RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

[SCHWEREPANZER]

Hello Louis,

Said another way, your Hummel represents the sine qua non when it comes to the Hummel. The essential reference point!!

[Herr Dr. Professor]

That is incredible modeling! I would expect some museum soon to be contacting you about a loan of it for a while and a high-paying job doing modeling for them. What stunning work!

[lmcq11]

HI ! Well, thank you everyone for your encouragements. I have to admit that this build was challenging and difficult. There is no reasonable amount of money that can compensate for the hours... This hobby is just a passion.

I finished the crew and as It was nice outside today, i took the model for a external photoshoot. I will later post a video of the model in action, with crew and gun recoil.

A rare sight in 1/16 scale RC, a mostly scratch built Late Production Hummel which is now a showcase in my collection.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

View of the modified Panzerparts.com resin/metal gun crew before painting.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Here is the crew

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

I took the challenge of posting a close up of the face. I am more a tank builder than a figure painter but i think this is acceptable.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Positioning of the crew in the fighting compartment, allowing the gun to recoil.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

continuing on following post.

[lmcq11]

More pictures, with and without crew

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

[lmcq11]

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

I will post a video later.

Regards, Louis

[BarryC]

Well Louis, this is a masterpiece!

IMO your best effort to date, FANTASTIC

Barry

[lmcq11]

Thank you Barry

And to complete the build, here is a short video of the Hummel in action with the crew on board. That 50mm of sliding breech recoil without any apparent mechanism was a good challenge. It is an honour to post it here only on RC Tank Warfare.

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Regards, Louis

[lmcq11]

Taking the opportunity of a beautiful Easter afternoon to compare the Hummel to a modified Juckenburg Nashorn built years ago, both are in 1/16 scale. The Nashorn was never reissued by MK Modellbau which now owns the Jucknberg molds.

I see some differences of 1 to 2 mm in dimensions here and there, but pretty close.

What is striking is the difference between the standard Tamiya Dark Yellow used on the Nashorn and the late war MIG Dunkel Gelb version that i used on the Hummel, even after some darkening done because it was initially even more light. The picture below is also showing the differences between the driver/radio compartment. A early production Hummel would have the same as the Nashorn.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Notice the different frontal armor arrangements for the guns.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Much different gun travel mount.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

The plastic 15 cm sFH 18/1 L/30 of the Hummel allows for recoil compared to the static resin 8.8 cm Pak 43/1 of the Juckengurg Nashorn.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

The whole interior of the Nashorn was redone because Juckenberg did not provide a single accurate component other than the gun. Take note that an accurate Nashorn requires the larger King Tiger 88mm shells, not the smaller ones used on the Tiger I.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Getting the Nashorn armored shield right is as complicated as the Hummel, specially when gun horizontal movement is enabled.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

I never built a crew for the Nashorn. It is overdue for a complete rebuild of gearbox, tracks, electronics and to repair some damage, so the opportunities to create a crew, rework the gun to give it a metal barrel, recoil and flash, and repaint it all is very tempting.

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Auf Wiedersehen

RC 1/16 Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel Late Production - Build

Regards,
Louis