Tamiya Marder III Ausf.M Tank destroyer 1:35

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:27 pm

Started a new build today!

This is going to be a long build, for there is a lot AM stuff i'm using to build it.

Interior

Wheels and suspension

Turret pak 40

Lower hull

Upper hull

Awefull, Awefull Tamiya rubber thingies... Going to replace them for Friul tracks or Modelkasten

Awh yeah! Bling bling to make your head spin..

A litle wheel painting help from quickwheel. Never used it before, think it's handy

Well... So far so good!

Keep you posted!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:27 pm

And the first step is made...
Made a beginning at the lower hull.
Love Tamiya, it almost builds itself.

But... I like making easy kits difficult, so the first step to PE is also taken.

Its a hot air outlet. There was one molded, had to cut it out. Folded the outlet, added a wingnut too.
Man! It's been a while, so I have to get used again with these eye killers...

That's it so far!

Post by **chief5437** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:39 pm

Mate, there's some TINY pieces of PE there! Don't strain your eyes, and be extra careful with the carpet monster!

Post by **Paul** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:48 pm

Good luck with that PE, tiny tiny parts.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:50 pm

chief5437 wrote:Mate, there's some TINY pieces of PE there! Don't strain your eyes, and be extra careful with the carpet monster!

Ha! Yeah.. that carpet monster. I remember that one! lol
But I still got my PE sniffing Jack Russell dog that find tiny pieces that's been eaten by the carpet monster.
:

Post by **Daishi12** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:51 pm

Wow, absurd amount of P.E. there mate... going cross eyed just thinking about it. I will be watching the thread with anticipation

Post by **DC87** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:52 pm

Best of luck - looks like a cracking kit and I'm sure you will more than do it justice

You better leave more enticing bait to keep the carpet monster busy, those PE pieces won't keep your Jack Russell full for long

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:53 pm

Paul wrote:Good luck with that PE, tiny tiny parts.

Thanks Paul

When I'm finished with this model, I think I look like this:

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:56 pm

DC87 wrote:Best of luck - looks like a cracking kit and I'm sure you will more than do it justice

You better leave more enticing bait to keep the carpet monster busy, those PE pieces won't keep your Jack Russell full for long

My dog is a small eater... lol

Post by **Paul** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:57 pm

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
Paul wrote:Good luck with that PE, tiny tiny parts.
Thanks Paul
When I'm finished with this model, I think I look like this:

Ha ha

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:00 pm

Daishi12 wrote:Wow, absurd amount of P.E. there mate... going cross eyed just thinking about it. I will be watching the thread with anticipation

What can I say... I love my PE

Going to try to make the best of it, one step at the time....

Post by **Coen** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:01 pm

I've been meaning to do a series of the smaller German TDs and the arty pieces.
I'll be watching you go blind on this one Fran's... Haha.
That's a cramp load of PE. Good luck with it Dude, I'm sure you'll do it justice.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:03 pm

Coen wrote:I've been meaning to do a series of the smaller German TDs and the arty pieces.
I'll be watching you go blind on this one Fran's... Haha.
That's a cramp load of PE. Good luck with it Dude, I'm sure you'll do it justice.

Thank you Coen!

Post by **garywintin** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:48 pm

Coming along nicely ....

http://www.youtube.com/user/longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:56 am

Will be definitely watching this build mate, always wanted to build one of these

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:27 pm

Ok, Time to get crazy again...

Worked on some PE parts today.
I was a little rusty, but i'm gettin the hang of it again.

The gun rack Was molded, so I had to remove it to replace it with a PE one.
I'm always ending up with sanding marks, I just can't get it smooth, even with a needel file.
Nah... You won't be able to see it when it;s painted and weatered anyway

Molded Gunrack at the top

And a brand new one

The lever on the left of the gun rack is replaced too.
Very small parts this time...
But I think it looks better then the molded one.
Does any body knows where this lever was for?

I also replaced the molded hot air blowout.
This one looks better then the firs one.

