Nice paint job . No brush marks visible . Ran across aber 35a38 it's common elements for a panzer IV e turret in PE , will save a lot of scratch building for the turret . At six bucks was definitely worth the price .

Does aber make any more detailing sets such as these for the panzer III and IV ?

Hi Kimmo

I've been wanting to ask for ages. During the build what was the black stuff you put on, and what's it for?

Thx

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Hi Kimmo

I've been wanting to ask for ages. During the build what was the black stuff you put on, and what's it for?

Thx

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The only black stuff I've been using is Vallejo Panzer Grey primer. I was using that in places to check seams and so on and now I've got the hull coated with it as well if that's what you meant?

Kimmo

The bullet splash shields around the turret on the upper hull , what did you use to redo them ?

It'll be good seeing this one on the go again.

This really is a first rate build

Excellent work!!!
You should try rubber molding for those ammo bags, then make duplicates with 2 part liquid plastic.

Managed a brief session today, spent most of the time seeing where I was. Added some drain holes to the cupola with the smallest bit I had (#80 if you're curious). I didn't actually drill through, trying to get the exit holes lined up would not have worked. So, drill in from the top with as shallow an angle as you can, mark the positions on the outside face, use the tip of a knife to centre the hole and drill in a little with a slightly upward angle. Hope that makes sense. I also got the turret bin glued on. Tacked on with the stub in the back and lined up by eye, then added the strips. I shaved down the bolts on the lifting ring base a bit. You can see in reference shots that the strip isn't flush, the lifting ring prevents that. Just need to add a few bolts and do some scraping where I used a bit too much glue. The strips are the kit parts, thinned down. I couldn't be bothered trying to mess around with bending pe .






That's it for today, hopefully another update tomorrow.

Kimmo

The lifting hook , should that not be on top of the straps for the stowage bin ? It looks like that in the pictures of the panzer E's that i ran across on the Internet . I shaved off the lifting hooks from the turret and like you did thinned down the straps and glued the hooks on straps .

My impression of the lifting hooks was that they were bolted on to the turret . I was thinking it would make sense to put the plate under the hooks because it would be flat and fit better . I did more search and just could not come up with any pictures clear enough to blow up and see the detail . I'll keep looking. There's got to be one out there . The plastic straps provided by dragon gives you the impression you lose the hook and shave off the details to fit . In a way it's mounting just does not seem to make sense .