Enzo the Magnificent Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Post your reference information here. Please note if posting artwork or photos you must either be the copyright holder or have the copyright holder's permission to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Tanks Encyclopaedia .com Panzer IIIs: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/panzer_iii_ausf_b Stug IIIs: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/sturmgeschutz-iii.php 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 anyone able to provide references for what sections of a Pz III (Ausf D if that makes a difference) would have a cast texture? Want to try adding some to mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 1 hour ago, robw_uk said: anyone able to provide references for what sections of a Pz III (Ausf D if that makes a difference) would have a cast texture? Want to try adding some to mine Extremely few parts of the III would have a cast texture, Rob, as the rolled steel was quite smooth. The tow points on your D would have it at the front, but not excessive texture. Also the idler adjustment covers at the rear would have a slight texture. As far as I can tell, that would be about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Longbow said: Extremely few parts of the III would have a cast texture, Rob, as the rolled steel was quite smooth. The tow points on your D would have it at the front, but not excessive texture. Also the idler adjustment covers at the rear would have a slight texture. As far as I can tell, that would be about it. thats ok - will leave it for something more cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 A video walk around of the Bovingdon Pz III L Somebody forgot to clean up the tyre mould line at 8:04 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 This popped up in my Twitter today: http://www.tankarchives.ca/2018/11/the-last-of-threes.html?m=1 Today marks the 80th birthday of the long barrelled 50mm! (The best looking III I think) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Just stumbled across this post by @Jo NZ showing the Stug III G's MG shield with its support (the loader's hatch). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 36 minutes ago, Robert Stuart said: Just stumbled across this post by Jo NZ showing the Stug III G's MG shield with its support (the loader's hatch). Makes sense to have a support. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/7/2021 at 3:35 PM, Robert Stuart said: Just stumbled across this post by @Jo NZ showing the Stug III G's MG shield with its support (the loader's hatch). Now that's a $10 fix to a $2 problem if ever I saw one. Very clever, but there must have been a qiucker and easier way surely? Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Found this diagram illustrating the difference in road wheel width when the tracks were increased from 38 to 40cm: I'm not sure if any of the model brands have quite captured that tapered look to the rubber portion. Dragon has the corners rounded, while Takom has them a sharp 90 degree. How are Academy and RFM? regards, Jack 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchill Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 If anyone wants to weigh in on DAK camo colours here I'd be interested in your views: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchill Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 TRIGGER WARNING The following post contains images of a distressing nature. Modellers of a nervous disposition are advised to have smelling salts on hand before reading further. Those who kindly followed my build of two DAK panzer III's will know that I made one in the early camouflage scheme of RAL 7008 on a base of RAL 8000, and the other in the later scheme of RAL 7027 on a base of RAL 8020. Early is on your left, late on your right in this shot: You'll also be aware that I had some issues with the physical properties of the paint brand I was using (Mig Ammo) and so I acquired the four colours in the Model Air range from Vallejo. For comparison purposes, here is a grid showing all eight paints, early on the left, late on the right, Mig on the top row, Vallejo on the bottom. Colours are brush-painted in double layers on plain white unprimed polystyrene and photographed in weak direct sunlight. For some this will be old news. Others will be shaken to the core. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling, forty years of darkness. earthquakes, volcanoes, the dead rising from the grave, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria. One would expect some variance between manufacturers, even of standardised official colours like those defined by the RAL. But as you can see, these two paint makers, both of whom would doubtless claim to have carefully researched and produced highly authentic colours, have irreconcilably different ideas about what these paints actually looked like. I don't know about you, but my confidence in the accuracy of my models is badly shaken. For what it's worth, reading around the discussions on various sites and comparisons of relics said to still have their original paint on etc, Vallejo seems to have got it about right with the late scheme. Vallejo is also on the right lines with the early scheme but probably has the base colour rather too dark. Tiger 131 is painted in the early scheme and has that yellowy brown base as more of a mustard yellow. Here's a couple more panzers that I airbrushed yesterday, again the early is on the left, the late on the right: If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this post, try a stiff drink. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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