New lever

Closeup lever

And all together

Letting my eyes rest for today, tomorrow it's PE day again!

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:29 pm

That's some nice work dude.

i was looking at the cockpit set I have for one of my planes and those little pieces scare the crap out of me lol.

Post by **Coen** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:22 pm

I'm not completely sure, but I think that it might be the gun rotation lock. But I'm not sure.

Post by **wappynutter** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:31 pm

Beautiful PE work my friend..

Eyes of a hawk..... do you have a zoom or macro button on the back of your head Frans ??

Excellent, you are a master of this hobby sir....
Well done.

Post by **Lee** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:11 am

Good luck with that.....!!!

Post by **Paul** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:12 am

Great stuff

http://www.youtube.com/user/longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:27 am

some lovely etch work mate

great stuff indeed

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:46 pm

Paul wrote:Great stuff

longlance67 wrote:some lovely etch work mate
great stuff indeed

Thanks guys...

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:58 pm

Right... New day, More PE to tackle.

Started to replace a foldable seat.
The Original is molded and does not have hinges, so time to make some.
Here is a pic of the seat from the kit:

And here is the PE one...
I think I like this one better...

Next it was time to go NUTS!
literally....

It was time to start at the (inside) rear of the Marder.

There were a lot of nuts (or bolds if you like) molded. It lookt more like some round dots to me, so I decided to replace them for PE ones too.... Oh boy... 0.02mm these things are. Some plates needed to be removed too.

Here's what I did:

That's it for today, next up: side panels. More nuts...

Post by **chief5437** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:25 pm

You're nuts FD!! Lol.

Looks so much better with the PE though. Great work.

Post by **Coen** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:29 pm

Amazing progress Fran's!
That replacement folding bench is wicked.
Well done.

Post by **wappynutter** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:48 pm

Fantastic Frans.... Just fantastic mate. awaiting the next PE update..

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:47 pm

OMFG crazy dude just crazy

Looking good though.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:02 am

Coen wrote:I'm not completely sure, but I think that it might be the gun rotation lock. But I'm not sure.

Did some recharge, and you might be right about the gun lock. When pressed forward the gun was locked on place, pulled out and the gun could turn. Makes sense Thanks Coen!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:05 am

T3hGuppy wrote:OMFG crazy dude just crazy

Looking good though.

T3hGuppy wrote:That's some nice work dude.

i was looking at the cockpit set I have for one of my planes and those little pieces scare the crap out of me lol.

Coen wrote:Amazing progress Fran's!
That replacement folding bench is wicked.
Well done.

chief5437 wrote:You're nuts FD!! Lol.

Looks so much better with the PE though. Great work.

Thanks for the nice comments guys!

Post by **Coen** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:07 am

Hey... It looked like a part that does the same thing, that I've seen in a couple of other German WWII AFVs... I took a guess. haha.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:08 am

wappynutter wrote:
Fantastic Frans.... Just fantastic mate. awaiting the next PE update..

Thank you!
Glad you like the progress

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:10 am

Coen wrote:Hey... It looked like a part that does the same thing, that I've seen in a couple of other German WWII AFVs... I took a guess. haha.

lucky guess then! It was spot on tho...

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:09 pm

Hi guys! Time for another update.
This time I worked on the radio set.
Here is the Original radio that needed to be re-worked.

And here is what it looks like when I was done with it after 4 hours tinkering...

Added some electric wires and recievers and stuff...
The small shelf needed some liquid putty, for it did not fitted correctly. Also that bar mount above it has some putty.
Nothing a bit of sanding can't take care of!
There is more electrical stuff to be mounted, A speaker and battery, but It was enough for today guys

And no guys... that radio isn't working

http://www.youtube.com/user/longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:30 pm

Oh nice radio setup, very nice etch work

great job

Shane.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:14 am

longlance67 wrote:Oh nice radio setup, very nice etch work

great job

Shane.

Thank you...

