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 Man another great thread I missed during the storm. Can't believe how much you miss here in just a week. Dogg what you did to those tracks is absolutely crazy! I'm loving it!  The progress you have made is phenomanol!  That is going to be one worth all the trouble you went to get it!

 I got to play with those monsters up in Putlos. They shook the ground so much as we rolled by windows broke in the old barracks. They are really big vehicles. Heavy too.

Thanks for that info, Steve! Now see, that's something I never would have though of!

Interesting that you thought the other lights looked realistic--I guess the difference was that I simply used gloss paint to paint them. I did not, however, gloss-over the headlights, Note to self: "Gloss-over the headlights"! Thanks, buddy!

stickpusher-thanks, man! Yeah, the figures really make the build for me, every time! It really does give you a sense of scale! Puts some human interest in it too, IMO. Thanks again for the great recommendation!

sfmac--thank you too, for your kind compliment! Glad that you made it through the storm ok! 

I am surprised too, that this build seemed to go quickly. I thought for a while there that the tracks would have hung me up, but then I came to my "improv:.

That's way cool that you rode around in these! Got any old photos you could post? I'd love to see some if you have them!

Thanks again, everyone! Jeff, I'm looking forward to see what you can make of this baby when you get to it!

been gone for a week myself now...  and wow.. *drool*...  now I can go to sleep having seen that :D

 It's simply awsome!

But got to say.. it is quite a small tank, comparing to the guys there.... How did you do the skin?

Again, great build..  

-Huxy

 That's one amazing build! GGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTT work!

I realy like the streaks on th esides.

Great build doog.  Sorry didn't respond earlier but this week has been a little rough.  Pregancy is hitting the wife hard.  But sweet build and love the effect that you ended with.  I would have never thought to weather it to the point that you did.  Also thanks for putting another technique out here.  Never would have thought of the liquid cement for weathering.  You are amazing.

Keep up the awsome work

Thanks, Huxy!

It's not as small a tank as you think; I think it's just that it's a low jagdpanzer that makes it appear small?

I do the flesh color withWinsor & Newton's Artists' Acrylics. They're realy fine-grained, and I use only two colors for the flesh tone--WHite, and Raw Sienna, over a simple base coat of Craft Store paint Tan.It's amazing how easy it is to get a flesh tone using these! Then a wash of raw sienna oil, and then just highlight with a little more of each, plus yellow if necessary, and red+white for the lips! Thanks again!

Thanks, too, bbrowniii, and stick man!

moose, I hope the wife's pregnancy goes without any complications?!

In any case, thank you for taking the time to comment! I do appreciate it!

Manny, thanks for your compliments!I'm glad to hear that you like it. I must say that I'm surprised at those saying the weathering is "a bit much". I thought I deliberately tried to keep it relatively light? Oh well...it could be the flash perhaps, over-accentuating it? 

Thanks for taking the time to comment everyone! 

 I had to take another look at this beast when I was a little more awake. The boot prints are  very cool. Details like that make the memories come back to me which shows your right on the mark.  The weathering looks great. Even after one washing with the recycled wash rack water the newest paint had a faded gray look to it and the mud on the lower hull? Well I can still smell that sour wet german mud. They do a lot of fetilization of the fields in these trucks that look as if they were made for pumping septic tanks. Heck maybe they are. They spray that lovely mix and it is very... well.. fragrant is as good a word as any.

 I looked for some pictures but remembered at that time there wasn't a digital camera in my pocket. Best I have from my time with the German Units is a Air Defense Beret and Uniform shirt. Kinda sad now as I was with the Marder, Leopard, and Gepard guys too. ( That Marder runs like a scalded dog!) Oh well hindsight is not something I had enough of in my younger days.

Makes me laugh when I see knock offs in the malls selling for $80 Guess the kids like the John Lennon look.

Another odd thing in that era was the German soldiers were not clean cut. They had long hair and beards. Wrinkled uniforms. I was shocked looked like a bunch of Rock n Roll motorcycle buffs....... Budda Bing!

sfcmac wrote:

Another odd thing in that era was the German soldiers were not clean cut. They had long hair and beards. Wrinkled uniforms. I was shocked looked like a bunch of Rock n Roll motorcycle buffs....... Budda Bing!

