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Academy's Hetzer (late)
- Thread starter jugjunkie
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@jugjunkie, is this stowage in the instructions, based on a photo, or artistic license?
It looks like the lightly modified and repainted postwar G-13 in a museum:
If making a museum G-13, here are other photos for the rest of the stowage:
The museum removed the muzzle brake as on later PzKpfw IV since the gun was a KwK40 instead of the wartime Pak39
More track on the port side:
Walkaround of the museum example:
Collar placed over the muzzle brake threading once the brake was removed.
Well done on the weathering too!
Regards,
It looks like the lightly modified and repainted postwar G-13 in a museum:
If making a museum G-13, here are other photos for the rest of the stowage:
The museum removed the muzzle brake as on later PzKpfw IV since the gun was a KwK40 instead of the wartime Pak39
More track on the port side:
Walkaround of the museum example:
Collar placed over the muzzle brake threading once the brake was removed.
Well done on the weathering too!
Regards,
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Really nice! 
@jugjunkie
See if you can reply now Geoff
See if you can reply now Geoff
jugjunkie
Active member
It's really a mixture Saul. I have seen a number of images of the mounted spare tracks and wheel. So this vehicle is from no particular unit (as many photos state).
Understood, it seems you used museum photos for the wheels and additional tracks on the side as I have yet to come across photos of these during the war. It is still a great build to me! I've done a LOT of actual research one the Jagdpanzer 38 (even visiting the one your model most resembles in Musée des Blindés, France) to get information on how it was built, postwar modifications, and what was needed to get it back to wartime production status.
Regards,
jugjunkie
Active member
Howzit Saul, this is the picture I based my vehicle on - roughly.
You did great! This is Ft. Benning's G-13 used in reenactments. Here is a link to a PDF where you can see it on page 17 in another camouflage scheme. I don't know if this photo was taken before or after the one you used as reference but the vehicle is barely modified to look like the German wartime Jagdpanzer:
Armor Magazine September/October 1990
Little by little, the appearance was slowly modified. Here the stowage has been removed as well as the postwar gun site (photos copyright Tim Briggs February 18th, 2010):
Here is a 2020 YouTube video showing Hilary Doyle explaining the role of the German Tank Destroyer in WWII featuring the Jagdpanzer IV and the Swiss G-13 (standing in for a Jagdpanzer 38). I have linked to the moment he starts discussing the G-13:
Here is a list of surviving Jagdpanzer 38, G-13, and G-13 masquerading as Jagdpanzer 38:
Surviving JgdPz38 & G-13
If you ever want help with references, feel free to ask (even via PM). I'll be glad to help.
Regards,
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Looking really good Geoff!
