Thanks Johan! I had a lot of fun building it. It's truly a 'pocket Tiger' as you can see from this side-by-side with its 'big brother'

Thanks Bill!

This is a little gem :)

The petite size is apparent but somehow you manage to make it look big and dangerous anyway.

Very nice!

Very Best Regards

Johan

Thank you M1 and Zack!

Hi Mr. Bill,

I have no favorite - the build log is very good in every step.

Thank you for the effort put into sharing this - remarkable!

Zack

disastermaster

This is my favorite shot.

Dusted

    not rusted.

      And as usual, looks great Bill.

Agreed!!!

M1 A1 A2 Tanker

Agreed!!!

Agreed!!!

Thanks J-M! It was a very enjoyable build. Bronco has seriously upped their game with their latest kit releases IMHO and they make the Alan kits look like stone-age relics by comparison. Still, I feel your pain about the 'expenses' end of things!

A fine job you did on this one my friend!      

Looks like you had a blast building it too!

Bronco seriously makes me reconsider my Alan kits stashed downstairs.....  So many tempting subjects I already own....      but way better!!!      

I better stick to them though, my wife already has a hard time tolerating my hobby expenses as it is! lol!   

Thanks Terry, always good to hear that the comments on the build are helpful to other builders. It's how I learned (and continue to learn) about many of the things I use so I'm always happy to pass it along.

Bill this is one fine build, I've really enjoyed following along and thanks for the instructional commentary. I love the dusting, theres so much more to it than a simple "brush on" and "spatter".  One thing I think is sometimes overlooked are the tracks, I like your technique a lot. Thanks again, Terry.

Thanks Karl!

Looking good, Bil. ANother great project up to your standards!

Always glad to get the Smiley King's stamp of approval there Steve!

This is my favorite shot.

Dusted

    not rusted.

      And as usual, looks great Bill.

Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it along with me.

Bill- as others have said, well done....as usual! Another informative WIP

Dave

Bish

Brian

Excellent job!  I would say this was probably one of my favorites of your builds.  Neat and obscure little guy!

Brian

I am sure its nothing any builder of modern Dragon kits won't be used to

I've been eyeing up 3 of their kits. One of the landwesserschlepper's, Pz II D and Pz II bridgelayer. Still not sure which one I will get first, but I am defiantly going to add one soon.

Thanks Bish! As with any kit maker, some of their older kits are more of a challenge to build but their more recent stuff is very impressive IMHO. Just know that they love to do lots of tiny parts to produce some great detail which at times can create some intricate and delicate assemblies but in the end it's a nice result.

Well done in deed. As always, a pleasure watching one of your builds, some great how to posts there as well as a great build.

And it defiantly convinced me that I need to add a few Bronco kits to the collection. Until now I wasn't sure what to expect, but they look very nice kits.

Thanks Bob! It's all still visible if the turret is lifted off so I can still peek inside from time to time. You're right though about the modeler's lot!

I'd call it "well done"! Too bad all the interior detail is hidden, but that's a modelers lot in life. Isn't it? Good job. Bob

Pigment weathering continued with the tracks. For these I used Mig Productions Dry Mud, applied it wet, let air dry, then removed the excess pigment with a large round stiff bristle brush until I was happy with the look.

Then it was time to finally fit baby with its shoes! After feeding the tracks in over the sprockets and idlers, I used a small amount of liquid glue to fix the idlers permanently in place but left the sprockets movable to allow for handling and small tension adjustments where needed.

Then under the 'minor detail' department I added some of the dried left-over pigment dust from the tracks and applied it to blend things in with the darker pigment weathering done earlier. I've found that the 'dried' pigment ends up being much finer and easier to work with vs. the straight dry powder in the container for this type of thing plus you use far less pigment in the process and achieve the same end. I also installed the RB Models 2m brass antenna and painted it up to round things out there.

Will let this sit overnight and give it a once over with fresh eyes tomorrow to see if there's anything I missed or need to fine tune before declaring this one 'done'!

Thanks Anthony!

weathering is looking good Bill

Thanks BD! Glad it's helpful, almost done with this little pocket tiger.

Jibber