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Very nice work mate. I have a similar idea in mind for a III but as I dont have the patience, I wont cope waiting 3 years to finish it.
I will be keeping an eye on this for sure

And for today..... Some new headlights, hooks for spare track and a nifty little table to put stuff on...



Cheers
KG

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As the JUWA berg is going onto a late PzIII chassis it will need a late muffler type and appropriate rear doors. The commercially available muffler looks great but I was a little disappointed with the actual product. The biggest issue is that the exhaust pipe bends are too tight to fit the supplied resin back doors and are not long enough to put the muffler in the right position. If I was to do this again I would forget about the resin back doors and so that the muffler could sit in postion without the pipes being a factor. BUT the resin back is there so off came the pipes for a rework.

There is no mounting bracket supplied for the muffler and because of the conical rivets the main body must sit off the back plate. Yah for trusty styrene scrap. I used some scrap to mount and will fasten the main body to the hull using screws for a stronger /safer attachment.









With the mount for the muffler set I can keep going with the build and fashion those tricky pipes a little later

Cheers
KG

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Its a bit strange waiting days for the reply post to go in with permissions from the respective almighties .............
The dating of your subject can vary , how have you decided on the actual representation of your particular vehicle.?
The clarity and crisp pictures make it very rewarding to study mate, keep them coming.

Hi Herman,
The delay is a necessary evil. If you were aware of the amount of fake user messages generated by advertising bots you'd understand. Without it you wouldn't even find your posts buried in a midst of off-topic posts advertising everything from Viagra to trips to the Bahamas. Once you post twice you are verified as a real human being not a bot and posts will appear right away.

But back to the Berge. There are so few pics of actual vehicles that I am not representing one in particular. Using available info the model is a "a what would of been". With the JUWA kit I am going for what would of been if a late model PzIII chassis (Ausf N or higher) was converted over to a Bergepazer role. What could of been in use during the last snowfalls of the 44/45 winter

The 2nd Berge with the real wood box will be on a Ausf J chassis. Fall or early winter of 44.

The bergepanzer is I think a great subject of a bit of artistic freedom given their roles and that their mission might be at a particular time (repair, recovery re-supply....)

Cheers
KG

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Due to a severe lack of time I really need to cut down on the detailing. But I had two Aber clasps already made up so I put them on the tool box. I'll probably fit some Voyager clamps on some tools, again just because they are already made up.



It wouldn't be a PzIII without a rack of some sort on the back. Because of the crane a small rack right towards the back of the hull would be most appropriate.



I designed the rack specifically for the snug fit of extra jerry cans.



I think the upper hull is ready for painting. The tools I will add afterwards.

Cheers
KG

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First up for painting was the Juwa resin box which was previously just sporting a light grey undercoat. There is is now sitting next to the real wood box for the second bergepanzer



I used my favourite method of painting wood which I gleaned from some model railroading source. It is quite easy and quick and gives I think nice results.

In a nutshell using the Floquil range of model railroad paints

1. Over a light grey undercoat apply another "undercoat" of Foundation colour and let dry (24hrs)

2. Use either Roof Brown or Railroad Tie Brown (or even mix the two together) and prepare a wash so that it is almost like a stain. Paint/stain a few individual boards with you intial mix.

3. Vary that mix by adding a light grey or a different brown and stain a few more boards

4. Repeat step 3

5. Keep repeating Step 3 until ALL boards are painted.

6. Apply a standard black wash

(The box above is at this step)

7. Get some sand paper and 'rough up' some boards to expose the foundation underneath. If you go too hard then the grey will show which is fine also

8. Choose a wood colour and make up another thin mix - using a spray gun spray the entire piece to help with blending in all the colours.

Cheers
KG

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Here is the next step for the wood.

Above the process is at Step 6. Below is after the light sanding which will bring out the detail by exposing the light foundation and grey colours that are underneath.

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Looking good P fish
The wood has certainly come up a treat

Gra

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Hard to believe it's not butter ah.. I mean wood.

I'm beginning to regret painting the outside of the resin box in camo. I was going to leave the real wood box as non camo and paint the resin box in camo which I have done. BUT I think now that the painted resin box looks much better than the real wood.

Pics of the Berg in ambush to follow...

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