Kimmo Happonen shares with us some images of his finished Panzer III M with schürzen.

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Thanks!

Thanks Darren!

Panzer III's are probably my favorite tank, and yours is very nicely done, Kimmo. The camo is really cool. Only one thing looks odd. In photo #4 facing the rear of the tank, the decals appear a bit too "bright & clean" compared to the overall look of the vehicle. Might be the lighting during the photo-taking.

Thanks Jack. The decals were a bit too fluorescent to begin with. I toned them down a touch with red but probably not enough, the lighting doesn't help much either. I wanted to give the impression of a new tank having just gone through a good stretch of dirt as opposed to dusty conditions so the top half should be relatively clean. The tank is supposed to be a new arrival for the battle of Kursk but isn't quite accurate OOB. This was also a bit of an exercise in trying to do soft edge camo with a brush, sponge and filters and to try a more in depth approach to the overall paint job by using 3 distinct base shades and then hitting highlights with yet another shade. I think the soft edge technique needs a little work but it's a good first effort to continue with the next time around.

Kimmo

Kimmo,

My favorite panzer! Looks great. I like the particular camouflage.

Thanks Frederick. I had to do that one, I've always found it so different and neat looking. It's not 100% accurate, but I won't tell if you don't.

Kimmo

looks good. Testors Model Master paint? That's my fav PZ III.

Thanks David. I used Vallejos: Middlestone, Burnt Umber and German Dark Green Camo. I also did some shading with Green Brown for the shadows and a lightened up Middlestone for the horizontal surfaces to give it some depth before the camo and then picked out some more highlights. I'm quite pleased with the end result.

Kimmo

Kimmo--love that paint job, very well done!

Thanks DJ.

Kimmo