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Panzerkampfwagen VII Lowe ~ Amusing Hobby #35A005

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  • Member since
    September 2011
  • From: Iowa
Panzerkampfwagen VII Lowe ~ Amusing Hobby #35A005
Posted by David Maddog on Monday, January 6, 2014 8:45 PM

A recent build I just finished.  I'm trying to depict a very late war theme, or a what if 1946, right out of the factory.  I got the idea for the paint scheme from a picture of a jadgpanther I saw.  All painted using MM paints, dunkelgelb and rot braun.  Coated with future and oil washed.  Umber tracks with a silver rub-N-buff for antiques.

  • Member since
    July 2006
  • From: San Francisco Bay Area
Posted by bufflehead on Monday, January 6, 2014 11:33 PM

Nice build David, with a bold looking camo paint job!  I really like the speckled look of the turret.  Did you do that yourself or does the turret have a heavy cast texture that catches the oil wash and creates the speckles?

Ernest

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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in central North Carolina.
Posted by disastermaster on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 5:13 AM

  Hey, I've got this kit but it'll be a while until I get around to it. You did a really good & clean job but you gott'a know I like 'em "washed and worn"........ .....interesting finish here nonetheless.

 When I do eventually built this kit, I'm gonn'a move that commanders turret hatch to the left so he won't get his vitals crushed http://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/images/smilies/dizzy.gif when his big gun does its thing.

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
  • Member since
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  • From: Iowa
Posted by David Maddog on Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:10 PM

Ernest, the kit came with the cast texture on the turret.

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    January 2007
Posted by the doog on Saturday, January 11, 2014 11:33 PM

Dave

That's a fantastic looking model---what a beast! Love the paint job, and it's very well executed too.

One thing you might want to know---it's been a hot debate in the modeler./historian world about what color was used for priming gun barrels,and I think it's pretty much been determined that barrels were primed in a dark charcoal gray instead of the red primer used around the rest of the tank. Just something to consider if you want to enter this fine model into a contest anywhere--the judges might "ding" you on accuracy on the barrel. In any case, it would be a simple fix--just a bit of black mixed into Panzer Gray would do it and then run the barrel very lightly with some graphite powder to complete the look  ;)

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, January 12, 2014 6:32 AM

Now that's really nice. I like the scheme.

Did you just paint the turret as normal to keep the effect. I have to get myself one of these.

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    March 2013
  • From: Puebla, Mexico
Posted by garzonh on Sunday, January 12, 2014 4:28 PM

Awesome, perfect straight lines!!

It looks like a practice target..

Clean and straight!

Me like it...

  • Member since
    March 2011
  • From: Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Posted by modeler#1 on Monday, January 20, 2014 6:17 PM

I really like the way it looks, keep up the good work!

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