It is Al, with zimmerit
Dragon 1 35 StuG with Zimmerit, a blast from the past!!
- Thread starter BattleshipBob
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Many thanks Graeme
Almost ready for paint
Used magic tracks for first time along with VMS slow dry glue, did not leave long enough on first side but other side left for 30 mins plus and the glue is excellent, tracks very flexible after 45 mins! They are not conected yet, hence the loose fit!
Not fitting the rack on the engine deck, will use on another StuG, used all the kit PE and after the great advice worked so much better.
Will for the first time spray black primer on the StuG including wheels/tyres. Then paint the wheels seperatly
Hope its looking the business??
Used magic tracks for first time along with VMS slow dry glue, did not leave long enough on first side but other side left for 30 mins plus and the glue is excellent, tracks very flexible after 45 mins! They are not conected yet, hence the loose fit!
Not fitting the rack on the engine deck, will use on another StuG, used all the kit PE and after the great advice worked so much better.
Will for the first time spray black primer on the StuG including wheels/tyres. Then paint the wheels seperatly
Hope its looking the business??
Bob,
Looking very good mate.
Looking very good mate.
Thank you Paul, your PE advice worked very well:thumb2:
G
Well done Bob, the PE looks very clean, most impressed.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
Cheers John, took my time and followed advice! Not complicated but it has not dropped off------ yet lol
Bob
Looking very good indeed.
Well done.
Andrew
Looking very good indeed.
Well done.
Andrew
Almost ready for primer
Added the skirts rails but typical Dragon plans are terrible, no location shown for the skirt attachments fitted
to the fenders!!
Added tools etc, having to think how to bend/ shape the metal wire supplied for the tow cables?
Waiting for some 1 35 chain to arrive
Added the skirts rails but typical Dragon plans are terrible, no location shown for the skirt attachments fitted
to the fenders!!
Added tools etc, having to think how to bend/ shape the metal wire supplied for the tow cables?
Waiting for some 1 35 chain to arrive
A update, almost ready for paint!
Added some of the metal skirts, bit of fun as well, normal Dragon confusion lol
On the plans the skirts are 1/1, so cut out the single plans and used on the skirts as a template to add the hanging brackets, although not totally accurate! Will only fit 3 as most were ripped off or badly damaged, did a bit of bending.
Do the rabble think they look ok???
Cheers bob
Added some of the metal skirts, bit of fun as well, normal Dragon confusion lol
On the plans the skirts are 1/1, so cut out the single plans and used on the skirts as a template to add the hanging brackets, although not totally accurate! Will only fit 3 as most were ripped off or badly damaged, did a bit of bending.
Do the rabble think they look ok???
Cheers bob
Looking very good Bob. Primer next and then a fine pint job :thumb2:
Jim
Jim
Looking good from here too Bob :nerd:
95% ready for the wet stuff
Fixed the magic tracks with CA, bit of a experiment next.
Going to prime everything with mr surfacer black, using the black at the same time for the tyres, hope it will save time painting the tyres on there own
Think i should have added a bit more sag??
Fixed the magic tracks with CA, bit of a experiment next.
Going to prime everything with mr surfacer black, using the black at the same time for the tyres, hope it will save time painting the tyres on there own
Think i should have added a bit more sag??
G
Not really. The tracks were supposed to be fairly tight, but being dead tracks they would sag rather more than live tracks like on, say, a Sherman. However, too much sag and the vehicle would be likely to lose a track on cornering too sharp, so crews would not want them to be too slack — even if modellers often do 
This looks pretty good to me.
This looks pretty good to me.
Think the tracks look fine Bob :thumb2:
Thanks Jakko, appreciated!!
Ta very much Si, had another look and yep looks ok
Bob
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