Red Storm on the Reich GB - Sept. 8, 2008 - May 9, 2009

 Moose, The tiger really is a beauty, she's looking great. Paint really looks blended very well. The MC tracks look very detailed. One question, I'm not familiar with the Master Club tracks, just wanted to know why use CA on the tracks? 

 OBTW, That's not nearly enough pics!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Beautiful paint job on the JS-2 Panzerguy!   I like the effect of the pre-shading.

Nice work on the Tiger Moose!  Your Tiger looks like it's been through a lot, very nice!  

panzerguy  Your JS-2 is really looking good.  Like the others can't wait till you get the crazy paint job on her.  It looks like a ton of fun.  Better you than me.

And here is my Brandenberger Tiger.  The Master Club tracks were very nice.  I just messed up by using a thin CA.  Don't know what I was thinking on that one.  And ended up gluing serveral tracks together and then breaking them.

Then only thing not on her is the antenna.  I don't add them till the end.  I'll break them off and have to reglue them.  Just like the tool box straps on the rear of my tiger.  I think I broke that one off at least 8 times. 

Enough words here she is, beautiful tiger queen.  Sorry, about that.

And as always, all coments and critisim is welcome.

Sorry, dupes about the amount of pics.

  Mobious thanks man.

  SMJ... Sir Panzerguy?lol  The "interior work" is just some sheet styren that was added to close off the hull.  For a dark color like this green or a panzer gray the flat blk works great. 

dupes wrote:

Looking good, Steve...you figure out how to attack that camo yet?

  I was kinda thinking about sneaking up on it and trying to catch it off guard .

   We should know by tonight if I was successful or not

Sir Panzerguy:  Really like that first photo, nice to have the turret next to the hull in different phases of completion.  Looks like you've got some interior work going too, I like it!

Flat black shading!?...I'd expected that it would be too much contrast, but it looks great!

 Panzerguy,

 the shading looks great. Shows of the texture of the cast turret very well. Looking forward to updates.

 Mobious

Looking good, Steve...you figure out how to attack that camo yet?

T-man - do you have a lot of those military channel shows on VHS/DVD?

   Managed to get some paint on last night.

    Started with a coat of Model Master dark green with a little bit of flat black added. After that had dried I did some shading using flat black.

   Next using the same color as the base coat I sprayed it again hitting the flat areas while just misting the nooks and cranies as well as the weld seam's.

   In this pic the lower hull is shaded while the turret has had the second coat applied.

   Heres a couple more pic's all painted up 

   Well now it's on to the fun part....Cammo Time!

panzerguy wrote:

Got this beast pretty much done. Added the weld seams to the grab handle's and lifting-tow hook's. All's that's left are the fuel drum's and road wheel hub's which will be done tonight.         Looks like I might be able to get some paint on this guy some time this weekend.

Looks great!

My little 1:72 Italeri JS-2 is now being painted. Surprisingly the link and length tracks went on with only a little fuss, thanks to Doog's method.

The Gaz-67B is finished as well.

Cheers

Mike

dupes wrote:

Steve - I'm usually quite fired up to attempt tough wacky paint schemes...but I really haven't got my head around how I would try to replicate that swirly look on there. Very interested to see what you can do with it. Caught some of a show on the Military Channel this morning - called Battlefields: The Battle of Berlin. They tend to show things in bunches, so if any of you get to check it out, it's worth it. TONS of good footage of T-34/85's and IS-2's rumbling around. Juicy!

Frickin great documentary. I used to have it on VHS until it went belly-up on me. I'm still waiting for it to come out on DVD in bulk. You can get some individual episodes, but they are expensive.

Well I finally broke open my Dragon T-34/85 and got a little accomplished.It looks like a straight-foward kit,I am just a little concerned about the magic tracks even though I read a lot tutorials,and the PE which is fairly new to me.But I am hoping for the best and we'll see what I come up with.

dupes wrote:

Steve - I'm usually quite fired up to attempt tough wacky paint schemes...but I really haven't got my head around how I would try to replicate that swirly look on there. Very interested to see what you can do with it. Caught some of a show on the Military Channel this morning - called Battlefields: The Battle of Berlin. They tend to show things in bunches, so if any of you get to check it out, it's worth it. TONS of good footage of T-34/85's and IS-2's rumbling around. Juicy!

