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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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panzer 38 t
Venom
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Alessandria, Italy
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:19 AM UTC
I did a panzer 38 (t) and I painted in a temporany white camouflage. Under the white you can see the german grey. I followed the colour written in the italeri instruction.
what do you think about this?
it's correct?

see the panzer 38 (t) at this url
http://www.tankfive.net/pagine%20inglesi/germany/panzer_38_t(en).htm
herberta
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:30 AM UTC
Hi Venom.

First, thanks for sharing.

The finish on the tank is pretty good. There looks to be too sharp a divide between the dirty hull and the whitewashed upper surfaces. What has caused the paint to wear off, is it crew traffic? More dirt would have been tracked on those areas then.

The dio is not bad either. You have a good scene, but I can see the seams on the oil tanks, and the snow and walls look too clean. I'm not sure if it's your flash or not, but the figures are very shiny.

Is there snow on the tracks at the front? If so, there should be more snow on the tracks on the ground, or more likely, less snow. The tracks would have gone around once to reach that point, and most likely loose snow would have flown off.

Your dio has a good look, it just needs some work on the details, I think.

Keep up the good work.

Andy
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:56 AM UTC
Venom,
Your composition is excellent, there's no question about what's going on in the scene. That's often a failing point in a dio. Looks like very good contruction to the tank. It looks lilke you've cleaned up seams and any flash on your figures. As Herbert just said, your figures look a bit glossy, but that could be the flash. Many nice small details in the stuff in the street giving the scene a lot of visual appeal. I, too, noted the pesky seam on the barrel. Unlike my esteemed colleague, I don;t have a problem with the paint on the tank. Just goes to show you how much personal taste can play into it. LIke Herbert, though, the snow on the front of the tracks dosn't look quite right. Maybe some in the recesses, but not on the ridges. Also, if you're going to put snow there, make sure you imclude some along the run from the idler wheel, too. You might want to dirty the inside wall of the brick building on the left of the dio. Small points in the overall scheme.
Venom
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 06:52 PM UTC
yes, probably my dio is too clean.The figures are shiny for the flah.
I'll follow your notice and I'll do something in this days
regards
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