Hello friends!

Byron, Bob and Sal thanks for your kind comments!

Here more pics!

Added Port Vision and for the interior they were made with styrene and PE.



Added impacts in the front mudguards. Ready the support hooks in the hatches.



Added the rear mudguards of PE.



Regards,
Rodolfo

Looks nice, Rodolfo. Very nice details you have there.

Looking forward to see more.

Rodolfo, I am probably blind.but did you state which kit this is? Still looking good, I see a lot of patience and determination and research.

Bob

Hi to all!
This is my first entry to this campaign,an old Pz 4 F1 made by Hasegawa in 1/72 scale...A fast progress and first coat of paint:





Cheers,
Dani

Dani, nice job and in braille scale which I have a hard time seeing not to mention the intricate dexterity. Paint looks good and the antenna also.

Bob

Hi Folks,

I have finally managed to get my Mirage Pz IVD to a point where it is ready for the painting stage. It has been a bit of a 'love/hate' time with it, as I continually found details that needed to be included to produce a decent model. The rivets came from the floorpans of Dragon's SdKfz 251 and Jagdpanzer IV, sliced off with a very sharp scalpel blade. I shall be commencing the painting stage next and it will be Panzer Grey with some weathering. The other photos are of my Stug IV that has been started.




[imghttp://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x44/Spacewolfdad/WorkhorseCampaignPZIVD9.jpg[/img]

















That's all for now, all the best,

Paul

Rudolfo, Dani and Paul, great work! You guys are definitely stepping things up a notch... I'm glad I got mine finished before I had to compare it with yours.

Paul,

Your probably going to hate me for this but no its not ready for paint?

The engine muffler (larger one) on that extremely well detailed Panzer IV Ausf. D is incorrect in that it should be longer in length almost covering the entire area between the rear fenders. The engine muffler you have there is of a latter model panzer - first introduced on the Ausf F1. Also the small turret traverse engine muffler and angled exhaust pipe needs to be moved over near the left mud flap. The final exhaust pipe leading away from the small muffle should not be bent down toward the main muffler. This was a short piece coming straight out of the muffler running parallel with the main engine muffler. The muffler setup is identical to all of the Ausf A - E models.

And for goodness sake get rid of those over scaled reflectors on both mud flaps! These should not be larger in diameter than the openings on the skeleton tracks. Your also missing the tail light over the right rear fender opposite the distance indicator light on the left rear fender. And if you'll look on the rear section of your Jagdpanzer IV you'll see two vertical bars connection the towing hold with the lower muffler support brace. You could easily make these from thin sheet styrene.

After taking the time and effort to open each and everyone of the track horns, add rivets, aluminum barrel, brass mud flaps and holders on the turret not to mention many other small details that you've added turning this little cupcake into a real gem, don't you dare go and piss me off by not addressing these needed issues! Nice figure too!

Here's a link of a Tristar 35th scale kit, just click on the photos to enlarge.

-Eddy

I used [for the second time] technique with salt, for making a DAK vehicle.Another small progress...

Hi Dani,

The 'salt technique' has turned out well, the model is looking really good so far. Are you going to put it on a base of any sort?

All the best,

Paul

Hi Eddy,

As if I would. There is an old expression here (from our naval tradition) 'why spoil the ship for a 'happorth of tar', so on Tuesday I will go to my local rail enthusiast shop (it doesn't open on Monday) and purchase the correct diameter tube and get right on with doing a proper job. I also will put the spare track links on the right fender. I can only put this gaffe down to the fact I haven' t yet built up a full reference library and I am now going to concentrate my limited funds on buying a few books instead of kits (which I have more than enough to keep me occupied for years).

Thanks for the comments, this is what the forum is best at - helping each other out and ensuring we get the best from our modelling.

All the best,

Paul

I am done having fun with this kit, so its finished.





Bob

Well Bob,

Your machine looks like it's been through a mud storm! But it's finished and your on your way, looks good too!




It's been 12 days of off and on building on the work bench. I just couldn't resist raiding my spares box . . . I'm just begining to have fun with this build and am quite a way's away from finishing it. Will post again before painting begins.

The Tamiya chassis is at least an 1/8 inch off both in width and length but I'm giving it my best shot!





Lets see how the rest of the kit falls together?

-Eddy

Eddy... you are scaring me now... I think this'll be museum quality when you're done, and I can hardly wait to see the build up. A tip of the hat AND the glass to your abilities!

Peter

Time for an overdue update. I posted this earlier as part of my blog but just adding it here by way of apology because it looks like I won't make the deadline on this campaign.

I struck a problem with the markings ( I won't bore you with it all but you can read the details of that HERE if you want ) which meant it got put on hold for five/six weeks while I sorted that out.

And we're abandoning big city life to go live in a small town that has a population smaller than the roll at my daughter's highschool which was planned for early next year but has now been bought forward to the week before Christmas because we found a house we wanted but had to take it earlier to get it.

So into the box this goes and hopefully it'll get finished sometime in late January/early February.

On the bright side the new house has a large self contained third lounge that will become my office and hobby room so no more competing for the dining table which will hopefully mean a much more productive modelling year in 2011.

i have finally finished the hull of my project, (its amazing how a new born baby, can put a stop to normalcy for a while), but for some reason the web site is down, any idea how i can post pictures ?

thanks

You can post pictures of your progress right here in the thread,you must use a site like photo-bucket or the like,then paste the image's link right here on your posting.Then when the gallery is up again,you may upload your finished build pictures directly to the gallery,when doing this make sure your pic is 800x600.

Oh my, it's December already... I hope I can get my entry done in time.
I'm not even close to painting stage, but at least I've got most of the zimmerit done. The only areas still to be done at the moment are the upper part of the rear lower hull and glacis plate.





How does it look for a first attempt?


Ps. Who else have found themself completely flabbergasted, in a negative way, by the new "improved" Photobucket?

Thanks Anthony for the advice, it seems they have fixed the glich and now i have been able to post some pictures now











more to follow on sunday, hopefully i will get the rest of the body done then move onto the trailer

Mark, nice clean job you have there. Mine are usually messy up until I get them ready for paint.

Bob

Bob, i know what you mean i am usually the same, but for some reason i was able to complete most of the PE without messing it up to much.. it took me the best part of a day and a half to do mind you...

mark

Very nice zimmerit, Eetu. Sure it is the first time?

Looking forward to see more

Hi everyone and especially Eddy,

I have finally finished the correction to the exhaust of my IVD. It took a bit longer to source the styrene tube, but the construction was straightforward. While I was at it I added a few more rivets and put the prominient lifting hooks on the turret. Well here it is and I sincerely hope it is ready for painting now.







All the best,

Paul

Paul G. nice job on the muffler, is it scratch or after market?

Bob

Hi Bob,

It's a scratch job using photos as reference. So it may not be 100% dimensionally accurate, but I don't care I am going to paint it now, to get it finished for the end of the campaign.

Thanks for the comment, all the best,

Paul