1:16 Blue Star Models/ An-Bri Hetzer Build

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 10:57 am

Thank you! It's a challenge for sure

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:44 pm

After a two week stint in the field, a welcome weekend off.

I ordered a beautiful set of Mato metal Panzer iv tracks from Toucan Hobby on eBay and they arrived to my house in one week from China!

So I spent the majority of the day machining the road wheels, sprockets and idlers to make sure the running gear was true and free moving. Many grinding wheels, cutoff wheels and time so I've fitted and tested the suspension and tracks and all is now moving as planned.

Many parts and accessories are on order from Mk modellbau. Including a fantastic metal turned barrel with threaded end

I have a full wish list of parts needed for the blue star kit from Ludwig's including gearboxes sprockets and tracks.

So here is the An bri hetzer as it sits....

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 4:11 am

More details added. Designed the exhaust so that the upper pipe from the engine deck slides into the hub and allows the upper hull superstructure to slide onto the lower and stay in place.

Drilled the upper and lower hulls in many spots to allow for the metal bolts to be added. Much more to do, but I finally feel like progress is being made.

Many more details to add to the lower but I may focus my time on the upper hull gun assembly.

Ad Lav · Post by **Ad Lav** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 6:37 am

Good progress - looks smart!

Markocaster · Post by **Markocaster** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 9:29 am

Looks awesome!

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c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:27 pm

Ad Lav wrote:Good progress - looks smart!

Thanks Adam much appreciated

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:31 pm

Markocaster wrote:Looks awesome!

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Mark I'm glad I could make this into something you like, when I first purchased the kit I was a bit overwhelmed but it's all going to turn out really nice IMHO. Thank you

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:34 pm

Son of a gun-ner wrote:Why didn't they give this a cat name, they could have called it something like moggy, cute little thing of death?

Mick I know they had a few nicknames

this may or may not have been one of them....

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sun Jun 10, 2018 8:05 pm

Oh no.......

MichaelC · Post by **MichaelC** » Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:54 pm

Carl, here are some photos for your build ! Tank weekend at our local museum and they got this baby. A bonus shot of re-enactment......

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