Thanks Matt-Joachim - more progress - finish dark shadow wash and final details - Jerry Cans added with the smaller vehicle numbers placed. Spray clear flat to seal it before adding the last steps of weathering. Just need to add some sand and dust to it - Should have done this weekend and post final photos - Armor86

After applying filter

Dark wash applied

Completely dried after wash applying

Wow, she keeps looking better and better Dan. Love how the dark wash is bringing out all the detailing.

Yeah, that wash sure adds a lot to your beautiful PZ.IV!

Eric, I got it finish - Pz IV 'D' - Photos below. Use a point and shoot camera taken outside using natural lighting. Armor86

Great work everyone on the GB - Thanks Eric for getting the GB off'n running.

Dan - very nicely done!

I like the different hues you got from the natural sunlight, particularly the warmer ones.  Great weathering too, all those tonal variations give credit to a veteran vehicle here.

regards,

Jack

Lovely looking build there Dan. Great job on the weathering and some great detailing.

Dan, that's real "panzer art," and you've done a wonderful job! I have a feeling mine will be a bit pale by comparison!

Very well done,

Mike/TB379

She looks like a million bucks Dan, super job!

Dan why are you trying to convince us this is a plastic model? Did you steal a real Panzer off a museum or something?

This is modelling perfection!

Thanks everyone for the nice comments on the panzer IV - it was an enjoyable project and fun getting an interior finished.  Likely add figures. Armor86

Excellent work on your Panzer IV Armor86!  The sunset colors look really nice.  Picked up that Dragon kit a couple of days ago.

Dan, has Dragon fix the road wheel issue, the kit uses the wrong size 38 / 40 cm and correct wheels should be 36 cm - I ordered the Tristar panzer IV Road Wheel set and use them in place of the kits.

Armor 86

Is the GB still going on?  I wasn't sure it it ended already, but I am finally back to working on the Dragon Pz I B and Italeri Pz I B Command Tank.  Even if the GB is over I'm going to keep plugging away at both.

BTW, from just the last page it looks like some fantastic work has been accomplished!!  

Dan, your Pz IV is a work of art!  I wish I had stuck around earlier to see all the amazing effort you put into it!  

Ernest, the GB is officially finished, but I think Eric is allowing people to wrap up started builds.

Looking great, Dan! You really set the bar high with this beauty!

Yes indeed!

I'm poised to commit to finishing the jerry can rack scratchbuild for mine, that's the one great hurdle between now and finishing it, as if I mess it up I'm not sure where to go with it next. One strip of plastic to add, then jimmy it into place, and she's ready for primer, but sooo critical!

M/TB379

Bish

Ernest, the GB is officially finished, but I think Eric is allowing people to wrap up started builds.

Thanks Bish!  I'd really like to get these two done before I move on to other projects (GBS!)

I'll get something posted tomorrow!  Assemblies are nearly complete.  Just adding the little fiddly bits and then off to the paint booth!

Great work Dan and I'm sorry I took so long to add it to the wall.

Hi guys, sorry to resurrect an old GB, I know it's been done for quite a while but I thought you'd like to see my entry finally come together.

I was building Tamiya's Pz. IV D as a tribute to one of Tony Greenland's classic models. I got hung up in scratch building the jerry can rack, and I cannot tell you the mental hurdle it was to get that stupid bit of plastic and steel strip done. If it had fallen apart, the project would have been over until I could fabricate a new one, and I still might build a new one at a later date if I can source some very fine strip brass, but for now I'll run with what I've managed to assemble, especially as the rack will be mostly obscured by the stowage in it.

Here's how I did it -- laying the rack as built way back down on some paper with ruled guides, and laying a strip of plastic into place with minute drops of CA:

For what it's worth, it worked well enough to pass for a field lash-up (though I'm sure the German mechanics were more precise than this!). Next I mounted it to the hull, using a support strip hidden under the rack platform:

There are a couple of cosmetic support strips to add, but structurally she'll hold herself up as-is. Finally I got her into primer, the desert camo being a lot lighter than the original kit plastic. I tried AK's grey primer but I think I'll need a bit of tuition or practice in using AK products, and instead used Tamiya XF-19 Sky Gray, a close match for US Neutral Gray:

Primed, she has a distinctly Dragon-ish look...

Next up, experimental mixing to work up a decent RAL 8020 match, and on with the colour...

Cheers, sorry to be so late!

Mike/TB379

Hah! I am happy to see that I am not the only one who got sidetracked along the way to the finish line here and missed the end date. I pulled my project off the sidelines late Saturday night and began the final steps as well....

BTW, very  nice work on that rack!

Yeah-I've got the SAS Jeep that is 85% complete...but now I'm thinking the shade of yellow isn't quite right....grrr....

I don't tell many men this Mike, but you do you a very nice rack there...

And the rest of the Panzer don't look half bad.

Thanks Stik and Gamera, it's always nice to have one's rack appreciated...!

Target for today -- add a few fine detail parts, do some experimental mixing to find an acceptable RAL 8020 and get the main colour coat on, possible get some paint onto elements of stowage and/or the tracks.

M/TB379

Progress -- well, I mixed my RAL 8020 and it came out pretty good, quite close to what I see Tony Greenland mixed in his book and acceptably close to AK's colour chip. I made up plenty, I have some left to tackle the wheels as a separate job. I have a detail or two to address, separate off the wheels and clean up the sprue gates, then stencil the hubs into colour (the rims were done a way back) and touch up. Expect photos!

M/TB379

Well I got a wash on my Carro Commando over the past few days, so now all the detail really pops! I will see if I can get a few photos up in the next day or so... And then maybe... just maybe... try to get it completed before this Saturday's AMPS meeting... Yeah right... Lol!

Hi all,

As promised, progess WIP -- the RAL 8020 is homebrewed in Tamiya acrylics, XF-15 Flesh plus XF-64 German Rotbraun (4:1) plus 1 part X-22 clear Gloss to add depth. It's not quite as orange as the shade Bovington had the original painted in back in the 80s.

I made up a big batch, there was enough to do the primary coat overall, a secondary coat to pick up thin spots and details second time around, plus do the wheels. The idlers might need a touch more, and about three quarters of the roadwheels are waiting for their reverse sides to get hit, plus the return roller hubs, so that's another mixing for tomorrow. I'll try to get the tracks done too, plus maybe tackle the fade and shade aspects of the hull.

I'm eager to get this project off the bench, there's three weeks of the year left and my stack of projects is almost cleared. ideally I want the bench free by January 1st, so I can fill it up again with next year's selection!

Cheers, M/TB379

Looking good, Mike. And that's really a nice rack you got there!

I really should get my own Pz.IV onto the bench again and finally start the detail painting and weathering on the interior parts... I just don't have enough space at the moment...

Mike: She looks great! Looking forward to seeing her together and weathered.

SP & Clemens: Sounds cool, really looking forward to more progress from you guys.

I got some photos done today before work. I will try to get them posted on here after my shift tonite. The wash sure made all those details pop!