RFI 1/48 Jagdpantherette diorama , Belgium Sept '44 Completed

[PanzerWomble]

Bit of 1/4 scale madness courtesy of Tamiya 

 

Kurt is confused ...

 

 

Very quick build , top attached with a screw 

Night Shifts favourite primer 

 

Doingthe hull halves seperately 

 

 

Link n Lenght tracks is why ...I like there apart from the pin marks ..

 

Top basic paint and filter 

And the fun starts here .....

 

PW

 

 

 

 

 

[DocRob]

Nice little Jagdkitten.

Cheers Rob

[GazzaS]

Very nice, Guy!  When does the swearing begin?

[PanzerWomble]

2 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Very nice, Guy!  When does the swearing begin?

Eez going ok . Never built a 1/48 tank before ( apart from the lil Ba64 the other month for that dio) . 😃Last Jagdpanther I did was a 1/25 one .

 

So far so good, I like using 30% less paint and glue ...more shelf space .....and although the cast metal hull is a bit of a gimmick, I personally like the weight . Detail is very Tamiya as is the great fit . L&L tracks were superb for fitting , Tamiya have really nailed this aspect IMHO . Fixed in one place suspension is the downside.

Might do a little 1/48 dio......swearing will start with the figures no doubt.

[PanzerWomble]

End of Part 1 ...there most likely will be Part 2 later this week . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GazzaS]

Very nice paint and weathering, mate.  Wouldn't guess it was a smaller scale at all. 

[CANicoll]

Fabulous build!  VERY cool and I totally get the smaller scale, more room, less paint, etc.  But agree with Gary, you would never know it is a smaller scale.  Great job!

Chris

[Peterpools]

Very nicely done and looking mighty good

 

[PanzerWomble]

A bunch of micro Hans , Kurts und Gunthers ...

I'm not much of a figure person , and these are just taken to basic paint . They'll get another session of tidying up, slings, mud etc for fitting to the scenario when I decide what they are up to . 

For IM, figures the sculpting is not bad , and I like the relaxed poses  . These are Tamiya 32602 , tooled in 2021 . 

Still not sure where this is going . As much as it screams FRANCE , the kitty is probably a bit too late for that with no Zim on it ....no JPs at Arnhem ....these guys look too warm for the Bulge ...and I have a nervous tic about "late 1945" stuff as it is the realm of "what if's " and paper panzer nonsense so beloved of WOT people . Zuider Zee maybe as there was a JP unit in that general direction . 

 

 

 

 

 

[PanzerWomble]

Maybe they could have a BBQ ....some crew for the Jagdkitten will be coming shortly too. 

 

 

[PanzerWomble]

A blast from the past ....1/25 Academy Motorizzzzzed done as a present for a mate 10 odd years ago .

 

Very er ...clean for me  🤐....mind you it is a rug runner .

Struggle to understand why people ask silly money for these now. ...it's kinda ropey /.

 

 

[PanzerWomble]

 

 

 

 

[GazzaS]

 

Very nice, Guy.  Figures look good. 

[PanzerWomble]

Continuing in the line of "try something differen"t .... making buildings in Qwerty not 35th scale....

Also found a likely scenario , the Battle for Geel in Belgium , 8 -23rd September , where us Brits ( 50th Inf Div) battled to a fro over the town of Geel with the Germans of  85th Inf , II Reg Falschy troops supported by Jagdpantherererers of the 559 SPzJAbt .

 

Some period pics from Geel ATB attached too

I'd never heard of this battle till I went looking, so happy again to learn something new. 

 

 

Yes those are  C47s for Market Garden ..

 

Church got a pasting , the spire taken out on approach as had became standard practice in France etc . Bloke out front with an odd looking helmet ...Belgian or Turtle Helmet ? Nice Churchill reference pic too , how much extra track ?...all of it .

 

[PanzerWomble]

Boomshaka ...counterattack at Geel . Brief rest after retaking the town . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KevinM]

PW you are a machine Brother!!

[Peterpools]

Terrific diorama - perfectly done.

 

[Landlubber Mike]

Really well done PW!  Love it!