Elefant resurrection

[ColemanCollector]

"Pack it to survive a 3m drop from a conveyor belt...with another heavier box falling on it from 3m."
Words of wisdom from the clerk at my local post office. Nice to see it returning to its former intact glory!

Mike.

[tomhugill]

I finally found a bit of motivation to get the Elefants repairs completed. A new travel lock from ludwig, quite afew of the detail bits needed reattaching and some remaking that had vanished completely. It's nice to see the old girl back together.

As a wee bonus, here's how she was when I built her originally back in 2011.



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[Ecam]

A beautiful Elephant! Nice re-do.

A side bar question as I've not done much research on the Ferdinand. I know these were the unused chassis in Porsche's Tiger I trials and I think were petrol/electric driven. Were both the front and rear sprockets powered/driven?

[HERMAN BIX]

Yes mate they were.
Also strictly speaking, a Ferdinand was the version used at Kursk, an Elephant called thereafter once the machine gun was installed and a few other mods like a commander cupola was added.

[John Glover]

This looks fantastic. One thing I love about it is the track color or lack of. No rust implication. A lot of the guys go to great effort to mix and paint partially rusty tracks . I have learned since joining this Forum from the information available and some very wise members that they would not have been rusty. John.

[Meter rat]

Beautiful rebuild.

[tankme]

This looks fantastic. One thing I love about it is the track color or lack of. No rust implication. A lot of the guys go to great effort to mix and paint partially rusty tracks . I have learned since joining this Forum from the information available and some very wise members that they would not have been rusty. John.

The rusty ones are the ones that don't move. Not saying there isn't a little bit of rust around pins, bolts, and hinges, but the pads themselves are usually rust free when a tank is running. It's like my Miata when I don't drive it after it rains...some rust forms on the brake rotors. First time I drive it...the rust is gone, but the little rust around the edges where the pads don't hit on the rotors is still there.

Even the guys that rust everything up typically acknowledge that what they are doing isn't realistic. They do it to "create interest" in the model.

[John Glover]

Hi Derek, I am not being syndical. My comment is just a observation . John.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Tom, I'd like to get a similar look to the tracks on my 4/25 Desert Build PzKFw. IV. It's easy to do the worn look on a concrete floor, my favorite method. But is do you have a favorite way to get the sandy look on the surfaces that do not contact the ground or the sprockets, idler, road wheels, return rollers, etc.?

[tomhugill]

Tom, I'd like to get a similar look to the tracks on my 4/25 Desert Build PzKFw. IV. It's easy to do the worn look on a concrete floor, my favorite method. But is do you have a favorite way to get the sandy look on the surfaces that do not contact the ground or the sprockets, idler, road wheels, return rollers, etc.?

I think I used a mixture of acrylic resin, plaster and pigment to get the mixture for the tracks. It wore nicely on the hard service but seems pretty durable on the rest

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