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Wirbelwind---FINISHED PICS! pg 7

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Posted by the doog on Saturday, November 9, 2013 12:07 PM

cml

Easily my favourite piece of German WWII armour.

I'll be following this WIP Karl.

Keep the progress pics coming.

Chris.

Well, I"m happy to have you along! I can honestly say I've never heard anyone describe the Wirbelwind as their "favorite" German armor--that in itself inspires me to excel in this build! YesCool

cml
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Posted by cml on Saturday, November 9, 2013 2:44 AM

Easily my favourite piece of German WWII armour.

I'll be following this WIP Karl.

Keep the progress pics coming.

Chris.

Chris

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Posted by the doog on Friday, November 8, 2013 5:18 PM

Thanks for looking in Bill. Pushing onward through the fog here...lol

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Posted by wbill76 on Friday, November 8, 2013 1:53 PM

Nice choice of subject Karl! Looking forward to seeing you work your usual magic on this one. Beer

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Posted by New Hampshire on Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:17 PM

Yeah, but this cover of Blitzkrieg was from when Metallica was good. Big Smile

Brian

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, November 7, 2013 7:29 PM

Just saw your message, Brian----I LOVE Beavis and Butthead, lol!!!!

They look like our typical fans! ha ha!

Metallica though.....Hmm...........Wink lol

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, November 7, 2013 5:39 PM

Hey guys, it's good to have you all along!  Thanks for looking in!

Your comment made me chuckle, Steve! :)

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Posted by New Hampshire on Thursday, November 7, 2013 5:00 PM

I agree with DisasterMaster....you are on a blitzkrieg my man!



Brian
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Posted by disastermaster on Thursday, November 7, 2013 3:24 PM

Just finished one and back with another.

It looks like the doog's on a Blitzkrieg http://wurzeltod.ch/wurzelforum/Smileys/phpbb/diktator.gif

 https://i.imgur.com/LjRRaV1.png

 

 

 
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Posted by subfixer on Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:40 PM

OK, another one to watch.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:37 PM

Nice start there karl. I have the same kit in the stash so will be paying extra close attention.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, November 7, 2013 6:43 AM

good stuff Karl,will be checking in for sure

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Posted by the doog on Thursday, November 7, 2013 6:29 AM

SchattenSpartan

Just a small remark: The tank is spelled "Wirbelwind" (German for Whirlwind). I don't want to be ovely picky, but with German being my native language, I just notice things like this vrey easily...

Thanks for catching that, SchattenSpartan! I think I knew I was misspelling it, but I was too tired to check last night!

Thanks, guys for the support on this new build already. I'm liking he look of the PE zimm--it'll be interesting to see how it looks with paint! Smile

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Thursday, November 7, 2013 4:36 AM

You're off to a great start, Karl! I think the Zimmerit looks spot on! I really liked your 4502 WIP, so I'll follow this one with great interest!

Just a small remark: The tank is spelled "Wirbelwind" (German for Whirlwind). I don't want to be ovely picky, but with German being my native language, I just notice things like this vrey easily...

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Posted by jibber on Thursday, November 7, 2013 2:48 AM

Doog I think the zim looks great and I like how your sealing the edges. I've seen builds where edges are actually peeling off and it doesn't help the overall look.

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Posted by bufflehead on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:30 PM

Wow!  That was quick Karl!  Back with another WIP so soon!  Its looking good so far....I've always read that PE zim was "too thin" myself, but I like what I see!  

Ernest

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Posted by IBuild148 on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:11 PM

I'm on board Karl. All the "goods" are here for another quality build.

IBuildOne48

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Wirbelwind---FINISHED PICS! pg 7
Posted by the doog on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:46 PM

Hey guys,

Just starting a new WIP here--a Tamiya Wirbelwind with some PE zimm that I've been wanting to try for a while now. I also got me some PE for the exterior. I'm going to use some Dragon tracks too.

This PE zimm is pretty cool stuff. I've read a lot of reviews on it saying "I don't like it; it's too thin". I disagree. It seems to me to be close to scale. I think what happened is that we got used to seeing models with bigger, out-of-scale zimmerit, and now this appears to be underscale? But I think it looks pretty cool.

I've been applying it with thick CA glue, and it seems to hold prettty well. The edges have been sealed with Squadron White putty. Here's where I am so far....

Stay tuned! I'm going to try to update by the end of the week, hopefully, with some chassis progress!

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