Hi all
This is Dragons great kit of the Pz. 38(t) w. interiour. A really nice kit, and pretty straight forward build.
Please do comment.
Jacob
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Pz. 38(t) done
Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 03:54 AM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 04:19 AM UTC
I didn't realize Dragon's kit came with an interior. Looks real nice, especially if OOB. Your interior painting and the track sag look particularly good. It looks the the mg barrels just need drilled out or to have some black paint in the center.
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 04:33 AM UTC
All those rivets cry for a nice dark wash. Also the road wheels, are they completely Panzer Grey together with the bandages?
Nevertheless nice model.
spit
Nevertheless nice model.
spit
bill_c
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 08:42 AM UTC
Your usual solid work.
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 12:37 PM UTC
NICE, NICE JOB!
Pz 38(t) is, along with the Pz IA/B type, my fav tanks! I have this one (presuming it's the recent Dragon E/F kit) right in my pile. From what you have done here, looks like it will be a sweet build indeed! ('Course I won't claim mine will come out as nice-looking... but hope springs eternal!)
I really like the engine - overall convincingly used-looking - great exhaust manifold and scuz in the E-compartment. You have captured a nice flavor of a road-marched tank. The whole thing is pretty cool and a neat job, indeed, IMHO!
I could offer a couple nit-pick comments for those needy of same (sort of "duty" and all that):
Those rivets do beg... I echo a previous comment that those rivets could really pop with a little dark wash.
The MG barrels could benefit from being painted a black (they were enameled to start), with maybe some follow-on gray or light pigment dusting to show the ashing that comes from long bursts and getting very hot. And someone did note blacking the inside of the barrels - I ditto that, too.
I think the top hatch head-cushion could be nicely picked out if you pin-wash around its edge, as could the crew hatch cushion. Looks good the way you have them but could pop a little more?
And lastly... I think you captured German later-production 38(t) painting patterns right when you did the crew and top hatch interiors with dark surfaces - and then you (maybe) sort of blew things when you painted the engine lid white/elfen inside! Those compartments were probably largely left in red-oxide on most surfaces, I think (there have been some deep and long threads here-'bouts on the subject of 38(t) interior painting...), and likely that hatch would have been red-oxide or maybe hull base color (dunkelgrau, here)? I honestly LIKE the white, as it helps show the engine, but in the more "accurate" world... Only an opine and suggestion!
I LIKE IT! I think I got to complete my Tristar 38t) E/F now almost done and paint started, so that I can get into that Dragon kit! Thank You for sharing this neat tank!
Bob
Pz 38(t) is, along with the Pz IA/B type, my fav tanks! I have this one (presuming it's the recent Dragon E/F kit) right in my pile. From what you have done here, looks like it will be a sweet build indeed! ('Course I won't claim mine will come out as nice-looking... but hope springs eternal!)
I really like the engine - overall convincingly used-looking - great exhaust manifold and scuz in the E-compartment. You have captured a nice flavor of a road-marched tank. The whole thing is pretty cool and a neat job, indeed, IMHO!
I could offer a couple nit-pick comments for those needy of same (sort of "duty" and all that):
Those rivets do beg... I echo a previous comment that those rivets could really pop with a little dark wash.
The MG barrels could benefit from being painted a black (they were enameled to start), with maybe some follow-on gray or light pigment dusting to show the ashing that comes from long bursts and getting very hot. And someone did note blacking the inside of the barrels - I ditto that, too.
I think the top hatch head-cushion could be nicely picked out if you pin-wash around its edge, as could the crew hatch cushion. Looks good the way you have them but could pop a little more?
And lastly... I think you captured German later-production 38(t) painting patterns right when you did the crew and top hatch interiors with dark surfaces - and then you (maybe) sort of blew things when you painted the engine lid white/elfen inside! Those compartments were probably largely left in red-oxide on most surfaces, I think (there have been some deep and long threads here-'bouts on the subject of 38(t) interior painting...), and likely that hatch would have been red-oxide or maybe hull base color (dunkelgrau, here)? I honestly LIKE the white, as it helps show the engine, but in the more "accurate" world... Only an opine and suggestion!
I LIKE IT! I think I got to complete my Tristar 38t) E/F now almost done and paint started, so that I can get into that Dragon kit! Thank You for sharing this neat tank!
Bob