discussion German Jagdpanzer VI - AliExpress No Name special - 1/144 scale.

[pjgtech]

I bought a batch of six of these cheap and cheerful mini tanks a while back, from Ali Express (or it could have been Temu, can't quite remember TBH). Mainly cos I wanted a very small Tiger and it came in this set.
Having bult the little Tiger I'm now onto the other little tanks, this one is the Jagdpanzer VI.
They are pretty basic and only have very, very few parts!
This one has a whopping eight (8) parts! For some reason it comes with two barrels. At first I thought the barrel was in two halves, but no, there are two full barrels. I assume a spare in case you break one?
Box and sprue shots...


Like I said, there's not many parts, Lol...


To be fair, for a very small kit its quite detailed.... anyway after about, oh I dunno, five minutes, maybe less.... the whole thing was built.



After a tiny bit of tidying in, sanding a coat of Ammo One Shot primer was applied, I'm think of going German grey with this one. The kit does not come with any decals, but I think I may have some very small German cross decals, so might see if they can be made to fit?

 

[Steven000]

Nice little Jagdtiger Peter, I personally would cut of that muzzle break from the barrel to make it more realistic, but do as you please ofcourse

I looked it up and google said :

"The Jagdtiger's 12.8 cm Pak 44 L/55 gun was designed without a muzzle brake. The primary reasons were to allow for the potential use of sub-caliber sabot ammunition (which can break apart prematurely in brakes) and the fact that the heavy tank chassis was robust enough to withstand the high recoil force without one. "

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice little model. If you do need decals, Pendraken do them here..along with a wide range of vehicles and figures that would work with it… https://www.pendraken.co.uk/scale-specialties-10mm-vehicles

 

[pjgtech]

I quite like the muzzle brake, and as I'm not that bothered about historical accuracy/technical perfection, I think I'll leave it on.
Had its first coat of German Grey and a (bright) rust coat on the tracks, then the wheels were also given a grey finish.

 

[pjgtech]

Once its had another couple of hours drying, I'll try and pick out some of the (tiny) details, and put black rubber on the track wheels.