Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: July 16, 2003
KitMaker: 483 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 10:45 AM UTC
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Donegal, Ireland
Joined: May 14, 2002
KitMaker: 9,763 posts
Armorama: 7,444 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 11:02 AM UTC
Hey Pnzr-Cmdr. Nice panzer IV. The decals look great. The build looks very neat and the camouflage looks great, but its quite hard to see any details after that. The pictures are very dark and grainy .... which means its hard to tell if the grainy feel is weathering or just the digital camera playing tricks. Would love to see this under natural sun-light. Any frosty sun in your place this time of the year??
IPMS Stockholm
"The problem with common sense, is that it is not that common"
Wisconsin, United States
Joined: April 17, 2002
KitMaker: 2,314 posts
Armorama: 1,905 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2004 - 12:36 PM UTC
John aka "Lord Aftermarket"
Your build is very clean here (as usual). A good looking effort, -- the applique armor fits great--- nice work here. Put this one next to Lord Nelson's and we'd have a stunner pair of IV's!!! Looks like the hull machine gun needs to be added - other than that - Congrats.
Steve
Oklahoma, United States
Joined: March 01, 2002
KitMaker: 6,043 posts
Armorama: 4,347 posts
Posted: Friday, January 02, 2004 - 12:25 AM UTC
Looks pretty decent!
Upper turret shield is that a Different color oversprayed by decal?
Another thing I would say is side panels are too regular like real new .
Maybe you would want to cut them apart and stagger them a little askew I think is the word.
Nice pant job good build
Iowa, United States
Joined: May 23, 2002
KitMaker: 719 posts
Armorama: 566 posts
Posted: Friday, January 02, 2004 - 01:54 AM UTC
Very nice job commander... I havn't seen pictures of this beast in a while :-) , good to see that she is almost done. I really like the camo paint job, and you toned down the demarkation lines quite nicely :-) (Post-shading..... perhaps?) However you did it.. NICE JOB!
The only thing I might suggest is a light dusting with some pastels to complete the faded look you have going so far...
Cool looking IV ya got there - I am impressed :-)
Later-
Jeff
May you never have scorpions crawl into your trousers...
Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
KitMaker: 3,960 posts
Armorama: 3,579 posts
Posted: Friday, January 02, 2004 - 07:20 AM UTC
Nice build there...I always love the look of the PanzerIV...One thing that I still haven't understood is why did tamiya not include the supports to hold the shutzen in place on the side armor..They did it way back with their old kits but not with their new one...The shutzen were held on metal holder that went over the triangular mounts,and also the supports over the L on the fenders...right now nothing is holding them in place ...It might take a few minutes to scratch these pieces but I'm sure it would be worth it...Keep up the good work!!
Rick
New Jersey, United States
Joined: November 21, 2002
KitMaker: 2,085 posts
Armorama: 1,227 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 03:25 PM UTC
Hey john!,
beautiful tank, are those dots all over done on purpose as wethering?
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