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Rui S
I've completed this one and I agree with you. Your welcome to take a look ( Gniloy-Tikich | Album by mig (1:35) )
Keep on the good efforts Richard

Spanjaard
looking good, i will have a look. I have a couple of panthers to do (not tamiya, a pity).... something to learn here for me 🙂

Richard
Thank you. What is that putty I see people use to hold their models on something when they work with that part?

gorby
Not sure what putty you are referring to Richard, but I use Blu-tac to hold small items – it has about a million other modelling uses as well.

Richard
Thanks, it looks like putty, but on the youtube videos you can see it either on the end of straws, or on top of bottles with an item being painted attached.

Rui S
Richard, I found some art plates on my biblio. about some Ausf A from Großdeutschland.
I'm going to upload them in my MT4 album.

mig

Done...
Hope you enjoy them. 😎

Richard
Thanks Rui, you gave me some great information and I learned a lot from this, next time I am painting the road wheels all black and then painting hubs. But that is how I did it before, learned something which makes the day worthwhile.

Rui S
Hi Richard,
We all learn something here.
I´ve seen from photo evidence that the inner road wheels in contact with the tracks get completely shine metal colour. I have that photo evidence.
Keep on the good work 🙂

Richard
Hi Rui, how did you get that texture on the gun mantle? My PzKpw V does not have it, did yours or did you do that yourself? Looks really good though.

Rui S
Hi Richard,
Thx mate.
That texture was obtained because I didn't dilute the paints very much when I use my airbrush.

Richard
Thanks, it looks good.

Richard
So I made a mistake with the gun and taking it off I decided to try something with the mantel, thanks to Rui S who showed me a method of making foundry marks.

Richard
So what I did was strip the mantel down then used Golden Gel Medium to create the foundry marks.

Richard
Did some clean up, also am trying a new way to wash using transparent paint, reduced by about 4/1. Then went over that with the colour at a 4/7 mixture and very lightly and tried some dry brush.

Richard
Anyone got tips on how to make the wood look like it has been used, the new shovel look just does not sit well with me.

Richard
And the fuel can, which will have a white cross on it, will be on the commanders side, if I were carrying water on my tank I would not want to walk all the way across the freaking thing for a drink.

Rui S
Hi Richard,
Some mates use for the wood effect an acrylic tan/light brown colour and when dry some passes of a darker burnt sienna/raw umber, oil paint.
As too the water, for a drink they would have individual water canteens inside .😉

Richard
Yea, I know they have their canteens, but of all the diorama's I have seen with equipment on the tanks I have never seen any where there is extra water for the crew.

Rui S
You mean Panther dios?

Richard
No, all of the dio's I have seen, lot's of gear, but no water. Still going to be tank 224 from the museum, but I am dressing it up a tad.

Rui S
You should look better, mate. Most of African German veihicles dios, have that.

Richard
Thanks, thought I saw one or two on some video footage. Considering how important water is.

Rui S
If you look into real WW II photos, then you will also see that in many occasion even in several theatres of war 🙂

Richard
I thought I had seen them on some early war movie reels, but I was unaware of the white cross on German fuel cans to mark them. Now I know I have seen them just thought they were an insignia.

The model would be done as far as 224 is concerned, the RC museum display Panther, but I am adding a bit more just to dress it up. Been a great learning experience and thanks for all the help.

Rui S
One thing I would say, when you use the kit fenders. Not to forget to sand them down from the inside to thin them near the visible borders. Normally they are way too thick a Dremel tool helps here😉

Richard
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