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The bitter end, a Pz III M in Tunisia.

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    June 2015
Posted by OldGoat on Monday, April 18, 2016 6:56 PM

Thank you!

Build one, you won't be disappointed.

My fave is the DML Mk III N "Leningrad" with the "Winterketten".  Good stuff.

 

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    April 2006
  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Sunday, April 17, 2016 5:31 PM

modelcrazy
Thanks of sharing OG. Great looking build. I have always liked the look of the Panzer III and IV.
 

me too. can't believe i haven't built one though they are in the stash. nice job OG

Никто не Забыт    (No one is Forgotten)
Ничто не Забыто  (Nothing is Forgotten)

 

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    June 2015
Posted by OldGoat on Thursday, April 14, 2016 1:33 PM

Not a big fan of dot filters, although I do not believe my methods in using them are correct.

In any event I added mud made from white glue, pigments and craft paint. I wanted a "partially dry" appearence to the mud.

Finally, I'm calling this finished.

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    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, April 2, 2016 6:57 PM

I was going to suggest a dot-filter, but that would be my preference. It scared me the first time I did it, now I wouldn't think of not applying it. It's hard to suggest weathering, because we all like different levels of it.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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    June 2015
Posted by OldGoat on Saturday, April 2, 2016 2:55 PM

tigerman

Inspiring build. I too like the scratched rack. Makes me want to work on my Pz III H.

 

It's good to be a source of inspiration!

Thank you all.

Perusing photos and looking at the build told me she was just a bit too clean. Tunisia is quite muddy during the rainy season of January/February and 1943 was no exception. 

She's been through two rounds of pigments, one wet, one dry. A bit of mud and a lot of dust now. She's such a dirty girl. 

Photos to come as I need a nap. It's snowing in my part of the world. Tongue Tied

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, April 2, 2016 12:00 PM

Inspiring build. I too like the scratched rack. Makes me want to work on my Pz III H.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Saturday, April 2, 2016 1:22 AM

Awesome build OG. I really like the added track links for extra armor protection. You have done a fine job.

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
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Posted by OldGoat on Friday, April 1, 2016 8:39 PM

Thank you.

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Posted by the doog on Friday, April 1, 2016 7:13 PM

A great, classic build, and a nice classic finish to complement it too. Fine modeling!

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Posted by Modelrob on Friday, April 1, 2016 5:06 AM

Excelent work here, Job well done.

Robert

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    June 2015
Posted by OldGoat on Thursday, March 31, 2016 7:29 PM

GMorrison

 

 
Gamera

Looks good Mr. Goat! I like the scratchbuilt parts and the added ad-hoc armour of track links.

 

 

 

what he said. What are those Slim Jim looking deals in the spare road wheel on the left hand side?

 

 

Track pins. They appear quite often in period photos stored in that fashion. I used some lengths of .020 rod painted "Gun Metal". 

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, March 31, 2016 7:20 PM

Gamera

Looks good Mr. Goat! I like the scratchbuilt parts and the added ad-hoc armour of track links.

 

what he said. What are those Slim Jim looking deals in the spare road wheel on the left hand side?

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

  • Member since
    June 2015
Posted by OldGoat on Thursday, March 31, 2016 2:40 PM

Thank you gentlemen. 

Yessir Mr Stik this is the old Dragon "Imperial Series" Pz III M/N, which I believe was a rebox of a Gunze Sangyo kit. 

Quite state of the art in the '90's.....LOL.

IMO it holds up well with some TLC and a good paint job.

Oh and some replacements from more modern DML kits.....

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, March 31, 2016 2:39 PM

Looks good Mr. Goat! I like the scratchbuilt parts and the added ad-hoc armour of track links.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, March 31, 2016 2:28 PM

Nice looking build.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, March 31, 2016 2:22 PM

Another nice build sir! Is this a Dragon kit?

 

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, March 31, 2016 2:09 PM
Thanks of sharing OG. Great looking build. I have always liked the look of the Panzer III and IV.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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The bitter end, a Pz III M in Tunisia.
Posted by OldGoat on Thursday, March 31, 2016 2:07 PM
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