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Panzer IV Ausf D - DAK, 1942

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Panzer IV Ausf D - DAK, 1942
Posted by rtvmodeler on Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:16 AM

Smile  Hello friends!

Here is my last work. Tamiya Panzer IV Ausf D, 1/35 - Version: DAK 1942 - "Crossing the Sand Storm" - (The wheels they have sand "more fresh" by the continuous passage of the same.)
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Regards!
Rodolfo

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Posted by ygmodeler4 on Sunday, August 11, 2013 9:18 AM

Fantastic job Rodolfo!

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:26 AM

Very nice indeed! I would just suggest bare steel on the edge of the idler wheel rim and on the sprocket teeth where they contact the track. The paint on those surfaces is very quickly ground away in service.

 

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Posted by rtvmodeler on Monday, August 12, 2013 9:38 AM

Smile Thanks for your kind comments and suggestion!

 

Regards!
Rodolfo

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Posted by the doog on Monday, August 12, 2013 9:15 PM

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Rodolfo,

Truly some excellent weathering and the paint is the way I like it---beat to heck and gnarly!

I would offer a suggestion, however. If your wheels are so coated with blowing sand, wouldn't it be wise to reflect the dispersion of yellow sand on the tank itself? I would think that a smart thing to do would be to make some better color harmony between the wheels and the hull by adding some of the pigments that you used on the wheels to the crevices and corners of the hull. As it is now, you have that one wheel so coated--and it's sitting squarely on the front of the tank hull, under (?) a track which is completely clean of that sand? (I would guess that you probably finished all the wheels off the tank and then added them where appropriate, thus creating this condition?)

I think you should think about making more continuity and harmony between that sand on the wheels vs the hull. Wink It would really improve the overall presentation--which is very, very good--but it could be great! Wink

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Posted by disastermaster on Monday, August 12, 2013 10:17 PM

      http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/10172/thumb_smiley-vault-signs-016.gif Well said......

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Posted by rtvmodeler on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:37 AM

Smile Thanks for your kind comments and suggestions!.  Curiously I tought the same thing, but I am thinking in to change the tones of the wheels for contrasting with the hull.

Regards!
Rodolfo

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Posted by the doog on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:50 AM

rtvmodeler

Smile Thanks for your kind comments and suggestions!.  Curiously I tought the same thing, but I am thinking in to change the tones of the wheels for contrasting with the hull.

Regards!
Rodolfo

That would also be an excellent tactic to improve the presentation, Rodolfo! Good luck with it, and post a picture or two if you do! Yes

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Posted by Model Maniac on Friday, August 16, 2013 9:24 AM

Very nice work! but I also noticed the same thing as the doog mentioned. Well said then.

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Posted by garzonh on Friday, August 16, 2013 7:53 PM

Hey my friend!

You made a better built from same kit I did.!Embarrassed

I see it a little bit too muddy, since it was on the desert they did not had those problems, but a lot of sand.

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Posted by rtvmodeler on Saturday, August 17, 2013 12:33 AM

Smile Thanks for your kind comments and suggestions friends!.  I applied a retouch in the tank, please see them above because I replaced the pics.

Some Panzer III, IV and Tigers they crossed the wadi lake in Afrika, not all were sand.

Regards!
Rodolfo

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Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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Posted by the doog on Saturday, August 17, 2013 9:00 AM

Rodolfo,

Now THAT looks simply OUTSTANDING!! That little change made a huge difference! The tank has continuity and harmony in the finish now.

Excellent, really!!

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Posted by rtvmodeler on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 5:48 PM

Smile Thank you very much for your kind comments my friend!.

Regards!
Rodolfo

Current Project:

Figures from Dragon, "German 6th Army, Stalingrad 1942-1943", 1/35

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