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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Jagdtiger
Rhinosd
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Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 08:26 PM UTC
I don't do just WWII aircraft. Every once in a while I do AFV's. Here's my Tamiya Jagdtiger in progress (the old 1970's kit). PE, Aber barrel, and scratch building. There are still some areas to paint, weather, flat coat, filter, etc.

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DODGE01RT
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Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 08:52 PM UTC
Rian,looks good so far.What did you use to mask off for the camo?

Jim

russ
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Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 08:54 PM UTC
Looks great so far Rian, good paint work and the weathering is coming along too. Keep us posted.

Hohenstaufen
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Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 08:57 PM UTC
Looks pretty good to me. Just shows what can be achieved with an old kit. Are those AM wheels, they look like they're white metal, or is this to represent wear? I take it the tracks are Fruils.
Rhinosd
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 04:53 AM UTC

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Rian,looks good so far.What did you use to mask off for the camo?

Jim



Thanks Jim,

I used Tamiya tape cut into about 1mm thick strips to get the hard edge of the camo patern. Then I filled in the rest with larger strips of Tamiya tape.
Rhinosd
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 04:55 AM UTC

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Looks pretty good to me. Just shows what can be achieved with an old kit. Are those AM wheels, they look like they're white metal, or is this to represent wear? I take it the tracks are Fruils.


The wheels are the kit wheels. The rims are painted with Floquil Gun Metal. The tracks are Friuls.
thebear
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 05:12 AM UTC
Very nice work ..Love the hard edge camo...the only thing I would do if I were you is maybe show a bit of rust on the exhaust ...but the rest ..Excellent!

Rick
Logan
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 05:36 AM UTC
Hi

Looking good. Just remember to finish off the drive sprockets and the roadwheel hubs

Tom
Simon
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 05:48 AM UTC
I think I made the exact same model (Tamiyas) 20 years ago. I hav'nt seen that one for a long time now. It looks good. It really looks heavy. Good job
Sabot
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 07:21 AM UTC
That is a very nice looking kit. I have one that I built long ago (one of my very first Tamiya kits). I plan on rebuilding it to semi up to date standards. I only hope mine comes out almost as nicely as yours.
Rhinosd
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 01:11 PM UTC

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Hi

Looking good. Just remember to finish off the drive sprockets and the roadwheel hubs

Tom


Yep. There's still a lot to do with painting, rusting, and the Friul's, oh theose Friul's are going to take a while to put together....
GunTruck
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 01:28 PM UTC
I agree with everyone else - quite a striking paint job and start to the weathering process. I'll be interested to see how it all comes together too in the end.

Very nice work so far!

Gunnie
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 01:52 PM UTC
The camo job really breaks up the shape. Great job
moJimbo
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 02:26 PM UTC
good job RJ.. the camo really stands out! nice work on the weathering too. i assume the main paintjob is finished?
jazza
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 04:32 PM UTC
Love the wash you did on the model. You highlighted the panels very well.

Any figures going onto this one?

Great Job!
Rhinosd
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 - 01:18 AM UTC

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good job RJ.. the camo really stands out! nice work on the weathering too. i assume the main paintjob is finished?


Yes, the main paint job is completed. But there is some touch up required on the wheel hubs and drive sprocket.
Rhinosd
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 - 01:18 AM UTC

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Love the wash you did on the model. You highlighted the panels very well.

Any figures going onto this one?

Great Job!


Just one figure to be added, a commander in the hatch.
Parks20
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 - 08:03 AM UTC
Nice work done with an old kit, that camo scheme is outstanding, I love it. Are you gonna put this in a dio?
Rhinosd
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 - 03:41 PM UTC

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Nice work done with an old kit, that camo scheme is outstanding, I love it. Are you gonna put this in a dio?


I wasn't thinking about a dio... maybe a vignette with just a couple of figures.
Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 - 04:03 PM UTC
You've got a lot of water stain marks around the decals. Did that eventually dry out? Perhaps you should have glossed the vehicle before decalling. Very nice camo job - must have been very time-consuming to do all that masking.
Rhinosd
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2005 - 06:11 PM UTC

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You've got a lot of water stain marks around the decals. Did that eventually dry out? Perhaps you should have glossed the vehicle before decalling. Very nice camo job - must have been very time-consuming to do all that masking.


Actually that is the gloss coat (Future). I only gloss coated the area where the decals would go. I have now flat coated the entire model and those spots have disappeared. Stay tuned for more progress pics in a few days.

BTW the masking took about six hours over a three day time span.
Ian2
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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 12:37 AM UTC
I've got the Nichimo version of this kit (virtually identical) and am putting better tracks on, mesh guards on the rediators etc. Considering the age of the kit, it looks like what it says on the box and is a good basis for detailing.
koschrei
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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 01:57 AM UTC
I really like that paint job - looks very believeable. I have some old Bandai's in 1/48 that I hope to build one day (at least one) and I will remember your work for inspiration.

Konrad
Rhinosd
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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 - 11:36 AM UTC

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I really like that paint job - looks very believeable. I have some old Bandai's in 1/48 that I hope to build one day (at least one) and I will remember your work for inspiration.

Konrad


Thanks for the kind words Konrad! My inspiration for this build was a very fine article in the April 2005 issue of Tamiya Modeling Magazine International on building the DML Jagdtigers by Phil Stutchinskas.
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