Marder III Pak(R) German Tank Destroyer Tamiya 1/35

The 67th Tamiya Pachi Contest “Bronze Prize.” I built this in August 2007.

It is Tamiya Marder III. It is a winter camouflage on the kit package, but this time I’ll challenge for North African taste painting cause last time I did winter camouflage.
（2007/08/19）

I used Modelkasten high-quality caterpillar. The middle of the photo is the finished one; in front of that is underworking.

Easy to set up, natural slack, and excellent!! I could express the realism of the caterpillar along with the track roller, even if it’s a light tank. Molding is also acceptable. It is practical, though the price is also high. A typical installation is too much expense anyway.

The lower body is completed. The hooks of the cleaning rod are another kit’s etching parts. The hooks of the shovel were Abel etching. However, we cannot see the inner area.
（2007/08/21）

I changed the spare caterpillar parts to Modelkasten, and the detailed molds were increased. I opened the muzzle of the machine gun with the design knife.

Photo shot before painting. At first, I would like to paint caterpillars separately, but it will not be easy to assemble by interfering with the body and caterpillar with each other, so I joined them all. Therefore, the painting process was not changed between not movable and movable caterpillar.

I just blew German Gray. There were many remaining unpainted areas, but I’ll paint them dark yellow next time, so there’s no problem.
（2007/08/24）

Remaining a German gray area, I blew dark yellow over the body.

I had better not spray too thick dark yellow. However, it is the simplest one because I didn’t pile up the OVMs and had no figure; I practiced painting.
（2007/08/25）

Marder III is self-propelled antitank artillery designed to attach importance to defeating power in an emergency. Because German tanks encountered strong Soviet Army tanks in the first stage of Operation Barbarossa, it was necessary to develop such a vehicle.
I got a bronze prize in the 67th Tamiya Pach! Contest. It might be obtained a good impression by the angle of sending a photograph. I was happy to get the prize cause it was my first participating in this kind of contest.

I wonder which front line this 7.62cm antitank cannon was captured from the Soviet army. By the way, the lower body was almost the same as 38t that of Czechoslovakia developed. It seems to shake quite when fired.

This time, I painted this tank in the situation of the North African front. The traveling lock seems to be curved. After the German gray painting, I sprayed dark yellow, etc. Afterward, I expressed dusty weathering colored buff, gray, sand, brown, etc., with the enamel and pastel.
Is it battle damage? I suppose I have thrown it somewhere.

It may be better for the gray area.

This time, the Tamiya kit includes a belt type of caterpillar, but the mold is not enough to contest, and I choose the Modelkasten caterpillar. These parts improve reality. Assembly was not so bothersome.

The chipping was very time-consuming work. You might decide one day for one side to work. However, it is a dusty painting…

Because the attached figure was uniform to the Eastern Front, I skipped making figures. I had forgotten to erase the parting line at the center of the artillery. It was necessary to erase now that I saw the real tank photograph.
I had forgotten because I wanted to paint early and was in a hurry. The barrels have inclined to the left, but I don’t know why…

The shovel and the cleaning rod clamp were photo-etched parts. Surroundings of the shovel’s detail may be able to omit to cause not easily visible inside.

It is appropriate for North Africa, and I could finish quite a good painting. Modelkasten caterpillar was good-looking. If I could comment on the actual tank, the crew might have been having a hard time because the cover and equipment were poor.
（2007/08/29）