Dragon Pz.IV Ausf.G - COMPLETED

nice work Doogs,I like your snow,not overdone,and the muffler looks great.

Very cool... !!!...

String bags?  Snowy beasts?  Is there no end to your abilities?  Nice.

Excellent job.

Two comments:

1. WOW!

2. Takes me back to Feb of '43 at Charkow...

Real cool Doogs. I really like the weathering on the lower hull and all. Very smart build.

Thanks all!

I had a blast with this one...well...except for that part where I realize that acrylic resin dries HARD...and that I'd just slathered it all over my friul tracks (fantasic and super-highly recommended, btw)...and having to race to get them mounted up earlier than I'd planned.

Other than that...loved it. And I'm totally geared up for the Vorpanzer next!

Very nice build, I like the snow effect...cheers....Kenny

Very nice build, and have to agree, the snow is very well done.

Excellent!

Real nice, fellow-doog!

Sometimes mistakes are the est technique you can employ! Whatever you did it looks really good, honestly. LIke it just was plucked from the front!

Be aware that Woodland Scenics' snow actually makes a great "slush" by mixing it with gloss anything. Ans also that it's translucent, not opaque. If you want t make thick snow out of it over a base of white glue, you have to paint the surface white of whatever it goes on.

I'm just relieved to hear that you didn't use baking soda!

the doog

Real nice, fellow-doog!

Thanks Karl! Actually, this being my first time in the winter weathering wonderland, I leaned pretty heavily on your King Tiger article from a few months back. Weird how FSM never really imparts anything to me in the way of aircraft, but it's been more or less instrumental in my armor education!

Your post on not using baking soda was also very useful! Turned me to the talcum, but I want to try powdered silica too. The talcum is too dead-flat for my taste.

Re: the Woodland Scenics stuff...my problem isn't the look, exactly. It's the size of the stuff. Looked like pretzel salt.

Here's a shot of the "before" snow:

DoogsATX

 

the doog:

 

Real nice, fellow-doog!

 

 

Thanks Karl! Actually, this being my first time in the winter weathering wonderland, I leaned pretty heavily on your King Tiger article from a few months back. Weird how FSM never really imparts anything to me in the way of aircraft, but it's been more or less instrumental in my armor education!

Your post on not using baking soda was also very useful! Turned me to the talcum, but I want to try powdered silica too. The talcum is too dead-flat for my taste.

Re: the Woodland Scenics stuff...my problem isn't the look, exactly. It's the size of the stuff. Looked like pretzel salt.

Here's a shot of the "before" snow:

I agree that the WS snow is a bit large in grain, but it serves a purpose for some applications--I used that to add snow to my rusted-out Impala in the current issue. But you're right--the talcum powder is more in scale. I just find it harder to control because it's so fine that it can be hard to secure.

I'll bet that combining the two in a plastic baggie would be quite the experiment?

Looks cold, wet, and thoroughly miserable! Nice work on the whitewash over the DY finish.

Brilliant work there Doogs, you certainly can turn your creativity in any direction. Well done.

Terry.