I've had that saved on the DVR for a while, there is some great footage in those episodes! 

Steve - I'm usually quite fired up to attempt tough wacky paint schemes...but I really haven't got my head around how I would try to replicate that swirly look on there. Very interested to see what you can do with it.

Caught some of a show on the Military Channel this morning - called Battlefields: The Battle of Berlin. They tend to show things in bunches, so if any of you get to check it out, it's worth it. TONS of good footage of T-34/85's and IS-2's rumbling around. Juicy!

Hey panzerguy, I would recommend the silly putty, if you're using acrylics. I've used it with a biplane and the edges came out nice and sharp. It was real easy to use. Roll it into thin strips press it onto the area you want masked, paint, remove.  Don't know if I would recommend it with enamels, depending on the thinner used may turn the silly putty into silly poo!

 be looking forward to updates Tuesday. Have a safe one!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Mobious thanks bro. Doing some final touch ups today and hope to get some primer on tonite. Tommrow I'm off to Baycon so no updates till at least Tuesday. 

dupes wrote:

Very interested to see how well you can duplicate that criminally difficult paint scheme. Fire away, brother!

   Dupes you and me both brother!   I have an old panther that I'm gonna try it on first cause I cant decide if I want to use putty or low tack tape. But that will Have to wait till Monday.

Hello,

 panzerguy the JS2 is looking sweeet! really like the way your weld seams turned out. Very nice work. Looking forward to updates.

 Mobious

  Got this beast pretty much done. Added the weld seams to the grab handle's and lifting-tow hook's. All's that's left are the fuel drum's and road wheel hub's which will be done tonight.

  Looks like I might be able to get some paint on this guy some time this weekend.

hello,

mmc, I know you weren't refering to me and my abilities, but I'm glad to see another build started. Looking forward to seeing progress on the SdKfz. 7/2 and crew.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Afternoon all.

Finally got some space cleared on the work bench, so I'm going to make a start on my SdKfz 7/2, I'm building OOB as I havn't quite got the skills of some you gents. After saying that I might attempt a winter camo scheme as the Flak gun crew are dressed in winter uniforms. 

Well here we go, first the box:

Will keep everyone updated as the build goes.

Mark

 Panzerguy,

 Wasn't going to but that sounds like a cool idea. Think I've got a 1/35 camera from the DML Tiger I (Initial) that would work out nicely. Thanks for the idea. Maybe even title it "The Shot", If I can just find where I stashed it. Looking forward to more welding getting done on the JS2. The turret seams look great.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

  Thanks guys

    Mobious the cast numbers are on the back of the turret

    I will be adding beads around the grab handels and the lifting hooks ,just had to give everything a day to dry. Will you be adding a photographer to you GPA dio?

   Moose The poly putty comes with hardener it's the little green tube in the photo. You can vary the drying time by how much hardener you add. The more you use the quicker it will dry.

  Marc you did'nt think we were gonna let someone with wing in his name show us up

    Sweet 234/3 by the way

Nice job panzerguy it looks realy good!

Thanks for all the compliments guys.  As for the polished steel at the track contact points.  Well, I planned and said to myself that is something I need to do.  And promptly forgot till dupes and mobious mention it.  It is on the to-do list.

As for the tracks I have order the Master Club tracks.  They are resin tracks that has a nice review on the perth website.  Looks like a very nicely molded set.  Very little clean up as well.  I will post pictures of the AFV set that I decided not to use. 

panzerguy, thanks and I love the effect that you achived with the cast look. Did you add anything to the polly putty?

So what dd you guiys do?  Wait til I was done with my build and start kicking butt with your builds when I am not checking in all the time like I used to!!!  HUH?  Is that it?

Beautiful stuff getting done in here.

 Hello,

 Moose, the Tiger is looking great. the stowage bin turned out really good. I agree with dupes about the graphite or drybrushed silver around the track contact points. That camo looks sweet. 

 panzerguy, was looking for the casting numbers. Were those on the kit? The weld seam looks spot on. May want to hit the grab handles with a little weld too. Easier said than done at least for me. Glad to hear the tracks are usable with a little(OK a lot) of TLC. On the up side at least you were able to watch a couple of my favorite war movies. As far as the figs looking like they were posed, They were for propaganda purposes just like the reference pics I've got.

 Keep up the good work and the keep the pics coming. Looking forward to updates.

 Mobious