Here is my 2nd attempt at building an AFV. After building the ZSU-23-4M last year (see thread here), I thought this time around I will take a crack at the diminutive Panzer I from the North Africa campaign. This kit is from Dragon (Kit #6207) and comes with 4 bonus figures (see below).



Please note that this is still a WIP, and I did not think to take any photos earlier during the build. At this point, assembly has been finished, the paint layers have been applied, decals have been added, and it has received a wash of Burnt Umber oil paint (though, again,it seems as though I am still being too heavy with this). I am now at the stage of drybrushing to bring out some of the details and the adding the final weathering with Tamiya Weathering Master Pigments.

This is my first attempt at the hairspray technique and I think that I may have gotten a little bit carried away with it. What do you think: too much? As I am still yet to invest in an airbrush, this was painted with Tamiya spray cans: a base coat of Tamiya German Grey (TS-4), over which I sprayed a coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow (TS-3)







Once I have finished with the AFV, I will start on the plaster base by MIG created specially for the smaller panzers. Initially, I had planned to display this tank with the 2 figures pouring water (shown on the right hand side of the first photo below), although it wasn't until after I had assembled and painted them that I realised the base was too small to depict that scene without it looking too crowded. Thankfully, the kit comes with 2 other figures, so I will display the panzer with the seated figure sitting on the turret drinking (see 3rd photo below).







I welcome any suggestions, comments, and constructive criticism that you may have for me. Cheers.

After reorganising my photo galleries recently, I inadvertently removed all of the photos from my original post in this thread. For some unknown reason, I have been unable to edit my earlier post to update the links. I am therefore reposting my original post in this thread with the updated links to the photos. The text in the post is exactly the same as the first post above. This is not an attempt to spam the boards.

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Here is my 2nd attempt at building an AFV. After building the ZSU-23-4M last year (see thread here), I thought this time around I will take a crack at the diminutive Panzer I from the North Africa campaign. This kit is from Dragon (Kit #6207) and comes with 4 bonus figures (see below).



Please note that this is still a WIP, and I did not think to take any photos earlier during the build. At this point, assembly has been finished, the paint layers have been applied, decals have been added, and it has received a wash of Burnt Umber oil paint (though, again,it seems as though I am still being too heavy with this). I am now at the stage of drybrushing to bring out some of the details and the adding the final weathering with Tamiya Weathering Master Pigments.

This is my first attempt at the hairspray technique and I think that I may have gotten a little bit carried away with it. What do you think: too much? As I am still yet to invest in an airbrush, this was painted with Tamiya spray cans: a base coat of Tamiya German Grey (TS-4), over which I sprayed a coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow (TS-3)







Once I have finished with the AFV, I will start on the plaster base by MIG created specially for the smaller panzers. Initially, I had planned to display this tank with the 2 figures pouring water (shown on the right hand side of the first photo below), although it wasn't until after I had assembled and painted them that I realised the base was too small to depict that scene without it looking too crowded. Thankfully, the kit comes with 2 other figures, so I will display the panzer with the seated figure sitting on the turret drinking (see 3rd photo below).







I welcome any suggestions, comments, and constructive criticism that you may have for me. Cheers.

It has been a while since I have posted anything here. Thanks to the Unfinished Business Campaign I recently decided to revive this project after it had sat on the shelf for a number of months collecting dust. This campaign gave me a good excuse (and a kick in the butt) to get to and get 'er done.

The current spate of bushfires here in Sydney have meant that the camping trip that I had planned for last weekend had to be cancelled, giving me some time at the workbench which I have put to good effect to finish off this build. Since my last post, I have finished the weathering and added some pigments to the Panzer to give her that well-used sandblasted look. I have also painted the 2 figures, giving them a similar treatment with the pigments, albeit far lighter than I gave the AFV. Finally, I painted the base and oil drums to finish the display. The base is made of plaster, so after spraying it with a coat of tan, I painted the plinth with a few layers of Burnt Umber oil paint with a course brush to give the impression of wood grain.

I am very happy to call this build DONE! All in all, I am pretty happy with the way that it has worked out. I have learned a lot of new techniques in the process which will no doubt come in handy on future builds.

What do you think of her? I welcome any suggestions, comments, or constructive criticism that you may have for me. Cheers.