yeah man, i started with some track primer last night... and started with a little filtering.  hopefully tonight i can get some detail painting done.  she's gonna have sideskirts on so we'll see how detailed i get on the tracks and under carraige...  

   i'll see if i get some time tonight to do some individual shout outs, but for now i can say great work everyone. very inspiring...

Malone, those last pictures look much better. I figured the yellow wasn't so bright as the earlier pictures. You probably see it, but there is some camo over-spray on the tracks.

MD: She really looks good!

oh yeah, she's back on a stick!!!

so i toned it down a bit with an overpray of super thin buff. and also applied the decals.

Marc-your weathering technique is outstanding.  I know you've shared your process before, but you would mind  provided a brief summary of the methods/steps you used on your KT?

Malone-looks good-I really like that color scheme-gonna look great.

Marc - chipping on the gun muzzle is a great idea, looks neat to me.  Chipping to me though, infers some sudden impact with a hard object ... so the most likely candidate is shrapnel or a stray bullet from small arms fire. 

This is one of the better photo examples I could find:

regards,

Jack

for some reason its not letting post comments with my pics, but either way here's a few for now. cleaned up the overspray a little bit..  still looks pretty wierd for me, but i know it'll come together...  and thanks for the markings info guys, i went with the black and white. it still will be a fictional vehicle but at least she'll be periodically correct.

wing_nut:  Well thought out chipping & scratching...executed masterfully. 

Do you use/drybrush oils to get that look? 

I've noticed you're getting more daring with your weathering in your old age...  Next thing ya' know you'll be flinging mud clods on your builds!

I would think the muzzle brake would be the first thing to get whacked by tree limbs and brush plus the heat and vibration of the gun firing would knock some paint off. Good thinking Marc, I never really thought about it till now.

Hi Ledfut. Nice of you to pop into our GB. There is still plenty of time to get join the fun. 

Marc, your build continues to amaze. I was wondering about the muzzle, whether it might chip or not. Anyone know for sure if it would?

Once again, Wow very nice work!!

Wingnut -- utterly fantastic! I feel like an amateur when i look at these stunning finishes!

M/TB379

Looks great to me Marc, never thought of chipping the paint on the muzzle brake.

And thanks guys, will try to get more photos by the weekend. It rained all day today ruining my hopes for some natural light for photos.

Thanks JMart.  That's Vallejo 70.822 German Camo Black Brown.

I finished up the chips/scratches/streaks last night. Some real subtle shading of the 3 color to brighten some spot that got dark in the process. Shows up better than in the pics. Unless someone has a suggestion I am going leave the uppers as is and start in on the lower hull area.

Dave – Good job solving the mg problem

Marc – Great work as usual; what color you use for your “scratches”/chips?

Malone – Camo looks good; What mask you used for your camo? Maybe you have a tad of yellow overspray? One of the few things I know about AB is overspray….

Dan – Great detail and work on the Tiger; tool clamp wingnuts (?) are just sick..and great close up pics! I am still trying to master those…

Eric – Great looking Jagdpanther….  

Gamera/Cliff – I actually like that angle, gives a good impression of the size of the turret/barell.

Jack – Tiger looking fine; weathering looks spot on to me

Not much progress at my end, as I complete couple old P51Ds WIPs from couple years ago...  I did start on the wheels, idlers, etc... surprising the amount of flash and mold lines between spokes etc. Spent close to  6 hours this weekend just cleaning up plastic. Will post some pics later this week

Cheers

Wow Eric... you may not post a lot of pics but damn... when you do there are pretty nice.

Gamera very KT there

Jack looks good...love teh color.

SMJmodeler

tigerman:  Great to see some progress...I may have missed them while I was away but I don't recall seeing any pic's from you for this GB.  Great subject!  I'm a Tamiya kit fan and I'd like to build that Jagd someday. 

I really like the camo' work and the tools are superb!  What happened with the dot filter that you're not happy with?  Looking good from where i"m standin'...

Thanks for the kind words Steve. Until about mid-way through, I used too much thinner on it instead of spreading the oils up and down and getting that great streaking look. 

Gamera-your KT looks good to me.....I especially like the camo scheme.

Jack-nice weathering on your Tiger-slightly used but not beaten up.

Jack: Thanks and nice work there! I should have went with a colour closer to yours.

Andy: Oh no I've done lots of German armour- but that was 10-15 years ago. This Tiger and the Jagdpanzer  are the first I've been trying to use the new techniques like colour modulation and filters etc.  

armor86 - digg'n the details you continue to work on

Marc - König is looking most impressive

Eric - great to finally see some of your progress, looks right on

Cliff - nice aerial views, looks like a Tiger II (says the Typhoon pilot... hehe).   Hope you can work out the better lighting.

Malone - regarding turret numbers, I'm with Eric.  It likely was a regimental decision on the choice of colours, but visibilty vs impact on camou was sometimes taken into consideration - exmple: in N.Africa red was more popular as it did not compromise the camouflage.

In some cases a variety of colours could be found in the same regiment.  This was used to either further denote the company or platoon.  In order, the colours would be white, red, yellow, blue, and lastly if required, light green.  (note, both these two snippets of info are from Bruce Culver's publication Panzer Colors II.)

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Tiger update - road wheels have been added.  No dark wash was applied to them, instead just a 50/50 mix of Light Dirt and Sand from Flory (Pro Modeler) weather wash.   The rubber portion was painted tire black (Aeromaster) and I mixed a lighter version of that and applied to the surface area that contacts the tracks.

Most of the colour shift that is discernible on the main body of the tank is from sanding.  I did spray a lighter coat from an atop direction.   Since it was handy, I just mixed some interior buff to the Ral 7008.  Next up are the decals before going in further with weathering.  Also have to weather the exhaust area a bit before adding the PE shields.

regards,

Jack

Only second German armor?  Far better than my second build I built a StuG two years ago and it didn't come out as nice as yours. LOL  

Thanks Andy, I'm happy with her. Wish she looked more like yours and Marc's but I'm still happy! This and the Jagdpanzer IV Lang I posted last summer are the only German armour I've done in years.

I used MM Acrylic, I figured when I drybrushed the zimmerit it would lighten up the model. Maybe I should have mixed in a little light tan with the mustard yellow.

Eric- WOW!  Great camo work... it is looking great!  

Gamera- Jeez, don't be too hard on yourself.  I think your KT looks very good too.  I recall you are into wingy kits and you did very well with your KT.  

Which dark yellow paint did you use for the base coat?  It looks little darker... one of things I have learned about using dark washes is to use lighter base coat of paints on my builds.  Am always learning new stuff...  

tigerman:  Great to see some progress...I may have missed them while I was away but I don't recall seeing any pic's from you for this GB.  Great subject!  I'm a Tamiya kit fan and I'd like to build that Jagd someday. 

I really like the camo' work and the tools are superb!  What happened with the dot filter that you're not happy with?  Looking good from where i"m standin'...

Can't say with conviction Malone, but the black with white-outlines was popular late in the war.

Tiger man. She's a real gem man.

Guys I need some help. What would the turret numbers from a late period panther be. I have black with white outline and red with white outline.

Sounds good.