Here are some photos of my two current projects, a RMASG Centaur MkIV CS and an E100 Sturmgeschütz.
The Centaur I posted some WIP photos about a week ago and had some excellent comments on finishing it off. I hope I have interpreted those comments as their authors' intended. Still need to finish off the crew (The kit ones, bit basic but I'm trying to keep things simple on this build and practice technique rather than go overboard with aftermarket bits and pieces)
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There are a few errors on the build, all due to me not researching this vehicle thoroughly enough. Chief among them is me using the Cromwell style track tensioner. D'oh! That aside I'm quite pleased with the overall result and I have definitely got the British armour bug.
Moving onto my other project, the E100 sturmgeschütz. This is the Dragon E100 hull with New Connections conversion kit and Atelier Infinite sprocket, idler and tracks. Plus a few scratch built items (grab handles, periscope covers, plastic rod towing brackets etc).
At the risk of getting removed from their christmas list, the Dragon E100 is terrible. Soft and vague details and really quite poor when compared to Trumpeter's (Rinaldi's) Ausf. B. That said, it is an ideal base for this conversion as only the lower hull and running gear are needed.
The New Connections conversion set is an impressive set of castings and metal gun barrels (17 cm and 3 cm MK103). Marred only by the thousands of tiny air bubbles on the surface (discussed here
http://tinyurl.com/3zw8q5). I got rid of the air bubbles using two techniques. The first was to use a thin layer of Milliput worked into the holes using a razor blade and smoothed off with 800 wet & dry. The second was to use Mr Surfacer, first time I have used this stuff and I'm a convert as it is excellent. Both techniques have worked well and I am now almost in a position to begin spraying. I just need to add the tool holders (Royal Models Tiger 2 and heavy towing sets) and spare track hangers.
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Thanks for letting me share my work with you all and as always all comments are welcome.
Andy
p.s. Anyone have any idea on what aerial would fit in the mounting on the left rear of the fighting compartment (photo 2)? I was going to use a 2 m rod but I think that the mounting could be for a 1.4 m star aerial instead.
