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Actung Panzer GB Kugelblitz returns, COMPLETED!!


SleeperService

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Greetings all.

 

I started THIS back in 2015 but, like most things I attempted at the time, it faded away. But now it's back. And I have proof

Exhibit A

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The turret took a battering during the last 2+ years but has now been repaired. Periscopes found and re-attached, skirt repaired and primed.

Exhibit B

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Tracks and roadwheels painted and assembled. Tracks are WW2 productions and stayed together for all this time. They're on the way back to the market and I'm glad. Return rollers are kit outside with scratch inside. The kit items have vanished for now.

 

Exhibit C

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Hull rear details all done including replacing the anemic kit upper/lower hull joint. I have to add the inner exhaust pipes and supports . The upper hull is just placed on at the moment BTW.

 

The turret assembly and scratch-building the return roller rears was done, but not photographed two years ago. Everything else was yesterday and this morning. The meds are working well at the moment :D 

 

 

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Greetings SoDoomer's

 

Managed to get a crack on with this wee beast despite a model show at the weekend :D

 

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General shot showing the majority of the components. The hull is now one piece and I've made a start on the upper hull details.

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RH trackguard stowage coming along nicely. I've had to scratch replacements for the moulded-on tools. But it was quite relaxing work. 

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The LH side is a lot simpler and here I'm about half-way through the work. The etch is Hauler for the Panzer IV Ausf J and etch treadplate from the same supplier. If I can get another couple of sessions in this should be ready for paint by the weekend.

Thanks for looking

 

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After a gestation of 11 years this beast is finally built. Here you go:

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TBH if it wasn't for this GB this would never have got finished. I had a lot of reworking work I'd done previously and the tool stowage was a mare with several bits needing multiple refits. However after a long haul here we are.

 

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In a fit of euphoria I also got it primed and, I must say, I'm quite happy with it now. Give the primer a couple of days to cure and I'll get painting. 

 

Riding the crest of a wave I've dug out my next entry...yes, another Group Build failed to finish, of which I have many...

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