I have just completed my 3rd build of Armor, I used the Dragon 3-1 without zimmerit,I added Atak zimmerit kit and after reading 100's of articles on painting and weathering I think I am making some progress.Comments or recommendations please. I am still in the process of figures and diorama of some type Reposted pictures further in post. Coop

Pictures are small,but your methods look effective,it really looks grimy and worn.

The only thing I can mention is that I don't believe that the camo pattern would extend under the side skirts where they are missing.

I do think it looks great though

I agree with Anthony, the pics are too small to see anything. If you size your pics by pixel, make your long side between 600 and 800 pixels. That'll get you a nice forum sized pic.

As for the camo, I wouldn't worry about it. I've got a couple Tiger II pics that show the camo under the fenders.

why can't I get the new re sized pictures to post in my reply? I deleted the original post pictures and downloaded the resized pictures to my Gallery, only to have the original(smaller pictures) show up. Any help

If you use photobucket then copy the link into the page, your picture will appear much larger and we will be able to see them better, looks good to me! Nice work!

Hi Doug, try this. Go to your gallery. Click on the thumb of the pic you want. When it opens to full size, you'll see a link under it. Copy and paste that link, as is, into your post. The thumb should appear in the post, but should open to full size when it is clicked on.

Like G, I started using Photobucket some time back after getting frustrated with the Kitmaker gallery's quirks.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the help, I opened photobucket account, and reposting some of the pictures.

Sounds like you're in the same situation as me Doug. I've just started my fourth kit. It's a steep learning curve, but the results keep getting better

Tiger looks great mate. Which Dragon kit is that?

The Kit was Dragon kit #6406 3 in 1 late production. Biggest lesson I have learned is Not to glue the road wheels,What a nightmare!

I can see! I can see! Now that's much better. Good job there, Doug, but why the gap in the one track? Nice job applying the Atak.

Plans are having broken track with German soldiers working on it. Maybe some sitting on fuel cans.

Doug - a good idea, but (since this is the feedback forum and to bring up a point of realism) there's no way the track would be in that position to be worked on. It would be physically impossible to remove and reinstall the track pins there. The tank would have been backed up until the break was located between the lower front quadrant of the rear idler and the last road wheel. This would allow the room for the pin to come out and use the weight of the tank to keep the track from bouncing around too much while the pin was hammered out (from past experience with tracked equipment, I can tell you that it takes a lot of force to do it). The other thing to consider is that those links weigh about 60 lbs each. With the pins, that's almost 200 lbs for a 3 link section.

That said, I'm not telling you how to build your model. Just think of it as information for the future .... especially since you already have your tracks in place. A little artistic license never hurt anyone.

My Army experience was with the Hawk Missiles Systems in Air Defense and had no experience in track equipment.I appreciate the feedback. I have learned so much on this site and I am always open for suggestions. Thanks