Marder III Ausf.M

[Chris S]

Yeah ,They can be a bit vague to say the least about parts placement ,it really takes you know what you're looking at sometimes ....and work from pics of the real deal ...that helps a lot !!

Chris.

 

[Eastrock]

a lesson learn when building with dragon kits... is to search for reference and have ton's of it.

 

[spud]

looking Good Chris. and i have to agree with the instructions prblem. i spent the best part of a hour doing teh drive shaft on my RSO and there is no need because it cant be seen.. lesson learnt

 

[TRM]

What, no tracks yet??? ;D Just kiddin' buddy!! Looking real goos so far!!

 

[noname]

I think it is generally understood that Dragon's instructions are on the sucky side. How is the fit? I have a Marder III Cyberhobby kit. I wonder if they are similar? Isn't Cyberhobby a branch of Dragon or sumpin' like dat?

 

[geegad]

Lookin good the detail on this kit is looking very good what's it like to build??


Geegad

 

[Chris S]

Thanks for looking in chaps

I think it is generally understood that Dragon's instructions are on the sucky side. How is the fit? I have a Marder III Cyberhobby kit. I wonder if they are similar? Isn't Cyberhobby a branch of Dragon or sumpin' like dat?

Yes ,Cyberhobby is Dragon ,and the fit and build are top quality ...as soon as ya know where the parts go ;D

Lookin good the detail on this kit is looking very good what's it like to build??


Geegad

As above mate ,the build is very good

Chris.

 

[geegad]

cheers i think i will be adding this model to my collection very soon thanks to you keep up the good work

john

 

[Chris S]

No problem John ,it is a nice one to add to the armor collection ,there's quite a bit of etch in this one too and doesnt really require and AM stuff

Chris.

 

[Biskup]

I'm waiting closely and I'm waiting for another update.
Cheers

 

[Jelly]

Hey, Chris, wasn´t this vehicle the one that gets ambushed in a narrow street in the "Saving Private Ryan" movie??? More or less at the end of the movie, in the final battle...

This is a really very versatile model!

Where are you going to depict it?? East Front? West Front?

Keep posting, please!
RG

 

[Chris S]

Hey Biskup ...I'll try not to keep you waiting too long buddy , got the tracks al done ,so they're drying up at the minute .

Jelly ,couple of good questions fella . I think ( if I recall correctly ) the one in Private Ryan was maybe a Ausf H ??...but I stand to be corrected ;D...As for the camo ....Im thinking Russian front ,I want to try a whitewash over the Dark Yellow ...simply because I havent tried it yet :-\..but we'll see how it goes

Chris.

 

[panzerace007]

CHRIS,

Looks like you have a great start so far !! I look forward to seein th White Wash !!

That scene from 'Ryan sounds familiar ... I'm just tryin to Job My memory ... & look on YouTube for it ..... I guess I could always PoP th DVD in & watch it !!

 

[Chris S]

Hi ya Erik..Thanks buddy ....Mmmm might have to watch it myself now ...its been a while ...lol

Chris.

 

[Chris S]

Righto ....I got my tracks done , bit fiddly but not too bad ,they went together quite quickly with no fuss . What I do is make a top run and a bottom run .Once the lengths are made up I run some liquid poly up the middle of the track then let them sit and dry off for a while .Once the glue is in a 'flexible' state I set the track on a strip of Tamiya tape which makes it easier to position the track on the tank ,The tape lets you pull the track round the sprockets without it all falling apart .I then leave the tape on till the glue sets up .




You can see in this pic where the join between top and bottom is on the front of the sprocket ,this will cloes up when I do the final fit of the tracks once painted



So now this lot can come off to get painted .

Thanks for looking.

Chris.

 

[Tony lee]

Tracks look fine as frog hair Chris.

Watchin
Tony lee

 

[spud]

lol Frog hair. looks mighty fine chris

 

[Quaralane]

Nice technique on those tracks.

Looking good so far

 

[ShutterAce]

Nice and clean.

 

[Eastrock]

The track fit nicely, Chris!!!

Good thing you know your way around the Marder instead of relying with the kit instruction