Marklo’s KUTA Kollection

[Marklo]

My WIP

1.  1/48 Martinsyde Type A

2.  1/48 Taube

3.  1/72 Airfix F.8 Meteor

4. 1/48 Scratchbuilt Geest Fighter

5. M577 APC
7. 1/24 Scratchbuilt little Willie.
8. 1/72 Heinkel 119 vac form
9.  1/72 Ju88
10. 1/48 Scratchbuilt Aviatik DII
11. 1/24 Hetzer
12. 1/24 Renault FT
13. 1/72 Fokker V4
14.1/72 Matchbox meteor

15. 1/72 revell tiger meet Tornado

16. 1/35 Scratchbuilt Erhardt armoured car.

My shelf queens  

 

1.  M577 APC ~ 70% done

 

2.  1/48 Taube ~ 90% done

 

3.  1/24 Hetzer ~ 70% done

 

4. 1/24 Renault FT ~50% done

So four for KUTA, since they’re all fairly advanced I’ll just use the one WIP thread…

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Marklo

[Mjwomack]

I mean that's marklo's solo kuta GB right there 

[Marklo]

The taube is finally back on the bench and the rigging nightmare commences. I’m gong to do one r two lines at a time and get it done that way rather than trying to do it all in one go.
 

And gets some seats. The rear cabin needs a stick and an ip.

[Grandboof]

No expense spared for crew comfort 

[Marklo]

Fitting  road wheels on the Hetzer. 

[Marklo]

One side done. When I build the next one ( it’ll be a Grille or a Marder or a 38(t) ) I’ll probably build the running gear in reverse ie make bogies and fit them to the hull.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Marklo

[Marklo]

did some cutting and molding I now have a set of Schurzen and the makings of the mantlet.

 

I also had a brainwave, what if I make a vac from mold from my masters, then resin cast them with the plastic mold. Worked a charm and the mold is fully reusable. Considering that I’m planning at least one more 38(t) build next year the method lends itself well to multiple castings.

[Marklo]

Some homemade resin cast track segments.

The mount, mantelet and gun barrel ( cut from a fairly good paint brush  ) dry fitted. As with little Willie I’ll use the rubber for the curved sections and the resin for the straight bits, the schurzen will cover up a lot if the track detail anyway.

A bit more fitting then glued in place and given a rough coat of paint to check the joints/profiles. Happy with that, I’ll start fitting the tracks next. Hatches, mudguards schurzen and not much else before we’re ready for paint…

 

 

 

 

 

[Marklo]

Tracks on mostly resin pieces. I managed to get the he bend on the resin piece on the left by running hot water over it and progressively bending it. Of course I’ll probably find the other rubber track now. That’ll go on the next 38(t) I build.

[Marklo]

The rest of the track on. 

Edited December 3, 2022 by Marklo

[Snafu35]

Hello, Marklo.

 

Cheer up!

What self-sacrifice. And it's not a small thing!  

 

Regards,

Eric-Snafu35

[Marklo]

1 hour ago, Snafu35 said:

And it's not a small thing!

Everything’s relative. It’s a very small tank even in 1/24 it still sits well inside an A4 page.

[Marklo]

Rolling along with the Hetzer, mudguards and Schurzen fitted as well as the rear and top surface hatches. Brackets and hinges to add as well as the optics and drivers viewport.

[Marklo]

Drivers vision unit, Schurzen brackets, handles, attachment loops, hinges, handles all added

Oh and a radiator.

 

That leaves mudguard brackets, the gunners optics and the hatch for them and an exhaust and MG42 and shield and I think it’s camo ready. As you can see I’ve masked the road wheels ahead of time. First colour will be silver then hairspray then red oxide then hairspray then dark yellow and so on. Still need to decide on the final scheme, I like the ambush scheme but for Hetzers it’s a bit hackneyed, hmmmm

 

[Marklo]

That’s the exhaust done. 

[Marklo]

Not a great afternoon on the bench. My tale of woe.

 

Rattle can silver followed by hairspray so far so good.

 

Rattle can rust orange peel so I kept spraying.

 

The end result a bit of a mess. I’ll let it dry and then just buff it back, the hairspray should make the rust easier to remove……

[Adm Lord De Univers]

14 hours ago, Marklo said:

The end result a bit of a mess.

I like it, although it does look like the maintenance team were slacking somewhat. Put that build on a beach dio and you've got yourself a really nice entropy build (http://szarywilk.com/albumy/hetzer/hetzer.html#hetzer08.jpg).

 

David

[Marklo]

Oh that is brilliant, how in earth did the tank get there?

[Adm Lord De Univers]

17 minutes ago, Marklo said:

Oh that is brilliant, how in earth did the tank get there?

Yes...I did wonder that myself. Here's hoping you use that link as inspiration.

 

David

[Marklo]

After about an hour of scraping and sanding, the Hetzers back in the land of the living. Although it still looks like a candidate for the Entropy GB.

 

After a quick coat of grey, no orange peel to be seen and remarkably most of the details have survived the ordeal.

Back in silver, I think I’ll let it dry for a day or two and maybe reinstate the damaged details before progressing with the paint job. Phew……

 

 

Edited December 8, 2022 by Marklo

[Adm Lord De Univers]

By heck that's a good job! I'm very impressed it came back from its stint in the sea so impeccably well!

 

David

[Marklo]

 

Actually making progress on rigging the Taube!

 

[Marklo]

Mire Taube rigging, almost starting to enjoy this  

 

a rough coat of hull red over the silver in the Hetzer. This will mostly  be covered up with camo.

 

and the start of a multiple master for the inner track links for the Renault, by my calculations I need seventy six, so molding them Five ( or possibly ten) at a time will make the process easier and quicker.

[Marklo]

No it’s not some weird spider it’s a rigging loom for the wing tips. Five lines into a ferrule made of .8mm aluminium tube.

 

Here it is being assembled.

And overall progress on the upper rigging. The strut and ferrule from brass tube are new additions as is the rigging attached to them.

Edited December 11, 2022 by Marklo

[Marklo]

The first batch of inner track links for the Renault completed.

 

More rigging.