Here are some pics of my war weary and dusty Pz IV Ausf D on the Eastern Front in 1941.
It is the great little 1/72 scale Mirage kit painted with Humbrol enamels and weathered with oils and MIG pigments. The figures are Preiser.
Steve
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I/72 scale Pz IV Ausf D
stevegs
Joined: April 03, 2006
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Posted: Monday, July 09, 2007 - 11:46 PM UTC
Hi Guys,
Here are some pics of my war weary and dusty Pz IV Ausf D on the Eastern Front in 1941.
It is the great little 1/72 scale Mirage kit painted with Humbrol enamels and weathered with oils and MIG pigments. The figures are Preiser.
Steve
Here are some pics of my war weary and dusty Pz IV Ausf D on the Eastern Front in 1941.
It is the great little 1/72 scale Mirage kit painted with Humbrol enamels and weathered with oils and MIG pigments. The figures are Preiser.
Steve
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Posted: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 01:52 AM UTC
Looks awesome! 
If it didn't say 1:72 on the topic, I would have guessed 1:35. The only thing that kind of breaks the illusion is the facial sculpts of the figures, and perhaps the antenna.
Other than those, just superb work.
I especially like the weathering (easily overdone in this scale), that overall panzer grey scheme doesn't look monotone.
Very nice work on the tracks too (single-piece flexibles, IIRC?). How did you do the sagging, with the pin-through-hull method?
If it didn't say 1:72 on the topic, I would have guessed 1:35. The only thing that kind of breaks the illusion is the facial sculpts of the figures, and perhaps the antenna.
Other than those, just superb work.
I especially like the weathering (easily overdone in this scale), that overall panzer grey scheme doesn't look monotone.
Very nice work on the tracks too (single-piece flexibles, IIRC?). How did you do the sagging, with the pin-through-hull method?
stevegs
Joined: April 03, 2006
KitMaker: 75 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 12:16 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Looks awesome!
If it didn't say 1:72 on the topic, I would have guessed 1:35. The only thing that kind of breaks the illusion is the facial sculpts of the figures, and perhaps the antenna.
Other than those, just superb work.
I especially like the weathering (easily overdone in this scale), that overall panzer grey scheme doesn't look monotone.
Very nice work on the tracks too (single-piece flexibles, IIRC?). How did you do the sagging, with the pin-through-hull method?
Thanks for the kind words!
The tracks are the ones supplied with the kit, and although they are vinyl they react well to superglue, so it was just a matter of applying a small drop to the top of each return roller and putting pre cut pieces of Evergreen strips between the tracks and fenders until the glue had set. When the strips were removed the track retained the sag. It worked really well!
Steve
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Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 12:17 AM UTC
Very impressive - as already mentioned this does not look like 1/72 at all.
Great job on that one - thanks for sharing
Great job on that one - thanks for sharing
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