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Here is a 1/16 German light tank next to a light tank destroyer in 1/72:

Yep, this one is tiny-especially after finishing a 1/16 kit!

Vespid is just killing it with their 1/72 kits. Unreal detail with photoetch, metal barrel, link-and-length tracks, etc. Just great stuff. Painted with the new Ammo Atom paints, which are fantastic.

I finished this one up a few weeks ago, but didn't get around to posting yet. Another home run by Gecko. Their 1/16 Panzer IIs are great kits and a lot of fun. I had been pretty much an exclusively 1/35 builder until I was given Gecko's Pz II Ausf. F to build last year. That kit made me see how enjoyable building a well done large scale kit could be.

I just ordered this kit from Sprue Bros. So cheap, I couldn't pass it up (I got the full interior late version last year for around $30USD). Wanted the mid-production version, but it was sold out, so I settled for the early. I'll be following your build-the damaged parts look fantastic!

It is VERY little!

I think this one is done... On to a display base. VERY nice little kit.

Vespid does some insanely good small-scale armour. Their new Hetzer is exceptionally well done. I'll have to dig the old ESCI kit just to see how much better Vespid's kit is, but they are not even close. Fit is perfect, tracks assemble easily...I could continue to gush, but metal barrel and PE?! Getting close to finishing this one after painting the camo. And a size comparison to Gecko's 1/16 PzII that I just finished a couple days ago.

Excellent!!

Vespid is making the best 1/72 stuff I've ever done. Minart's new StuGs are excellent too!

Indeed it is. As you can see from the earlier "before" photos, I forgot to apply the rear turret number and since the vision flap was in the way, I almost decided to skip it, since those are not simple to install. In the end, I got out a new #11 blade and cut the decal to fit better.

On to the finish on the tracks and lower hull weathering then this will be wrapped up!

Another really nice Gecko kit. This one is fun. Time to start weathering this big ol' sucker-it's way too clean.

Zimmerit wasn't applied to Ni-Werke Panzer IVs until late 1943, so if yoj are building an earlier or mid-production Ausf. H, you could get away with no zimmerit.

Border kits do not compare to Miniart.