well ladies and gentleman we have allowed ourselves to slip from the front page.hopefully this update will spark a little motivation.myself ,i have been extremely busy at work.very little time left to build after twelve + hour workdays and 5 hours traveling to and from the jobsite. heres update no.1.the 3 in 1 E.not a lot of change but some p.e. and such.yes SMJ the oil stain is still there.being the second dragon 3 in 1 ive built made this one much easier,although there is much more p.e. to add.another shot(these photos were taken outdoors as you may be able to see my nieghbors aluminum house trailer in the background.any comments or suggestions welcome.

last but not least by any means,Pz.Sfl.IVb.this kit is very nice,loads of fighting compartment stuff.based on the shortened pz.4 chassis.this vehicle was a part of the pz.artillery regiment.a rear shot gives some idea of the back of this unique pz.4.the spare road wheel clips are some of the p.e. supplied with the kit.the main gun assembly is very straight forward with only a few p.e. parts.the turret interior has much detail.well thats all the work so far.anyone who has more info on this vehicle.particularly the transmission type used.would be helpful.

 Hey Detailfreak, the Attak zimm looks great. 2 thumbs up. I've never used the Attak sets, but I've put them on my to do list. Very nice work on all the builds so far.

 I fudged up the tracks on the Jag. I think I waited too long before trying to set them in place. I've ordered replacements and will be using the LR PE. It's been getting tough to find time to be at the bench with all that is going on right now. Hopefully the tracks will be in soon and progress on the PzJg will continue.

 Looking forward to seeing updates from all.

 Mo

Glad you're having a good time with it! Trust me, if you go beyond 5 builds I'll be sure to come up with some advanced badges for you.

And have no fear...Winter Warriors will return at the end of 2009.

Good looking builds detailfreak all 3 look great!

Detailfreak!! Awesome!! Love it so far, looks like it will be real nice

Some oppinions for my Stug IV- I think it's going to Italy, and here's a picture my brother found, I have no idea on the pattern or the colors though, this is my best guess, yes? No?

Thanks for the help- zim's done, just need all those small parts now

(made with photobuckets basic basic editing features, disregard the actual colors- that's not my version of dunkelgelb , but general idea?)

That's a tough call on the coloring on the side skirts. My instincts tell me it's both green and red brown. Also, based on my experience, the darker shade usually indicates green, the lighter red brown. Case in point:

Dupes, Espin- thanks for the help on this one, glad you both agree on the possibility of the three tone.

EDIT:I wasn’t looking for any unit specifics nor did I plan on replicating the exact pattern, I just wanted to make sure the possibility of such a random sprayed three tone blotch pattern would fit in Italy.

 

Due to the agreement, I've spent the afternoon painting my finished StuG IV

 

Here's a picture before the paint

Note the clear side skirts- a real cool kit included set, I guess the clear plastic was the only way Dragon could provide a realistic thickness skirt at an affordable price back in the Imperial days, although the kit did come with some etched parts (metal brackets around the “turret”)

And here's a picture as of now

Notice that my Zimm, which I thought looked thick enough prior to painting, came out a bit on the thin side for my liking, it's almost gone in some places... I think I'll be able to weather and add little items/rubble etc as I'm considering putting the StuG in an ambush/cover type position, so maybe a few well placed bricks/oil rags will take care of the bare spots.

Thanks for looking guys, this is my first 1/35 scale soft edge camo with an Airbrush, I surprised myself. Wont win any comps for sure, but doesn't look bad on the monitor IMO

So far we have 1664 road wheels...

Wow, DF...