I recently bought a second Jagdpanzer 38(t) from
Wayland's Forge in Birmingham. The
first one is assembled and has been painted but not finished.
The kit comes in one of Rubicon's standard boxes.
It is a three sprue kit. It includes options to build early, middle and late versions plus a flame thrower version.
The decal set includes examples of the vehicles seized by the the Soviet backed Czech army.
The kit went together well, though there was an issue getting the gun mount to stick properly, and the exhaust silencer assembly would not go together properly. The latter resulted in the loss of the part and a replacement had to be fabricated. I did look for the part on the previous model's sprue, but I could not find it.
Rubicon use an ABS based plastic which is more robust, but it is not very impressed with normal liquid poly. I normally use Tamiya thin liquid poly, but assembling the kit at the height of summer makes it more difficult, the glue evaporating before it gets a chance to soften the plastic.
For the gun mount, I painted Tamiya thin liquid poly on both parts, and then used some Humbrol liquid poly. The combination seemed to provide a grip. Once the parts were joined, I put more Tamiya thin liquid poly into the gap to ensure there was a good bond.
The replacement exhaust part was made with a piece of Evergreen plastic tube, supported by a piece of plastic rod.
This would then be wrapped in green stuff.
Here is the original Jagdpanzer 38(t) partly painted and the new one.
The story behind this particular paint job is that the vehicle has been undercoated and issued to the troops. Balkenkreuz and vehicle numbers were added before issue. This example had a damaged exhaust silencer repaired with asbestos tape.
Detail shot of the exhaust.
