I know,that campaign finished in October
I mean, that by many days doesn't have any posts and no interests.

Adam

We're still here

Looking forward to seeing some more progress and finished entries!

hello all,
sorry i have not been here for all of the campaign members.i just got out of the hospital,lost 1/3 of my left lung and gained 4 steel ribs.i will love going through the metal detectors.
all of the builds look great,and my roommate has been keeping me up to date with all of the builds and forum posts.
remember we have till Oct. to get done with the builds.if anyone needs help,please ask.
cheers,
Bruce

Djeez Bruce!!
That's quite heavy!

Hope you'll get well soon and stay that way, too!!!!
It's better to do some scratchbuiling yourself than have it performed on you!

As for the rest of our fellowcampaigners: come on, guys!! Show us your builds and finish them!!
That's an order!!!

Oh, in that case i'm very close to finishing all construction and should start painting the tank and figures soon. I should have pictures here shortly.

Just get better Bruce !!

I just finished weathering my Alan Panzer II, just finishing the equipment around.
For the 3rd build , a Dragon Panzer I A, I was messing with the "Magic Tracks"... there's nothing magic about it... they click, and then hell breaks loose on the floor ...65 single links of a Panzer I...
On my knees for hours..

Any guidelines on these Magic Links ??? I see these great builds with great tracks... am I that clumsy ?!

hello John,
when i did my magic tracks,i built a jig using a straight ruler on a piece of glass.i then pushed the tracks against the straight ruler using another ruler.i then used super glue to glue them together.i did them in batches of 5-8 tracks each.you have about 5 minutes before the glue is dry,so you can put them on the roadwheels to get the shape you want.
hope this helps,
cheers,
Bruce

Jesper, Andrzej and Adam thanks for your kind comments!.

Adam your TK-3 from RPM and figure looks great!


Here more pics with decals ready.











Regards,
Rodolfo

Thanks Bruce,

I will try it soon.
And how about the painting process, you paint those batches of links separately ?

hello John,
you can either do them seperate/batchs or what i did was after the glue dried for the top set i painted them.then when the bottom dried i painted them .i then glued them together and did touch up at the glued joints.
hope this helps.
cheers,
Bruce

Thanks Rodolfo

I wait for final effect of your great work!

Adam

Well so far, the Panzer IV D, and the Panzer II from Alan are finished...
Just working on the Dragon's Panzer I.
I hope it will be all done by 30th Sept...

Might have some pics next monday...

Hi all,
Enclosed is my entry to the campaign Panzer 1 from Dragon and 1 horsepower mounted German.

hello Keith,
great looking dio.the tank looks great with very good weathering on it.i loved the mix of the old and the new way to make war.
remember to post your photo in the Blitzkrieg Campaign Gallery to get your ribbon and thanks for joining this campaign.
cheers,
Bruce

Nice job, Keith, great mix of man, beast and machine!

Hopefully everybody is getting the finishing touches on, looking forward to seeing more!

Thanks Adam!. Keith, I cannot to see your pics.

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I applied during three days 3 filters and the results was a little change in the color, please check the following pics with the previous before of the filters. The tools were painted too. I Added a little impact on the front fender. (more text below of the images)









Filters: I used turpentine spirit 95% mixed with humbrol 5% - 1st. dark earth (gloss) #10 - 2nd. matt iron-grey # 92 and 3rd. matt steel grey # 87.

Tools: Jack, metal bars, metal box and hooks with Humbrol mettalic gunmetal # 53, wooden bars and box with matt white # 34 first and over it leather brown # 62 and finally the tweezers with Vallejo orange-brown # 981

Regards!
Rodolfo

@ Keith: nice looking dio you got there. Horses and Pz.Kfw.I's, 2 early Blitzkrieg icons!
@ Rodolfo: stunning looking StuG, mate!!!

Nice little diorama, Keith. Looks good to pose the horse next to the Pz. I. Then it really becomes obvious how small this panzer really was.

Thanks for participating

Hi all,

Thank you for your comments. The image is not the best as the light from the flash makes the tank look lighter than it really is.

The horse was a bit of an afterthought as it was in my spares box, but as suggested it does show a contrast between machine and beast which no doubt occurred during this period.

Finally some shots,
the Panzer II D from Alan





Still missing the WIP of the Dragon's Panzer I

Thanks friend Ron!.

Update: I made a weathering in the hull and surface using a mixed of turpentine spirit and oils. In the chassis and wheels was added a mix of white pigments and Mr. Surfacer 1000 of Gunze for make a dry earth. For the tracks I used Metalcotte black (special for the metal pieces) and after dry I added a light touch of leather brown of Humbrol and painted with Vallejo chocolat-brown. The next step is to acclimate the chassis, wheels and tracks.









Regards!
Rodolfo

hello Rodolfo,
you have a great build,i am enjoying the step by step as you do your build.
i think that your build should be a Feature here at armorama,the way you explain how you are building this model is teaching me how to be a better modeler,and i am sure others are learning alot from your build.
you might want to send a PM to the staff and see iff they would like to make this build a Feature.
thanks for all of your hard work.
cheers,
Bruce

OK, third time is a charm. Thanks to TacFireGuru, Mike High, this should work this time.



Here is the Italeri Panzer I that I am building for the campaign. I just need to add the decals, install the tracks and dirty it up some. Hopefully I will be able to finish it up this weekend.

Thanks,

HARV

PS. Thanks again Mike.