Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar ()

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January 25, 2014
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January 26, 2014
Wheels. Lots of wheels.
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
Making the drivers seat from plastic sheet.
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
Drivers seat done.
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February 1, 2014
Steering levers
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February 1, 2014
Installed seat and levers, and lots of old spare-parts that don't need to be real accurate, but only need to fool the eye into seeing a transmission box, foot pedals, etc.
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
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February 1, 2014
Now to reconstruct the interior tool boxes.
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February 1, 2014
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February 2, 2014
Making tool boxes with plastic sheet and stretched sprue.
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February 2, 2014
Tool boxes fitted, now on to the ammo racks!
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February 3, 2014
First steps in making the ammo racks.
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February 3, 2014
Need to add trim, the top, shell holders, and shells.
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February 3, 2014
Adding trim.
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February 3, 2014
So far, so good. 🙂
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February 3, 2014
More cabinets.
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February 3, 2014
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February 3, 2014
Rings for ammo storage
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February 3, 2014
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February 3, 2014
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February 3, 2014
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February 4, 2014
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February 4, 2014
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February 4, 2014
I will use four of these radios for a "command" version
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February 4, 2014
Base painted the interior.
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February 4, 2014
Weathered and finished interior.
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February 4, 2014
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February 4, 2014
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February 4, 2014
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February 8, 2014
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February 8, 2014
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February 8, 2014
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February 10, 2014
Base paint applied.
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February 12, 2014
Burnt umber wash (artist's oil paint mixed with mineral spirits) and dry brushing (model enamels)
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February 12, 2014
Added radio headphones
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February 12, 2014
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February 14, 2014
Done!

Kommentarer

25 January 2014, 13:49

George Bacon Författare
Let the games begin! 🙂

25 January 2014, 13:50

Hunter Cummins
Lets get this party started lol🙂😄

25 January 2014, 14:21

H K
Be careful with the gunmount. I had quite a lot of problems with it when building the early version. Refer to this buildlog bpmodels.net/Model/A..2/viewtopic.php?t=95

25 January 2014, 17:02

George Bacon Författare
OK Thanks! 🙂

25 January 2014, 17:04

George Bacon Författare
Making a little progress, but the gun is just about the only interior part of the kit. I'd love to show it off, but to have open hatches I'll need to do a little scratch-building.

1 February 2014, 14:02

Hunter Cummins
Looking good 😄

1 February 2014, 14:19

Fabian D.
nice and clean so far...
that´s a point I dont get... why do they include the gunmount, but not the other interior? getting modellers to buy the AM-interior?

1 February 2014, 17:34

George Bacon Författare
You may be right Fabian 🙁. But the aftermarket stuff looks too expensive to me, especially for interior details that can only partly be seen. I just added a bunch of photos of my scratch-building attempts so far. 🙂

1 February 2014, 21:36

Fabian D.
I´ve seen a modeller doing a destroyed Brummbär with chracked side amour plating, that model was worth the PE😉
But otherwise you´re right, and doing good... it´s often enough to show that there is something in, no need for beeing really accurate...😉

1 February 2014, 23:12

George Bacon Författare
Posted some updates on the scratchbuilt "faux" interior for the Brummbar.

2 February 2014, 15:49

Hunter Cummins
Mimd if I copy??
I wamt to display mine open and you did a great job on the interior

2 February 2014, 19:58

George Bacon Författare
No problem. Go for it! 👍

2 February 2014, 21:47

George Bacon Författare
I'm pretty well done with interior scratch-building. Now to paint the innards.😉

4 February 2014, 00:08

william wise
great job on the interior George, looks pretty good

4 February 2014, 01:11

George Bacon Författare
Thanks William! I'm just giving it a "lick and a promise" because it's going to be hard to see through the hatches. At least it should give the "feel" of the real thing 🙂.

4 February 2014, 01:24

George Bacon Författare
Finished up the interior! Not much will show through the hatches once the roof's on, but a curious person with a little flashlight (like a model contest judge) should be satisfied. 🙂

4 February 2014, 20:50

Martyn Fox
Nice interior 🙂

4 February 2014, 20:59

Fabian D.
Pretty damm nice job on the interior 👍
the ammo is the same as for the SiG-33, right? Maybe the snoopy judge with the flashlight will also claim that the fueses were aluminium, not red😉

4 February 2014, 21:02

George Bacon Författare
Fabian, you're right! I read they had both HE and AP shells. Not sure what color the AP were. I was betting on the "feng shui" of a splash of color over accuracy. Maybe I'll change that...😉

4 February 2014, 22:28

Fabian D.
a bit sushi uhmm... whatever... is never a bad idea😉
But I´d say the differnece would have been shell itself, not the fuse... but that´s rather guessing than knowing....

4 February 2014, 23:13

Hunter Cummins
This is looking so good man
Just got wifi and im going to be getting back in action in 2 days😄

8 February 2014, 18:57

George Bacon Författare
Martyn: Thanks! 🙂
Fabian: Made the shell fuses aluminum, but left a red ring.😉
Hunter: Glad you're back in action! 👍

Construction is done, now it's time to paint 😄

8 February 2014, 19:15

Hunter Cummins
Me to 😄😄😄 I have some serious catching up to do

8 February 2014, 19:16

Hunter Cummins
😢😢😛

8 February 2014, 19:16

H K
Looking good. I assume, you had no problem with the gun.

8 February 2014, 20:34

George Bacon Författare
There was a big problem getting the gun to fit into the ball-shaped mantlet. It took a lot of carving to get it to fit and seat properly. Fortunately, none of that is visible, once the gun is seated correctly.

8 February 2014, 23:18

George Bacon Författare
Updated some photos. Almost done, just need to paint the exterior details (tools, cables, exhaust, etc.) and add the wheels, tracks and skirts.

12 February 2014, 23:30