Nice work. I'm hoping to get started the end of January, two projects to clear off the bench first. Heck, I might even know what I'm building by then.

Kimmo

I like it Chuck ... its looking very very nice so far cant wait to see more .

Phill

Update,

most of the wheels are done,


2 rubber colours ( Tamyia & Vallejo)

Hull ready for wheels

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2(G), some more steps.

Steps 7,8,9 & 10



Step 11

My Entry to this Group Build:





In-progress photos to follow soon....

Making progress. If you'd asked me a year ago if I'd ever be hand-winding tiny springs for armor hatches, I'd have laughed in your face... today I did two of them.

Now to paint the interior and affix the superstructure. Then it's on to the daunting task of the fenders and their hangers. Ugh. Wish me luck.















I'm almost done, right? Right?!

nnnnnnope... not even close.

There's a first time for everything!

Soon, you'll be winding a real wire spring to replace every little creased styrene ridge provided on any of many otherwise great kits! "No more styrene fakies for me! "

I know. This-all happened to me a while back! And now I actually search for opportunities to "correct" this little detail!

Just wait until you "discover" those tiny raised lines provided on kits to represent small tie-down loops!



Looks mighty good, to me!



Bob

Wow, amazing work there Chuck!

Thanks, guys. Bob, I can absolutely see that happening. The thought terrifies me.

Hello gentlemen,
Lovely Jagdpanzer, Chuck. Here are some pictures of the progress of the Bergepanzer from Trumpeter, I set him on Voyager, set what the truth is dedicated Dragon model, but it fits;-). The model I bought from a friend and it turned out that missing a few parts of the engine but somehow I advised.




















Paweł

Beautiful details, Chuck. Are you sure there is any plastic under all the PE
Good luck on the fenders!

Pawel, great build so far. Looks to be another beautiful build from your side. It seems you are going all in on interior details on the last few of your builds. Excellent!

Looking forward to see more.

Thanks to Jesper. It so happened that I have now in the workshop with the interior of vehicles. I do not really like them to do because when assembled in the little seen, but once it is in the set I'm doing.

Paweł

Yes, a pity so little is visible. Especially when done as great as you. Looking forward to follow your builds.

Update:





and started working on the tracks too

Did this, last night.




The interior is in the paint shop.

Basecoat of Dunkelgleb (late war) applied, it looks a little bit too green to me, but once the weathering starts I'm sure it will tone down a touch. Also applied a wash of "oiled earth" which made it look dirty.

Also started applying the base coat to the commander figure.

Anyway, on to the pictures.

Top deck


Bottom tub


Turret


Side skirts and wheels


Commander figure


Decals applied and dryfit

Nice progress, Benjamin. I also believe the dunkelgelb is a bit too green. Did you use Vallejo's dunkelgelb? I have used that before and gotten the same result as you. Too much of a greenish hue.
I did lighten my scheme up during the start of the weathering process with some desert yellow dusty overspray. Combined with the following washes it worked nicely.

Nice beaten rusty look to the rear exhaust.

Looking forward to see more.

I typically add a fair amount of AV Light Sand and a touch of AV Hemp to my AV Dunkelgelb to get something less greenish. I suppose AV has done their homework and know what the color is supposed to look like, but everyone I've heard from seems to pretty well universally agree--it's just too green.

Unfortunately I haven't progressed to airbrush use yet.. still hand painting. But for this model, with all the intricate schurzen mounts, I decided to try the dunkelgleb rattle can from Toy Soldiers. It which went on pretty well and much faster than hand painitng!

I think I'm going to use some pigments to attempt a faded winter camo white wash, hopefully this will make it appear less green and more 'true' in colour. Never done a winter camo scheme before, so it could end in epic fail.

For thoroughly-weathered winter camo, here's the process I've used with some success: First, a well-cured coat of future or varnish; next a couple good coats of hairspray followed by an over-spray of off-white (can be brush-painted just as well and doesn't need to be especially neat); use a dampened stiff-bristle brush to wear away as much of the white as you want (don't rub too hard or you'll eat away your base coat); next apply small dots of white oil paint all over the model, and using a brush dampened with turpentine wipe downward to remove most of the oil, but leaving streaks of white-wash; last step is to apply grime, dirt, mud, etc. as desired.

Hope this is helpful.

Chuck

Luck?....

Envy!

Great work!

Regards from the south
Alvaro

Made some good progress on my Hummel:



Hope to start laying down some paint soon, but have been thinking I may need to build a spray booth first...

Interesting that both Vallejo and Toy Soldiers make dunkelgelb very greenish. Wonder if the have some old recipe or paint chip they are using as a basis for the very greenish yellow.

Question for the panel of experts: The Hummel carries what appears to be compressed gas cylinder of some kind--like welding gases come in. Any idea what it is, and what color it should be?

Thanks for the advice!

I've applied a faded white wash look through the use of white pigment. Mud and dirt was achieved with dark brown pigments mixed with plaster and soot from ground up pastels. Still got a little bit of highlighting, chipping and worn metal edge effects to go, but I think its not far off!