Global Scale Modeller

Hi guys!
After finishing GB, SIG and OOB Sd.Kfz 7/1 20mm flakvierling, it's time to get back to my beloved Marder.

So here's a tiny update.... seriously, realy tiny! Some bolds are 0.2mm
I made the barrel lock today. I spent two and a half hour building this (workable!) lock,
Yeah, you heard me... workable...

So this is the piece out of the box that need to be re-worked.




After doing some cutting and sanding, I drilled tiny holes in the lock pieces.
This is the re-worked part.



Put the lock together with copper wire, superglue and patience.... a lot of patience...
And a little help from my wife too... she putted a piece of copper wire trough 3 little pieces I had lined up with 2 tweezers.
So a extra hand was needed. Thanks dear Amy




And to prove it's workable, here's the lock in open position...



Next I putted the hinge together that operates the lock from the cabin. I missed one bold as I just see that's missing on this pic, will do that tomorrow.



And here's the barrel lock finished.



In open position. I will build this Marder with the barrel in a closed lock





Dry fitted the barrel for aligning the lock. The gun itself will get a PE upgrade too..







Well, That was a fun evening detailing!
I'm happy with the result, and more PE coming up soon guys

Thanks for tuning in!

Frans ... You are a modelling God!
That was an amazing piece of scratch modification,
Master class work buddy.... Just freaking marvellous to look at.
This pictures were really well done and show off the work perfectly.
My eyes are dry staring at these.

Coen wrote:Frans ... You are a modelling God!
That was an amazing piece of scratch modification,
Master class work buddy.... Just freaking marvellous to look at.
This pictures were really well done and show off the work perfectly.
My eyes are dry staring at these.

Thank you very much for that nice compliment Coen. A modelling god...
I'll be honest to you, had to walk away for a moment to get my eyes straight again.
just sat down on the couch drinking a coffee for a moment...

Thanks again buddy, and don't forget to blink your eyes ones in a while...

Mike's right Frans...... I just spent ages flicking back and forth over the gun locking mechanism and hatch hinge with the missing bolt!!
I am wondering what PE extra you could possibly add to a replacement barrel??
Good luck with the continuing Teeny etch work matey, you are truly a skilled guy with the best eyes on the forum!




Just a stunning piece mate, well done..

wappynutter wrote:Mike's right Frans...... I just spent ages flicking back and forth over the gun locking mechanism and hatch hinge with the missing bolt!!
I am wondering what PE extra you could possibly add to a replacement barrel??
Good luck with the continuing Teeny etch work matey, you are truly a skilled guy with the best eyes on the forum!




Just a stunning piece mate, well done..

Thank you Andy! Glad you all like this upgrade so much!

What extra Can I do? Well, the replacement barrel is looking great as it is, but the gun mechanism is getting some PE levers, wheels, bolds, gears etc....
And my eyes? Well.... I'm using a Tamiya head magnifier otherwise I can not see what i'm doing!
Some people ask me to do a video when i'm building with PE but that would be just very boring I think, for I work in absolute silence... I even hold my breath when i'm fiddling with tiny bolds! Not to long tho, would not want to scare my wife when turning blue...
So no vids on PE building just yet...

Thanks again buddy!

Frans this a master class of detailing mate

I'm loving every second of this build

great work !


Shane

longlance67 wrote:Frans this a master class of detailing mate

I'm loving every second of this build

great work !


Shane

Thank you Shane!
More to come soon!

Mind = Blown .. such skills...

garywintin wrote:Mind = Blown .. such skills...

Thank you!

I love it !- Almost model will be metal ..Very good work with metal elements. Looking very truly. ...Master Frans in the work its all

HollywoodModelling wrote:Frans = crazy... but crazy Genius!

AchtungPanzer wrote:I love it !- Almost model will be metal ..Very good work with metal elements. Looking very truly. ...Master Frans in the work its all

Thank you very much gentleman!

Love Frans it's mind blowing I don't know how you do it or even come up with these ideas us mere mortals will just have to bow down to your far superior skill.

Once more - simply outstanding!

Rob wrote:Once more - simply outstanding!

Nige201980 wrote:Love Frans it's mind blowing I don't know how you do it or even come up with these ideas us mere mortals will just have to bow down to your far superior skill.

Thank you very much guys!
I appreciate it

Ahhh ... a plenty of PE-work on very tiny parts you had to do there Frans ... looking excellent mate .

HWGuderian23 wrote:Ahhh ... a plenty of PE-work on very tiny parts you had to do there Frans ... looking excellent mate .

Thanks Markus!
And a lot more PE to come....

Hello guys!

Small udate....
Progress is slow, upgrading the main gun now. Also done some bits and bobs at the interior.
Still got 3 workable periscopes to make.
Here are some pics. Gun is not finished yet.





And next to my Marder III Ausf.H



Slow progress, but I have to be careful with placing all small parts, especially now when my PE placer died and does not stick anymore. I think I need another one.....

Thanks for looking!

lovely work Frans


Shane

longlance67 wrote:lovely work Frans


Shane

Thank you Shane

Looking good

Frans

Great work mate.

cheers

Rossco

Bissyboat wrote:Looking good

rm6239 wrote:Frans

Great work mate.

cheers

Rossco

Thanks guys

wonderful stuff and all great things take time you cannot rush them. Great work!
by the way what is PE placer?!

