Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär

Christopher Mullins Its been awhile since I worked on this, but i started it again. Got one side of the track finished, unfortunately, there is a gap on the front. I can never get these single piece tracks exactly right, they look better than the rubber tracks, but the are much harder to get together, especially getting together with every piece strait and no gaps.

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

H K Preview https://facebook.com/permali..17373&id=100008675865124

Fabian D. "Please not[e] that it´s not finished yet." It is fairly hard to spot, but i think you have a point.
All kidding aside, how is the kit?

Patrik Spett I posted another image. The main critic of this kit is that it have the wrong end wheels as it it supposed to be an upgraded series 1 to a series 2 tank. If it is an original series 2 then there are other issues with this kit. Some small boxes for the radio system are also missing (nothing behind the antenna for example) and there should be an opening from the fighting compartment to the box right under the rear hatch on the superstructure but these thing was fairly easy to fix. Anyway it is fun to build it. I missed a drivers seat so i added one, plus a driver, that sadly is hardly visible. Now I´m figuring how to do the zimmerit, make it myself or try to order some..

Steve Wilson ...
Excellent, now that's what I call a workbench, the task here is...
" Spot the model I'm working on"...
Children pay attention please, Patrik is man after my own heart, everything has its place and everything's in its place... Great work Patrik, well done.

M.Julian Marles These TriStar kits are great

Frank Krause Confirmed, Julian! Absolutely!

Joerg R. Dieses Review hatte ich heute auch schon gepostet

Frank Krause Hmm, hat aber kein Duplikat angezeigt wie sonst.
Ich sehe grad, es sind unterschiedliche Links, die auf die gleiche Seite gehen. Ich hatte den Link direkt von der Armorama Review Seite genommen.

Joerg R. Ich auch. hm

Ruslan Sudakov Nice build!

Phil Net-Maquettes Thks

George Bacon Thanks everybody. It's a fun kit!

Hunter Cummins Beautiful
My pics will be up after some grub

George Bacon Can't wait!

Vlad Shatilov Exelent work! Well done!

George Bacon Thanks Vlad

Rui S Nice finish George, Thus the kit brings the Zemmerit or you did it?

George Bacon Thanks Rui! This kit comes with zimmerit already molded into the plastic. Very nice...

Rui S Thx Mate, nice to know that.

Hunter Cummins I don't care though, I'm getting it

H K Strange decision indeed as Dragon has a Series 1 reworked Brummbär with Zimmerit. But then they are re-releasing the Panzer 38t E/F, which the parent company Trumpeter has in its catalog ( and is a very nice kit)
Let`s hope, they are correcting the early Brummbär, which had a lot of issues.

Hunter Cummins Yes I do agree, and model companies are getting complicated ahh, but I'm so excited and I do hope they fixed the mistakes like you said

H K Ist da ein neuer Brummbär in Planung?

Ingmar Stöhr Naja, Ich mag das Fahrzeug irgendwie und die frühe Ausführung wartet noch im Regal. Ich glaube aber nicht, dass das jetzt gleich das nächste Projekt wird.

43 Rascarcapaco Its a beauty!!keep posting here
Are those Side Skirts separate?
Or is this just one piece?

gtrz Razz

Roberto Rocat Stunning work, I love the subtle effects on the paintjob.

Mike Kryza Na also -

Ingmar Stöhr Thank you all!
@Razz: The skirts are sheet metal and separate parts. They were included in the kit. Maybe you can have a look at one of the reviews of the kit. I also added some in progress pictures of the skirts at the end of the album.

Stefan Suessemilch Stunning, fantastic job Ingmar

Christian Meyerhoff Den durfte ich ja auch schon mal live sehen. Klasse Arbeit und wie immer tolle Fotos

43 Rascarcapaco Thank you,and those white dots are ...?(Acryl,oil paint,enamel?)

Ingmar Stöhr Those are AK Dust Effects (Enamel) mixed with some plaster. Sprinkled on with old brush and airbrush. After a short drying period I softened the sprinkles with a flat brush moistened in odorless thinner. Application might be a bit heavy. Maybe it would have been better to have less sprinkles and then repeat the process with a slightly different tone to give more variation.

Gerald Willing Sehr schön

Mike Kryza

Ingmar Stöhr Thanks!

