Nothing is as much fun

[kentyler]

basic hull
only one picture tonight
time to start gluing things together

[kentyler]

the hull comes together

a nice strong, interlocked box
with each piece helping to align its neighbors

[kentyler]

and cutting holes
i could not find anything in my books to correspond to the rounded corner at the front edge of the tank, so i trimmed it off
rather than try to cut the holes in the outer pieces and hope they will all line up i glued on the pieces and then cut the holes... which was a little messier than i liked
i used the cover plates to mark where the threaded holes would be to bolt them on and punched those into the body
this is not really a model of the hull of the tank, but rather a model of the hull of a model... i don't have the references to really know how the hull would strip down

[kentyler]

and rivits
and lots of holes on the sides where various pieces bolt on

[kentyler]

i'm going to use to build my "tank roller"

[kentyler]

in corel draw

i started by guessing the guy was 5' 7" tall
which gave me a 9' inner diameter, and a 5" flange
seemed reasonable

[kentyler]

today's building
i went back and looked at my own wespe photos and confirmed that the hull rear was a welded plate
and that the rounded corners in the front i cut off really needed to be there
i tried blackening the holes in the side where things bolt in, which worked, but only sort of
i may have to use a black wash on them

[kentyler]

of the roller frame

[kentyler]

LOL
fits perfectly

since i drew the roller mechanism my guesstimates taken from screen shots of the youtube video
having its frames for bolting the sides of the tank fit perfectly is hillarious

[creosotewind]

It looks like they used Sherman Tank bogie wheels for the rollers. Intriguing concept for your diorama.