9. Panhard EBR-11

Andreas Koziol
There it is - my new model kit! I chose the french Panhard EBR-11 simply because I like it very much and I think it is a very good kit - my first from Hobby Boss and also my first wheeled tank. So let's go! 🙂

Holger Kranich
Du hast auch vor nix Angst, wa?😉 Soll aber auch kein schlechter Kit sein.

Neuling
Looking forward .........

Jörg Luther
Coke and popcorn ready😎

Andreas Koziol
Herzlich Willkommen @Holger @Neuling @Jörg😉

Andreas Koziol
Then let's get started! I'm thrilled with the plastic, the perfect hardness to work with. Because I don't like the manufacturers who use very soft plastic mixtures.😉

Mike Kryza
Bin auch wieder bei... 🙂

Andreas Koziol
Willkommen Mike! 👍

Andreas Koziol
The wheels look very good so far. Probably it makes sense to glue the tires & rims only at the end or after applying the basic colors?

Holger Kranich
Definately! Und zu Schluß schön mit mattem Klarlack drüber und das sieht aus wie geleckt.

Jörg Luther
@Andreas, hab gerade deinen Merk-Galeriebeitrag auf Modellversium gelesen. Schön geworden. Und noch schöner, dass mal einer die Eier hat, nicht nur die Schokoladenseite[n] seiner Modelle zu zeigen, Respekt! Das steigert meine Motivation als durchschnittlicher Bastler um 100%, zu sehen, dass sich auch jemand, der so tolle Modelle baut wie Du, hier und da mal verhaut.

Andreas Koziol
Fehler macht bekanntlich jeder und wenn man sie aufzeigt bleiben sie einem anderen hoffentlich erspart.😉

Andreas Koziol
Start the work on the turret and have for the first time tried this mix of Tamiya surface primer & thin cement, which so many of you use to get a bit of structure on the surface. I think the mixture is too thin to get a really nice structure. No idea if I did it right?

Jörg Luther
Never tried that mix, I prefer using a motor tool. But for me, the texture looks quite convincing, the castings were quite smooth on the real thing:
net-maquettes.com/pi..r-armoured-car-walk/

Andreas Koziol
Thanks Jörg, found also a lot of reference photos. 👍

Andreas Koziol
After a week break, I'm going to continue my wheeled tank. I've already discovered some stumbling blocks with this kit, which won't speed up the construction, but see what kind of solutions I will find for it! Sure you'll be able to give me some advice again.😉

Andreas Koziol
First putty work at the turret ring.

Andreas Koziol
The first construction site on this kit. Unfortunately I had to realize that the suspension of the wheels is designed much too weak, so that they can hold impossible well at it! Therefore I made some washers from 0.75 mm thick plastic sheet myself. How do you like it, or would you have solved the problem differently?

Thomas K.
War das Rad nicht bündig mit der Aufnahme? Man hätte auch das Loch vertiefen können. Oder war dein Problem der Abstand zur Kante vom Kotflügel?!

Andreas Koziol
@Holger die auflagefläche war viel zu klein - das rad wäre bei der kleinsten belastung immer wieder abgebrochen und so war es (für mich) die einfachste und schnellste lösung.😉

Andreas Koziol
Excellent in one piece plastic barrel, there is really no need for an aluminium barrel!

Holger Kranich
Immer schön wenn man keine Halbschalen mehr verschleifen muß. Früher habe ich das gerne gemacht aber heute nicht mehr soooo gerne. Bei dem Gneisenau Turm war das echt arbeit...

Andreas Koziol
Ja sehr angenehm Holger!

Andreas Koziol
Let's go to the next construction site with this kit The turret cuff is unfortunately a bit too short, so that you have to attach a little bit so that everything fits. By the way, it should also be mentioned that the tilting function (gun depression) of the turret is no longer given by it. But I wanted to attach it absolutely, because it contributes to the characteristic shape of these tanks for me very much.

Andreas Koziol
What happens if you want to dent the frame of the basket a little and hold the lighter to long to the plastic? Exactly, you have very unnaturally bent plastic! For this reason I had to remove unfortunately a part of the frame. I will try to hide it a little with some accessories. Let's see if I succeed in the end.