Sorry missed one photo of the back side to road wheels - other concerns on how the track will fit with either road wheel set. Sanded and enlarged mounting hole so the Tristar wheels fit the supension post. Armor86

Nice work Mike on the two aircraft - Bish off to a fast start with the Pz III 'N' -

Question on Pz IV Road Wheels - comparing Tristar's IV Wheel Set to the Dragon's wheels used with the kit. Reviewing photos and tech data - the Dragon version is larger, rubber tires are wider than the Tristar set. Any thoughts on which one I should use, several photos to compare them. Armor86

The Tristar set is assembled with multiple parts, individual rubber tires, hub caps (different versions) and rims - the Dragon's have two sides and hub caps (different versions) the kit has multiple road wheels which are not used.

The Tristar Hub caps extend out more than the Dragon hub caps.

Had thought about using both and mixing them around as repaired / replacements, but the diffenet tire sizes likely not a good choice and will used one or the other and use two different hub caps (Ausf A-D) and (Ausf E-F) versions. Have not assemble / review the Dragons spare road wheels in the kit which include a set with separte parts as well, rubber tires, rims, hub caps. Armor86

Bish

Nice start Dan, got to love Dragon instructions.

tigerman

Happy to report that T-Man (me) is back in the game. I've begun working on the lower hull. Not enough progress to show, but I'm starting to get excited. My apologies for being absent for so long. I really wanted to work on it, but I got mentally distracted and have had to deal with so many issues in this young year.

To further my excitement, I'm going to pour over my many Pz III books for inspiration. Cheers.

Thanks, Bish!

M/TB379

Nice start Dan, got to love Dragon instructions.

Mike, those two look great together, stunning work on both of them.

I made a start on the Pz III on Thurs so thought a little update was in order. I am adding a Voyager PE set and Fruil tracks. So far I have managed to finish the turret and lower hull 

This is the kit.

And the turret. I have not added the inside parts of the gun as I am planning on having figures in the open hatch's so the inside won't be seen.

And the lower hull. I am leaving the axel arms off until later so it fits to the base properly.

I have since fitted to two hull pars together and started on the upper hull, that's where most of the PE will be added. 

Hi guys, there was some interest in seeing my two North Africa fighters together, and I just took some shots. Here they are, honourable adversaries on the Field of Honour, 72 years after the fact. I don't know if Ian Gleed and Werner Schroer ever tangled, but they were certainly contemporaries in the theatre of operations.

Hope you enjoy the pics. I must blog this theme... Dying to get back to the Panzer too!

M/TB379

Eric: It's good to see you back!

SP, Utoshita, Dan: Wow, nice stuff guys!!!

Thanks all, it's nice to get working again. I will try and finish up the lower hull tomorrow.

Clemens: just an FYI, but I believe those brass rounds are incorrect for the 7,5cm L/24 tank gun - too long.

Welcome back Tigerman - Getting a late start too! - finishing up the RAD 8 - Dragon Smart Kit - Pz IV DAK 'D' - found a couple of issues within the instructions - which leaves out the bottom hull rear plate, took a few to figure out the correct part (highlighted in blue) for not in use in current kit. Not! Review a couple other Dragon kit instructions in the slash to identified the part and its placement. The rear hull plate was a little bit difficult to getting a good fit, think it looks right. Rear Hull Details look great.   Photos - Armor86

tigerman

Happy to report that T-Man (me) is back in the game. I've begun working on the lower hull. Not enough progress to show, but I'm starting to get excited. My apologies for being absent for so long. I really wanted to work on it, but I got mentally distracted and have had to deal with so many issues in this young year.

To further my excitement, I'm going to pour over my many Pz III books for inspiration. Cheers.

Hey Eric!  I was worried about you buddy!  I've never been a consistent poster, but to see you gone from the forums is strange indeed!  You've always been a rock here ever since I joined several years ago.  I'm sorry to hear that this year has been tough for you, but we all have important life issues that takes us away from our beloved hobby at times!   I'm very glad to see you back and eager to see your work again!

As for me, I will have an update by the end of the week as I'll be gone all next week on a long delayed vacation from work!

Dear All,

Thank you for taking interest!

