Pz III Austf. M

[Mackem]

Hi All,

I was thinking of doing a Sig 33b with my Pz III but I've decided to do an Austf.M with full schurzen.
I'm going to try and do this build in a more logical fashion than my usual efforts so my Pz III is now in pieces and I've made a start on the hull.

All the moulded on tools etc have been removed from the fenders. I wasn't bothered about damage at this point as I'm going to fit the correct pattern diamond plate and metal tools.





I also removed the air intakes ready for replacement.





Out came the Mr Surfacer 500 and the whole thing was given a light textured finish.









The next jobs will be adding the diamond plate to the fenders and the dreaded weld seams to the hull.

More pics soon
Cheers
John

[oztruck]

Looking good, keep the photos coming.

[[ICE]monkey]

great start, john, havent started mine yet so watch out mate, i will be following this
all the best, ice

[grompix]

Nice one John. What did you use to roughen the surface - Mr Surfacer or your own secret concoction? It looks very effective.

Cheers
Chris 

[BREL]

nice work

[Mackem]

Thanks for the comments lads. 

Chris, yes that's Mr Surfacer 500. For some reason my camera
makes it look pink even though it's light blue. 

I've got a few pieces of tread plate for the fenders to do today
and I think I'll do the air intake boxes aswell.

More pics later.
Cheers
John

[Tankie]

Where do you get the tread plate from? - i've left the moulded tools alone on my Pz 3 and 4 because of the risk of ruining the moulded pattern.

[Mackem]

Hi Tankie,

I got the tread plate from my local hobby store that has a large model railway section. Before the 'rivet counters' dive in, I know it's not strictly to scale but it looks a lot better than the existing HL offering.

Here's a pic



Also got some weld seams done









Going to have a go at scratch building the air intake boxes tomorrow.

Cheers
John

[mcevoyi]

hi there john

i love the tread plate ... may i ask how makes it ? as i would like to get for my latest project

iain

[tankman]

VERY impressive work John. The tread plate looks the biz as well as the surface texture and welds I will have to watch this build and nick all your tips. All the best for now
Alan