Built my second Christmas present over the past couple days while waiting for parts for my Tamiya Jagd. Pz.. IV. Here are the pics:










Staring down the barrel of an 88....




Painted with Tamiya Enamels. I used the pre shading method that was used on a Panther in this forum. Let me know what you guys think!

Justin not bad ,but you still need to work more on seams I see a few in places.

Nice job on the chipping.

Some parts not painted at all.

Try a nice graphite color on the Tow cables and maybe a very dry brush of oily steel to finish the Tracks well no paint at all I see.

The weathering looks like you just did the outside and no inside at all.

The MG barrel needs to be in a Darker color.

Decals are decent but need some washes and pigments applied to the whole thing.

Happy New Year BTW.

So any late night slicky passes.

Cheers
Jeff

PS hope I was not straight forward Justin,but better then a slap on the back and still thinking Dang that needs to be better.

Jeff,
Thanks for the comments on the chipping. The I painted the tow cables a steel and grey metallic mix, but forgot to paint those lousy cleaning rods!!! Also, this little guy came with link and lenth tracks and I was initially not certain on how to paint the tracks. I Tried the build it all up then paint it method and I really don't like it for those reasons, It was difficult to paint the tracks and roadwheels.

I built this in one day and spent about 3 on painting. I did it as a quick build and to practice the chipping, wash, and drybrush techniques. Again, thanks Jeff. perhaps since this is a bit of a "practice build" i'll bring it back out and learn how to do filters on it.

Nice effort Justin I am sure you will continue to improve your models with the information people here share with you, thank you for posting this up.

Not a bad job Justin i'm currently putting the finishing touches to my own Tiger I Early but i've chosen to go with the german gray color scheme i'm also working on the tiger I late from AFV in 1:48 i'm hoping to post some pics as soon as my pc is fixed

I applied a dot-filter to her, touched up with another wash also.

Hi, I build 1/48 too, and always assemble just about everything before hand to avoid messy glue marks. My 2 cents would be to invest in a few Mig Pigments: (European dust, light & dark mud, dark rust) to start with. If you paint your models with acrylics (I like Vallejo) then Enamel washes with Pigments can easily flow into those small spaces in the road wheels & tracks. If you paint with enamels, then you must use water which tends to bunch up pigments into blobs. A third option is to just brush them on dry.
I highly recommend pigments since they look & act just like the real thing.

Be sure to check out Track48.com too for 1/48 building tips and they have the largest Gallery of finished kits.

You did a fine job on this. Each build just try a new technique.

Cheers, Greg

Justin -

Not bad for a quick build...few more items to work on, you'll have a kickin' Tiger there. How'd you like the 1/48 scale compared to the 1/35th scale you've been working on? Have yet to tackle one, but have heard they're pretty good.

Thanks for sharing, Cheers -

Tim

Well, thanks for the new comments guys. i've got some mr. hobby weathering pastels, im not a big fan of pastels overall tho.

tjkelly,
Thanks for the comment, i noticed that the filter really brought some life into the paint. I really dont like 1/48th. The model takes up less space, my Academy Tiger is huge compared to my Pz. II and IV....but the OVM is molded on and the link and length tracks are a pain in the ass. They are a good trade off between rubber band and indy link, but even a tigers tracks in 1.48th are big enough for indy links. Also, the detail isn't as good, making it a good practice platform for filters and pre shading but bad for washes. I'd say stick with 1/35th

I think 1/48 has as good of detail as any other scale. It's just a different "scale perspective" in painting. Here's some Tiger examples from Track48.com















forgot to mention, notice the "reverse" chipping done on the camo pattern of yellow / redbrown on the 2nd tank

Here's a few more 1/48 painting guides. The 1/48 KV hull I threw in to show you "chipping" done by using a makeup sponge or 00 brush. First go around the model edges with a lighter base color. Second, go over the first chips with the use of a dark grey to show bare metal or dark brown for rusted metal chips. Hope that helps your finish. Washes can be controlled with a very small brush and different colors may be used in different areas.