Trumpeter Panzer 38t Ausf E/F 17/1/14 100% BUILD FINISHED!

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Cheers Ben I was pleasantly surprised at the finesse of this kit it's a simple build but has loads of nice details.

Here are the figures I've sorted for the model. They where found in the depths of my spares box, think they come from a tamiya stug kit (can't think where that particular kits gone) They fit the model really well I think. Changed the heads for resin items for better definition and a different relaxed look to the scene I have in mind. Also added a little scarf from putty for the chap in the cupola.

[deafpanzer]

Great work on the figures!!! Dig the puppy... can't wait to see more.

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cheers Andy, I like the composition of the figures certainly different than the norm.

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Model is all primed up and tracks painted with vallejo panzer aces tracks primer, love that stuff. I primed the figures too as you can see there's a British interloper there as well!





Paint work will be delayed cos I stripped the airbrush for a thorough clean and discovered the needle packing PTFE washer was missing. I wondered why it wasn't spraying very well! That sodding carpet monster has expensive tastes £8 lighter in the wallet for a new one so am waiting for that now.

[Deano]

Bad luck on the AB , nothing worse when you're looking forwrad to paint and the damn thing dont work! . Speaking of work , excellent job so far Pete !

[deafpanzer]

Love the look of primed! Glad AB didn't go crazy while being painted... figures look lovely.

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cheers guys I'm hoping the part will turn up this w/e. I suppose it's not too bad as I've had the airbrush for 10 years and this is the first part I've had to buy.

[wbill76]

Primer's looking good Pete, tough break on the AB-delay but at least now you know why it's been giving you fits lately.

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Pete , perhaps too late to be of any assistance this time or mayhaps this is not the washer like your A.B. has .........butt on my Badger A.B. I have lost this little washer 2 times now and this is the home made replacement that works 100 % as good as the original .
This tube is from one of those lotion bottles that has the plunger on top . I cut it to the approx. thickness . There's a couple of diff . diameter tubes so it may take a few b4 you get the correct size .
Don't know if you have a significant other female to steal the lotion from but with my wife I just give her a blank look when she ask whats happened to her lotion bottle ..................

[Leon]

Primer is looking really smooth and i really like the chaps for this one Pete.

[reserve]

Mighty slick there, Pete, looks great. Dismal airbrush news

Regards,
Mark

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flipping good idea Carl! will search through Mrs snipers beauty products next time she's out!

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Ahh , there is a Mrs. Snipper ..............good news then cause you have an inexaustable sorce model supplies ! I.E. files , sanding sticks , make up powders ,,,,,, well you know .

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Since my airbrush part didn't turn up I've been painting the figures for something to do. I find Panzer crew uniforms are always a difficult thing to get right so this time I took a different approach. Instead of just painting them black I mixed black with flesh base for the main colour then used straight black for the shadows followed by the main colour with increasing amounts of flesh for the highlights. Worked very well and I like the look of the uniforms. The little doggy is also painted and I'm just working on the flesh areas.

[wbill76]

Nice to see you're not letting the AB delays idle your bench completely Pete. Good progress on the figures, the little doggy is a nice touch!

[deafpanzer]

You hit home run on the panzer uniform. My art teacher told me not to start at black but something lighter like you said. The dog looks great! ARF ARF!

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cheers chaps the airbrush part arrived today so with any luck i'll get to paint the tank this evening or tomorrow

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Whoo hoo!

Paint!

Figures are looking great Pete. I like the black/flesh mix a lot. It doesn't look too stark like a series of grays would.

G

[armorguy]

I like the figures too, they form a great crew !

[Deano]

Figures are looking good and the wee dog looks quite cute to

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Cheers guys, today I've had the airbrush out and firstly matt varnished the figures. Last night I finished off the faces and added some decals from tamiya's ever useful insignia set. The tank has been sprayed with a mix of tamiya dark yellow & white finally finishing off with a very light tone. At the start of the build I was going to paint it in a tri colour scheme but I've now gone with a single colour and plan on depicting a vehicle used on the southern Ukrainian steepe.

I've blocked in the tools and tracks and painted the rubber on the wheels, now it's time to get chipping!

[deafpanzer]

Fantastic paint job!!! I completely missed the part that you were going to paint it in dark yellow. I only have seen them in panzer grey. So much to learn... LOL

[wbill76]

Like the change of plan on the color Pete, looking forward to the weathering on this one!

[Hinksy]

Like Andy I was expecting a Pz. Grey paintjob so this was a nice surprise - great work on the figures too, Smudge!

Ben

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Cheers guys I have only seen these in PG so a change of colour scheme makes a nice change.

[danb.]

Wow pete that colour is amazing the CM looks awesome too just right in my book and ya figs and pooch aint too shabby either buddy cant wait for the filter and pinwash that will make the details pop

Dan B

[Tojo72]

I'm really liking this one,figures painted really well,keep it up

[Hinksy]

Hi Pete,

I've had a very brief look around on Wiki etc en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_38(t) and cannot find any definitive reference to a 38(t) ever having been painted in DY but what do we know eh?

It's perfectly plausible that a battle hardened survivor of the very early war years was put in for a refit and was given a fresh coat of DY after the Grey had been phased out and the DY phased in?

Either way, I think we should all produce our 'Artistic Licence' card occasionally and do something a little different wether we have proof or not.

I for one am very glad you opted for the DY basecoat over the usual Pz. Grey seen on these things and if nothing else, it will certainly set it apart from other 38(t) builds!

Great work Smudge and keep the updates coming!

Ben

[Deano]

Really like the base colour Pete , nice contrast between the figures which work perfectly btw

Deano

[wbill76]

Dec 18, 2013 9:15:17 GMT -5 Hinksy said:

Hi Pete,

I've had a very brief look around on Wiki etc en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_38(t) and cannot find any definitive reference to a 38(t) ever having been painted in DY but what do we know eh?

It's perfectly plausible that a battle hardened survivor of the very early war years was put in for a refit and was given a fresh coat of DY after the Grey had been phased out and the DY phased in?

Either way, I think we should all produce our 'Artistic Licence' card occasionally and do something a little different wether we have proof or not.

I for one am very glad you opted for the DY basecoat over the usual Pz. Grey seen on these things and if nothing else, it will certainly set it apart from other 38(t) builds!

Great work Smudge and keep the updates coming!

Ben

Even though the 38(t)s had been withdrawn from German frontline service by 1943 when the DY went into effect, they still continued to serve in the '2nd line' divisions of other Axis powers such as the Hungarians, Romanians, and even the Bulgarians. No equipment was wasted even if it was obsolete!