Thanks Mike, that idea rather appealed to me. I did a search for Roman ruins in Tunisia to get the terrain and colour right and iw as amazed at how many there are. I was also surprised at just how green and lush Tunisia is compared to the usual image we have of the N African campaign.

I have a few Verlinden buildings and other bases, though this one is from Fields of Glory. There are some nice ones out there, though they can break easily and they do add a lot of weight to the whole base. What with the base, metal tracks and so on, this is rather hefty for its size.

Looks great, Bish! I love the juxtaposition of the 20th century armor with the ancient Roman site, I look forward to doing a dio (with the Verlinden base) one of these days myself. Great, dusty look, and the figures are very compelling. Sweet work!

M/TB379

Just got those final pics done so here they are. After the last ones, I adding some light chipping. Once all the final bits were added and tied down, it got that light coat of AK dust effects and then some pigments. I like the pigmenst as I can build up the piles of dust that build up in corners and around the road wheels.

Then I just had to finish off the figures. Figures is one area I had really wanted to work on, especially the faces and eyes. So I have been using some new techniques over the last couple of builds and I think I am now where I want to be with my figures, with maybe a little bit more tweaking.

Jack, I watch that video you posted about painting eyes, and that was really useful. I think these are my first figures that don't look like Marty Wild, so thanks for that link.

So heres the pics.

Thanks for looking guys, and as always all comments welcome. And thanks for another great GB Eric. I am glad to be able to finally get a N Africa build done, I look forward to what ever you have planned next.

I was wondering if it might be Verlinden or CMK SS. I know some other Dragon kits do come with some interiour, but I had not seen one that extensive.

I'm pretty sure he's using the Verlinden interior set. Those Dragon kits don't come with an interior.

Thanks Dan. That really nice work on the interior. Sorry if you have already mentioned this, but is that an AM set or kit supplied.

I finished the Pz III last night, just going to get some pics and post them up.

Damn, that's looking really great, Dan! You really want to make me continue with mine, but my workbench is a complete mess right now (I'm upgrading it with 2 shelves for my stash and a cupboard for all my tools and paints)

Bish - Pz III looks great

Jack - Nice detailed work with rivets

Dan - Tiger coming along great

Eagle90 - nice detail work on 251 interior

Update on Pz IV 'D' - interior detail assembled and painted, next up wash and weathering crew compartment, transmission and engine - photos below. Armor86

She does look good Dan!

Thanks Dan. Really nice looking Tiger you have there.

Jack: The work you put into those rivets really paid off!

Eagle: Looking very nice!

Dan: Lovely work on that Tiger!

Eagle90: Nice work on you 234, interior looks nice.

Jgeratic: Even know it's more work, but those rivets will add some good detail.  Also like the
sandbags.

Bish: Your Panzer III is looking great, like the row of jerry cans on the back.

I airbrushed on two light coats of XF60 Dark Yellow,  and used a different circle template for the wheels.  Think it turned out pretty good.  Used up a little over 3/4 of the  23ml bottle,  HobbyLobby sells good templates for airbrushing the wheels.  The tools and tow cables need touch up paint, along with the wheels.

Gamera

Jack: Now that's a plethora of rivets!!! Makes my poor head hurt just to look at all of them.

Eagle: Maybe Rommel liked the smaller rod since it was easier to park or got better gas mileage? I dunno but nice work there! I really like how the seats and dashboard came out.

LOL!  You know Gamera, I didn't think about that!  You're probably right!

Thanks!  It has been a little more difficult than the 234's I did.  Are you familiar with Nitto kits?  WOW!  It might just be me since I'm a novice armor builder, but it is really hard for me to follow some of the steps with this kit.  The fit is no where near as nice as the Italeri kits.  But it will be a cool build when I'm finished.  I did a little more with the dash and interior.

Eagle90

I haven't started on my bf 109 so I am pulling it from the other GB. I would definitely like to enter it here.

Jack: Now that's a plethora of rivets!!! Makes my poor head hurt just to look at all of them.

Eagle: Maybe Rommel liked the smaller rod since it was easier to park or got better gas mileage? I dunno but nice work there! I really like how the seats and dashboard came out.

