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Modeller Build Logs
Tristar 1/35 scale Marder III Ausf H |
| By Mike Bishop | | Started: | Jun 5, 2007 | | Updated: | Nov 12, 2007 |
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I must confess that I have not really been interested in this tank over the many years. My mind was set back in the 1970/80s with the memory of the old Italieri kit. I even went as far as to build an Ausf M from that kit as it was the one I really wanted. That all changed when the DML kit was released a few months back. The detail added was light years above the older Ausf H kit. Then Tristar announced the kit of the Ausf H which made one ponder....why. Thanks to the folks on this site and at PMMS, the reason why was soon answered. After reading the reviews of the DML kit and those of the Tristar kit I decided to sell the DML kit.
Enter Paul Owen. He asked on this site if anyone would like to build this kit for a blog to which I posted, along with ,that I wanted the chance. Paul decided to make the choice and it would be me. Thanks Paul. Anyway, I decided to get a few extra things for the kit because I'm never happy it seems if I don't update something...no matter how good the kit would be. This one is very good indeed. |
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| Finished | Nov 12, 2007 |
The tracks have now been added. I added the chips with a small #0003 brush. This process take a long time. I work in one area at a time. I view each section as if what kind of damage can can happen to small places. I drive a forklift at work some days and that thing takes a beating. Running into stuff,the bumping and scratching that happens to the , something close you can see happening to a tank. I try to match the colors of rubbed metal. I mixed some silver to brown and black to get the color that is a close match. Then the chipping begins. A wash of Mig pigments are added next. I have tried using the Tamiya thinner with the mig pigments but have no really good luck with it. I used enamel paint thinner and success! The Mig colors I used were dark earth and European dust. I used some really think DK Earth for the bottom and back end of the tank.
that's about it. If anyone has any questions regarding the build feel free to ask. I don't have any secrets.
Thanks for tanking time out of you day to read the blog. |
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