Tamiya Marder III

[Adam Durrant]

Sorry lads, I'll try to slow down a little

It's quite cold right now so using the primer rattlecan is a little difficult at the moment anyway.

Philipp

Have you tried the rattle can in hot water trick to combat that Phil? Supposedly if you shake it up then stand it in a pot of warm water it heats the propellant up and allows it to flow better. Not sure if that helps, cold in NZ is 4 or 5 degrees in Winter in the Nth Island. Dealing with 26 plus at present but high humidity which means everything is slow to dry

[Philipp Gross]

I might try that....as soon as the cold is the only problem I have



It might be gone by tomorrow or stay for two weeks. Both is possible around here, though the former is much more likely. Not that I'm complaining, snow is infinitely better than our usual muddy green and grey winters

Philipp

[Philipp Gross]

Turns out it wasn't so cold after all. Pre-heating the spraycan on a radiator might have helped too.



Of course I missed a few spots but the most important thing is to get all the metal parts primed. I also just ordered a Panzer 38(t) kit which will probably swap tracks with this one.

Philipp

[Steve Hutchinson]

That looks Uber cool, Philipp

Only 11 days into the GB

I better getting cracking

It does look good

Steve H

[Adam Durrant]

I'd almost swap you the snow for our humidity at present. It's too hot to sleep!

Yet again the Citadel primer goes on sooooo fine!

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks again one and all

Of course the snow is gone now, at least we have a very refreshing influx of cold arctic air from the northeast, with lots of sun every day I'll think fondly of it once the usual tropical summer returns

Concerning the Marder, since I'm swapping the kit tracks with the better detailed Tristar tracks I did the same with the mounted spares:


I'm about to start painting, but this time I actually remembered that I have roll of masking film and a compass cutter:


Thankfully 38t wheels have that nice edge between tyre and rim that greatly helps with positioning the masks.

Philipp

[Vincent Power]

Good to see more progress Philipp. I must get one of those compass cutters. They must come in very handy.

Vincent

[Philipp Gross]

Indeed they are, I got mine for a few Euros through Ebay. It looks like this.

PHilipp

[Shawn Ramsey]

I have one just like it, but I have only tried using it on plaster which did not work real well.

The Marder looks great Philipp.

SHawn

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks Shawn

I've put on some grey last night, I'll post an update later today when I've added some shading.

Philipp