Post by alexb on Apr 15, 2018 17:31:32 GMT
Let me try this again. I'm going to blame dark sorcery or lack of sleep for the last failed posting attempt.
The kit is Trumpeter's E-10 "Hetzer". This tank destroyer was the source of the Hetzer name, which was later adopted by the Jagdpanzer 38t. The E-Series The E-10 was armed with the 75mm KwK 40 L/48. It featured a fixed casemate upper hull, sloped armor, and position-able suspension. Like all E-Series vehicles, it was intended to be simplified and standardized for ease of production.
The Trumpeter E-10 kit comes with optional PE side skirts and gun shield for the MG. PE grill covers. And, this boxing comes with early and late tracks, in both rubberband and indie links. This addresses one of the E-10 kit's shortcomings but also leaves you with three extra sets of tracks that have no real use on anything but another E-10.
So let's get started. The suspension components required a good bit of clean-up.
The hatches had some horrible ejector marks on their inside surfaces. Instead of filling them and sanding them flush, I decided to cover them with padding made from styrene. The rear hull details were added. Sme parts were pretty rough and required alot of clean-up.
Upper hull. Assembly was pretty straight-forward. Unlike the E25 kit, the E10 does come with a gun sight. It is a bit crude, but at least it is there.
I pre-painted the road-wheels and lower hull.
I added the secondary color to half the road-wheels, dry-brushed them, and painted the rims steel.
Upper and lower hulls combined. The gun is pretty loose and just sort of flops around side to side as it pleases. Another thing, the hatches should probably be moved inward a cm or so. As is, they are too far out and over the sponsons. This can be covered by closing the hatches. I am pretty sure crew figures can be fitted...that'll work too.
I went ahead and painted the side skirts dark yellow. I wasn't sure if I was going to use the plastic or PE versions so I painted both. I did the hatches too...I had not added the padding yet.
On a whim, I brush painted the camo. I want this thing to look rough like the camo had been applied in the field. The dark yellow was painted with care. I figured it would have been factory applied with a sprayer. That yellow on that gray looks pretty neat. You may see that on What-If Privateer vehicle.
I went Poly S Olive Green for the secondary color. I used a cheap stiff nylon brush to apply the green. I give a dollar for a pack of 25. I use them to add pigments, PVA glue, and thinned Sculptamold. It gave it that rough, looks like they used a straw broom, to paint it look. I went ahead and did some dry-brushing.
Time for the tracks. I went with the late version indie tracks. These went together well.I mounted them and fit formed them. I then removed them for paint.
I used Rustoleum Dark Gray Auto Primer for the base coat. It stinks to high-heaven but it covers well and gives the links a grainy texture. It gives it a cast quality and dry-brushes and takes pigments well. It dries quick but will stink for a couple of days. A couple of days later, I mounted them.
I painted the tracks red-brown. I've been using that lately instead of rust or brownish. French Chestnut looks good but I haven't seen it in Acrylic. I then drybrushed steel to the bar cleats and raised detail on the links. A dusting of pigments blended things together.
I decided to add a third camo color on a whim. It needed something and I was debating between red-brown and Panzer Gray. I went with the red-brown. I figured late war vehicle with a field attempt attempt at a ambush scheme. I went with the plastic side skirts. Added the remaining bits. BTW the tow cables are the molded variety. I usually change those out for cord but these looked pretty good. No markings. The kit comes with a generic decal sheet, but no markings are given.
And there she is. This is slated to be part of the What-If Valkyrie Division. I'm not sure if I'll do that this year, but I'll have the E-10 and the SdKfz 250 done. This kit I found a bit rough and halfway worked out. But it was such an easy build the extra work needed was really pretty simple. The indie tracks are really nice and really add to the kit.
The kit is Trumpeter's E-10 "Hetzer". This tank destroyer was the source of the Hetzer name, which was later adopted by the Jagdpanzer 38t. The E-Series The E-10 was armed with the 75mm KwK 40 L/48. It featured a fixed casemate upper hull, sloped armor, and position-able suspension. Like all E-Series vehicles, it was intended to be simplified and standardized for ease of production.
The Trumpeter E-10 kit comes with optional PE side skirts and gun shield for the MG. PE grill covers. And, this boxing comes with early and late tracks, in both rubberband and indie links. This addresses one of the E-10 kit's shortcomings but also leaves you with three extra sets of tracks that have no real use on anything but another E-10.
So let's get started. The suspension components required a good bit of clean-up.
The hatches had some horrible ejector marks on their inside surfaces. Instead of filling them and sanding them flush, I decided to cover them with padding made from styrene. The rear hull details were added. Sme parts were pretty rough and required alot of clean-up.
Upper hull. Assembly was pretty straight-forward. Unlike the E25 kit, the E10 does come with a gun sight. It is a bit crude, but at least it is there.
I pre-painted the road-wheels and lower hull.
I added the secondary color to half the road-wheels, dry-brushed them, and painted the rims steel.
Upper and lower hulls combined. The gun is pretty loose and just sort of flops around side to side as it pleases. Another thing, the hatches should probably be moved inward a cm or so. As is, they are too far out and over the sponsons. This can be covered by closing the hatches. I am pretty sure crew figures can be fitted...that'll work too.
I went ahead and painted the side skirts dark yellow. I wasn't sure if I was going to use the plastic or PE versions so I painted both. I did the hatches too...I had not added the padding yet.
On a whim, I brush painted the camo. I want this thing to look rough like the camo had been applied in the field. The dark yellow was painted with care. I figured it would have been factory applied with a sprayer. That yellow on that gray looks pretty neat. You may see that on What-If Privateer vehicle.
I went Poly S Olive Green for the secondary color. I used a cheap stiff nylon brush to apply the green. I give a dollar for a pack of 25. I use them to add pigments, PVA glue, and thinned Sculptamold. It gave it that rough, looks like they used a straw broom, to paint it look. I went ahead and did some dry-brushing.
Time for the tracks. I went with the late version indie tracks. These went together well.I mounted them and fit formed them. I then removed them for paint.
I used Rustoleum Dark Gray Auto Primer for the base coat. It stinks to high-heaven but it covers well and gives the links a grainy texture. It gives it a cast quality and dry-brushes and takes pigments well. It dries quick but will stink for a couple of days. A couple of days later, I mounted them.
I painted the tracks red-brown. I've been using that lately instead of rust or brownish. French Chestnut looks good but I haven't seen it in Acrylic. I then drybrushed steel to the bar cleats and raised detail on the links. A dusting of pigments blended things together.
I decided to add a third camo color on a whim. It needed something and I was debating between red-brown and Panzer Gray. I went with the red-brown. I figured late war vehicle with a field attempt attempt at a ambush scheme. I went with the plastic side skirts. Added the remaining bits. BTW the tow cables are the molded variety. I usually change those out for cord but these looked pretty good. No markings. The kit comes with a generic decal sheet, but no markings are given.
And there she is. This is slated to be part of the What-If Valkyrie Division. I'm not sure if I'll do that this year, but I'll have the E-10 and the SdKfz 250 done. This kit I found a bit rough and halfway worked out. But it was such an easy build the extra work needed was really pretty simple. The indie tracks are really nice and really add to the kit.
