1/35 Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär Sd.Kfz 166 / Tamiya 35077

[KellerModeller]

Hello all,

this is the Brummbär from Tamiya. "Brummbär" roughly translates to "growler" and is also used to describe a sometimes grumpy person. For some reason my wife gave me this kit for Christmas... A hidden message? (BTW she said yes, the vehicles name inspired her to buy it for me )

To reproduce the Zimmerit coating, I used a PE set from Eduard which I cut on our cheese plate because it is made of glass, so the PE parts won't bend.





Here is the result, I used the kit crew figures:

















Thanks for looking
KM

[general rocket]

Well executed

[Uhrmacher]

Perfect in every way. The build, the camouflage and the crew uniforms and faces.

[Cardinal]

Very nice work, the model looks very smooth and finished.

[B4en]

A very elegant Brummbar KM. Lovely finish.

To be honest the PE Zimmerit looks a little too fine and delicate for the scale to me, but that's just a minor nitpick from an old nitpicker.

[Clashcityrocker]

Very nice work KM.

Nigel

[KellerModeller]

Well executed

Perfect in every way. The build, the camouflage and the crew uniforms and faces.

Very nice work, the model looks very smooth and finished.

Very nice work KM.
Nigel

Thank you very much for your kind comments!! It`s far from perfect but I must confess I`m quite pleased how it turned out in the end to be honest .

A very elegant Brummbar KM. Lovely finish.
To be honest the PE Zimmerit looks a little too fine and delicate for the scale to me, but that's just a minor nitpick from an old nitpicker.

You are definitely right, it is a too fine structure, but I did not find reference pics without Zimmerit and the readily available PE set was sooo tempting compared to trying self made Zimmerit

[ShaunW]

Top notch, KM, a really great looking Sturmpanzer IV and crew. That Eduard PE Zimmerit is quite effective but, I agree, it does look a touch refined and could do with being a little rougher.

[celt]

Not a fan of German tanks but I do like their SPGs, I will have to get one of these and if it comes out half as good as yours I will be very pleased.Well tidy mun.
Regards
Celt

[KellerModeller]

Thanks a lot!
There is also a new tool version (for a later mark of the SPG) available, but I think the old tool Tamiya kits are still building into nice models and going for very reasonable prices