Sd.Kfz. 232

James C The Tamiya boxing is just a re-boxing of the Italeri kit with an externally standing figure and metal barrel. Not worth even half the current retail price to be honest. But if it is something that you must have, then there are plenty available on Ebay.

Dave Morris Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Hunter Cummins How do youmake those amazing weld beads??? They are amazing

Dan Bacon Thanks Hunter - I use Evergreen rod styrene and Tamiya Extra Thin cement, the cement softens the styrene and use a knife to create the weld beads.

Hunter Cummins So simple yet so affective
I love what your doing with these old tamiya kits

Dan Bacon More assembling selectively using PE details and vehicle lights uploaded photos

Holger Kranich Hey Dan, great work! How is the fit of the pe´s?

Hunter Cummins Every update just gets better and better

Dan Bacon Mostly the PE fit is not bad, the larger pieces need a special tool to properly bent it right. The hinges don't really show the large bolts as seen in photos in Panzer Tracts, likely added them.

Pascal GARAT Great detailing work!

Michael Green Looks great! Should put your work on the Tamiya box!

Gary More scratch building. Used water filter screens and pressed solder for the muffler guards. Also made the spare tire and holder. Gary

JOHN THOMAS Hey Gary nice work

Gary Hi John, Thanks!! It's not quite finnished yet. Gary

Ken Kolenovsky Yes, some excellent work there! I like the custom screens you did on the exhausts. Good work on an old kit!

Gary Thank Ken, I had to clear coat the decals to avoid cracking. They are really old. Gary

Gary As far as the name goes should it read "Das Maulwurfsgrille" or "das Maulwurfsgrille" ? Gary

Hanno Kleinecke It should read " Die Maulwurfsgrille " or just " Maulwurfsgrille " depending on if you want to name your album,or the vehicle.

Gary Ok Thanks Hanno, I don't know much about German grammar or the difference of das and die. My english grammar isn't much better, eventhough I'm an old gringo. Gary

H K Pics on Armorama armorama.com/modules.php?op=..p;file=article&sid=19308

M.Julian Marles Kewl

Frank Krause Nice details and painting! I like it!

Jonns Pfeiffenberger I like it too! Nice build, only the spare tire shines a bit too much

Peter Jong Thank guys,

I returned to this hobby after 25 yrs and I was forgotten how fun it is to build kits. This definitely tastes like more. Although I didn't build anything, I sure bought them.

So I will soon start something new.

@ Johnns, I will give the spare tire a bit more wash, it sure shines to much. Thanks.

Albi Hitz I like the finish and all the details. Well donne!

Barry Lloyd It doesn't look like you've been away from the hobby at all - very nice build!

Mike Kryza A good one vehicle - not too dirty...

John Van Kooten What Barry said! Really looking very good!

H K Great finish I like the stowage

Peter Jong Thank you all for your positive replies. Nice to have found a place for fellow builders..

Alan Rush Hi Peter. The logs in the front and the headphones out of the top hatch add some nice detail to make a unique model.

Es-haq Khosravi Great Job!

Ma.K.ie Struschie Du BAUST sowas?
Mother of all greebles?

Fox One Vor 25 Jahren oder so...

Hunter Cummins Beautiful work mate

Fabian D. looking exactly like it´s bigger brother in 1:35... did you have to glue the hatches in?

Tomislav Martan Well, actually all hatches are molded closed, except tup turret hatch. I cut it in half to glue it opened, but it's too thick so I had to make new one from sheet styrene. Of course, it is not finished yet (currently stuck on making hinges) and it will probabbly be the last part to be glued on the kit...

Es-haq Khosravi Well done.

Frank Krause Looking great, Ed! Like it

Ed Bartz THanks guys - still more to do, but getting there.

Steve Wilson Nicely made Ed, crying out for a dio'

Wim van der Luijt like it a lot....been reading about the 1:48 version Tamiya brought out just the other day

Ed Bartz Steve - thanks, not sure about a dio though. I'm just getting used to building again after a 30+ year gap, so figures will be the next hurdle, THEN a dio. Although I have picked up a couple of MiniArt dio sets to get me going again. Time will tell.
Wim - thank you - this is a very, very old kit and did need some TLC with PE and barrels. Perhaps a newer offering from Tamiya will be worth a punt.

A couple of updated images added.

Steve Wilson 30 years welcome back, it's like riding a bike Ed, you never forget!!!

Tyler Cole well painted, lovely 232 well done!

Stefan Fraundorfer Servus Christian!

Wieder eine super Arbeit von dir. Sehr schönes Drybrushing - gefällt mir.

Christian Meyerhoff Moin Stefan!
Schön das Dir das Modell gefällt. War eigentlich mehr so zwischendurch entstanden um die Restekiste mal zu plündern. Ich habe zur Zeit den gleichen Bausatz mit etwas professionellerer Ausstattung ( Ätzteile, Decals,usw) wieder auf dem Tisch. Dieser alte Bausatz macht immer wieder Spaß

Lionel Marco The old Tamiya is still great when mounted and painted the way you did it

Holger Kranich Helm und Mantel machen sich hervorragend auf der alten Kiste! Interessante Farbauswahl, einfach aus der Hüfte geschossen oder nach Referenzen gesprüht? Sieht super aus!

Christian Meyerhoff Moin Holger!
Vollkommen aus der Hüfte. Ich habe an diesem Modell immer die Reste aus dem Airbrush verwendet die von anderen Lackierungen übeig waren. Wie schon gesagt, das ganze Teil lebt nur von Resten.

Christian Meyerhoff Hello Lionel!
Many thanks for your kind words. This biult is no big deal at all. Grap one and try it. There are many of them around for reasonable prices. If I would do another one, I think the new AFV Club kit would be my first choice.

Holger Kranich Ach wie geil!

Christian Meyerhoff @ Holger
Na, Du bist ja leicht zufrieden zustellen

Holger Kranich Manchmal ja!

Christian Meyerhoff So kann man auch mit kleinen Sachen Menschen eine Freude machen...

Holger Kranich Ja!

Wilfried Bogaerts where did this suddenly come from ??
where's the wishlist button

Martin I saw it in the news section at Armorama. It is supposed to be issued at the end of February 2012!!!

Wilfried Bogaerts Thx Martin! It's going to be another expensive year...