You got a lot further on yours Shell, than I did my Italeri version. I just couldn't stand the poor fit of hatches, etc. Looking good.

This is the Italeri kit reboxed by Tamiya. Other than the figure, decals, and metal barrel I don't think they changed it at all. The hatches are still a bit gappy and it took some clean-up that Tamiya's own kits normally don't need.

Hello all,
status report: I am more than happy with the deadline extension: now it seems that I can finish my Panzer IV... After spending ~10 hours with assembling the Miniart replacement tracks (I recommend it with reservations: VERY time consuming but looks nice when done, but...) I am ready with the build and now the model is primed. I have two weeks for painting and weatherin - considering some holiday I hope that will be enough.
cheers,
Zsolt

Looks fantastic Zsolt. Glad to see you will finish on time.

Thanks for reminding me, I needed to post my finished pics to the gallery - Chain for rear is AWOL.

Peter, you did exceptionally good job with this one.

Thanks Bogi. Didn't recognise you at first, changed your Avatar

Yes, I am too old and too stupid for this. I punched "simplified view" without noticing it and thought that staff changed something. And deleted the avatar photo... So, I will stick with this one from now.

That makes two of us then...

Peter - I love the Char, it came out well. I hope to tackle one of those myself in the near future.

Zsolt - How is your Panzer IV coming along? It looks great in primer.

We're getting close to the gong now, just a few day left. Remember to get some pictures of the completed model in the gallery before the end of the year.

I was very sorry to miss out myself on this campaign. An impending move dictated other uses for my time and I even had to pack away partially completed models, tools & supplies. Ah well, next year sometime!

I declare myself done. This is of course the Tamiya repop of the Italeri kit. It is OOB with no effort beyond relaxing and having fun rather than produce a medal winner. Weathering is very minimal to represent a relatively new vehicle.

Nicely done, Shell!

Good morning to all of you,
Just in the last minute I can upload the finished model's photos.


As I uploaded them I just saw that my newly tried subtle dusting (no pigments just earth tone colors with airbrush) is not visible on the photos... in reality I was afraid of overdoing (especially on the undercarriage) but it is hardly visible.
The hatches are not glued as I selected some crew members from the stash - I'd like to spend my 2020 focusing more on figures.
Happy new year to you all!
cheers,
Zsolt

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update: it worked much better with blue background...

Sweet Shell, just made it.

Looks great Zsolt. I always use a blue background for my pics as it is usually the best all round base colour to photograph against.

Thanks a lot I used blue background also but with OD and dunkelgelb vehicles it turned the color too yellowish... but for grey I'll use it next time

She's a beauty, Zsolt!

A tip on photographing OD and Gelb vehicles - have something red in one corner and crop the photo later. There is a technical reason but just say, the red gives the camera something to base its recorded colour on and will give you a more true to life colour.

Shell - Neat armored car! What color did you use?

Zsolt - The blue really brings your build to life, great job.

We have reached to end of France 1940. Thanks to all who completed models for this campaign. Everyone please make sure you have posted a few pics of your model to the campaign gallery. I'll use that to award the ribbons shortly.

My impending move precluded getting a model built myself & I would love to have another France 1940 in a year or so. We will see if there is any interest in a part 2 at that time.

Paul, thanks for the great campaign.

Bob

Tamiya German Gray.

Good morning everybody,
@Paul, many thanks for organizing the campaign, you can count on me in France #2 campaign, too
@Peter, I'll try that red-thing next time, thanks for the tip!
cheers,
Zsolt

Everyone should have their ribbons now, if I have missed you please ping me!

Look for a France 1940/2 in a year or so. We'll see if we can make it as good as this one has been. Thanks to all who participated!

Thanks Paul.

All good my end and another GB in 2021 would be good.