@John, cool turret and road wheels. How did you paint the rubber? By hand?

Keith

@Johan, your tool racks and skirts came out nice! Again, its an inspiration to me to get to all that PE.

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@John, cool turret and road wheels. How did you paint the rubber? By hand?

Keith

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Yes, I gave 2 coats of Dark Yellow Tamyia Spray Can and painted the rubber by hand with a thin brush.

Q1 - nothing.
Q2 - connect, glue, and then wrap around the wheels.
Q3 - the links nominated for use on the drive sprockets are very slightly different from the other Magic Tracks and are designed to fit around the curve.
Q4 - fine tip brush and a steady hand. Slip a piece of paper under them once they're on the vehicle so as not to get too much paint where you don't want it.
Q5 - everybody has their own opinion. Do whatever you think is best. If you have a look at my Panther D pics, you'll find that I painted the tools off the vehicle and then attached them.

Regards

Rob

Hey Keith!

They're called 'Magic Tracks' because one... they simply are not on a sprue and are easy to set up. Meaning, using a jig or tape you just run a thin line of slow setting liquid cement (like a Revell) on each side of the tracks and it allows them to slightly bend into place. Other glues might set up too fast and not allow the tracks to work into place.

On the tools, I always like to add them later so painting them separate can be done, depending on how easy it would be to paint them on the tank. It's basically your call as to what's easier or that you're comfortable with.

I hope I made some sense at least it's what I would do. I avoid the 'magic' in it all, preferring Friuls or a Modelkasten type of tracks assembly. I once assembled some Bronco brand tracks for my Panther and they were supposed to be workable but quickly became a nightmare. LOL

Jeff

--Links being links, and this kit being supposedly accurate, you'd think any link would work anywhere!

@Joe,
That camo looks fantastic. Very smooth. I would have guessed it had been masked and the paint sprayed on. Looking forward to seeing your weathering job.

Now I gotta ask: shouldn't the PE engine screens be painted also?

Keith

Do you put each wheel on a stick and spin it against the brush vs dragging the brush around the wheel?

Thanks,

Keith

Ummm, this is 1/72 scale Matthew? Nice work there buddy! I would have never known just by looking at it as it looks much larger in scale.

How was the PE zimm to work with? I do want to try it out someday.


Keep up the great work guys... I like what I see.




Jeff

Progress to report…

filled in the gaps between the PE zimmerit at the front




I think that's it now. So off to the paintshop.

Cheers

Matthew

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Progress to report…

filled in the gaps between the PE zimmerit at the front




I think that's it now. So off to the paintshop.

Cheers

Matthew

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Hey Matthew,

good job in that scale. I will be building a pretty similar set-up (see above). What did you use to fill the gaps between zimm and tanks? I used Mr. White Putty on my Panzer IV and Tiger II and it worked, yet required a lot of clean up and patience...

ALso, don't you think you should fill the same gaps on the turret, too? AT least on the pic, it looks like you have very sharp edges with little gaps on the front of the turret...
Cheers,
Nicolas