The Dark Side lures another victim! UPDATE! PICS!

Ed, sorry it took a while to get the pics up. For some reason, they were just not unzipping properly. But am glad all went well.

The Pz IV D is looking sweet. I love the kit, alhough I know it is a tedius clean up on some areas..considering how old the mold is. You are right about Tamiya's XF-63 Panzer Grey being a bit to dark. Scwarzgrau is supposed to on the blue shade rather then on a dark shade like XF-63 is. When I do a Scwarzgrua..I take Neutral Grey and add a little Flat Blue to the mix..but you look like you hit the nail on the head. The build is coming along very nicely, and hope you send me more pics soon to get up. Good job old timer

Cheers

Rob

QUOTE: Originally posted by wildwilliam Frosty, so i paint the whole thing black and then hold the nearest sized circle over the wheel and it masks the tire for me? I believe i have a artist's circle template (thin plastic w/ a bunch of round holes in it?) what keeps the paint from bleeding in? i guess keep the airbrush perpendicular to the mask? if i can find my template, can start painting wheels. but i guess i have to paint the tires first! thanks! ed.

wildw: sorry to b so slow in reply (very limited online time now that i'm back in school)
1) don't forget to mask over the surrounding holes once u find the one that fits ur roadwheels
2) put the frosted side of the template rite up against the wheel and spray the wheel head on
3) clean the template with water or thinner after use
or... spray the wheel/tire assembly in ur base color and then mount the wheel on a stand ( i use a paperclip bent to shape with a bit of masking tape wrapped around it to keep the wheel up off my work surface and another bit of masking tape to hold the paper clip steady on the work table while i rotate the wheel to paint the tire section...
4) i think ur rite about the "one piece missing at all times" rule, at least as far as my own limited experience has proved
5) tamiya being from japan and all, i wouldn't be suprised if a metric template fit better; i'm glad u were satisfied with the results anyway !
keep on tankin'....
frosty