Longbow Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 32 minutes ago, M3talpig said: Can't remember exactly but im fairly sure it was either a Hummel or a Nashorn that took out one of the U.S armies first T26E3 (M26) at the last stages of the war Nashorn. I was looking at a pic of it today. First one actually destroyed was by a Tiger I, which then backed up and got stuck on a rubble pile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I remembered reading about this. It was a Nashorn. To quote Wikipedia. "On 6 March 1945, another T26E3 was knocked out in the town of Niehl near Cologne, by a rarely-seen Nashorn 88 mm tank destroyer, at a range of under 300 yd (270 m)." Hope this helps. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 I had to take a break, for a few days of work. July 4th set off a rash of COVID outbreaks. Ive now resumed work on the Nashorn, with the main gun. Cemented, but no clean up, yet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Nothing to really report. Still working on gun bits. I keep spotting ejector pin pin marks and mold lines to clean up. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Bloody injector marks 😬 ..Out of interest, is this quite an old Tamiya kit or a more recent model ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, Pig of the Week said: Bloody injector marks 😬 ..Out of interest, is this quite an old Tamiya kit or a more recent model ? I don’t think it’s that old. Apparently their Hummel had a large screw head showing which is used for the gun mount. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo1966 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Scalemates have it down as a 2014 release. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 Well... I had a complete and utter disastrous day, yesterday, with an attempt at painting a vehicle. I got the primer down on Friday. Pre-shade on Saturday. Sat down to spend the day painting on Sunday morning. Base coat, and then green and brown camouflage. Not happy with the results/colors, I re-coated with the base, and tried again. Still not happy, I stripped it all back to the primer coat with denatured alcohol. About 6 hours of wasted time. And this is supposed to be fun ? 🤣 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Did you ever hear the story about the man seen stood next to a brick wall and banging his head against it at regular intervals? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, echen said: Did you ever hear the story about the man seen stood next to a brick wall and banging his head against it at regular intervals? That was me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, echen said: Did you ever hear the story about the man seen stood next to a brick wall and banging his head against it at regular intervals? The people asked him why he was banging his head on the wall. "It's nice when it stops" the man replied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Longbow said: Well... I had a complete and utter disastrous day, yesterday, with an attempt at painting a vehicle. I got the primer down on Friday. Pre-shade on Saturday. Sat down to spend the day painting on Sunday morning. Base coat, and then green and brown camouflage. Not happy with the results/colors, I re-coated with the base, and tried again. Still not happy, I stripped it all back to the primer coat with denatured alcohol. About 6 hours of wasted time. And this is supposed to be fun ? 🤣 Don't know, it sounded like it was going to turn into a song by Craig David for a bit there... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 19, 2021 Author Share Posted July 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Pig of the Week said: Don't know, it sounded like it was going to turn into a song by Craig David for a bit there... I'll have to complete the lyrics, and see if I can make some cash..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 You could do a metal version... It would be "Tankcore.." Geddit.?... Tankcore..Tank Corps... Oh well please yerselves..... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Sorry... I got distracted by a Daimler Benz Panther Ausf. A belonging to Kampfgruppe Bake, at the Battle of Korsun, Cherkassy Pocket. The vehicle is an early A, with the small grid DB Zimmerit. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, Longbow said: Sorry... That's that. Don't worry so hard, this can happen to anyone... It's Dragon Panther? Vytautas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, vytautas said: That's that. Don't worry so hard, this can happen to anyone... It's Dragon Panther? Vytautas No lol... Not Dragon. It's the Takom one I'd started in the Panther GB, after I'd finished the late A and the late G. This one has been sitting on the shelf of doom, but I need to try and sort out my airbrush work before tackling the Nashorn, as I've had a few paint disasters lately. The Spit I tried failed miserably, and I've just stripped another JP IV after not being happy with the paint. I'm not sure what changed, and what I'm doing wrong lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Well... Got the dark yellow on, painlessly. It’s almost 9pm, so I guess I’m going let that harden over night. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 17 hours ago, Longbow said: Kampfgruppe Bake Is that yet another bake off style TV show...? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Well those two look very nice, almost his and hers in matching dunklegelb, perhaps the must have colour for 43/44?? At least you appear to have sorted the airbrush issue! Atb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Jasper dog said: Well those two look very nice, almost his and hers in matching dunklegelb, perhaps the must have colour for 43/44?? At least you appear to have sorted the airbrush issue! Atb Seconded Stay safe Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Jasper dog said: Well those two look very nice, almost his and hers in matching dunklegelb, perhaps the must have colour for 43/44?? At least you appear to have sorted the airbrush issue! Atb Hi Daryl !! Single colors aren’t the issue. It’s what comes after 🤣 We shall see, later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Jasper dog said: Is that yet another bake off style TV show...? A sneakily ( against regulations) opened tin of fleischkonserve on some stale black bread "toasted" on the tank's exhaust pipe..bon apetit.. 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Ugly Frog alert !! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 Last ones for tonight. Weathering starts tomorrow. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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