by FourEyedMonster | Jun 15, 2023
So one journey ends and another is about to begin in my current armored fighting vehicle (AFV) project. Assembly of the Tamiya 1/35 scale Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B Sd.Kfz.142 is more or less complete while the painting of it is about to begin. Not straight away, mind...
by FourEyedMonster | Jun 11, 2023
With these steps you see here, the assembly of the Tamiya 1/35 scale Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B Sd.Kfz.142 is now essentially complete. These simple steps should've been lumped together with my previous post. However complications with the commander figurine meant the...
by FourEyedMonster | Jun 7, 2023
Attachment of more parts onto the Upper Hull of the Tamiya 1/35 scale Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B Sd.Kfz.142 as well as assembly of the vehicle's commander figurine are the focal point's of this post. While there wasn't really much to do in relation to the Upper Hull...
by FourEyedMonster | Jun 1, 2023
Work on the Upper Hull was set aside for the moment as focus shifted to assembling and dry-fitting of the Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B Sd.Kfz.142 Fighting Compartment. This step of the assembly process is interesting in that it allows the scale modeler to easily...
by FourEyedMonster | May 25, 2023
When I was a new to armored fighting vehicle (AFV) scale model kits, I would often get excited about 1/35 scale models that came with lots of photo-etched (PE) parts. Look at all the detail that would make for a more realistic looking model, I had thought back then....