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Rubicon Models => Showcase & Gallery => Topic started by: ripley on January 28, 2017, 11:38:35 am

Title: Panzer III variants
Post by: ripley on January 28, 2017, 11:38:35 am

!st up a Rubicon Stug III kit built as a late Strmhaubitze . No muzzle-break , extra skirt armor on the sides , as well as concrete over the driver and right side hull roof  . Still need a few tank riders to be  added to the rear deck
(https://s23.postimg.org/oql10ppl3/IMG_20170127_200337.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/oql10ppl3/)

(https://s23.postimg.org/7k17m8jvb/IMG_20170127_200601.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/7k17m8jvb/)

(https://s24.postimg.org/wix80jyox/IMG_20170127_200424.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/wix80jyox/)
Next up , a BA III converted to a Panzerbeobachtungswagen  (artillery observation vehicle ) Easy conversion , dummy gun , mg moved to centre of turret , extra bolt on armor front and rear as well as an extra star  antenna
(https://s24.postimg.org/ug6x6j6z5/IMG_20170127_200825.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/ug6x6j6z5/)

(https://s28.postimg.org/3xh2agtc9/IMG_20170127_200857.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/3xh2agtc9/)

(https://s28.postimg.org/unt9ryhuh/IMG_20170127_200945.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/unt9ryhuh/)

Title: Re: Panzer III variants
Post by: ripley on January 28, 2017, 11:47:36 am

Now a III N with 75mm gun based on the early L hull
(https://s29.postimg.org/xsa3aqe8j/IMG_20170127_201204.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/xsa3aqe8j/)

(https://s30.postimg.org/omkll2ujh/IMG_20170127_201141.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/omkll2ujh/)

(https://s27.postimg.org/urcm5qvlr/IMG_20170127_201319.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/urcm5qvlr/)
And lastly a true N built on a late M hull , so no side hull escape hatches ,or turret vision slits , deep wading exhaust ,scratch built hull side skirts and a one piece commander's hatch .
(https://s29.postimg.org/t9llptr0z/IMG_20170127_201612.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/t9llptr0z/)

(https://s27.postimg.org/wcah4ursv/IMG_20170127_201640.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/wcah4ursv/)

(https://s27.postimg.org/454ikrdfz/IMG_20170127_201832.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/454ikrdfz/)

(https://s28.postimg.org/yirmfhcw9/IMG_20170127_201728.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/yirmfhcw9/)

Title: Re: Panzer III variants
Post by: ultravanillasmurf on January 31, 2017, 05:09:05 pm

Very good.

Title: Re: Panzer III variants
Post by: Pinky on January 31, 2017, 05:26:24 pm

I really like the Ausf Ns - both of them.  It's easy to see that you've been studying what these tanks actually looked like in the field. 

Title: Re: Panzer III variants
Post by: ripley on January 31, 2017, 09:59:57 pm

Thks guys .  Yea , 40 years of building tanks and having a deep parts box helps . Variety of parts from Rubicons stowage sets  as well as  1/48 - 1/35 stuff to HO model railroad boxes , you never know what might come in handy  The 2 Ns are twined with a matching paint scheme Tiger , Rubicons as an early in Russia and the BA steel wheel in Normandy .

Title: Re: Panzer III variants
Post by: Ballardian on January 31, 2017, 11:11:44 pm

Nice work!