May I submit for your criticisms my pz III J initial. I am working on some riders, at the moment. However, they were intended for a pz IV. So, I will have to add some stowage to keep them from looking like they are about to fall off. First time, with metal tracks. Assembly was a b*tch, but worth it. Anyway, on to the photos.

Matt,
Very nice! The details show well despite the dark single color scheme. Very hard to criticise such a masterly example.

Gaz

Agreed VERY NICE JOB!!!!

Sweet! excellent work Matt

Thank you all for the kind words. It was a modest effort. I used it as a test kit for a few new techniques. I may take it as one entry to the regional convention. The figures are coming along nicely. I will try to post some more photos, later.

Hi Matt,

Nice job, just enough chipping and wear. Maybe a little dusting to tone down the main color. I use real dust from the yard with pigment added
to duplicate the Eastern or Western Front. A bulb used for cleaning camera lenses works well. If you mist the lower portions under the fenders with water or rubbing alcohol you will get a nice subtle effect. Have to be quick as the liquid dries quickly. I don't fix it and as long as it isn't handled very much it'll look good for a long time. And........Ain't no way a judge can call you on the reality of the dust.

Now that you have finished your first set of metal tracks you won't be happy with MagicTracks.or band tracks. I wasn't. It's really worth the money and time to use metal tracks if you can possibly afford it.

ModelKasten plastic tracks are as close as you will come to the metal sets. There are a million discussions, here, on other sites and YouTube, etc. on how to assemble and weather them etc. It gets easier with every set you assemble.

I have found that drilling the sections with a .5mm drill (not all the way through) and using .4mm or.5mm straight brass wire works very well. Precision Scale (page 48) has the wire. Twelve one foot pieces under five bucks. THey are a model railroad outfit. Lots of other interesting stuff there.

Good luck showing it.

tony

The first four figures are nearly done.

Matt-- outstanding work on the figures as well as the tank.
Great job
DJ

very nice job ! the riders look good

You are too kind. As per figures, I really upped my game on my most recent set. I'm doing quite a bit more work on skin shadows and highlights. My next technique will involve oils.