Panzer IV, Tamiya, 1/35

the latest thing on the bench

armour is something im getting more and more into, this will be my 3rd serious armour build

plan is to do a pre '43 panzer grau scheme and then try the hair spray technique to produce a white winter camo job

I remember this one- still got it on the shelves. I was into armour big time, but in mid '80s Australia , Tamiya kits were dear as poison, so I got back into cars.

The panzer gray scheme is a good call, since the kit is of an early version with the short 75mm gun.

I think that any Ausf D versions that survived long enough to receive the later paint jobs would have been upgunned & uparmoured.

Keep us updated.

Cheers,

Chris

Can't wait to see more on this great subject. I have one military kit! Keep them updates comin'! 8)

Looking forward to it Paul.

I am interested in seeing this come together.

got to work this afto



ive also had a go at my first ever figure since i want to have a go at the commander figure in the kit

hes shiny cos he needs a coat of matt yet

Nicely done! Looks good. Can't wait to see what he looks like with a coat of matt on him. 8)

He looks sad. When his tank is ready maybe he will be happy.

Zbuckster wrote:He looks sad.

hes german, hes going to lose....of course hes sad :lol:

Off to a great start!

got some work done on the hull and turret

typical tamiya......this is going together with no drama (so far lol)

somethings thats always bugged me about models in general, not just armour, is the light weight. after all most models are just hollow plastic boxes. something ive done to braille scale tanks is put some plasticine inside to add some mass, it helps make it sit on the tracks, thought id try the same trick with this but rather than plasticine i pilfered a few sizeable nuts from work today and super glued them into the hull

That's a good idea.

so i drilled a hole in the bottom, glued a nut inside, inserted a bolt from underneath.....this has given me a 'handle' to hold while i paint........once done all i do is unscrew the bolt leaving the nut behind



a block of wood with a hole makes a stand.........had a shot of primer



bit of preshading............im not a fan of preshading, mainly cos once ive shot the colour all that shading is gone lol lol



coat of panzer grau...........needs another tomorrow when i can do it in daylight, never seems to be the same when i do it in artificial light

Lookin' good. I like the idea about adding things to make them a bit heavier. Keep up the great work! 8)

Coming along nicely. I like the weight idea also.

a coat of Panzer Grau :D

Looks better with each update.

Nice! Gonna be sweet when done!

Lookin' Good John

Great start and nice thing about WWII is the variety of paint jobs as well as the different versions as technology rapidly changed.
As for the commander, I'd be sad too if I had a crew of nuts in my tank! No wonder they lost.

there was only ever one nut in a tank *woof woof*



:lol!:

Looking good!

Not into armor, but all those cool parts make it look like quite interesting stuff to build.
Nice work and tips (weight)

so i know theres been a lack of updates for a week or so........ive been practising the hair spray technique on some test mule hulls, think ive got it sussed now with a method that works for me....hopefully!


some patchy underwash



and the top wash



just got to give it a few hours to dry off before i have a go at the removal bit