Hobart's Hedge Trimmer - A Failed Funny. Finished Pics Pg. 11

[Old Wombat]

Almost, but not quite as bad an idea.

[zenrat]

Hmmm, M3A3 plus Flakvierling.  Me likey.
I have a 1/48 M5 and now a reason to buy a 1/48 Flakvierling.
Thank you.

Here's where the Trimmer is at.  Tracks on and today I added the 'guards, steps and additional armour.  Also started a figure (nothing fancy, just a Tamiya one frankensteined from bits of the five in the kit and a resin hand).

Hedge Trimmer WIP 25-04-27 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Rick Lowe]

In service with/converted by Tito's Partisans.
They also had versions with PaK-40s mounted.

HTH 

[Wardukw]

In service with/converted by Tito's Partisans.
They also had versions with PaK-40s mounted.

HTH 

I built that version donkeys yrs ago Rick ..all Tamiya bits ..not my best work by a very long margin...the Tamiya M5 wasn't the best but that Pak40 is bloody terrible...would build another one but AFV Clubs M5 is stupid expensive 😳 🙄

[Rick Lowe]

Yeah, they always were.
But it's based on an M3A3... not sure if they're any cheaper, though... 

[Wardukw]

Yeah, they always were.
But it's based on an M3A3... not sure if they're any cheaper, though... 

When I built mine I was in my teens . So so many moons ago now and I'm pretty sure I was deep into wiffy world already by then so if it looked close that was good enough..and also ..I'd have no idea what model M3 it was 

[Rick Lowe]

if it looked close that was good enough

Yeah, that was my Modus Operandi then, too... and very likely it still is... 

[Wardukw]

if it looked close that was good enough

Yeah, that was my Modus Operandi then, too... and very likely it still is... 

 
Now a days tho  ...it's not close enough..it's 100% wiffy matey ..so everything is perfectly good ..enough   

[Rick Lowe]

  
True.

[buzzbomb]

Fred.. that is a neat figure mod.. what a fantastic grin on the dude 

[zenrat]

Thanks Bri.  I figure a beer in one hand and a durry in the other.

[zenrat]

So, who spotted I have glued the forward suspension units on back to front?

Hedge Trimmer WIP 25-04-19 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr



I didn't, until today.  Kit's second rule will be applied.  Something to do with revised geometry better suited to the increased all up weight.

Mind you, IMO it looks better with them that way round.

Today I was mostly painting fiddley bits - stowage, ammo boxes, tools etc.

[PR19_Kit]

Kit's second rule will be applied.  Something to do with revised geometry better suited to the increased all up weight.

Luckily the 2nd Rule is immutable, and it works EVERY time, as you've just so aptly demonstrated. 

[buzzbomb]

Well I overlooked it for sure, I do find your idea around the reversed mounting to help with weight distribution quite sound.. beefed up springs etc etc. Unsure if the trackwarping steering would be affected.. but meh.. it still looks good

[Wardukw]

Well I overlooked it for sure, I do find your idea around the reversed mounting to help with weight distribution quite sound.. beefed up springs etc etc. Unsure if the trackwarping steering would be affected.. but meh.. it still looks good

It's wiffy world Bri...it's gonna steer perfectly 👌