Looks like some quality stuff to me.

I like em!

May I  make two points?  The MG that protrudes from the M4A3E8's mantlet is an attempt at a rare conversion to the basic Sherman.  Some units removed the normal coaxial .30 cal and installed a .50 cal.  If so, it should just be a barrel protruding with out the donut shaped collar your model seems to have.  Did you mix up the parts?  I see your hull-mounted .30 cal is missing.

Secondly, for camo lines (e.g. your Jagdpanther), I try to avoid the "hand of god" painting style. This is when the camo lines are clearly sprayed from above (by me the giant sized airbrush guy).  In reality, the camo was applied to a real dude clambering over the tank, pulling a air hose behind him.  Try for fewer super long or super wide lines.  Imagine if a 1/72 scale sized guy was painting it.  How would he do it?  Try to paint with that goal.  It happens to 1/35 modellers -- it definitely happens to 1/72 modellers.

Hope these help.

Nice build ups of the braille sized kits. No easy task and nicely executed.

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting guys. Roy, I will give those things you mentioned a double check. I don't throw away left over parts and I'm very careful when throwing away empty sprues. Thanks for the heads up.

Here is my current WIP, I primed it with Tamiya German Gray XF-63 followed by a coat of Reefer White (my favorite white). That's what I have on hand and I've been working with almost 0 idea of how you guys do it, and almost 100% improvisation. My hat off to you armor builders.

These are some great little builds that any armour builder would be proub of. Great to see what can be done in this scale. I am the other way round to you, larger scale for armour and 72nd for aircraft.

ET: What do I think? I think they're some really impressive work! I don't build much in 1/72 other than big bombers but I have to admire all the detail you guys can pack into it. You've got a better eye and a more steady hand than I.

Roy: 'Hand of god' painting style? Never thought about it the way you describe it but it makes perfect sense- gee I'm really guilty of the same thing myself

I does look like you glued the hull machine gun that should be in the recess next to the right side headlight to the main gun mantlet where the coaxial machine gun is. Other than that, you made that old Hasegawa Sherman kit look pretty good.

As to the camo pattern on the Jagdpanther, I always have a hard time trying to make the camouflage pattern look like it was done by hand in the field.

Very nice work. I also chose 1/72 as my exclusive armor scale, and enjoy the challenge of turning these little guys into something worthwhile.

A question--who made the German transporter? It's not one I recall having seen.

Cheers

Thanks so much for commenting and shedding some light. Thanks for looking Bish, Rob, thanks for the heads up. Every finished kit, gets their leftover parts in a baggie stapled to the instructions and archived, I will check those.

Here is the finished Pz. Kpfw.IV Ausf.F (F) from Dragon (kit# 7321)

I have had a set of Vallejo Pigments in my toolbox for almost 2 years. I stopped by my LHS yesterday to get Titanium White pigment.

With a small sponge on a small wooden dowel.

Greg, here is the transporter I was referring to, Trumpeter kit # 07249.

El, no problem, I'm always glad to help a fellow 72nd scale armor builder. Have you seen some of the sites devoted to 1/72 scale armor modeling? These two are my favorites.

http://www.onthewaymodels.com/

http://www.172shermans.com/

Both sites were started by the same modeler, but he passed off the main site to a team of modelers and started the second site devoted strictly to 1/72 scale Shermans.

amazing......