Sweet! I'd like to see how your 60's M13 turns out. Straight outa the box?

Yes, nothing fancy.

Oh you should have fun with this Steve!

My first 1/35th tank was an Italeri Panzer IV late model back in the late '80s.

Oooh yeaah!!  For an oldie its not a bad kit.  Detail is pretty good and with some TLC it actually can be quite nice.  Does it still come with the hard vinyl tracks?  If so, those are probably the only downside of the kit.

Thanks Gam and Ernest,

Ernest, yes it has the vinyl tracks. Armor is probably my weakest link in model building so I can use all the help you guys are willing to give. It may be some time before I'm as good as y'all in this area.

It does look like a quick fun little kit.

Honestly, Italeri kits were much better then similar old Tamiya kits. I do agree that the tracks are the weakest link, but they are at least detailed on both sides, unlike said Tamiya kit.

Now that is an oldie. lets hope theres no fit issues, might not be so easy to get a replacment part. Will be watching.

It's the same mold as the kit that Italeri sells today. Track down the current kit number and the part number and you can try requesting the list part from their customer service. 

I can try that. It may take another 12 weeks though like the Hurricane. I may order it and go ahead and finish it for now. I wanted to show it in this years local IPMS contest....If it turned out OK that is.

Nice work there on the bogies. 

Yeah, I think I'd probably just throw a tarp over the missing piece as long as it won't cover the air intakes. 

Giving it some thought I will probably make some tarp rolls and place them between the grills with ropes or something tied to the grills to secure them.

That's one of the great things about armor, you can always cover a missing or damaged piece 

I would go the kit route as wel. Even though i have painted the inside of my Pz II black, its still evidant looking through the grills that there is nothing in there, so i will put some kit on there. I use ship rigging rope for tieing down equipment, 0.5mm seems about the right size to me.

Now that I'm done with the Zero I'm continuing on with the M-13. I seem to be scaling back to only working on one at a time like many other members, or at least while I can keep moving on one baring drying times.

I sprayed the tank flat black and will be adding the sand coat tonight. I would typically just go for the sand after a prime coat but I'm trying something different again.

Bish

I would go the kit route as wel. Even though i have painted the inside of my Pz II black, its still evidant looking through the grills that there is nothing in there, so i will put some kit on there. I use ship rigging rope for tieing down equipment, 0.5mm seems about the right size to me.

                                   

                            

                                                          

modelcrazy

I really need mental help.

 

In hindsight this might not work so well if you've already closed up the hull.

Steve: Nice work! Curious about your 'something different' since I tend to get in a rut and always do stuff the same way. 

Thanks Gam, it's just better oil wash techniques than I have done previously. I also black based it but I think I went over it too much with the sand. There are some highlights though. I also added some scratches to where the tools will be and will be adding some chipping later. I cooked for the M13/40 engine and it looks like the top of the radiator would have been seen in the grills so I added a piece of styrene to simulate that.

I will be starting on the oil wash after I apply a gloss coat.

Hmmm, never used black for the undercoat for a sandy yellow paint scheme, I always use a medium brown. Like your results though, I may have to give that a whirl. 

Very cool! 

That tank is looking pretty good for an old kit.  I black based my DAK Panzer II, and liked the result. 

Thanks for posting.  This is another tank I would like to add to the stash.

D 

Thanks D, I'm getting excited about the weathering. I really like the Pz II, III and IV, I need to add those to the stash although I do have a III in 1/72.

Very nice progress so far! That sand color looks like a good starting point.

Thanks Stick,

I added some weathering and chipping. I still need to add the fidely bits that break off and some gear as well as pastels.
I will also be making a desert dio.

That looks great! What is the diorama going to consist of? Italians recapturing their own tank?

Not sure, I was thinking of just the tank itself but I'll look in my parts box for some figures. They won't be Italian though.

modelcrazy

Not sure, I was thinking of just the tank itself but I'll look in my parts box for some figures. They won't be Italian though.

 

Well with the Aussie markings, you need some Aussies with it... Or some other Commonwealth troops.

That is really shaping up nicely now!

Yeah, I don't know why the Italians used a Roo for rhat particular chemical.