Hey everyone!  Have not forgotten about the GB!  Have a few pics of the 250 I'm doing.  I must say the Nitto kit is somewhat different than the Italeri 234's I did for my first armor kits!  The instructions are much harder (for me) to follow and the illustrations are a little vague when it comes to placement of parts.  And with me being a novice armor builder, I need details on everything!    But after doing research on the 250 and Rommel's vehicle in particular, I realized just HOW DARN SMALL this vehicle is!  Holy smokes!  You think the big man would have had a better ride!    But I am learning about the vehicles and that is really cool.  So here are a few pics of what I started on.

Eagle90

Bish, Gamera and Schattan - thanks!

Here I've got the main turret piece all riveted up.  Comparing it to it's original state, it illustrates why I decided to run with this. 

Note how the original kit piece had only  two rivets on the forward sides, and nothing on the bottom rear,  while the quality just wasn't there.

regards,

Jack

Bish: I love the subtle weathering effects. They are just perfect!

Jack: Some very inspiring stuff from you as usual!

Jack: Now that's a bunch of rivets- looking forward to more assuming you're not blind by now!

Jack, thanks, those markings are what drew me to doing this scheme when I first got the kit. Nice work on the exterior, lots of nice little rivets added there.

matt, this is meant to be an Armour GB. I think there was a specific reason Mike built those two aircraft kits. Tigerman might well give you the ok to go ahead with yours, but he has been a bit busy so you might have to wait a day or two for him to get back to you with an answer on this one. Given that you are distantly related to the great man, he might well say yes, but of course that's for him to decide.

I would enter Hans-Joachim Marseille's BF 109 Revell 1:48

Dan - those resin interior kits look great, a fine job with your's.

DtM85 - Tiger is looking good, nice job with the primer.

Schatten - welcome back!

Matt - welcome to the GB!

Bish - looking really good there, and love the 'Pik As' graphic on the turret.

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Thanks to those I may have missed commenting on the interior of the L6/40.  The exterior of the hull is now complete.  

Plan is to cut masks for the rubber portion of the road wheels, so couldn't do much in the way of sub assemblies in that area.  Stowage and other resin equipment is not glued in place, again to facilitate the painting stage.  

Up next will be the turret construction.

regards,

Jack

Thanks guys.

wayne, that the problem with those dust effects, its very realistic, after a few weeks in the field, it was hard to tell the green from the black on our warriors, but it can be a shame to lose it. I couldn't do competitions, I would be screaming at the judges calling them all sorts of names.

i did that dust thing with my canadian GRIZZLY. did the IFOR green and black camo and decided to try misting dust on the lower hull using real deal weathering "paints". hid a lot of the camo which means it doesn't present well in contests but it sure looks like it's been on the tank trails at grafenwohr. i think the mud/dust/ spray that is churned up there is an entirely new state of matter.

always liked PZ-IIIs. have 2 or 3 in the stash if i ever do tracked thingies a lot again.

rope to tie down stuff? you mean they didn't use CYA with a big tanker truck? your III is looking real nice.

Hey Bish, looks good to me man.

Apologise for the lack of update's guys, progress has been a bit slow. I got into one of those slumps where it can be hard to get motivated, but I am getting back into it now.

Since the last update, I have added most of the tools road wheels and painted and added the jerry cans. I have done some light chipping and added some AK streaking grime to the vertical surfaces to make it a bit grimy. I have been in 2 minds about using AK's dust effects as I don't want to lose the camo completely. I have decided to add it to the lower hull and a light coat over the top decks. I will be doing that after adding the final tools and some stowage on the rear decks. I managed to find some rope for ship models today which I think will be ideal for tying things down, so I have ordered 2 sizes and should be here at the end of the week. In the meantime I will make a start on the figures and hopefully I can wrap this up once the rope arrives.

So, heres the pics of where I am at now.

That's it for now, i'll try not to leave it so long until the next one. 

SORRY I didint see no crossovers allowed (and just leaned what that even means lol) so i cant even my BF109. However i will have a peacement from my stash once i decide. Sorry again for my Noob first time builds

Hans-Joachim Marseille that is

I would like to enter my revell 1.48 bf 109. It will be marked in honor of my relative now (matter how distant he was) lol  Importnant guy come to find out growing up ironically.

Hey guys I'm back. First of all im sorry for my long absence. I was just way too busy and didn't get any bench time or time for the forums at all for weeks.

I missed way too much good stuff to mention it all individually, but all of you are doing fantastic work here! I should be able to get back to the Pz IV in 2 weeks or something and finally make some major progress on the interior.