Tamiya Panzer II Ausf. A

[f matthews]

Here is the Tamiya Pz II Ausf. C (Polish Campaign) kit backdated to an Ausf. A.  The kit actually has most of the parts necessary to build any version from an Ausf. c to an Ausf. C, even though Tamiya never mentions the Ausf.c parts in either version of this kit.

I added the Dragon/Cyberhobby interior to the hull and used Dragon Magic Tracks in place of the kit tracks.

I am currently working on the French Campaign version of this kit-they are fun little builds.

Edited December 16, 2022 by f matthews

[SimonL]

Lovely work. As always beautifully presented on that base.

[vaoinas]

Great work on that Panzer II.

 

Pz.II is a lovely tank overall, and your model does it justice.

I especially like the paintwork, weathering and the overall look you have achieved.

 

Kristjan

[Model Mate]

beautiful work - excellent vehicle and simple but entirely believable base. Really, really nice.

[f matthews]

Here is the vehicle I was modeling.  The photo is from the first week of September 1939 in Poland.

 

[StuartH]

Beautiful work. Outstanding painting and weathering.

Simple presentation but very, very effective 

[sardaukar]

Great work, very nice.

[Muchmirth]

Great work, all looks fantastic!

Paul

[fittedkitchens]

That's excellent. The brown & grey camo looks really well. 

 

What was the reason behind not using the Tamiya tracks? Did the link and length has some problems?

[f matthews]

3 hours ago, fittedkitchens said:

That's excellent. The brown & grey camo looks really well. 

 

What was the reason behind not using the Tamiya tracks? Did the link and length has some problems?

-No, just that the detail was better on the Dragon tracks.  I’m not a big fan of link and length, although the Tamiya ones look better than most.

[Autle]

Superb model on every level, the base is also excellent and sets if off perfectly 

[Milan Mynar]

Very nice model and vignette.

[Nenad Ilijic]

Just wonderful 

 

Nenad

[vytautas]

I can only echo previous comments - the paint and weathering is excellent.

 

Vytautas

[Toryu]

Very impressive work, and nicely staged!

[IanC]

Yes, an absolutely superb model, very effectively displayed.

[Phil1960]

Great work on dunkelgrau! It is not easy to reproduce it but you did
ciao Filippo

[edjbartos]

That's beautiful work, no doubt about that, wonderful painting and to finish off with an excellent base, well done...

 

Ed

[Watto]

Smashing little diorama, just goes to show that you don,t need to create a monster size base to give an impression of a setting. 

 

Well done.

[Bullbasket]

Up to your usual standards Frank. Nicely finished and well presented. Great work.

 

John.

[f matthews]

In the spirit of “as soon as I do something the hard way, I find that an easier solution already existed”, I just picked up Dragon’s Pz II Ausf. C and although the decals aren’t correct for that kit, the markings for this tank are on that decal sheet, which would’ve saved me painting some of them on!  Oh well…!

[Gary Brantley]

Man, that's a great tank model Frank!    And the base adds so much to your presentation, very well done sir! 

[Peter2]

At first glance I hadn't realised you had hand-painted some of those decals. That 'painted on' look enhances this model.

[Patrykd]

What color did you use to paint the handles of the wire cutters?

[f matthews]

It’s a Vallejo red-brown that with a sepia wash over it, is pretty close to some actual bakelite/rolled paper (whatever those were) wire cutters that I photographed years ago.