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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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| Brass Fenders | Jul 16, 2007 |
Well after a forced break in building this model I'm pleased to say I'm back and ready to resume building again. This Chapter will deal with installing brass fenders by Voyager models. The fenders are nice and really don't need much work to get them ready. The first thing that needs to be done is to press into the recessed lines under the fenders. This will give a raised rib on top of the fender and the impressed look under the fender. This is missing on the kit. The only area that needs to be soldered is the front curved section. The photos show how to do that. Coat the area to be joined with Flux and use a soldering iron to join the solder to the brass part. Radio Shack offers some really fine Solder, .022 diameter. Stock number is 64-013E. After the join in completed I sanded the edge. The fenders are now ready to install. I installed the fenders to the hull with gap filling super glue. Next the support brackets were added.
Next up: the gun. |
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