Bergepanther

[Romain Moreau]

Hello everybody,

I began last weeks, one of excellent Bergepanther from Takom. It's a terrible kit with many pieces. Indeed, I prefer not to know.
My goal is to represent the bergepanther from 512 schwer panzer jager abteilung during the last battle in april 1945.
The camo is imperceptible but we can presume from this picture.




First step :
Torsion bars are a pity to connect one with the other.

 

[Roger Hurkmans]

Romain,
I build Takom’s early berge a few years ago.
The base of this kit is nearly the same like the late version you are building.
Imo this kit is not terrible but complicated because of the Many parts.
Details and fitting are good!
True you will need aclotbof patience to build this model!😉

 

[Romain Moreau]

Good evening Roger,

Thank you for comment.
Your post is a good sign of destinity, if I allow myself to be superstitious because the idea comes really from your berge in the your book Battle for Hungary. I will try to make a kind of tribute but with a slighty different idea. I don't say anymore, a way is still long.

 

[Romain Moreau]

Small progress with the engine.



It's pleasure to build. However, it's necessary to always keep one eye on the instructions.

 

[Romain Moreau]

Hello everybody,

I continue kindly my berge. I succeeded to close half parts of the hull. Infortunatly, I lost pictures of the winch and the driving position. Shame on me !

 

[Romain Moreau]

In the absence of pictures, I would like add some building details. I made the weathering of compartment with painting oils (umber and ochre), scratches with sponge and sparkle some red rust.
For the winch, I find a trick to paint the cable. I soaked this last one several times in a mixture of tamiya black and silver.
Finally, for the engine compartment, I follow a common way with acrylic and oil paint. However, to enhance ventilator blades I used alclad.
Thank you for your likes.