Frank Krause Marina mit ihrer Brigitte und Netzstrümpfen, Ingmar mit seinem Brummbären und Netztarnung. Allgäu Power! Well done, Ingmar!

Ingmar Stöhr danke! Hoffe ich versaue es nicht

Mike Kryza @Ingmar - Das pasiert Dir nicht.

Ingmar Stöhr Finished this one during this years Scalemates Meeting at Wangerooge, after starting it during the same event one year earlier

Rui S Really nice "bear" Nice finish, congrat,

H K I assume Modellbau König got you

Fabian D. Right... but not the only Tristar kit I bought. Still not shure if I should just canibalize the interior, the reviews I´ve read pointed thoards a medicore accuracy...

Rui S Is anyone go to see it easily, Fabian?

Fabian D. Well, for Tristar standards it´s a rather crappy kit. The roadwheels are said to be wrong, have "real" rubber rims, and it´s neither a proper Early nor a proper Mid version (not only because of the missing Zimmerit). As I have a Dragon Brummbär, tranplanting the interior would be probably the easiest way to get the best out of the two kits. But I haven´t really decided what to do...

Rui S Huumm, I see what you mean...

Fabian D. Well, I guess some more research (and checking what´s differnt compared to the early kit) will put me closer to a decision. We`ll see

Rui S I can't help you, don't have them, but I look forward for the project...

H K Forget this early, mid blabla. This is a series 2 Brummbär which only needs zimmerit. The quality of the kit, well that`s another story...

Rui S I'll only buy now, the one with the mg in the upper left side of the hull ...

H K That one is on my wishlist for a new kit either from Tamiya or a Smart Kit

Fabian D. Just compared the two kits, apart from the roof, side armour and roadwheels the mid kit seems to include almost everything to build the early kit. Not shure about the gun, though. Not impossible, but there are better ways to spend time.
As I already have the early Brummbär with Zimmerit, I´m leaning more and more to the transplanting option... Well, still cheaper than the Griffon Interior set

A new tooled late Brummbär would be nice, I´m staying away from the Dragon Imperial/ Dragon Shanghai series...

M.Julian Marles Nice, I like the Tristar kits

Fernando Ripado It's so good that it's a pitty to start it ...

Fabian D. phew, I´m glad I´m not alone wit this feeling

H K Nice Brummbär

John Van Kooten Yes, very nice build! well done!

I recently purchased this kit because, even though it is an old one, it is still a nice kit to build. I also really like the PE set you have used. Could you tell us which one you have used? Is it a set from Voyager?

H K I wait for a Smart Kit release Though it seems that at the moment it is Pz. III time at Dragon

John Van Kooten LOL

Yeah, Dragon seems to do things in "waves". Release a thousand King tiger variants, then release 10.000 Tiger variants, then a few hundred Panzer IV's ... etcetera

I am indeed planning to buy a few of the Brummbär kits later this year. This old kit was just a lucky catch. I bought it for just a couple of euros ( otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered ).

But like you say, maybe I should just wait for them to release a new Smart kit good tip!!

Kaiyu Chen John, it is a Lion Roar PE set, I think it is a PE has been stopped production. I bought this kit and PE set in 2001. And thank you!

John Van Kooten Aaah! Yes! Lion Roar. Is it the LE35045 set? I hope so, because I know someone who sells it and you are probably right to think they are no longer producing this set (which I can fully understand). So there's not much use in asking my reseller of they can order it

Kaiyu Chen WOW, you have a strong reseller!!! It is LE35045!

Hunter Cummins I enjoyed building this kit aswell. I like your came job

John Van Kooten @Kaiyu Chen: Yes, this particular guy (he's not really a professional reseller) has some serious connections & stock whenever I need something that's hard or impossible to find I ask him.

As it happens I have started building the Cyber Hobby #9131 Orange Box Jagdpanzer IV A-0 out of the box (no extras whatsoever) to kill time while I'm waiting for the paint of my Sd.Kfz.250 to dry And it has the exact same lower hull and suspension/wheels as the Brummbär kit. It is a really nice, good looking build!

Kim Branders A mighty fine job you did there.

Holger Kranich Brilliant job, so far, George!
I love your work on the interior! Simply amazing and a great paintjob'! Its fun to watch your steps!

