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Tamiya Panzer II

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  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:41 AM

So shes done for right now I'm going to order some tracks for her then she will be complete but today i did a dot filter with oil paints (burnt umber.. super-marine blue.. titanium white) and also did a pin wash of burnt sienna don't think i will use that color for a pin wash again.. decided not to use the commander I had dropped him and his arm came off taking a third of the paint with (I've been dropping stuff a lot recently) i got a few pics of the Panzer after the dot filter would have had more but the wife's dog chewed the laptop charger up while we went out today so i was playing beat the clock with the battery to upload some to Photobucket (my desktop doesn't have a SD card reader) it died before all of them got up but here is what i have.. hope by next week i will have some nice workable tracks to go on her and tie her all together

these don't show it all done this was after the filter and pin wash had dried i've got the anttena added the kit tracks on.. the rags on the lights painted... and some other details added on too

As soon as I get a new laptop charger i will get more pics up so again all comments are welcome

Thank you for looking

Clint

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:04 PM

Looking good Rambo, what tracks are you getting for it.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Sunday, September 16, 2012 3:11 PM

I would like to get a set of nice metal tracks but i will probably just settle on some from afv so i can spend more money on the next tank

Clint

  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: Rugby, England
Posted by Hinksy on Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:05 PM

What about the rust on the exposed tail pipe, bare metal on high wear areas i.e. drive sprocket teeth and some general muck?

C'mon dude - she ain't nowhere near finished!I'd say you are 60% of the way there.

More!

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  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Monday, September 17, 2012 6:27 PM

Hinksy your right! I haven't done any pigment work yet was waiting till i get the tracks so i can set down and do that all at once also I've went back and cleaned up the filter a bit didn't see some of the paint that didn't thin out enough till i took a pic

Clint

  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: Rugby, England
Posted by Hinksy on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 5:55 AM

Hey Rambo old chum,

Aaah gotcha - I read your last photo post as saying it's done apart from tracks so apologies matey.

Keep at it. Hit it with another Raw Umber wash - Sienna is too red imo and looks unnatural. Then use a really dark wash as a pin wash to show panel lines and hatch edges etc. Pigments, grime and some dry-brushed silver on them bolt heads on the additional armour to make them pop will do the job nicely - unless you plan to cover it in muck. I didn't intend to make mine look this dusty but I'm damn glad I did as it has to be one of, if not my favourite piece yet! Just keep playing around with things and remember to show some bare metal on the drive sprocket teeth and rust on the muffler/tailpipe.

Sorry if I'm telling you the basics but I honestly don't know how long you've been building armour etc buddy. I'm 32 and have only been building for just over 3 years but on top of 20 years of being a ' WWI/WWII/Vietnam Hobby Historian' which helps me. I discovered the whole modelling thing by mistake!

Keep at it buddy, keep at it. Get a graphite stick too (the most silvery one) - also great for showing bare metal areas and can be rubbed with sand paper to make a pigment. Again - sorry if you know all this!

Take care,

Ben

On the Bench - Dragon Pz. IV Ausf. G (L.A.H.) Yes

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  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:21 PM

I'm still learning new stuff everyday so any advice helps..never thought about a graphite stick i guess that would give a nice not to silver and not to grey effect.. Hmm a Historian I was wanting to be a WWII Historian but instead i followed in my dads footsteps and became a hazardous chemical/ waste water operator... Thanks for the input

Clint

  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: Rugby, England
Posted by Hinksy on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:31 PM

Well, 'hobby historian' anyway. My love of war films generated an interest in the politics etc surrounding the conflicts and what really happened - and then I found modelling, armour modelling!

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  • Member since
    December 2004
  • From: ohio
Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 11:59 AM

Rambo very nice build. you know the funny thing is that you have "in my book" captured the best looking wet look. but after it drys it go's by by.  i've never been able to keep that wet look on any of my tanks. and some of the stuff out there just dosn't work. anyway very cool work.i do like looking in on your builds.

 

Clay

  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:40 PM

I've put the kit tracks on the other day probably just going to use them they look better than i thought they would that and I'm itching to start the next lol. I've got the weathering done and took some pics out side to try to get better light heres what she looks like now

Thanks for looking and all the input on the way

Clint

  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: Rugby, England
Posted by Hinksy on Thursday, September 20, 2012 6:04 PM

Hey Rambo - MUCH better matey!

I'd recommend painting the tool clasps with the basecoat colour as they would have been metal (the bulging areas on the tool handles where the nubs on them push into the tank (I can see you have painted them the same wood colour as you used on the handles).

Well done dude,

What's next?

Ben

On the Bench - Dragon Pz. IV Ausf. G (L.A.H.) Yes

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  • Member since
    November 2004
  • From: Essex England
Posted by spacepacker on Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:48 PM

I think its looking good, certainly as good as any thing I can do...cheers....Kenny

  • Member since
    August 2012
  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Friday, September 21, 2012 7:48 PM

Thanks for all the comments yeah i noticed the tools after i took the pics just another thing that slipped my mind before i took pics but i did get them taken care of and looking better now i should write myself out a check list and after i do them mark it off lol. Thanks again for watching and all the input you guys have put it in.

Clint

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