Marder III Ausf.M

[Chris S]

Blimey ..you must of been waiting at the door ;D Thanks Spud .

Chris.

 

[spud]

lol i just loged on and saw u posted oh i got a third pot of yellow today

 

[Chris S]

(((lol))) the more the merrier ;D

Chris.

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Looking really good so far mate.

8)

 

[schweinhund227]

Going all out on this one hey ? Nice work...

 

[longlance67]

Liking the interaction you got on the crew, it will make for a natural scene


great weatherings too..........bring on the mud



shane

 

[Big-John]

Looking good Chris. Is the idler wheel suposed to be rubber?

 

[spud]

i didnt even notice that. i painted mine rubber

 

[Chris S]

Thanks for the comments fella's .

Looking good Chris. Is the idler wheel suposed to be rubber?

John , The idler is the wheel at the back of the track which is adjustable to take up slack in the track...this is all steel .
BUT...If you mean the top return roller , thats a question I havent answered myself yet ??? However its my 'opinion' that it would actually be a steel roller !. I say that for two reasons ,firstly I work with heavy Plant machinery everyday and as yet Havent came across a tracked machine with rubber rollers ?
Secondly ,and again only my opinion ...is ,If it were in fact made from rubber ,I'd say it would wear out pretty quick ,baised on the speed the roller would be rotating coupled with the fact its carrying the weight of the track ....Make sense ??
If anyone does know the answer ...please let me know ,I stand to be corrected

Chris.

 

[spud]

Opti visors might yield the answer, because they have something on them

 

[Chris S]

Spud ..you're absolutely right mate ,I just checked with the optivisors ....they say Continental round the wall ,which probably means they are rubber :....so I stand corrected ! I've just never seen rubber rollers on the machines I work with ,they're all steel .

 

[spud]

well 60 or 70 years ago they didnt know that it would wear out.

 

[Big-John]

Hey Chris,

(DUHHH) I meant return roller, not idler, LOL

I thought thay was rubber, Just looking out for ya pal.

BTW, I'm a heavy truck mechanic, I work on Tractor trailers.

 

[Chris S]

No worries John ,and thanks for pointing it out , you work on the big stuff too then ;D , I cant wait to get my operation done so I can get back to playing with the big toys

More later ...

Chris.

 

[Chris S]

I came across this today ...I think it answers the question on the return rollers

http://data3.primeportal.net/tanks/dmitry_kiyatkin/marder_iiim/images/marder_iiim_067_of_163.jpg

Chris.

 

[spud]

yep that pretty much says it all.

any update on the figs chris? or have you abandoned it for now

 

[Biskup]

Superb weathering Me like it very much
Cheers
Lukasz

 

[panzerace007]

CHRIS,

Yes SIR !! Right on time ! I Dig th White Wash ... what's left of it !! ;D

'Nailed it Son !! Th Track sag .. everything , TopShelf ! I'm lookin' forward to th figures !!

\m/

 

[Chris S]

Thanks guys.

Figures ....yeah just starting to colour them today . ;D

Here's the first one ,this is the first sitting with the oils ,once dry I'll push the shadows/highlights a bit more and add the details ...eyes etc at the same time





Should look better next time

Chris.

 

[Big-John]

Should look better next time

I think they look pretty darn good now!