Not ANOTHER Panzer III! Done

[reserve]

It's been on the shelf for a year now, could not stand looking at it any longer.

The subjects




Straight OOB, I'll even use the rubber band tracks.



Neat little kit, went together in an afternoon. I did wire the smoke grenade dischargers, tho





Compared to the modern Russian builds, this one looks kind of plain to me. Had an awful time covering the orange-tan plastic this one's molded in, it still needs one more light coat. Will be back

Regards,
Mark

[Deleted]

Those are some nice kits and the rubber bands can be made to look pretty good .
OMG , straight outa the box !!! Mark ,dont tell Andy , he'll freak out !!! Brass withdrawls or somethin .LOL

[wouter]

another PzIII ey? Well, never can have too many mate

Looks good!

Cheers

[bbd468]

Hey Mark,

IM IN fella!!! Lookin' nice so far....sweet Gen2 set aswell.

Gary

[deafpanzer]

LMAO! Too late I am already suffering brass withdrawal!!! You have chosen a great subject to build... love those Pz IIIs! I held a GB for all Pz III and its variants at other forum... and nobody can complain about its fewer wheels!

You have my FULL attention. Nice touch adding wirings to the smoke dischargers! Have same Dragon figures set and I thought they were great. Are you planning to use all four figures?

[wbill76]

Very cool Mark, looking forward to seeing you work your usual magic on this one. Seems to be the right time of year for winter-themed builds!

[Deleted]

Can never have enough panzer 3's in my opinion! great kit and nice start

[ogrejohn]

Panzer IIIs are cool! No such thing as too many and yours is looking mighty fine!

[reserve]

Thank you all for looking and the nice comments

I did look around for some PE detail kits and did not find much that was not included in the kit so why bother. Sorry, Andy. It seems I am not alone in my affection for these neat little tanks, there's an appeal to them I can't quite put my finger on. I can blame Bill for the upcoming paint job, his recent captured T-34 turned out so nice I just had to try something like it. I will follow the box art/painting instructions with some artistic license and make it kind of stripey, tho.

Been playing with layout to determine borders and it'll probably be close to this




I must elaborate on the Dragon Gen II figures. For a guy that's accustomed to five or six part figures these sets are pretty labor intensive with 12 parts apiece not including equipment. They are pretty gappy











But beautifully molded







So what's a little putty and thick CA. It's worthy to note I'll probably spend three times the hours on the figures that I will the vehicle, but, having done a couple of these sets before the effort should not go unrewarded unless I bungle them.

Regards,
Mark

[bbd468]

Hey Mark,

Thats too bad about the fit on the figs....but the detal on them im impressed with and like you say....Putty, CA glue...its all good! ;D

Gary

[deafpanzer]

LOL! That's why I love those figures from Dragons... more pieces the better for me. Love the details on your figures especially the boots.

[danb.]

Nice work buddy the pz III is looking awesome Taamiya really do make some nice fitting kits I have some of the DML figures they are very detailed love em but as Gary says putty putty and more putty lol keep up the good work buds
Dan B

[ogrejohn]

Looks like a good plan Mark.

[wing_nut]

And why not another Pz III?. No such thing as too many.

[`Boots`]

Makes me wanna break out my little Pz III now Mark ;D, great work so far bud and those figs will turn out just fine matey ;D

[modelfreak72]

Bring me more Panzers!!LOL!! Looking good Mark! Looks like you got a cool dio in the works! I with I had more PZ's III to build, I'm all out!

[reserve]

Thanks guys

Well, much to my disgust I botched the stripe winter camo pattern. All was going fine until the airbrush decided to spit a large gob of paint which pretty much ruined things. To be honest, I was not really too happy with the overspray either.

All is not lost, however, being adaptable I simply did this






so nyah, nyah tempremental airbrush. This change of paradigm requires different thought on my part but should not alter the outcome overmuch.


Regards,
Mark

[deafpanzer]

Ditto! Nice safe there... gives me chills every time I look at it. I am so ready for spring already...

[wbill76]

Sounds like the perfect save and you get the added bonus of sticking it to your AB for being temperamental! ;D

[bullardino]

Great save And nice figs, too

Looking forward to seein more

[reserve]

Thank you gentlemen

Well, not everything is on it yet, and much to my surprise for a kit from Tamiya, the tracks need adjusting, but here's how it stands at present














I'm sort of glad the airbrush acted up, perhaps it's smarter than I am as I think I like it better this way. Chipping by sponge mostly, a bit of fine brush but for once I did not overdo this. More to come

Regards,
Mark

[fightnjoe]

looks fantastic to me.



joe

[wbill76]

Looking good Mark! The partial fender is a nice added touch.

[Deleted]

looking very nice, the tracks in particular look very realistic

[bbd468]

Hey Mark, i think ya done a fantastic job on her! Nice save too.

Gary

[modelfreak72]

Oh now that's sweet Mark!

[deafpanzer]

Nice chipping job! Tracks look pretty good despite the fact they are rubber bands.

[reserve]

Thank you all gentlemen

Tamiya molds some quite passable rubber band tracks lately. While they are not the last word, I hate indy link assembly enough that I'll take the hit to avoid doing so as long as they don't look too awful.

Let's see, now...everything stuck on, clear coat on, decals on, raw umber overall wash, pin wash (I decided to try a medium grey instead of dark brown, whaddya think?), tracks adjusted accordingly, I think it may be done excluding flatcoat.














If anyone sees something undone or improvement worthy, please do not hesitate to say so if you'd be so kind. On to large seam filling on figures, yuk.

Regards,
Mark

[fightnjoe]

thinking those that saw that bearing down on them were thinking of the large brown spot they just discovered.


in other words. dang she looks good.



joe

[wing_nut]

WOW Mark, that is really a nice job on that the chipping looks perfect. And I never would have believed those are rubber band tracks if ya hadn't said so.