hi gary
thanks almost done cant wait to lay some paint down on her with at new iwata ab.i have found some info in the ZTZ but not much mostly just people fighting back and forth on diffrent fourms

wrapped this up today.this was my first AVF CLUB kit not bad just a ton of parts. i had no issues with the kit it went right together a bit of over kill on some things but worth it in the end painting should start this weekend.barring my lady going into labor with our first baby (girl)she is a week late

Hey Craig,

Looks great, nice clean build. So whats First on the list?

1 - Paint ZTZ 99
2 - Paint Stryker
3 - Have baby (warning: Cant paint baby!)

Hey Bro! Good luck with you your girl and your forthcoming new born!

Gary

i think the ZTZ going to be painted first then the stryker or both at the same time i have to the running gear and lower hull first on the ZTZ due to the side skirts
the baby is out of my hands at this point. i cant paint the baby?thanks gary

this is up next.
the ZTZ99 is in the paint dept right now got the straps done the other day the pics i took not very good i used plastruct for them stryker will get painted later.

Hey Craig,

Oh man! That is a sweet kit. That is on my wish list. Are you going to enter the Panther campaign? you Have till Dec. 31st to finish. Looking forward to that build.

Later bro,
Gary

thinking about it i might be able to get it done in that time i have been watching the panther campaign. that is a very nice kit i like it when some box shows up on the door

It does have a nice sheet of PE, Magic Tracks and an aluminum barrel. Is this the one with zimm too?

I want a Panther D, now that I have seen so many of them here at Armorama.

I first must finish my Campaigns and then maybe, MAYBE I will have made enough room for some new kits. I'd like to see a Panther Campaign Part II next year, maybe along side the King Tiger Campaign?

That would be great!








~ Jeff

this will be my first german tank and dragon kit this one does not have the zimm on it it came with a nice set of metal side skirts.king tiger campaign would be fun i have the tamiya kit production turret along with a rb barrel tam tracks and grills.
if you were to pick this kit up it would bump all other projects

Speaking of Panthers, this is where my 1/16 build is at the moment.



And, right in the middle of my M1117 Campaign build.


It's clean for the moment, 'till I get the urge to start thrashing.








~ Jeff

nice jeff is their any thing bigger than 1/16?if i had large sums of cash i would do and rc tank.i really had to take a second look at the m1117 what is that 1/72 haha

some progress on the ztz this weekend got the lower hull,tracks and road wheels done no iam having issues on the two greens to use for the cammo
did start the panther too got the wheel and some small things done ill have pics soon

Hey Craig,

Hey bro, you makeing progress on your models and we dont get any pics to see....my feelinz is hurt! I would love to see the ZTZ pretty soon. You know i like that thing!

Later bro,
Gary

hear is a update shot of where iam at right now i thing i have figured out what two greens ill be using XF-67 and XF-11
the sand is vallejo model air 71.028 sand yellow going to cammo the wheels a bit then ill start some minor weathering up the rest of the together then mask and do the rest of it

a bit of a busy weekend got the ZTZ99 wheels ready for the gloss coat still not sure how iam going to do the tracks as far as wear going to go back and fix the rear sprockets not happy with them kind of rushed.
some slow progress on the dragon panther taking my time on it
and then just because this tau xv8 crisis battlesuit might do a what if with him in nato three tone cammo

Hi Craig,

The wheels look great bro as does the panther build. But the guy a the bottom, is that the new 2012 ZTZ99 tank driver suit for the Chinese military? You should do a digital camo on him!

Gary

thanks gary!
yea he is the driver, commander and gunner but they ran out of funding for him.digital cam on let see if i can pull that one off

worked on the tracks a bit today this is my ref photo i have also see the tracks all black so i went some place in the middle with it ill be adding more once i have the lower part done you will see only a few links due to the fenders and side skirts

got some work done on the ZTZ99 this weekend sat got the matt done and not frosty this time a light raw umber filter on the the wheels and lower hull along with a pin wash from ak interactive a week before then some oil fading on the under side of the lower hull just still trying to get the hang of it still the side wont have that much due to the side skirts hiding all of that

Hey Craig,

The ZTZ is looking like its got some attention this weekend. It looks great man! Wheels and tracks look nice bro. Well done Craig.

Gary

they sent me the wrong motor for the car iam working on at work so i got to go home today at 700am
so... did some oil work onthe side of the hull and got it together fenders and skirts a bit later then mask prime and paint

Hi Craig,

Extra modeling time is always a bonus! Looks like the extra time paid off. Very nicely done man!

Gary

base coat is almost done have to go back and touch up some over spray and stuff i just plain missed

Hi Craig,

So whats next bro? Gloss and pinwash? Its looking great man. Youve done a fine jod on the camo and color choices. It will look great with a hint of weathering.

Gary

yea round of future and a lot of pin washing lots to do
thanks gary

some pin washes this weekend still have a bunch left to do in the pin washing dept