George Bacon Thanks Mates!

Bill Spargo WOW, this looks as though you can get inside, very realistic

George Bacon Thanks Bill! I don't usually like all the extra work of building an interior, but it was fun this time

Acki Hi George, I´m amazed. Nice details, great scratch building.

james johnson Pretty cool George, pretty cool....nice job!

George Bacon Thanks Acki and James. I really appreciate your comments!

Hunter Cummins What are you going to do with 2 of the same set ??

Hunter Cummins Nice kit
just got done building it

Wayne Hale Dang Hunter I just posted that. You are really quick. Imagine my surprise to see the Two sets of PE included at no charge

Hunter Cummins Well i like seeing if you posted any new projects because your projecs are always interesting lol
What !!!! Free PE !!!!!
You are so damn lucky
I wish I had another of this kit
I really enjoyed the build
it got me a gold medal

Wayne Hale Yeah I post projects, but I need to get off my fat lazy a@@ and build some of them.

Hunter Cummins Hahah
I have the same problem lol

Hunter Cummins Nice gotta have that energy lol
Mind sending me some

George Bacon Wheels, wheels, wheels...

Hunter Cummins Been working on my wheels forever:\

Hunter Cummins Any updates????

George Bacon Nothing exciting. Up to step 7 out of 23. Long way to go! . How about you?

Hunter Cummins Man dats a good start lol
Not even done with thewheels be ause I have been sick and I am in the mist of moving

George Bacon That will slow you down! Hope you're felling better real soon!

Hunter Cummins I know tnank you george im feeling better already

Hunter Cummins I have both of these up for sale

Vitor Costa Hi Hunter

I know but you are out of the EC so, besides the costs with shipping i may pay a costumes taxes? more 35% of all the kit price and the shipping costs, so or the good that i buy is really cheap or other wise it doesn't justify to order out of the EC.

Its the only reason why i don't buy things from mates out for Europe? sorry? i would like believe me

Best regards

Vitor Costa

P.S. only for curiosity how much are you asking for it?

Hunter Cummins Hmmmm idk but we could figure some thing out
And about 15 dollars each

Vitor Costa hmmm can you please know how much it will be the shipping costs?
And the total can not be superior to 39 euros (due costumes taxes) other wise if i get selected and they confirm the price of the goods? i will be f$#$/(/!!!
So please let me know the shipping costs first ok?

That is a really good price lets see if i can have them

Thank you Hunter

Hunter Cummins I will let you know how much shiping is
Just wondering but what is the reason that you want these old kits

Vitor Costa Old kits?!!?!?!?!

!?!?!?!? ohhh my ignorance... i thought they were the new ones!!!!
Thank you for the tip... well as you already understand... i dont want the old ones but the new ones!

Sorry Hunter and thank you, other wise i would have a big umpleseant surprise.

Urban Gardini Yeah, n' as for the StuPa you should check out the Tristar offering. It beats Dragon hands down.

Frank Krause Hi Vitor,
if your look for this special version of the Brummbaer, you might have to stick with Dragon/Cyber Hobby. Tristar kits are great, but also only early and mid versions. Same as Dragon's newer Brummbaer kits. Going for the late you should look for this, but... of course, it is just the same old kit in a new box with magic tracks and figures added...
Brummbär Sd.Kfz.166 (Cyber Hobby 9117, 1:35)

M.Julian Marles I like the zim!

Raimondas Ciuplys It's overdone a bit, I suppose. Still, it has won 2nd place in a local scale model show

Markus Kutsch Very well done!What is overdone!???In my opinion all looks right.Was a lot of work it seems (PE).

Kim Branders Again very nice

Holger Kranich Great job! Painting, Interior and Zimmerit, all marvellous!

Holger Kranich Very clean workingarea! Is it a Tamiya-kit?

Tony Feredo Looking real good.

Thomas Mayer Holger, according to the instructions the kit is placed on it is the Tamiya kit.

@Al:
Keep the pictures coming!

Al Judy Thanks gentlemen! Yes Thomas, Holger is correct...Tamiya kit #35077.

Acki Nice target, Al.

Aghis Barberopoulos Funny canon

bob the builder A beautiful beast, nice work Al

Al Judy Yes...I have two of these.