Hetzer

[kentyler]

making tracks
i tried a couple of different things, but could not get a satisfactory track,
the wooden mold is promising perhaps, you mold the track and then
cut it off its base... this would let the track itself be more delicate

in frustrationi moved on the the gun
instead of a brass barrel I "hardened" the paper barrel with superglue
i cut down the cast mantel, since i intended to cover it with clay
so i needed it to give the basic shape, but be a little smaller than the
outer shape

[kentyler]

more on the gun
here i spread a layer of clay over the paper base
then i baked it and started to trim it down to shape
i have it a coat of paint just to bring out the details of the shape

[kentyler]

more on the gun
i decided the hump on top was to big, so i cut it down and patched with plaster
the next step will be to make the mantle for the gun, which will also be clay over a paper base
you can see in the next to last picture the paper base being glued together

[elliott]

Looking good Ken, nice detail work is gonna really show off later.

[kentyler]

another job for clay
when the clay is baked it bonds to the paper
i first cut the outline and then start trimming down the shield to shape

[kentyler]

finishing off

[goodduck]

Looking great!