1/72 German Armor Group Build

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:01 AM

Awesome Duke did you handpaint that or airbrush? I'll probably go get some of the kits i'm building this weekend.

Hey does anyone make a 1/72 flakpanzer?

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Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:58 AM

willjanuary wrote:
Awesome. I'll probably go get some of the kits i'm building this weekend.

Hey does anyone make a 1/72 flakpanzer?

Hasegawa makes two of them: a Wirblewind with quad 20mm guns, and the Ostwind, armed with one 37mm gun. I have both built if you'd like to see pics, I can post them. Just let me know.

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:09 PM

I've been slacking off on the GB badge that I promised you on the weekend but I haven't forgotten. Let me know what you think. Changes cost extra Wink [;)] !

OOPS! Should be 2006! DUH! will make that change right away.

Edit: Much Better!

Dave

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 13, 2006 7:43 AM

It looks awesome.now we have a GB badge

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Friday, January 13, 2006 12:43 PM

Nice! I'll wear mine after I get done.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 13, 2006 4:29 PM

Does anyone have a problem with this badge?

I like it.

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Saturday, January 14, 2006 10:26 AM

I don't have a problem with it. I've already saved it to my Hard Drive and will be wearing it once I get done. Of course, I'll need to edit all my badges and put them together so they look good.

I got my Jagdpanzer IV clearcoated for decals and a wash; next I'll start on one of my other German armor kits...

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 14, 2006 11:51 AM

Today I went and bought some chalk pastels and wash my Armourfast 1/72 Jagdpanther. Does anyone know if the Jagdpanther ever had a All over panzer grey scheme?

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:37 PM

I doubt it but I could be wrong. The panzer grey was phased out by the time the Jagdpanther was in production I believe. Again, someone more knowledgeable may know more.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 16, 2006 2:19 PM

Everyone listen up there is a new Armor only Forum the site is

http://s15.invisionfree.com/Panzer_Crew/index.php?act=idx

We still need mods!!If you want to talk to me my name is 'King Tiger' on that site.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:40 PM

Well I did some research and late war Jagdpanthers were grey when they ran out of yellow paint.

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:57 PM

Cool! Thanks for that info.

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:52 PM

sorry for not posting much yet have been rather busy for a week or so still need to get my friend over to take pics for me. my MAUS is pretty much built i just have some stuff that need to be painted and weathered BEFORE closing it up

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:35 PM

Ive been busy too so your not the only one. I still need to go buy some kits.

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:54 PM

well just for show heres my 1/72 panther for the battle for germany 45 GB

hope ya like it until i can post some of my MAUS pics

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 20, 2006 8:04 AM

THATS 1/72?????????????????

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Friday, January 20, 2006 10:17 AM

YUP heres a good frontal shot that should give you a size reference

thanx for the compliment Will Big Smile [:D]

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Friday, January 20, 2006 11:17 AM

That is awesome! Great camo pattern, very original! I tried to post pics of my finished Jagdtiger and the start of my Panther F but then my hard drive crashed. I'm on the wife's PC so I have no access to my pics. Once I get my other PC back up, I'll have pics posted.

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:29 AM

well the MAUS is built and headed for paint .I'm still deciding on wether to do one of the schemes given with the kit or dream something up Later Guys

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:02 PM

That is great! I also got started on two more Dragon models of German armor. I started the 1/72 scale German Jagdpanther with Zimmerit and the 1/72 scale German Jagdtiger Porsche version. The Panther F is fully basecoated and needs the track installed before I camouflage the rest of it. That's where I stand so far. Once again, when my PC is re-assembled with a new Hard Drive, I'll take pics and post them. By that time though at the rate things are going, I'll be done with these as well before my PC is back up!

Stay tuned....

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:32 PM

Cool Maddog i was thinking of picking up a Jagdtiger myself along with a Stug III let us know what you think of the kit the info will make shopping easier

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:24 AM

Well my parents won't take me to a hobby shop.

Heres my new armor site i need mods! Check it out!

s15.invisionfree.com/panzers

Nice panther I bet that paint scheme was hard.

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:55 PM

PanzerWulff wrote:
Cool Maddog i was thinking of picking up a Jagdtiger myself along with a Stug III let us know what you think of the kit the info will make shopping easier

Well, I built the Dragon StuG IV but not the III. If it is anything like the IV, it should be a great kit. One thing I liked about the StuG IV was the wheel hubs molded seperately so the tires could be painted seperately.

There is alot of detail on this Jagdtiger; even so, this kit is easy to assemble and fairly falls together. The main gun does not elevate well, but then, that is a very minor point when you consider how detailed everything else is. Once I get the Jagdtiger finished, I'll take a pic of it next to my very old Esci Jadgtiger that I built over 25 years ago. This should be intersting!

Bottom line, Panzer Wulff: Go for it! Approve [^]

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315rooster

Member since
January 2006
From: Macedon, NY

Posted by 315rooster on Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:49 PM

Count me in.

I'll be building the Dragon Stug IV Early. It comes with a lot of neat stuff in the box.

Grant

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315rooster

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January 2006
From: Macedon, NY

Posted by 315rooster on Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:51 PM

PanzerWulff wrote:
well just for show heres my 1/72 panther for the battle for germany 45 GB

Looks fantastic. Nice work. I'm glad that I've got 11.5 months to break open the kit now.

Grant

Grant

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315rooster

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January 2006
From: Macedon, NY

Posted by 315rooster on Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:59 PM

Duke Maddog wrote:
...Hasegawa 1/72 scale Jagdpanzer IV. I got the lower chassis an some of the wheels done on her, but I haven't installed the roadwheels yet:

This is just a warning. I love Hasegawa armor, but that particular kit has a bit of a flaw with it. When you build the panzer IV tanks from Hasegawa, there are chunks of plastic that allow/force the tracks to have a sag. The Jagdpanser IV kit does not have these little hunks of plastic. This forces the tracks to be long by about 1/8" to 1/4", and there is no built in sag. You may want to use pins or fishing line to force a sag in the tracks.

Otherwise, I loved the kit.

Grant

Grant

Member of the Rochester HSMA (IPMS local club)

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:50 PM

Thanks for that warning. I actually found that on my Jagdpanzer IV lang, the tracks fit very snug. I didn't notice whether there was anything to introduce the sag though. Now that it's complete, I'll check it and see if it is necessary to add pins to drop the sag. Thanks Grant for the heads-up.

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315rooster

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January 2006
From: Macedon, NY

Posted by 315rooster on Monday, January 30, 2006 7:24 PM

Mine were looser than loose. Send photos when you can. I believe that I built the Lang also.

Grant

Grant

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:22 PM

315rooster wrote:
Mine were looser than loose. Send photos when you can. I believe that I built the Lang also.

Grant

Okay. I'll take some new ones. Mine are all backed up on a CD and the originals are unaccessible on my olther drive. I'll try to have them posted in a day or so.

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315rooster

Member since
January 2006
From: Macedon, NY

Posted by 315rooster on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 8:06 PM

I plan on starting the Dragon Stug IV Early tonight. It should be fun, and I'll keep you posted on how it is going. I'm going to probably go with a simple camo pattern of green stripes only.

Grant

Grant

Member of the Rochester HSMA (IPMS local club)

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