[WIP] Tristar 1/35 Marder III Ausf. H

[ajrimmer42]

Lil' project I've just started with a Tristar 1/35 Marder III Ausf. H, thought I'd do a bit of a WIP on here :D Saw this beast of a kit on a stand at my local model rail exhibition this weekend and picked it up for £25, a couple of quid off the RRP. I have to say it looks about the most detailed kit I've ever seen, let alone made. The mouldings are crisp and detailed with very little flash, just a few sinkholes. The goodies you get included are what you'd normally expect to buy aftermarket, you get a good size sheet of photo etch, a full interior :rock:, and seperate track links to make up a fully articulated track. Only thing you don't get are crew, luckily modelhobbies.co.uk had a set of MiniArt German Winter Tank Crew so I ordered them last night :D

I'm aiming to do the variant seen in Kharkov in 1943, all German Grey with a winter whitewash, and I'm gonna make a simple snowy diorama base for it, nothing fancy.

On with a few pics:

Took me about 2 hours last night just to put the transmission together, hence this is the only bit done so far. Damn I've never seen so many tiny bits of PE!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110403_214632.jpg


The basis of the controls, that is a stack of 4 PE levers with 5 washers seperating them, that was complete arse to do, although actually not as difficult as I had imagined.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110403_214646.jpg


The completed transmission with control levers in place, just needs a few more bits on it then ready for painting :D
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110403_215543.jpg


And would you believe it, the dreaded Carpet Monster hasn't taken any bits yet :D

Next step is to paint the interior and begin to assemble it.

TBC...

[ajrimmer42]

Few more bits painted this morning:

Driving compartment floor and sides
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_102553.jpg

Transmission assembly
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_102525.jpg

Engine bulkhead detailed
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_102607.jpg

still lots more to do even just in the interior :88) :D

[ajrimmer42]

Radios painted
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_155251.jpg

Completed Transmission after black ink wash, seat cushions and fire extinguisher
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_155227.jpg

[ajrimmer42]

Transmission and radio sets in place
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_185601.jpg

Interior finally completed. Unfortunately the Carpet Monster took the handbrake lever :(
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_193557.jpghttp://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110404_193549.jpg

Started suspension units, with glue applied sparingly these can be made to move :D
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110405_085730.jpg

[ajrimmer42]

got some more of the hull complete, certainly starting to look more like a tank :)

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110406_200115.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110407_194609.jpg

[Krauter]

Very nice :yeah:

Been following this thread since you started. looks pretty good. Keep up the good work :salute:

[ajrimmer42]

Very nice :yeah:

Been following this thread since you started. looks pretty good. Keep up the good work :salute:

Cheers :up:

Got more of the hull completed tonight, and finally got the wheels on, should have some more pics up either tonight or tomorrow.

[Rilder]

Looks cool, The Marders are definitely damn good looking tank destroyers.

[ajrimmer42]

Cheers man :up:


Starting to look suspiciously like a tank now

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110409_114415.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110409_114423.jpg

[ajrimmer42]

Hull is pretty much complete, infact it's even more complete now, these pics are a few hours old lol

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110411_152038.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110411_152106.jpg

[ajrimmer42]

by god those tracks were a right pain in the arse to do lol, they just come apart, ended up glueing them all in the end.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110411_175941.jpg

Getting there :D
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110412_192209.jpg

I've also just ordered myself a Tamiya CC-01 4x4 RC truck so I'll be getting into that tomorrow :D can't wait

[ZeeWolf]

That looks great ajrimmer, I think TvT needs a Panzerjadger group of them :up:

Looking forward to completion mate! :salute:

ZeeWolf

[ajrimmer42]

Finished :D

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110508_112914.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110508_112846.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110508_112818.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110508_112811.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110508_112801.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r131/ajrimmer42/IMG_20110508_112748.jpg

[Castout]

Wow very impressive.

[HunterICX]

:o Well holy..sh... reich and der führer combined...that's very impressive work.

HunterICX

[ajrimmer42]

thanks a lot guys, I was certainly very pleased with the outcome :)