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This is my experience of War Thunder in one image. In all seriousness, very good dio, I love the way you've done the bullet holes, very convincing. Decals are a bit shiny though, did you do the thing with the gloss varnish and the matt varnish?

Hi lads I'll start off with stuff I forgot to put in the OP. I masked the canopy and other clear piece freehand with some masking tape and references. (im not sure how im gonna do the round bit at the front but i think ill just use masking fluid) And I made the cylinder for the dorsal turret hollow, previously it had a floor which I decided I didn't like. That's it for corrections, on with the stuff I did today. I finished the interior walls and glued the floors in properly. I think that's all I'm gonna do for the fuselage. I also started work on the cockpit, it's pretty simple so far but I think I can make something nice out of it. I was digging around in my spares draw and found a few interesting things. First a better pilot figure than the kit has and second some decals. (i think he might be a spitfire pilot but don't tell the jerries that) I know they're RAF markings but the 1/72 bits of text should be useful for adding detail. While I was talking to my mum about this she mentioned she might have saved some from the bin a few years ago and low and behold they're german! They're a Bf 110 but I should still be able to use the balkenkreuz. Speaking of markings I was thinking about what scheme I should paint it. I like this one but it's only one side, while I could have a decent guess at what the top, bottom and other side look like it would be nice to know for sure. If any of you chaps know some better shots of this scheme it would be greatly appreciated. That's all for today, tune in next time to see my lack luster modeling skills! (many thanks for the nice comments)

How far we've come.

Hi all This is actually something I started a few weeks back but shushhhhhhhh When I was but a young lad (actually I'm still pretty young but I was younger then) I made an Airfix He 111. It was actually a project I did with my dad, we both somehow had one and we both made them at the same time. His was obviously better, mostly because I was like 11. One day a few weeks back I was fed up with aftermarket stuff on a 1/35 sherman I'm doing and the Heinkel caught my eye, looking at it now it's a really bad kit so I thought to myself "I can do better than this." So here we are, I'm taking it apart and redoing it. These are just some pictures of what it looked like before I started. TERRIBLE MODEL AHEAD!!!! VIEW AT OWN RISK!!!! Some of the immediate obvious problems are the spinners sticking way to far out (i guess i wanted to make sure they would spin), the seam lines, the joins at the wing roots and the clear pieces. Luckily I have spares. Enter my dad's model. Luckily for me, his one has the lower turret clear piece and the his canopies are in decent condition. Don't tell him I took them This is the extent of deconstruction including the bits I stole from me dad's one, and I may as well talk about what I want to achieve for this kit. As I was talking about before, I'm a bit fed up with aftermarket stuff so I'm just gonna do everything myself. I'm also not to concerned about accuracy so rivet counters might want to give this one a miss. As a final goal, I want to practise and improve my airbrush painting skills. So let's get going, first up cleaning up the outside. The paint on the outside surfaces is awful and there are brush strokes everywhere. They aren't super visible because of the brush strokes but there are also raised panel lines. So sanding time. I marked where I plan on cutting panel lines in red pen based on what was previously there. Then I cut the lines and primed the pieces to get rid of the excess red and make mistakes easier to see and fix. I'm still yet to cut the lines on one half of the fuselage and sand/cut the tail planes. I also glued the wings together with the ailerons and the cowling in place and made sure to hollow out the air intakes with my dremel. Next up, interiors. The kits interior is, well, terrible. It's a seat, a yoke, a wall and two figures. The mid section of the fuselage is literally empty. I started by doing the vertical struts in the back of the fuselage and then the mid section, I also did a door between the bomb bay and mid section, It's a two piece assembly so it was easier to make and then glue onto each side. I also started on a rudimentary floor for above the bathtub section but I scraped that to make a better one. It's important to note that one you can't see much through the openings and two the clear pieces are really foggy so you can't see much, because of this I don't need or want to do much past the general shape of the interior. I ripped out the first floor in favour of a better one and started re doing the struts in the mid section. The next step is to add the horizontal struts and the other wall pieces then paint and assembly. That's just about all I've done so far, I'll try to post stuff as often as possible. Thanks for reading. All comments, feedback and criticism welcome.

You called? *extremely bad joke alarm*

The best part of any model 👌

Well that's something I didn't know, maybe I shouldn't criticize something I don't understand, oops. Sorry Also, what is that profile pic?? It looks a bit, how do you say... inappropriate.

What are they all looking at?

You might want to sand the seam lines on the cannons and horses. Other than that, looks lovely.

Why thank you. Yea it did, yours looks pretty close to what it looks like in the real thing, the real one has mesh between the turret floor and ring. I was going to do one but I couldn't figure out how to get it to fit into the hull and still be an accurate size. Wow your radio looks miles better than mine. I'm also now internally kicking myself for not painting that handle on the gun.

Far out brussel sprout. That has to be the best Pz 4 i've ever seen, the base really makes the kit stand out!

That's an awful lot of exposed brass! Not sure if accurate but definitely a cool look.

I'm always eager to improve my models. Do you have any tips on how I could make them better?

This is the first tank I've completed, and I'm pretty happy with it. ^toe reveal (I like this picture) I had a go at the turret interior. The best reference I could be bothered to find was Nick's Inside the Hatch on the Crusader mk III, from this I learned that there is a number 19 wireless in the back of the turret which I attempted to scratch build. The rest of the contents is guesswork and what I thought looked nice. There is also a second man next to the gun as the gunner, but you can't really see him. Thanks for reading.

I'm by no means an expert of ww1 tanks or tanks in general, but the grime/rust on the back of the hull looks a bit out of scale to me. The streaks of grime also look a bit fake, maybe try and apply them more randomly. Those guns also need a bit more detail. But over all, great build.

I think I'll stick with the ones the kit provides, they don't bounce like real suspension but they look good enough. The RB one is cheap as chips and looks good enough, so I'll go with that. Having looked at it I foolishly got the smooth muzzle variant, so I'll need to cancel that order and get a refund. Buying one of those feels like spending way to much money for something so small when I could scratch build it and it look the same from any distance other than 2mm away from your face. Again, many many thanks for your help. Very much appreciated. Oh and also, the camouflage schemes and decals in the kit are, frankly, poo-poo. Do you know if there are any websites where they have like a bunch of camouflage schemes and aftermarket decals for various tanks?

Chrome, it's probably something with the cookies, I'll have a play around with the settings to try and get it to work. I've got the italeri one because it was annoyingly the only 1/35 sherman in the store. I've set to work adding texture to the hull and I'm pretty happy with it. I've got a metal barrel on order and hopefully that will arrive soon. The kit has the spoke wheels like this: I don't really have much money to spend because I'm an unemployed 16 yr old. How much would they be? I'm thinking about getting the ModelKasten t 48 tracks because it is a similar price to the bronco ones and comes with the duck bills. I also spotted a detail set for the m2 on the turret roof which I'll probably get.

I am doing the Italeri one, and your right it's pretty naff. The track in the kit is pretty terrible. I had seen that website a few times but it doesn't load for me. Does it work for you? Am I doing something wrong? Thank you for the help by the way. Much appreciated.

I've been looking over the internet and I can't find anywhere that just lists the types of tracks and on what variants they were used. I need to know which type the M4a1(76)W used. Please help.