@ Stikpusher & Gamera,

This is indeed the 1974 rendition of Field Marshal Montgomery second Humber Snipe 4 x 2 M239485.

My intention is to build the first one, M239459 refered to as Old Faithful.

The kit is cruel by todays standards. But the car has something Majestic about it that Airfix have managed to capture.

Here is the Viscount of Alamein himself...

Excellent family picture Stikpusher!

Looking forward to the rally between those Mk.IV's Schattensparten & Armor86

With Kind Regards

Utoshita

Welcome back to your GB Tigerman 

Well, Giuseppe & Giovanni

have been joined by their remaining paesanos... Luigi, Mario, and Luciano 

and now, la familia

Happy to report that T-Man (me) is back in the game. I've begun working on the lower hull. Not enough progress to show, but I'm starting to get excited. My apologies for being absent for so long. I really wanted to work on it, but I got mentally distracted and have had to deal with so many issues in this young year.

To further my excitement, I'm going to pour over my many Pz III books for inspiration. Cheers.

SS, some nice stuff to go with that kit, and that engine looks nice. That should be fun.

Dan, don't hang around, just get stuck straight in there. I am sure we all have high expectations after the last build.

Here's my little pile of panzer bits and pieces :

How about some close-up pics?

Driver's compartment:

Interior set:

Engine compartment:

I'll have some PE madness going on here as well:

Some pics of the contents of the set on the left (the right one are just the fenders):

I also got an RB metal barrel (the kit has one included but it lacks the rifling on the inside):

And some brass rounds i found at my LHS:

I hope I didn't post too many pics...

Cheers, Clemens 

That's a whole lot of parts you got there!

Yeah wow Dan- that's a plethora of panzer parts!!!  

You are a modeling madman A86!

Thanks for the comments on the RAD 8 Armor Car - Now I'm ready to get going with my GB project that I had signed up for!  

It's another Panzer IV 'D' - however it's a more recent Dragon release from last summer (6779) Smart Kit and has very few Photo Etch parts and comes with DS Track.

I've been reviewing the hull pan, lower hull suspension parts and it looks well done and detailed. Have some after market enhancements - full interior and some other little details.  Armor86

The Kit - starting point.

The extra stuff - after market to add and enhance the project. Really liking the Decals

Possible back up if the DS Track doesn't work out.

Beginning with removing elements to make way for crew and engine interior.

The after market Pz iV Interior

Going online and reviewing reference material to get some help figuring out where and how everything will fit right.

Instructions provided with the interior set doesn't make it all that clear.

SchattenSpartan

Stik: Nice work, but where is Mario?

still on the sprues in the box awaiting assembly...

Stik: Nice work, but where is Mario?

I started glueing some bits together today, but i have to get one of my current projects off the bench untill I can start with the interior work...

Well they need to wait on Luigi to join them first. He is under construction on my workbench at the moment.

Wow Utoshita, very cool to see! I've got one of those in my stash somewhere, didn't think it looks too bad considering the age. My biggest issue is of course it's actually 1/32nd not 1/35th.

Love Miniart figures too, great poses without having to modify them and definitely different from the usual run of the same old same old stuff. Giovanni and Giuseppe look grumpy though- I think they want to be painted!  

A86, your 8 rad came out gorgeous It does indeed look like it has been trundleing around the North African desert on campaign. Excellent work on the finish!

Utoshita, is that the Airfix kit of Monty's Humber?

Old and new progress here on my Carro Commando...
before the circus came to town for my home, I built up a couple of the Miniart crew figures to go with this build. I really do like the Miniart tank crew figure sets. Definitely not more of the same. 1) they cover all those subjectstjhat Dragon ignores in favor of umpteen German sets, 2) the quality of the figures is really quite nice, with some really sharp detail work.

and I got a topcoat of the Giallo Mimetico over the Tamiya Yellow Green that I used as a primer over my work on the top deck

and now Giovanni and Giuseppe await their next progress...

Dear All,

Sorry for joining so late.
Will try to catch up with the 900+ posts tonight.
Monty's Snip finally arrived :)

It is with mixed feeling that I open the box.
The 40 years really show.

With Kind Regards

Utoshita