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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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Pz Kpfw Ausf J, Dragon
rjbouw
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Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: June 20, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 03:35 AM UTC
Currently working on this one...
















The camo was applied with oilpaint, since i don't have an airbrush.

Next up are the schurzen and turretarmot...
alanmac
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Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 04:03 AM UTC
Hi

Dragon make some really nice 1/72 scale stuff. I only wish my hands and eyes could do them justice.

You may want to look again at the instructions, only the rear two exhaust stacks are glued in the wrong place and wrong way round.

Alan
alanmac
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Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 04:12 AM UTC
To very quickly show what I mean I've linked to a image put in by fellow member Dave Shaw on his 1/35 build of a Panzer IV.

See vertical stacks. Also if you look carefully on your rear plate you''l see two small shapes, like triangles it appears to me. I reckon those are location points.




Oh, and don't paint the fire extinguisher red, it would be the same colour as the tank to stop it showing up to the enemy.

Alan
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Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 10:00 AM UTC
Hello Rob, good work with this Pz IV. I especially liked the lower hull weathering and the fading you created with the oil colors. The tracks look very nice too.

Once you fix the exhausts it's ready for the rest. I suggest you do that now because after installing the schurzen handling becomes difficult.

Best regards, Alexander
rjbouw
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Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 10:29 PM UTC
@alan: Thanks for the tip of the exhausts. I checked the instructions, and what do you know, the instructions are wrong! Hmmm...

@alexander: thanks! I will fix the exhausts first, good point
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