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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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My 2 Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf H's Normandy
Nate_W
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Posted: Friday, April 04, 2014 - 11:24 AM UTC
Here are my 2 sisters. These are DML6560 kits that I purchased when they first realeased. I started building both at the same time in an attempt to build 2 "Normandy Workhorses". I wanted to build what I considered 2 "quintessential Normandy panzers that most American, British, and Canadians would run into. I had a hard time deciding between the 21st Panzer Division, the 12th SS and 2nd SS and the 2nd Panzer Division. I ultimately decided to build 2 sisters from the 2nd Panzer Division but sort of made some 'Ausf Me's" in that their paint schemes are a mix between common schemes of the 12th SS, 2nd SS and 2nd Pz Div. I don't have a lot of build photos just these during the wash, filter, detail and weathering stages which are till in progress. I plan on adding thease in a colum on a 1 foot diorama base pf a simple norman road bordered by a hedge on one side, and field grass on the other. I'm still deciding whether or not i should add my Eduard foliage sets to cover them in a realistic fashion or non to show off the detail and paint job. I'm desperately looking for Mk.35 productions foliage/hedge material but being that I live in Missouri, can't find an online vendor to buy and ship through! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!!

Imagur link if my formatting doesn't work..Sigh*..I don't know what I'm doing https://imgur.com/a/nUJ0y#0

Thudius
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Posted: Friday, April 04, 2014 - 11:44 AM UTC
Nice work. Copy the BBCode (message boards & forums) and paste, no formatting needed, that will give you your original photo size. If you add an S, M or L to the end of the file name, you get a small, medium or large version of your pic.

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Nate_W
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Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 05:59 AM UTC
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Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 06:01 AM UTC
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Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 06:09 AM UTC
thebear
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 06:27 AM UTC
Hi Nathan ... Really nice job on both .. I just started painting my H and plan on doing it in Normandy as well.
Great job sir.

Rick
Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 06:45 AM UTC
Just so everyone knows, I'm experiencing Image posting and formatting HELL right now. I'll likely make a proper post with great photos later on.
retiredyank
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 06:45 AM UTC
Builds like yours make me miss my ongoing panzer collection. You have done an excellent job, on both of them. I like your camo scheme. The decals are very attractive. And, it's nice to see builds not following current popularity which are far too heavily weathered.
Snorri23
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 07:03 AM UTC
Some great renditions of the PZ 4. A good inspiration for me for I want to build one eventually.
Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 08:55 AM UTC
I really appreciate the comments. I'm actual relieved to hear that my weathering was well done as I have been very worried I over did it by a mile and ruined 2 $60 DML Panzer IVs lol. My "Second Panzer Division Sisters" don't match the ones in the photos from 1944 exactly since after studying for a while, I realized their exact paint schemes would not translate well or at least not with my skill in 1:35 acrylic. I basically mixed common unit schemes from 2nd SS, 12th SS, 21st Panzer, and 2nd panzer to creat some Pz.kpfw IV H Ausf Me's belonging to the 2nd Panzer Division. Thanks!
Nate_W
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Posted: Saturday, April 05, 2014 - 10:21 AM UTC
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