Italy
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Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 06:21 AM UTC
The Dragon kit 6291 is great, very detailed and provides separate the rubber from the wheels to give many ideas for damage.
I lined the discovery of the wheel: I did run with a Dremel drill and engraved with the cutter.


Fabrizio.
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 03:16 AM UTC
Little progress with the PE in the kit.


Now a 12-day break for work and then resumes.
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 03:35 AM UTC
nice progress so far... building in to a nice subject
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 06:24 AM UTC
Ahhh... One of my most favorite kits ! Nice PE work so far. Have fun and good luck Fabrizio
On the bench :
A whole bunch of figures, Too many half built kits and a (gasp) wing thing
Italy
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 07:20 AM UTC
Thanks guys!
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 07:28 AM UTC
I'm adding the last details to the same kit. I let the vent pe go, as the styrene one supplied is quite thin.
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 04:20 AM UTC
Very nice. Looking forward to seeing more of it.
Do you solder your vent PE parts ? I always have some trouble with using super glue with them.
Italy
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 04:51 AM UTC
Thanks guys.
I apply the glue fast, with a wire end, so I put what I need.
Here in the middle of the Adriatic Sea, on a platform of methane gas is bursting a storm and you do not work. I take this opportunity to continue modeling.

Photos with my iPhone 5.
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 11:50 AM UTC
You're making some good progress on this one Fabrizio! It's a complex kit due to the "Super Kit" approach that Dragon designed it under but still a fun one to put together.
Italy
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 06:32 PM UTC
Thanks a lot. Exact, the assembly is quite complex, but the accuracy of parts helps the modeller in precede without problems.
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Monday, March 25, 2013 - 03:13 AM UTC
Looking good, Fabrizio! Panzer IVs are my favorite. Can't wait to start on a Dragon kit myself.
By the way, that muffler is huge!
Italy
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Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 - 03:29 PM UTC
Small progress:

Fabrizio.
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Posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 02:28 AM UTC
Nice work. I'm considering getting one myself, not for a C but to do a D. Looking at the sprue shots online, it looks like everything is there for a D, does anyone know if this is the case?
TIA
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Italy
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Posted: Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 05:59 PM UTC
Thanks Kimmo.
Here are two pictures that show how it reduces the wheels after an outing in the countryside muddy.


I gave volume to the mud with the product Tamiya mixed with grass and then with pigments and earth tones of the AK I modulated the colors of mud.

Fabrizio.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - 01:18 AM UTC
very nice work - look forward to watching this move to completion.....
Italy
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Posted: Friday, April 19, 2013 - 11:33 PM UTC
Hello guys! At last I got back to modeling ....
In the end I managed to get the fenders Voyager and I used those Aber. It would be a kit for the Tristar Pz IV but is fine for the Dragon.


Primer:

Fabrizio.
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Posted: Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 12:26 AM UTC
Nice job on the fenders. Makes me wish I had used the pe for the G on the C.
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Posted: Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 05:12 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 04:45 AM UTC
After making the modulation with the three colors Tamiya in sequence from darkest to lightest, I spread a layer of a drop of Smoke Clear to delete the dominant blue.


Fabrizio.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 07:38 AM UTC
Wash:


Next step: mud in the lower parts.
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 10:44 AM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 02:24 AM UTC
Mud in the lower parts:


I hope you like it!
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 10:41 PM UTC
Thanks my friends!
Mud completed:

Next step: weathering the hull.
Fabrizio.
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Posted: Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 07:56 AM UTC
Here is the finished model. I hope you enjoy it.



Fabrizio.
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Posted: Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 09:30 AM UTC
That is impressive! Very nice job on the weathering.