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Pzkpfw II - Operation Barbarossa

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Pzkpfw II - Operation Barbarossa
Posted by TigerII on Sunday, December 27, 2015 2:11 AM

This the Tamiya model that I built a few years back. The base is from Verlinden and the figure is from Italeri.

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Posted by Gamera on Sunday, December 27, 2015 8:14 AM

Pretty cool, I like the dusty look you've got there, it works well to integrate her into the base. 

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Posted by waynec on Monday, December 28, 2015 9:35 PM

Gamera

Pretty cool, I like the dusty look you've got there, it works well to integrate her into the base. 

 

i agree. these would be in really good shape and clean at the start, i like the tank commander with just his head sticking out instead of half his body. nust be a short guy.

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 1:34 PM

Nice work on the classic kit. And I do really like how you have the TC hunkered down to be less of sniper bait.

 

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 1:54 PM

Agree with the otehrs, nice job on this. I do like the dust effects.

Which of the Tamiya kits is this one.

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Posted by TigerII on Thursday, December 31, 2015 2:09 AM

This is the Tamiya Pzkpfw II ausf F/G kit-CA109. It came with Afrika Korps figures and the box art had it colored in Afrika Korps service but I painted it German grey and placed it on the eastern front.

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Posted by F Matthews on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 1:15 AM
That was my first Tamiya tank kit back in 1975 or so. I've had a couple since then just for the fun of the build. One note-you might want to redo the hatch lid in grey. They were never white on German (or most any other) armour. A big white hatch was a big white hazard! Nice clean build!
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Posted by TigerII on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 4:29 PM

F Matthews
That was my first Tamiya tank kit back in 1975 or so. I've had a couple since then just for the fun of the build. One note-you might want to redo the hatch lid in grey. They were never white on German (or most any other) armour. A big white hatch was a big white hazard! Nice clean build!
 

Matthews you are so correct on the inner color of the hatch. At that time the color should have been 'Buff', but I didn't have it when I built it, (I do now). Later on they were colored with the external color of the tank.

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Posted by the doog on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 7:00 PM

stikpusher

Nice work on the classic kit. And I do really like how you have the TC hunkered down to be less of sniper bait.

 

DittoExactly what I was thinking! Big Smile

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Posted by Samurai on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 7:09 PM

F Matthews
One note-you might want to redo the hatch lid in grey. They were never white on German (or most any other) armour. A big white hatch was a big white hazard! Nice clean build!

  I've wondered about that. Would it be panzer grey, should it have the same camo color as the rest of the vehicle?

 

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Posted by F Matthews on Friday, January 8, 2016 11:39 PM

It shouldn't be 'buff' (elfenbein) either.  The interior side of the hatches were colored the same as the exterior.

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Posted by TigerII on Saturday, January 9, 2016 12:23 PM

F Matthews

It shouldn't be 'buff' (elfenbein) either.  The interior side of the hatches were colored the same as the exterior.

 

Well according to Panzer Colors by Bruce Culver & Bill Murphy you are correct, but on 'some' rare occasions they were colored the interior 'buff' color. This is that 'rare' occasion. Whistling

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