Re: 1:16 Blue Star Models/ An-Bri Hetzer Build
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 3:26 am
A nice Memorial Day weekend with the family. My daughter marched in our local parade as a girl scout. So nice to see so many young people spending time together with veterans and family. Some beautiful restored vehicles.
As a small New England town, we have a group originally formed in 1767 (formed in Waterbury Connecticut long before my town of Middlebury seperated from that town) that played period music wearing original dress and marched with drummers. Very cool indeed.
Now onto the hetzer builds. I was able to start researching the included DVD in the An-Bri kit. A wealth of information and pictures. This kit has many features unique to its design so I will keep both kits seperated and both will be Hetzers.
The metal pan was installed. I fabricated an engine mount for a pair of Mato Sherman gearboxes. Some simple mods and they fit like a glove!
Some spare Mato Panzer III sprockets were machined and modified to accept the An-Bri wheel covers. Although not accurate, they are better than using panzer III or iv sprockets alone.
Much shading, grinding and fitting will be needed. So much to do to both machines.
As a small New England town, we have a group originally formed in 1767 (formed in Waterbury Connecticut long before my town of Middlebury seperated from that town) that played period music wearing original dress and marched with drummers. Very cool indeed.
Now onto the hetzer builds. I was able to start researching the included DVD in the An-Bri kit. A wealth of information and pictures. This kit has many features unique to its design so I will keep both kits seperated and both will be Hetzers.
The metal pan was installed. I fabricated an engine mount for a pair of Mato Sherman gearboxes. Some simple mods and they fit like a glove!
Some spare Mato Panzer III sprockets were machined and modified to accept the An-Bri wheel covers. Although not accurate, they are better than using panzer III or iv sprockets alone.
Much shading, grinding and fitting will be needed. So much to do to both machines.
Having the spare Mato gearboxes were an added bonus!
I'm also having fun sorting out both kit lowers and making sense of the puzzle pieces!
I believe that the kit I purchased from you will become quite a reliable and fun tank!
