Kugelblitz

[Philipp Gross]

No spares, only Meng nuts

I guess it turned out halfway decent...?



The beast in all its glory:



Turns out you can't open the turret hatch when the turret is elevated, so I've closed it for now. I might yet add a figure standing outside, probably from the set that comes with the kit.

And while I'd like to declare the build phase finished, I still need to scratchbuild a small gun travel lock. For once I can't blame Dragon, this feature was only discovered when the wreck was found in 1999. This kit however first came out in 1998. Thankfully I have Nuts & Bolts 25, which provides good photos and plans.

Philipp

[Justin Wooding]

Hi Philipp,

Looks good! The little extras added should enhance the final result.

Can't say i have seen many of these models built. Didn't Shawn do one a long time ago?

An eye catching colour scheme in mind?

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks Woody!

I don't remember any of these on this site or the previous ones....but Raoul did build one long ago. Maybe he wants to share some photos

I guess I'll do a "regular" three colour scheme, possibly with green as the base coat instead of dark yellow. I'm really, really, really tired of all these "May 45" red primer models.

Philipp

[Vincent Power]

Looks impressive with the turret on Philipp. A dark green base makes more sense too.

Vincent

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks again Vincent

I've scratched the gun travel lock. Nuts&Bolts says there were two, the new Dragon kit says there was one, I say I'm lazy and one is enough



Philipp

[Jan Persson]

You could always claim one got lost in action - looks really good

[Bryan Krueger]

Pretty freakin awesome! I don't recall seeing a KB builds with the guns fully elevated. It's a unique detail.

[Adam Durrant]

Nice Philipp, I love the look of the aircraft style ball turret on a tank.

[Mark Aldrich]

Looking Good!

[Philipp Gross]

Thanks everyone!

Bryan, I don't think I've seen that many built Kugelblitz kits to begin with. Seems to be a rare thing both real and in scale

I've built a figure from the set that came with the kit, with a better head from the spares box:


As for the tracks, I think I'm about to commit a little heresy

Philipp