Jagdtiger no. 331

Hello everyone, German tank captured, I was inspired by the photo

Jagdtiger no. 331 of 3 SPz Jag Abt. Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion 653, captured by the American Army at Neustadt, March 1945.

photo added for discussion purposes

and I start from this box

Hello to all :hugs: :hugs:

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Hi Claudio, nice kit and a nice reference photo. Will you be trying to do it as the photo after it had been captured ? Will be following along as you build it :+1:

I believe 331 is serial number 305020 currently preserved in the USA. I understand the gun on this particular vehicle is jammed in the fully recoiled position as it was when captured, which has led to some kits which have been based on this example having short barrels (and even short after-market turned barrels!). It may well be worth investigating further as if this new kit has a corrected barrel length it will be too long for a post-capture depiction…

Regards,

M

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Nice project,it used to be at Aberdeen,don’t know where it got moved to.

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Love that kit, you will enjoy it, very well made. Look forward to seeing what you do with this!

It’s at Ft Benning.
http://armorfortheages.com/MilitaryVehicles/JagdTiger/JagdTiger.html

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Thanks, the idea is to best reproduce that photo. :ok_hand:

Let’s see what will come out of it :joy: :joy:

How lucky to have seen him up close :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Thanks let’s see what I can do :joy: :joy:

Great photos :+1: :+1:

I continue

wheels and hull

assembled and fixed :grin:

the link tracks

it’s all until next time for today
Hello to all :hugs: :hugs:

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hi guy,
I continue the work :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

the tracks

I closed the holes that I don’t need

accentuated joints and welds

hello to all :wave:

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Off to a good start,looking good

It does look good

thanks a lot :wink:

thanks a lot :wink:

I continue with the work

For the moment it’s all to you soon :hugs: :hugs:

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I continue

to the next step :wink:

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Looks really nice so far. I like the added texture on the hull…great work :+1:

thank you very much :wink:

highlighted welds

primer

test figure :grinning:

See you soon :hugs:

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Nice clean work so far!

The figure helps set the scale perspective.

Thank you :hugs: