With the initial construction completed it is time to move onto painting this beast. I disassembled the kits road wheels and shot the rubber portions in interior black which is a really dark gray. I also shot the same color into all the nooks and crannies I could get at, and did the entire bottom in the same color. This will help impart shadows later and help in identifying if I got good coverage. I followed the black with White Ensign Colourcoats WEMCC KM04 Schiffsbodenfarbe III Rot 5....a really fancy way of saying something that looks like red oxide primer. This stuff shoots extremely well. I cut it with Gunze thinner which to my sense of smell is lacquer thinner. I shot all of the edges and corners as a means to help use the paint I had on hand. With just the interior painted, it already is looking good to my eye. I plan on leaving the interior in the primer color and weathering accordingly.
Without further ado....here it is. "Q"

Very nice, thanks for the update!


cheers

Thanks Rick. Painting continued this afternoon with the dark yellow being applied. I'll let this set over the weekend and pick it up again on Monday adding the camo pattern at that time. Thanks, "Q"

Camo pattern has been applied as has some minor weathering. Decals and flat coat to follow this evening. The bare plastic parts and PE visible in the pics will be hand painted here shortly. Thanks, "Q"

Sharp Dressed Man

Tony the Mutt

Hi Matthew

your nashorn is looking awsome! every thing looks very authentic very real. i love the camo. great job RED4!

Gary

Thanks guys. Hoping to have this one wrapped up in the next couple of days. I goofed and painted the wrong side of the rear doors. Need to correct that and then install them and the tracks. Other than that, it is about done. Shouldn't be long now. Thanks again for the kudos, much appreciated. "Q"

Hello Matt,
I like your assembly line for painting the road wheels and the paint chipping looks pretty real. What was your method?

P.S. I forgot to mention that your work area is way too clean.

Bob

Hi Bob, long time no see... Paint chipping was done with Vallejo paints and a small brush. Color was a dark brown with the lighter color being something that was close to the base color of dark yellow. I need to do some touch up work as I got a few areas that are a little over sized to my eyes. As to the workbench, every thing is just pushed to the sides out of view. Thanks for the kudos, much appreciated. "Q"

Really nice work. The camo is beautiful. Is it going to stand alone or do you have a crew planned for it.

Thanks for the kudos Russ. As it is now, it will be a stand alone piece. Glad you like the paint/camo. That is my favorite part of a build. Working on the tracks and some more weathering today. Thanks, "Q"

I am sticking a fork in this one and calling it done. Only items not added to it are two gas mask containers and their associated holders, and the MG34/42 in it's interior carrying position. I used some MIG pigments to add a dust effect to it, followed by some scratches along the sides made with a toothpick. An area that was lacking with the kit was the decals. They didn't respond well and had to be coaxed into position with liberal amounts of Solvaset, but they are on. Onto the next build! Thanks, "Q"

Very pretty!! Nicely done sir.

Darryl

Thanks Darryl. Much appreciated. "Q"

Very nice job, hi quality work. Not to nitpick but did early version Nashorns have primer interiors? I thought that at that time, all open top AFV's interior's were painted dk yellow?

Regardless, it looks great.

John

Thanks for the kudos John. I'm not sure about the primer vs. dark yellow for the interior. I used this pic as a reference. As dark as the interior is, I took a SWAG that it was the Red Oxide Primer color. Could very well be dark gray though or it might be totally wrong. I don't know. Thanks again for the comments. "Q"

Ain't that what ya call an Oldie but Goody?

Very Nice job Matt
Tony the Mutt

Thanks Tony. After looking over a couple other pics I found, I need to re-paint my breech block. Think I'll leave the rest alone though. Thanks again, "Q"

Hi!

Can I ask how you achieved the chipped paint effect on the crew compartment floor and ammo bins ? Was it the hairspray technique? It seems you've used a dark grey (Panzer Grey?) as what would be the priming coat for the floor - would it not have been just bare steel, as the red oxide was the primer?

Matt,
That's some pretty impressive painting. The camouflage is excellent. Maybe some people have reservations about the primer interior, but given artistic licence it works well to me. I do think this sort of vehicle is enhanced by a crew though, even if only one bloke. It sort of adds scale.

dear quiroz, you do a very nice pait work. only a observation the left track could be in the wrong direction ?
be care
sdl

Matt,

Really nice! I have a few of these to put together. Hope they turn out as nice.

It's obvious the problem this tank had. You can see it from your photos: It had no hull gun. I think this was introduced at the Battle of Kursk and the problem was without a hull MG, they were sitting ducks for sappers and anti-tank guns. I read one report from a German Sergeant that the had to fire their MG down the barrel!

You've really captured it. I agree with another poster, a crew would add so much. But then, that's another project, eh?

Keep up the great work!

Bill B.