It was a tough job tho...

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:07 am

What do you mean the radio doesn't work? What's wrong with ya.... slacker!!

haha
Stunning... and blinding work again Frans.
It looks perfect. The right paint on that and she will steal the show buddy.
I see another master build coming.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:39 am

Coen wrote:What do you mean the radio doesn't work? What's wrong with ya.... slacker!!

haha
Stunning... and blinding work again Frans.
It looks perfect. The right paint on that and she will steal the show buddy.
I see another master build coming.

The radio doesn't work yet... still waiting for the battery to arrive

Thank you Coen, I'm enjoying this build. A slow one this time, but I'm having fun!

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:45 am

That's what it's all about... Fun!

Post by **Tiger131** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:14 am

just gone through all your thread well done buddy your work looks superb and with all that pe your eyes are going to hurt when this is done keep up the good work

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:28 pm

Still got a few days of holiday left, so I got plenty of time to oncentrate on the Photo Etch parts.

And today I worked on a shell-rack (one of 2).
They needed to be reworked, for the poto etch case that is holding them.
Also the 2 part straps are folded and aded to the holders.
This took me a while, for it's very tiny guys...

Only did one side, because it's stressing your eyes out!

Wanted to put some ammunition in the holders, but Tamiya made the ammo in this kit a lot bigger then the kit ammunition holders!

Could try to sand the ammunition down, but then it would be to thin... so no ammo in the holders untill I found a solution.
Idea's are welcome guys!

There is also a radio speaker. It looks big, but I did some resarch, and it's the correct size...
Also added the wiring of the radio and reciever.

Here's some pics from what I got so far.

I forgot to take care of two inject holes..

Just saw it on thes photo's while posting... Nah... no prob, lots of sanding to do

See you next update guys!

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:41 pm

Great stuff, those really add detail to the kit

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:48 pm

Paul wrote:Great stuff, those really add detail to the kit

Thanks Paul,
That is why I like PE so much...
Not using it on all my models, like to do Out Of The Box too.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:50 pm

Frans... did you fully build all 12 holders?
Or did you just partially build them for suggested detail?

because if you fully detailed them, you are now my new God.

Another master class build my friend.
This is going to blow people's minds when it's done.

Post by **chief5437** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:09 pm

This looks superb FD! The detail is amazing. Will this be going to the model show as well?

Oh, and what's the detail made from? Doesn't look like the usual brass PE?

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:16 pm

Coen wrote:Frans... did you fully build all 12 holders?
Or did you just partially build them for suggested detail?

because if you fully detailed them, you are now my new God.
Another master class build my friend.
This is going to blow people's minds when it's done.

Thank you Coen!

The holders are a part from the kit, but I needed to fully rework them.
Had to cut of the "beam" and sanded the holders round again.
Here's a pic of the Tamiya part unprocessed. There is a 2 piece Photo Etch part from the straps/belts next to it. Needed to bend them and getting it in the right shape to fit the holders.

For the case/holder I had to bend a lot of Photo Etch.
Can't let you see that part for it's still in the fret.
Here's a pic of the manual instead...

Hope it answers your question?

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:21 pm

chief5437 wrote:This looks superb FD! The detail is amazing. Will this be going to the model show as well?

Oh, and what's the detail made from? Doesn't look like the usual brass PE?

Thanks Chief!
No, this wil not going to be to the modelling show.
That show is on 13th of October, and I wil not make it.
And I already got 4 great models to show there!
Who knows, I might win something

The detail is Photo Etching too. Its just made out of another material.
It's the typical silver colour Aber uses... it is stronger than the copper...

Post by **Schoof** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:04 pm

Uhm......what does P.E. mean ??

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:26 pm

Schoof wrote:Uhm......what does P.E. mean ??

Photo etch

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:47 pm

Cutting off that moulded on beam must have been a giant pain in the backside. That's a lot of material and curved surfaces.
Did you use a rotary tool or do it by hand?