Hey Guys,

Thanks for the comments but I can't see why you all would think it's that small. Now a Jeep or a Pak 36 in this scale is getting on the small side so relatively speaking, this is a modest size. Now if you want to talk about small, check out this picture of the PE vision port cover.



As for running out of paint, my airbrush has a built-in cup that needs at least 10 drops (.5 ml) to function and cover a 1/72 WW II medium tank. Double that for two coats. I use Tamiya paints which come in 1/3 OZ(10 ml) bottles. So doing simple arithmetic, two coats requires a total of 1 ml of paint so one bottle can cover 10 medium tanks. Depending on how many builds I do and their base colour, I can go through a colour in a matter of a couple of months. Just so happened that I ran out of three colours at the same time doing this build. All perfectly logical, captain!

@Jesper - Nice looking Stug. I have one of these in a more appropriate scale.

Cheers,
Jan

Great painting on your Stug Jesper,looking forward to the weathering

This afternoon, the Panther F suspension... what a nightmare those instructions...geez
It's so easy to make a mistake..

Well it's been a great long weekend so far and I have made some decent progress.
Chips, followed by some filters (AK Nato Camo Filter and Mig Grey for Sand Coloured Vehicles Filter) to blend the camo, followed by a very light wash (Mig Neutral Wash).
I want the wear and tear to be a lot more subtle than I normally do as I think I normally overdo it slightly.

I still have to complete painting to some of the tools, exhausts, and to install the jack block and jack.
The tracks (DS) have been coated with different shades of brown to create a mottled base, and I will use the AK Track Wash and some pigments next.

Jon, really like your camo and weathering.

Thanks Joel.
It was an extreme case of self control to not go heavier on the weathering.
Jon

Hey everybody...................hope you are all doing well. Going to crack open a Dragon Smart-Kit 1/35th OT-34 Flame Tank. Looks like a pretty nice kit.....has a photo-etch fret included in the kit and Magic Tracks as well. Should be a good candidate for OOB since the Red Army wasn't big on stowage and all those peskie amenities in the field.

Regards, Ian

Jon, beautiful Jagdpanther.......good-looking camo. Nice, tight pattern.

Hi Folks,

Firstly compliments...

@ DRAGON164...Rob, that is a really nice model, good job you spotted the deliberate mistake in the instructions. I like the Nashorn/Hornisse as a vehicle and will be interested in how you finish this one...

@ TOJO72...Anthony, that sounds an awesome kit, so many parts, should be good fun.

@ SGTJKJ...Jesper, that Stug is looking really stunning, very nice finish.

@ eMAN...LapMan, an unusual vehicle, should make a nice addition to your collection. Look forward to seeing how it turns out.

@ Tread_Geek... Hi there Jan, that is a nice little tank, I have been toying with the idea of getting some of the Dragon Japanese stuff, it looks really nicely done.

@ NITO 74...John, nice Panther F, looks a nice kit...

@Jon Dicks...Jon, I like the finish on your Jagdpanther, nicely done....

The progress on my Jagdpanzer IV is detailed below....


The engine deck fitted and the tracks are ready....


The tracks are superglued to the bottom of the roadwheels...


Then taken around the drive sprocket...


The tracks fully fitted....


The engine deck in place and the superstructure fitted..


The superstructure from the front....



The gun mantlet...



The two halves temporarily fitted...

I will post more when I have got it finished...

All the best,

Paul

Thanks Paul,
That's a great kit, too many options, 2 different suspensions, 2 types of road wheels, 2 different hulls, I mean the box is full of plastic for almost 2 different kits.
Magic tracks, PE fret, metal gun.
It's an amazing little Panther, too bad those Dragon instructions, when I think I have some bench time... I know I won't get past one step of those instructions...

Good work on that Jagdpanzer Paul, what scheme are you planning ? 3 tone camo ?

Nice work so far by everyone, here is where I am at. All the zimmerit is added, time for the detail and primer next.

Kevin, I'm really impressed with your Zimmerit.

Nice work on the zimmerit, kevin.

Nice looking Jagdpanther, Jon. It will be excellent when finished.

Here is my finished StuG IIIG. It is going into a Normandy pre-invasion diorama, so I kept weatering to a heavy coat of dust with rain streaks on the side armor plates.

I will tone down the dust a bit with a coat of matt varnish. That helps seal in the pastels and tone them down and blend in with the base camouflage.

Comments welcome.

Some slow and deliberate progress,no fit issues yet.I am enjoying this build despite the number of parts.If I can pull it off,it should make an impressive build.I am going to try out the AK modulation painting set.

Well, i have had some progress.
i have had a few small parts go flying.
I scratched a small piece here, and had to grab some things from the spares box to have matching items.
Not much of a photo,but i'll add it anyways.

Looks good Paul,I didn't realize that they had Mark IV DS tracks.Did they come with the kit or did you order them seperate ? At least if my magic tracks fail,I can fallback on the DS ones.

I'm calling this one finished. Here are a few images of the Jagpanzer IV.







I have a bunch more images in my gallery.

http://gallery.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/27293

Michael, Great weathering job on your Jagpanther LV.

Michael

Very impressive painting and weathering. Looks awesome.

Kevin

Well it's been a productive weekend on the modelling front (and less productive on the gardening front!) so here are the completed shots. I had a great time building this one. Any crits appreciated.

Nice job Jon,that camo pattern is perfect

WOW you guys are really producing some great work here
@ Jon, great looking camo pattern, dont forget to post in the gallery
@ Michael, white wash and weathering is outstanding making for a really well used vehicle
@ Marc, looking good so far dont dip to deep in to the spare parts box remember this is an OOB Campaign
@ Tony nice progress as well slow and steady and you wont lose and parts
@ Jasper congratulations on your finish looking forward to seeing that in the Atlantic Wall
@ Kevin the zimm is coming along nicely
@ Paul lice progress as well keep it up
@ Ian, welcome to the party
@ John, yeah that part was a little tricky Dragon really needs to do something about there instruction, the kit I'm building now has all the part #'s wrong

Ok guys I'm stepping out for the weekend hope to see lots of progress when I return

Jon - That sure is a beautiful camo job. I like how it is faded just a bit to take the bit out of the intense new paint job.

Joel, Kevin and Sal - Thank you for the kind comments. This was my first attempt at a winter whitewash and I'm pleased with the results. It was a lot of fun doing the weathering on this subject. I concentrated on the weathering for this build since it was a OOB. Everything went fairly well until I broke the top inch off the antenna taking pictures.

In case we i wasn't clear with my last post, any spare parts used are for parts lost or thati cannot replicate myself.

Some brilliant modelling going on gentlemen.

Here's the firefly partially weathered and just the figures to do.









Martin