Marder III M

[Tomi Eloranta]

Gun is now assembled, and most of the fittings for right side wall are also done. I'm going to leave radio rack empty since this vehicle is no longer active, maybe someone stole it for souvenir or something (going to add loudspeaker and some wires though). While preparing left side ammo storages, I managed to melt one of the tubes with Dremel... Time to take a break

[Jamie Tainton]

Looks good but we need more pictures!

[Tomi Eloranta]

Patience....

[Tomi Eloranta]

Ok, here's some more pictures. Most of the interior work is done, next it's time to go nuts with tool clasps. I'll bet they are nice and fiddly too....





Travel lock is going to be in upright position, there was option to go full PE part but I decided to keep kit part/PE ratio "healthy". Original Tamiya part is actually quite good so I'm happy with it. That white knob hanging at the end of wire is connector for radio, maybe slightly oversized but probably looks good enough when painted black. And definitely better looking than just plain wire.

[Tomi Eloranta]

Little update. I'm using Griffon Model tool clasps for this build. Since they are designed to be non-workable, they are slighly easier to build as there are only two parts (clasp and handle). It seems that photos in Panzerwrecks 1, most of the tools and jack are gone so I'm going with that idea with some artistic licence since photos don't cover all sides (front and left side are visible).

[Jamie Tainton]

Looking good- just wish you weren't so stingy on the pictures! And maybe 800 dpi?

[Dario Risso]

Nice details, Tomi; empty clamps looks well too in panzers; giving some sensation of ....hmmm...veteran?

Darío

[Tomi Eloranta]

[Jamie Tainton]

Opps I meant to sat 800 pixels wide-

[Dario Risso]