Kahunaminor Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Welcome, This is my attempt to build an armoured subject almost OOB. I so normally an aircraft builder so this is a little bot of new ground. Not my actual first but not many tracked vehicles under my belt recently. My club, Illawarra Plastic Modellers Association hosts the NSW Scale Model Show each May. We have shamelessly stolen a couple of competition building concepts from our near neighbours ACT Scale Modellers, altered them in name to protect the guilty and added it to our yearly show. In short the Panzer Tracks Trophy for the armour guys. The rules say the nominated kit must be OOB, with after market decals and barrel allowed. This year the nominated kit is the Tamiya 1/48 Panzer IV family. More details can be found here. I have chosen the 1/48 Tamiya Pzkpfw. IV Aust J (early) with Peddinghaus decals, RB 48B09 main barrel and RB MG 34 co axial and bow guns. Some references are necessary: The build is fairly straight forward and to be honest the minimal amount of AM allowed is a bit of a blessing. If you have not seen these kits, they have a cast full lower hull and some nicely moulded pieces. They come with four return rollers and the early exhaust, so you are a little restricted in choice for OOB: Thete is a choice of idler wheels and the road wheels and return rollers were cut from their sprues, held on a cocktail stick and rotated against some 400 grit sandpaper to remove the mould seams and scuff the tyres a bit: The turret schurzen were partially constructed and test fitted to enable alignment. They would be added later: The build moved fairly quickly from here on: Next came painting with RAL 7021 Panzer Grey lower hull and RAL 8012 Red Oxide Brown uppers: So that's up to date. Fairly happy with the work so far. I still have to draw the line with adding all the tools prior to painting but some of them are there. Next will be the tracks and then the fun stuff....weathering! Any tips or advice gladly accepted! Regards, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Good morning Kent, Nice build so far, the IV is always interesting due to the extra armor that was added. cheers, Julian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Nice progress for now, looks very good, even to 1/48...cheers mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Thanks for the compliments, I have started the weathering of the lower hull. I trialled several Faber Castell pencils on the underside before used a Faber Castell cool grey V watercolour pencil to add some highlights: I then wanted to simulate the worn paint on the running gear. I tried a silver watercolour pencil but it was way too stark. I then went to my fall back of a HB pencil: I have also completed the track runs ready for painting: Once the other side is done, I will seal it with s gloss coat to protect the watercolours prior to a wash to bring out the detail. Regards, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Excellent modelling Kent! I've got one of these in the stash so I'm taking lots of notes! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 I have painted the tracks with WEM Colourcoats "Track colour" in preparation for further weathering: It looks okay to me so far. A question I do have for those more knowing...what colour would the external fire extinguisher (I assume that's what it is) be that is carried on the front left guard? Regards, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nice progress... Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Thanks Francis, A productive morning. Worked on the engine and canopy of the Bf 109E-7, adding PE and some decals to various places. The support brackets were installed once the engine numbers were in place and then some more work on the Panzer IV. The HB pencil weathering was completed on the running gear and tracks. The hull schurzen supports, which I am not using had raised locating lugs on the hull which I removed. The spare tracks were fitted to the front of the hull and then I couldn't resist a dry fit photo: Pleased with what I have so far. Thanks for looking. Regards, 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Coming along nicely Kent Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 The tracks are looking great, watch out for the back, it is usually the most delicate in this model... Cheers mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 The tracks are progressing beautifully Kent! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I am really liking this one so far. As I have mentioned before, all of my kits ( aircraft and armor ) are 1/48 scale so I'll try to take some notes. I do have a question. WEMTrack Color .... what is it ? Does it resemble a mix of brown and silver ? Just curious. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 20 hours ago, Bob Henry said: I am really liking this one so far. As I have mentioned before, all of my kits ( aircraft and armor ) are 1/48 scale so I'll try to take some notes. I do have a question. WEMTrack Color .... what is it ? Does it resemble a mix of brown and silver ? Just curious. Bob H. Hi Bob, Thanks again. Track Colour is a dark brown colour with a slight dark rust tinge to be used as a base. This one shows it best I think: It dries matte and you can then weather it with washes, dry brush etc. Regards, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 15 hours ago, Kahunaminor said: Hi Bob, Thanks again. Track Colour is a dark brown colour with a slight dark rust tinge to be used as a base. This one shows it best I think: It dries matte and you can then weather it with washes, dry brush etc. Regards, Thanks for the information. When the time comes to build it I might play around with some of the Vallejo colors to see if I can get close. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Hi Nice work and on such a small vehicle (I'm finding 1/35 fiddly these days).. Regarding externally stowed fire extinguishers. I did a bit of research and basically first thing is they weren't red (makes sense really). I have seen images of TETRA extinguishers in a sand colour, dk grey and light grey. Red units did exist but these were for inside the vehicle. Google search "German WW2 fire extinguisher" will yield images. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Thanks Matt, Well I have added all the doodads to the exterior, so next up is a gloss coat and then a wash: I still have to "rust up" the exhaust: Regards, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 It is looking pretty good. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Coming along nicely... Cheers mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 The tracks are on! The lower hull and tracks have been dull coated, the upper awaits decalling, again. Then a wash and dullcoat. This is the first time I have used Peddinghaus decals, they are not complete as in "621" but individual items and apparently require a super glossy base to adhere. My first attempt was an absolute fail! The turret numbers must be cut into individual items and then trimmed as closely as possible. I have lost the 2 SS Pz Div markings so they may be hastily added by hand. Anyway progress has been made and lessons learned! In my excitement I then permanently affixed the upper hull to the lower. I probably should have waited... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thanks for the update ... it is looking pretty good so far. Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Thanks Bob, I did some work on the exhaust. Mr Surfacer stippled on then Sovereign (WEM) enamel Red Oxide Primer base, Tamiya weathering master Rust, Orange Rust, Burnt Red, Burnt Blue and Soot applied with a damp brush. It looks the part I think: Regards, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 That is a good idea to use Mr. Surfacer ... slightly stippled to produce a rust texture. It would be relatively easy to control the depth of the texture. If there is a little bit too much texture then after it dries you could do some very careful light sanding to scale it back ( pun intended ). Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 That looks like the silencer that I had on an old Anglia van. Very realistic finish. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 Thanks lads, Well the decals are on....sort of. I resorted to hot, hot water and pressure with a cotton bud followed by a copious serve of Micro Sol, repeated a couple of times and they have settled better after these photos were taken. The 2 SS Panzer markings are hand painted (hardly tell...right?). A wash for the upper deck, turret and surrounds up next: Regards, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 It looks really good. The hand painted markings are pretty impressive. The rusted muffler also looks just right. Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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