Italeri Bergepanther

Gotta reiterate what everybody else has said buddy she is looking a beauty, good luck with that winch dude and i hope the parcel arrives very soon

 

`Boots`

Cheers Boots, the care package arrived today a nice little package from Michael Tabone from way over the pond  so normal service will be resumed shortly not sure about this weekend thought i have some Birthday celebrations to kick of   New Camera next week as well

 

Craig

Nice one buddy, i`ll look forward to seeing whats arrived very soon then,have also dropped the big hint regarding camera and stuff to the good lady, fingers crossed!!

 

`Boots`

Great progress being made here Craig. The build is looking really impressive since I last caught up. I can't wait to see what you do with the winch bits.

 

Tony

Apologies fro the late reply  There some very bargains out there at the moment Boots. Drop some bigger ones buddy

 

Cheers Tony  The winch is actually proving to be a lot of work but with the excellent help i have received from Michael T i have made a start.

 

Craig

 

So update time I have after seeing several ref pics decided to remove the front fenders. Once i had done this i added a tiny strip of card to replicate the mount for these, they still to be drilled out i am waiting for them to set up solid...

 

I also added some of the rear parts for the blade assembly. Again this is one of those moments i have decided to do now as to allow all of the mounting points to be set solid for when the final assembly is fitted...

 

Next up was the addition of the drivers rain cover. Seeing as i have been scratching stuff i thought i would do this part as well. I used some plasti card to make some basic mounts and then bent some brass rod and added some foil from a Toblerone bar ( Good Ol Easter )

 

I will add some tears etc to the cover a bit later. You may also notice i have started to add damage and wear to the wooden parts.

 

Craig

 

Moving onto the radio i added some wiring and made a set of head phones...

 

I have aslo started to knock up some fuel tanks. The one below is the basic shape i still need to add some straps...

 

Dry fitted...

 

And finally the start of my winch assembly...

 

Tonight i have been filling and sanding that dam thing and have started to dress it  I will reveal my attempts tomorrow to see what you guys think.

 

Craig

Looks brilliant Craig, exceptional building again buddy.

This just gets better and better Craig, your scratching is really top draw bro, and as for the hints i think i may be getting thru.

 

`Boots`

Cheers lads  Glad you like it.  I know i am my own worst critic but this is a whole new ball game  you should see the scraps of card  Everywhere..

 

Boots i ordered my camera about an hour ago.

 

This one...

 

Craig