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Panzer 38(t) Campaign
Nito74
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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 02:25 AM UTC
Thanks Sal !

You are right... a pain ..

I like your paint scheme !
Don't forget to touch up some DK yellow, on the 2nd and 3rd photos, behind the wheels and the drive sprocket we can see some bare plastic (light grey Dragon plastic )
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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 03:19 AM UTC
Paul - looking forward to your Hetzer. But those tracks do look like a nightmare.

John - the color looks good. Nice progress

Sal - that camo is menacing looking. Very cool!

I will get back to my hetzer probably in a couple weeks
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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 05:20 AM UTC
update



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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 06:12 AM UTC
And my Panda 1/16 model...



































BR
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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 06:20 AM UTC
Nice Michael

But how about some in progress photos ?
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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 06:32 AM UTC
... here we go:






















































































And the finsihed ones...

BR
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Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 - 08:23 AM UTC
Thanks for posting those Michael !
Don't forget to post one or two on the Campaign Gallery !

Here
ltb073
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 02:35 AM UTC

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Thanks Sal !

You are right... a pain ..

I like your paint scheme !
Don't forget to touch up some DK yellow, on the 2nd and 3rd photos, behind the wheels and the drive sprocket we can see some bare plastic (light grey Dragon plastic )

Thanks John and Greg,
Yeah I thought I touched that up but a new set of photos show that I still need to get some more spots before the additional weathering
Nito74
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 03:27 AM UTC

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Thanks Sal !

You are right... a pain ..

I like your paint scheme !
Don't forget to touch up some DK yellow, on the 2nd and 3rd photos, behind the wheels and the drive sprocket we can see some bare plastic (light grey Dragon plastic )

Thanks John and Greg,
Yeah I thought I touched that up but a new set of photos show that I still need to get some more spots before the additional weathering


Yep.. I know the photos always show what we missed...

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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 04:28 AM UTC
Sal: thanks dude, your camo scheme is kick a$$, and please
give me a set of dragon tracks any day , they are simple compared to these monsters from trumpeter with their
2 different types of track pin for the in and outer sides

John: thanks mate, I see you have also not yet started on those easy tracks

California Greg: thaks to you too, your Hetzers camo is also mean meat dude, are you going to add dark yellow or maybe even light grey

Michael: 1-16 eh? I certainly didn´t notice the scale. Cool build it looks a treat

O.k. here´s the finished engine compartment, it´s hull red from Revell, Tamiya German grey, a disgusting wash I have standing around, ground up chalks and a quick dry brush with Humbrol aluminium:









and this is what you can see when the upper hull is added





it´s under the PE mesh



I promise that I will now start on the tracks, now I have gotten over the scare of these buggers



Paul
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 04:44 AM UTC
That's a great engine !!
Can't you leave the mesh engine screen in an open position

That's too bad it will be hidden...

Nice work so far !!

Wait ! 2 sets of different pins ?? Oh god... here I was thinking and cursing my Tristar tracks...
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Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 05:13 AM UTC
Hi John, yeah two types of track pin :

Sprue T4 parts 1 and 2



and the engine mesh screen is staying there, it would look
odd otherwise. But I think that the fit of the upper hull is good enough so as not to use glue, which means I can take it off and look in there.
Oh, I might even add a bit more to the fighting compartment but that would be scratch only and only very roughly accurate


Paul
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Posted: Friday, May 31, 2013 - 03:25 AM UTC
The Nightmare is over:





have a good one



Paul
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Posted: Friday, May 31, 2013 - 03:28 AM UTC

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The Nightmare is over:





have a good one



Paul


Way to go Paul
Now you have to trim off the spruces
Nito74
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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:28 AM UTC
Nice Paul.

My nightmare is still here..



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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 05:51 AM UTC



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Nice Paul.

My nightmare is still here..





Hi John,
now I remember, those darned tracks were advertised as workable and no need for glue (joke of the year).
The only thing that works with those things is you as you
try to get them together without falling apart at every fart . John just get em together on a piece of tape and glue the buggers, and then wrap round the running
gear and paint in situ.

Thanks Sal, I did even think about leaving the attachments there as some sort of "flexible Duckbill track extension" but then thought better of it as this is a serious campaign (LOL).

By the way my hetzer was primed today, in Red-oxide but I have no idea if it was revell or humbrol, I´ll show some pics tomorrow.



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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 06:40 AM UTC

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Nice Paul.

My nightmare is still here..





Hi John,
now I remember, those darned tracks were advertised as workable and no need for glue (joke of the year).
The only thing that works with those things is you as you
try to get them together without falling apart at every fart . John just get em together on a piece of tape and glue the buggers, and then wrap round the running
gear and paint in situ.

Thanks Sal, I did even think about leaving the attachments there as some sort of "flexible Duckbill track extension" but then thought better of it as this is a serious campaign (LOL).

By the way my hetzer was primed today, in Red-oxide but I have no idea if it was revell or humbrol, I´ll show some pics tomorrow.



Paul




I agree Paul !!

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Posted: Saturday, June 01, 2013 - 06:09 PM UTC

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My nightmare is still here..


Thankfully I finished mine sometime ago, I figured they would be on the tricky side and done them as soon as I could. I must say though... you did zoom in a little too much in the photo, you make them look alot bigger than they really are.
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Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 02:49 AM UTC
Pictures as promised:

Oh yes it´s Revells SM 331, I think





Paul
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Posted: Sunday, June 02, 2013 - 05:34 AM UTC
More tracks...



Very nice work Paul !!

I like it !
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Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - 12:09 AM UTC
Ok I did some more touch up and weathering to my build and I think I'm to the point that i was gonna call it finished
But since my daughters high school graduation this past weekend I can't find the camera to take any pictures
I guess I will have to search again tonight
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Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - 04:25 AM UTC
Hi John, still playing tracks eh?

Sal that´s tough with the camera dude.

Well here´s the paint job:

Dunkel Gelb



but then I thought , I want green instead



and then....










got some touch up to do but that should be no problem.

hope ya´ll like it.



Paul
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Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - 03:05 PM UTC
WOOOOH Paul thats some paint job the overhead view made me dizzy
I have located the camera and took these picture
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Then I realized that i forgot the antenna and the center trap support so I added them
So what do you guys think should I call this 1 finished after a coat of dull
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 06:28 AM UTC
Sal it looks cool dude, and it was your camo that gave me the idea for my Hetzer .
Thankyou very much



Paul
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Posted: Friday, June 07, 2013 - 04:03 AM UTC
@Paul

Yup.
I finished cleaning up all the links from one side...

Next step, build & paint one side.

Do everything for the otherside..

Nice Hetzer !!!

@Sal

That Grille looks great... I have both versions waiting here
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