Michael, your Pz I is looking real nice!!  Great job on the interior and on the scratchbuilt suspension parts!!  I'm supposed to build a DML Pz I Ausf A for this GB, but I haven't started it yet.  If I hurry I might be able to get started on it soon.  It would be cool to have two of these little panzers finished for the GB at roughly the same time!  Keep up the good work!

Sorry about the lack of updates, but I wanted to get some things finished(instead of showing partially painted roadwheels.)

I painted the lower hull a base color of ModelMaster acrylic Dark Gray, The I laid down a grime wash, over that a burnt umber/burnt sienna wash, and the a final burnt umber wash. The same went for the roadwheels and so on. No real problems putting together the roadwheels(Floquil Weathered Black), however the attacthement points on the return rollers did have to be trimmed down so the wheel could actually fit.

 

I also got started on the tracks, I finally got around to cutting/cleaning them off the sprues. Ugh, it took almost 4 hours over two days.....but at least it's done.

Finally the upper hull, I painted the interior a flat white. For weathering I did come darkened steel drybrushing, a yellow ochre/burnt umber wash, and another burnt umber wash. Though it won't go on untill the tracks are done, since the fenders are staying off for now to make track assembly a bit easier.

Thanks for looking.

 

Looks Fantastic Michael! I just called the LHS and I am on my way to pick up some Floquil Weathered Black.  I have tried Tamiya Nata Black, Flat Black but this is the exactly the color I want for my road wheels going forward.

Your interior is also well done Sir!!!

Got quite a bit of work done last night and today, but no tracks yet. Plan to start them later tonight.

I decided to add the front mud fenders to the panzer(felt it made it a bit different, since most modelers opt to leave them off.) To add the fenders meant using the kit supplied PE parts, inorder to make special hinges. If you don't use the PE their is no styrene option, so in a way it's do or die. Luckily I only lost one super tiny PE part to the carpet monster, but it was easy to duplicate with a piece of very tiny paper. The pics show what I had to work with, and the next pic shows the finished product. I can't believe I didn't lose more pieces...that carpet monster was an ever looming threat!

As for the rear engine hood, I decided to use the PE screens(bad idea.) It was alot or work to get them into place, then their was aton of putty work to get rid of the gaps afterwards. Plus you can barely see through the screens, so I'll admit I would have been better off leaving the orginal part as is.

Finally I decided to scratch the jack box. The kit supplied part was ok(on the right side in the pic), but overall a piece thats super easy to replace(since the PE straps go on seperately, their not pre-attached). So I did some comparisons and luckily a regular popsicle stick is the perfect width, just need to trim to length. So after cutting the wood, I started the weathering(one of my personal tricks, an iron powder wash.) Once it's dried, most of that black powder will be wiped off, in preparation for other washes.

Thanks for looking!

jay12472 wrote:

Mg that PE would make me stop trying to do these things. regular Pe has that effect to. But it does look goood. I did a little more on the ship got it ready for the flat coat to try and weather it. The condor is almost done I just have 3 clear pieces to paint, but they are all differnet colors so I might just wait to I do another German plane. Jason

Thanks, lookin' forward to seeing pics of your builds!

The interior is way to dirt, even the engineroom... ALL walls of the interior would never go yellow - especially in Norway where they had all the time they wanted to clean and do maintanance...

 

That's my only critisism.

The rest is simply put EPIC!!!!!  I can't believe how it's turning out!!!  ESPECIALLY the tracks! Even better thanany of mine! (Especially my first try at indys)...

 

As for the monster beneath your feets, I'm glad I don't have one anymore!

The black for the rubber is JUST what I'm looking for..  There aren't by any chance someone who could ship a jar to a beloved host?

 

Mikael... You asked me about what article I'm getting published, it's about how to paint wood....

 

Looking forward for more pictures, FROM ALL OFF YOU!

-Huxy

 

jason thanks for the referal to your photos here

Huxy- This was my first build with a full interior. Thus it was a learning process, so if it was a bit too dirty next time I'll know to adjust my techniques. Glad you like the tracks!

jay12472- Thanks for the comments!

Schnobs- The tracks were a bit of work, but I'm pleased it payed off in the end. No, I didn't apply Mr. Surfacer to the front glacis plate.....probably because I never used/nor have any experience using Mr. Surfacer. (Yeah, I know it's one of those things I gotta add to the modeling arsenal.) 

Looks great Michael!  Nice touch with the copper wire for the signal lights.  I syour plastic pieces grey?  THat's why I though it was Mr. Surfacer !  Ahaw!!

Mikael That is some nice work on the copper wire and tiny photo etched pieces!

I tried to do a little weathering on my destoryer, touched up a couple spots, and  Just put a flat coat on and an=m letting it dry.

Photos to come tommorow most likely

Jason