I would've installed a good stereo and gone to battle with some Black Sabbath blaring out of the hatches like "Oddball"'s Sherman!

Some cool memories you have there; thanks for posting your recollections! And thanks again for the compliments!

 Geez, Aaron--it sounds like I would have fit right in! LOL!

I would've installed a good stereo and gone to battle with some Black Sabbath blaring out of the hatches like "Oddball"'s Sherman!

Some cool memories you have there; thanks for posting your recollections! And thanks again for the compliments!

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I told you the story about us wiring up an old Kenwood stereo to a power converter and mounting it and the tower speakers in the back of a 5 ton didn't I? Getting to be an old man repeating past glories I guess but We blew into Iraq ( Desert Storm) blaring Black Sabbath and some group called Pantera? ( They had nice G rated lyrics) The noise and music scared the poor civilians more than our tanks I swear. They threw their hands up begging us not to eat them!  Wild scene just like it was out of Apocolypse Now.

Well Karl, everything just went from strenght to strenght. It has everything, unusual subject, professionally executed and MAN has your face painting improved.

Just excellent.

Terry.

Thanks you, Eric; it's great to hear that you appreciate the documentation of this and other builds I have posted here! It makes it all worthwhile, knowing that it's helping in some way to share with you ad others what I so enjoy to do!

Aaron--oh man; that sounds like a "Hollywood moment"!!  LOL!  What a rush!

Thanks too, terry! I appreciate your compliments! And to hear that you really think my figure painting has improved really gives me a boost, as this has to be the quickest figure I've ever painted! Thank you, Sir!

Mr, Doog, you ought to write some books. Your talent for describing procedure is beyond excellent.

 Hear that, Kalmbach guys?

 Congrat's on your "Rust Bunnies" article in FSM, I just got my copy in the mail the other day. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

Thank you so much, Dave!

Your words are too kind!  

If you'd like to see more, I'll have my Hetzer in both the December and January issues as well!

Hope you're a subscriber!

Karl, is there anything you can't do?

Another absolutely exemplary build, bro! Seriously, I'm in awe.

I've always quietly loved this particular vehicle, because like the original Leopard I, you can clearly see its roots in the Panzers of WWII. This is one reason why armor modeling is so much fun for me.

~J

P.S. Looking at it just now, I got the strange feeling that the boot prints are too small, in comparison with the figure. Not sure about that, though...

Thanks, JT!!!

I share your admiration of this vehicle, and for the fact that it looks so "WWII" as well! I've always thought it was like a modern Jgdpz IV!

I thought that it was probably better to have "smallish" footprints rather than BIG feet! I actually sized them up to Han's feet there; they're pretty close, to be sure. But thanks for your observation! ANd for taking the time to comment!

Doog:

As usual: 10 out of 10!

The weathering is outstanding!

/Tony

bultenibo wrote:

Doog: As usual: 10 out of 10! The weathering is outstanding!   /Tony

Doog

Superb build as always. I read your build articles with interest, with the new techniques I read about noted so I can try them on my much regular and smaller 1:72 builds.

Cheers

Mike

Thanks so much Mike!

You're the king of 1/72 here! Can't wait to see your next project!

Townsy11 wrote:

Wow... Doog, this is just spectacular! Seriously amazing work, the colour variances really transformed a potentially plain green finish into a work of art. And Geez, Hanz and Franz havn't aged a bit!

LOL!

Thanks a lot, townsy--man, where've you been? This thread was finished a good while ago; I am actually surprised that you've brought it "back from the dead" here!

Well, thanks for the kind complment! I appreciate ya ringing in!

School and some family problems have kept my modelling time at a record low, and my time on the site even lower, fortunately though most of that's resolved now and I'm slowly getting back on track with both, and as I was perusing the back pages I just couldn't let this one pass by!

Well, that's great that you're back to normal, so to speak! Welcome back!

Now get to work on something!