Lookin' gooooooooood! 

Very cool P38, love the idea of the OD green flaking off to show the original Soviet green.

Awesome!  Agree with all guys comments below...

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Lookin real good, but can I offer a suggestion?

Perhaps if you mixed a couple Panther wheels in there.....

It was a "Junk-pile" tank......

and there are documented cases where the Russians put Panther wheels on T-34's.

Just a liitle suggestion. 

Ninja-Viking

Lookin real good, but can I offer a suggestion?

Perhaps if you mixed a couple Panther wheels in there.....

It was a "Junk-pile" tank......

and there are documented cases where the Russians put Panther wheels on T-34's.

Just a liitle suggestion. 

Thanks tho..

Aren't the Hatches supposed to at "slanted" angles?

Not straight across?

I guess it's up to you......

I read in the threads that you don't mind if a couple other "Haunted Tanks" hop in here as well?

Ninja-Viking

Aren't the Hatches supposed to at "slanted" angles?

Not straight across?

I guess it's up to you......

I read in the threads that you don't mind if a couple other "Haunted Tanks" hop in here as well?

Hey P38J,

Just getting a chance to look at your progress on my laptop and not my phone....lookin' good; like all the different road wheels and battle damage!! Even as a kid, I wondered why JEB and his crew couldn't stay in the same tank for more than two issues!  Now as an adult, I wonder.....how the heck did a T-34 ever end up in an American can (cannibalization) point?? One of those great comic book mysteries.......

Keep up the great work; and thanks for the many pictures!

TAD

thanks guys !   

well,, worked on the treads, using Maquette tracks, they seem ok,, I'm not spending alot of time cleaning them up, and they fit tight..

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This is looking fantastic P38!  I can't wait to see it finished!

thanks guys !

ok, question,, I'll be posting some pics in a few of the tank as she is now.. I did some weathering, and dull coated it,,, the turret is a differant green, then the hull,, which is expected since the turret is OD green on gray primer,, while the hull is OD green over Russian green with preshading.. so, its kinda cool looking to me.. So, looking for more input on weathering...

just some pastels ?

Dot Filtering ??

both ?

Leave it ??

I am going to add more to the tracks when I add them..

ps.. I will be adding more weathering,, in the finer details.. such as edge wear, paint chips in the dents and dings,, etc,, so its the overall grit n grime i'm looking for some input...

its at one of those stages, where. is it enough ? or not..

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I am loving every minute of this.  Your dream tank is starting to look like the one in the comics!  Can't wait to see it completed. 

thanks Andy,, your words hold lots of wieght in here..

I also have tow cables to add,, soon,,

right now, I have my bench filled with peices of figures, as I'm trying to figure out JEB, Rick, Slim, and Arch , and how the look for the crew.. 1 of my fig heads is looking up, and has his mouth open, kinda like talking to the air,, like JEB talking to the Ghostly General,,

We also had a fire call tonight, structure fire ( we saved the house).. so I lost about 3 hrs to the Fire gods...grrr...

tracks by tracks this tank comes great!!

Looking awesome...coming along great.

What an ambitious project, but you're pulling it off.

Thanks again guys... Eric. glad you stopped by..

well.. did some research again,, AKA ,, read comic books !

was looking for referances on how to make JEB and his crew,,, my bench is strewn with fig peices,,, trying to crew out the tank.....think I got JEB figured out.,,,,

There is a perfect resin figure of standing American tanker holding a Tommy gun.  I can not remember who makes it but I can find out for you if you are interested.  

Thanks Andy... I think I got it figured out,, no pun intended.. lol.. I spent about 2 hrs... last night.. mixing, matching body parts.. I'll have a pic soon...

ohhh and figures too.

yup.. Figs to..!

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Figure looks great!  Glad you got it figured out. LOL  Love his facial expression... 'Oh crap, there is a Junker diving for my Stuart A-G-A-I-N for the thousandth time!'  

deafpanzer

Figure looks great!  Glad you got it figured out. LOL  Love his facial expression... 'Oh crap, there is a Junker diving for my Stuart A-G-A-I-N for the thousandth time!'  

p38jl

deafpanzer:

Figure looks great!  Glad you got it figured out. LOL  Love his facial expression... 'Oh crap, there is a Junker diving for my Stuart A-G-A-I-N for the thousandth time!'  

 

or.. this one time.. at the front.. this HE-111 was diving on us.. and Rick.. fired...

Lil more work last night... Got the tracks all on one side,, had to be innovative to get them to reconnect after the glue dried after the test fit.. Threaded some thread thru the holes in the tracks. then used bits of brass rod to twist the thread to pull the tracks together... :550:0]

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his butt is singed from being heated up bend his legs in some to fit in the hatch..

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