Vilkas wrote:wonderful stuff and all great things take time you cannot rush them. Great work!
by the way what is PE placer?!

Thank you!
A pe placer is a photo etch placer.
A small pen with s sticky tip for picking up small parts for easy placement.
But the tip of mine placer is worn and does not stick anymore. .
Maybe I'll give the wax placers from Ultimate a try....
Or maybe Paul And Lee will donate one for tryout....

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:

Vilkas wrote:wonderful stuff and all great things take time you cannot rush them. Great work!
by the way what is PE placer?!

Thank you!
A pe placer is a photo etch placer.
A small pen with s sticky tip for picking up small parts for easy placement.
But the tip of mine placer is worn and does not stick anymore. .
Maybe I'll give the wax placers from Ultimate a try....
Or maybe Paul And Lee will donate one for tryout....

Ha ha!!

chief5437 wrote:

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:

Vilkas wrote:wonderful stuff and all great things take time you cannot rush them. Great work!
by the way what is PE placer?!

Thank you!
A pe placer is a photo etch placer.
A small pen with s sticky tip for picking up small parts for easy placement.
But the tip of mine placer is worn and does not stick anymore. .
Maybe I'll give the wax placers from Ultimate a try....
Or maybe Paul And Lee will donate one for tryout....

Ha ha!!

Its worth a try. ..

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:

Vilkas wrote:wonderful stuff and all great things take time you cannot rush them. Great work!
by the way what is PE placer?!

Thank you!
A pe placer is a photo etch placer.
A small pen with s sticky tip for picking up small parts for easy placement.
But the tip of mine placer is worn and does not stick anymore. .
Maybe I'll give the wax placers from Ultimate a try....
Or maybe Paul And Lee will donate one for tryout....

Looking damn good Frans ! Very cool work so far mate !

HWGuderian23 wrote:Looking damn good Frans ! Very cool work so far mate !

Thanks markus!
New update soon.
I can feel the whip from Chief..

EXCELLENT work truly superb work you got there bud

Don't update to fast....... Can't drool anymore.... I'm drying up

Tiger131 wrote:EXCELLENT work truly superb work you got there bud

Thanks mate!

Schoof wrote:Don't update to fast....... Can't drool anymore.... I'm drying up

shall I say it? Or not. ... Yeah. ... saying it anyway: VIDEO UPDATE SOON!

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:

Schoof wrote:Don't update to fast....... Can't drool anymore.... I'm drying up

shall I say it? Or not. ... Yeah. ... saying it anyway: VIDEO UPDATE SOON!

Nnnooooooooooooooo I can't watch it here...

Yay!!!! A Frans update !!

Sorry Sebastian..

wappynutter wrote:Yay!!!! A Frans update !!

Sorry Sebastian..

Vid is uploading now
I made this video while being dead tired, so I sound weird sometimes. When tired my English is even more weird then normal


And No worries Sebastian, the video is here for you when your back home

Small update video...

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Amazing workmanship.

Geoff

Hanger2 wrote:Amazing workmanship.

Geoff

Thank you Geoff

Fabulous work on the Marder Frans !
The workable driver's hatch and all the plenty of details around the platform and on the gun looking absolutely amazing!
Very well done my friend !

HWGuderian23 wrote:Fabulous work on the Marder Frans !
The workable driver's hatch and all the plenty of details around the platform and on the gun looking absolutely amazing!
Very well done my friend !

Thank you very much Markus!
And there is plenty more pe coming
I'm working on the fenders right now, and i try to finish the main gun

Some great work here FD, gets better every time! I'll be watching your update when I finish work tonight. Keep it coming!

chief5437 wrote:Some great work here FD, gets better every time! I'll be watching your update when I finish work tonight. Keep it coming!

Thanks buddy!
I'll keep them coming

Wow Frans, you keep blowing my mind every time!

Those working parts are akin to watchmaking artisanship!

Great videos too, keep up the excellent work mate.

reelmesh wrote:Wow Frans, you keep blowing my mind every time!

Those working parts are akin to watchmaking artisanship!

Great videos too, keep up the excellent work mate.

Thank you Carlos
So i may have to think about a career change then!
Beter then fitting flanges and fittings maybe

Really need to catch up with this one some great looking work dude

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:

reelmesh wrote:Wow Frans, you keep blowing my mind every time!

Those working parts are akin to watchmaking artisanship!

Great videos too, keep up the excellent work mate.

Thank you Carlos
So i may have to think about a career change then!
Beter then fitting flanges and fittings maybe

You should definitely consider that!

It's really great work and dedication to add so much PE to a model and on top of that making it workable... Mind blown....Again...

Just watched the latest update vid. Great work, next you'll be making a workable engine! Lol.

And still 5 more pages of PE to go! Madness.

Kutgw buddy

T3hGuppy wrote:Really need to catch up with this one some great looking work dude

Thanks Guppy!

chief5437 wrote:Just watched the latest update vid. Great work, next you'll be making a workable engine! Lol.

And still 5 more pages of PE to go! Madness.

Kutgw buddy

Thanks Chief!
A workable engine? Now I can handle Small parts but.... hmmm Not that nuts! (yet)

Cheers Buddy