Italeri Group Build Sept. 1, 2006-Jan. 15 2007

I've never done armor before, but reading through this thread has got the wheels a-turnin'.

Nice looking stuff!

tigerman wrote:

Glad you enjoy them. Give the Dark Side a try. What do you normally build?

espins1 wrote:

I don't know about you guys but I'm totally into both armor and aircraft, especially WWII stuff.

Me too, except I can't seem to finish a plane though.

It seems that I'm stuck on WWII Luftwaffe subjects-- mainly 109s, and 190s, and I'll throw in a RAF Mosquito here soon.  I think that makes me the most generic modeller in the world. Ha.

I'm trying to branch out a bit, for sure. 

I actually even browsed the armor kits at my local hobby shop today.  Tempting.  Are Tamiya's armor kits as nice as their a/c kits? 

Greg, the wheel tires are 'smaller' because by this stage of the war, rubber was a seriously rare commodity. Therefore most, if not all wheels on these tanks and others were steel wheels with no rubber added to them. So after you mask them, just paint them steel color. In fact, you don't really need to mask them, just paint the whole things dunklegelb (or whatever your base will be) and then drybrush some steel on the edges.

Hope this helps.

Looking forward to seeing pics soon.  

MrDrummy wrote:

It seems that I'm stuck on WWII Luftwaffe subjects-- mainly 109s, and 190s, and I'll throw in a RAF Mosquito here soon.  I think that makes me the most generic modeller in the world. Ha. I'm trying to branch out a bit, for sure.  I actually even browsed the armor kits at my local hobby shop today.  Tempting.  Are Tamiya's armor kits as nice as their a/c kits?

They are. However, Dragon, AFv Club, and Tristar have really outdone them with multi-media offererings in their kits such as: aluminum barrels, PE sprues and indy tracks. In most cases they are cheaper too. The Tamiya Char B retails in the $60's whereas the Dragon 3-in-1 super kits are still around $45. Most of Tamiya's 1/35's are getting old as they are focusing on 1/48 now with just a couple of 1/35 offererings per year.

I saw a whole bunch of the Dragon kits down at Hobby Lobby today.  Maybe I'll get a Dragon one here in the next few weeks. 

Do you have any WWII German armor kits that you'd recommend from Dragon, AFv Club, or Tristar?

MrDrummy wrote:

I saw a whole bunch of the Dragon kits down at Hobby Lobby today.  Maybe I'll get a Dragon one here in the next few weeks.  Do you have any WWII German armor kits that you'd recommend from Dragon, AFv Club, or Tristar?

Do you have the time and money?

Dragon: any of the Premium or Smart kits and especially the 3-in-1 Tiger I Late or Early. They are fetching primo dollars on ebay. I also like the Elefant, but they came out with a premium edition of it. They make the best Panther A's too. The panzer IV E is very popular as well as their halftrack variants.

AFV Club makes an awesome 251 series in C & D variants. Their Tiger I Late is nice, but not up to Dragon's in gimicks and accuracy. Their Sturmtiger is very sweet. They don't have a lot of German choices yet.

Tristar has some nice Pz 38(t) variants and some Panzer I and IV's. They are still limited in their offerings too.

Dragon offers the most variety at the best prices. I'm sending my shopping list to you.

m1garand wrote:

I know it is late in the game, but for whatever it is worth, I have started building Chaffee tank and it is just waiting to be painted.  I'll try to post up some pictures once I'm done with it.  Between full-time work and running a business, I really didn't have enough time to build any models last several months.  I took some time off on Monday and started building models again.

LOL. You were the first person signed up after me. Hey I don't feel so bad now.

Ok, I'll bite.  As soon as I'm done with this 109 I'm on, here's the kit I'm after:

TheOneI'mAfter 

MrDrummy wrote:

Ok, I'll bite.  As soon as I'm done with this 109 I'm on, here's the kit I'm after: TheOneI'mAfter

I have their PzKpfw IV D kit and I must say it's very impressive! 

espins1 wrote:

MrDrummy wrote: Ok, I'll bite.  As soon as I'm done with this 109 I'm on, here's the kit I'm after: TheOneI'mAfter  I have their PzKpfw IV D kit and I must say it's very impressive!

I got that Ausf. C at X-Mas.     Looks very good. I also have the E.

I'm building the Tamiya Ausf.D for the In my stash GB, and I have the F1 from Italeri. I plan of getting a Ausf. B in the next few months.......      I need help!

Now if somebody would come out with the Ausf. A........

roosterpelo wrote:

hey when is the next GB? i'm still kind of a newbie, is this more for the experienced, or just to learn and have fun? keep me in mind on the next one. i am on this forum everyday since i found this little site of gold love all the comments and help you guys give.

It's still going on!!!

espins1 wrote:

I have the old Italeri PzKpfw IV F1/F2/G in my stash as well.... if this build keeps going I may have to build that puppy once and for all!

that is the one i did for this g/b   i did it along side of the tamiya   like the italeri better

DURR wrote:

espins1 wrote: I have the old Italeri PzKpfw IV F1/F2/G in my stash as well.... if this build keeps going I may have to build that puppy once and for all!  that is the one i did for this g/b   i did it along side of the tamiya   like the italeri better

I agree. The underside details of the Italeri offering is better than the no details from Tamiya.....

DURR wrote:

espins1 wrote: I have the old Italeri PzKpfw IV F1/F2/G in my stash as well.... if this build keeps going I may have to build that puppy once and for all!  that is the one i did for this g/b   i did it along side of the tamiya   like the italeri better

Any issues with the kit that I need to be aware of?  Or any particularly nasty "gotchas" with assembly?

the only issue ( and it is only to some people) is that you have lots of hatches

the usual ones  top of the body top of the turret but also the turret sides  there is nothing inside the turret so you must keep them closed or stuff stuff in the holes

Gun Tech wrote:

roosterpelo wrote: hey when is the next GB? i'm still kind of a newbie, is this more for the experienced, or just to learn and have fun? keep me in mind on the next one. i am on this forum everyday since i found this little site of gold love all the comments and help you guys give. It's still going on!!!

Since there has been so much activity, the group has decided to let the thread die naturally. Therefore, as this thread will remain open until interest fades.

Alright, I'll keep this one alive as I am not fully done yet

Road wheels are painted (finally)      Last time I'm assembling them before painting  What a pain!!

I'll do more painting before posting pictures. I hope that by the end of the week-end, I will be ready to start weathering.

I'll stay here.      It's still my first one         I guess I just spent to much time on the interior

Two Italeri GB on the same page!    Whoowhoo    Italeri rules!

Okay it is finally here.  I have finished and I am alot happier with the model than the photos.  This is my first attempt after a lengthy absence from modelling and I tried new products and techniques also.   So here it is: