMT -5
LOVE the Sturmtiger and this one is looking good! The zimm makes it look even better!
Nice work.
Jeff
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Post by Deano on Feb 4, 2014 10:15:46 GMT -5
Very nice building work , coming on a treat !
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Post by desertrat on Feb 4, 2014 12:24:27 GMT -5
hi hinksy, the kits rear back plate is already covered in zimmerit, but you have to do the rest yourself! i used a pyrogravure,its like a mini soldering iron,historex agents sell them, not sure how much? ive had mine years!! Ive made a couple of the tamiya 1:48, tiger 1, sherman firefly, the afv club are just as good BUT!! the tracks are the rubber band type,(afv club),i have been trying to get hold of aftermarket set, the annoying thing is AFV CLUB actually produce two sets of track for the tiger, early and late version. but you have to buy them seperately!! the elefant is the 1:72nd dragon kit with added zimm!!     |
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 4, 2014 22:22:33 GMT -5
1/48? Are you kidding me? It is looking fantastic already with those details...
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Post by Leon on Feb 4, 2014 22:37:52 GMT -5
Nice work on the zimm DR.Really like the PE work and damaged fender.  |
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Post by afvfan on Feb 5, 2014 3:17:48 GMT -5
I've got this same kit. I've been holding off on it until I can talk myself into doing the zim. I'd love to hear their rationale behind not doing the sides since they did the front and back plates.  |
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Post by Hinksy on Feb 5, 2014 4:00:24 GMT -5
hi hinksy, the kits rear back plate is already covered in zimmerit, but you have to do the rest yourself! i used a pyrogravure,its like a mini soldering iron,historex agents sell them, not sure how much? ive had mine years!! Ive made a couple of the tamiya 1:48, tiger 1, sherman firefly, the afv club are just as good BUT!! the tracks are the rubber band type,(afv club),i have been trying to get hold of aftermarket set, the annoying thing is AFV CLUB actually produce two sets of track for the tiger, early and late version. but you have to buy them seperately!! the elefant is the 1:72nd dragon kit with added zimm!! Cheers dude, First off - love your work - I must start doing more 1/48 again and adding a lot of scratched detail. WHY would they Zimm the back end and leave the rest? Easily sorted - is the 1/35 version Zimmed in anyway? How are these things for flash, ejector marks and general crappiness? Their newer stuff looks QUALITY (ie Duster) but not sure on these older kits? I've got a set of 1/48 Tiger I Friuls that would do the job NICELY - no way would it be getting rubber bands! I've never heard of a Pyro thingy - I've seen the exact thing but it was called something else (very similar). TEMPTED! Ben |
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Post by desertrat on Feb 5, 2014 13:43:55 GMT -5
cheers!!
no idea about the 1:35th , but the 1:48th kits are very clean, hardly any flash and no pin marks.
i have noticed that on the box top it states; HIGHLY DETAILED ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ummm must have
missed this out on my kit! everything else is ok, apart from tracks. do you have a price for the
friuls? and i would deffo get hold of a pyro, great for weld seams battledamage, and even hair on
plastic figures!! not to mention zimmerit,
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2014 7:42:32 GMT -5
super stuff looks fab
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Post by desertrat on Feb 6, 2014 15:52:07 GMT -5
got the paint started, used red oxide for primer, than vallejo dk yellow,025,its the best match to RAL 7028,I have found,got to leave it to dry,24hrs, so ive started on the crew, MIG produtions ss at rest, superb figures no flash apart from where the heads are attached to the moulding lugs, easy clean up. will apply camo tommorow night, so far so good, pity can,t say the same about the weather!!!!   whoops!! forgot the heads!!       |
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 6, 2014 16:04:12 GMT -5
Great choices on the figure! Excellent painting job...
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 6, 2014 19:23:25 GMT -5
Nice progress on the paint side of things.
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Post by Hinksy on Feb 6, 2014 22:34:35 GMT -5
cheers!! apart from tracks. do you have a price for the friuls? I'm in England and they seem to be a pretty firm £25 + post. I've seen some 1/48's cheaper but the Tiger I links in 1/48 are bigger than a lot of 1/35 scale links So I doubt you'll find them cheaper! I'll deffo keep an eye out for a Pyro thingy! Ben |
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Post by desertrat on Feb 9, 2014 16:15:03 GMT -5
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 9, 2014 21:23:57 GMT -5
Nice looking pattern on the ST, almost done!
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 9, 2014 22:05:40 GMT -5
Dig the camo pattern!!!
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Post by desertrat on Feb 12, 2014 12:41:06 GMT -5
thanks for all your comments, don,t seem to get enough time on the bench at the mo,
manflu, and trying to stop the fence blowing away!!! love the english weather...........NOT!!
all better now, will post pics soon, i will also have a go at posting bigger pics,is photobucket easy
or can i upload from G MAIL,?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 15:16:14 GMT -5
great camo looking very sharp
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Post by desertrat on Feb 12, 2014 16:14:33 GMT -5
cheers, i,ve gone for the ardennes ambush pattern, these ST,s were not very sucessful,
only a handfull were operational as of 1945, and most were abondoned as they ran out of fuel!!
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Post by desertrat on Feb 15, 2014 5:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by desertrat on Feb 15, 2014 5:58:33 GMT -5
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 15, 2014 10:48:01 GMT -5
Yep, pic in last post came thru... great looking Marder!
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Post by Mence on Feb 15, 2014 12:24:55 GMT -5
It's a great kit and yours is coming on really well.
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Post by desertrat on Feb 16, 2014 15:40:59 GMT -5
been busy with the garden fence again!! bleeding wind and rain! hopefully things have died done now, got the fisrt oil wash on, and started picking out details,(before the fence drama......) wen to IPMS show at huddersfeid today and picked up a right bargain,, skybow 1:48 track links, for £4.50!! yep £4.50!!! absolute bargain,and there workable, so no glue!!  |
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Post by desertrat on Feb 16, 2014 15:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by robbo on Feb 16, 2014 16:12:02 GMT -5
Got to say this bad boy looks great you've done a fine job with her. Two things sir number one I've got a real liking for these 1/48 kits but have never built one and two, I love a Sturm Tiger any day of the week, got a little number in the stash waiting to break out. Anyway you carry on sir |
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