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[Andy H]

Yes, there's only so much panzer grey a guy can take    .

I'm tempted tp pick up a Pz35t and go for a Slovak or Romanian scheme.

Meanwhile, this caught my eye...

[Andy H]

Just about ready for a first coat of grey. Needed a little filler on the stowage bins (my fault, not Tamiya's). The turret interior has been painted, but most it will be obscured by the crew figure. The cupola consists of 14 pieces - it all fits perfectly, but was a little fiddly. The kit comes with some stowage, but I'm probably going to add some more...





















Thanks for looking in, back soon with more miniature mishaps... 

[Andy H]

Ready for decals and rusty tracks...






















Thanks again for looking in, back soon with more miniatures on the march   

[Andy H]

Quite a bit done, quite a bit to do. Time for some figure work while the decals settle down...





























Thanks for dropping by, back soon with more armoured antics 

[Andy H]

Stowage and filth. Almost there...






















Thanks for looking in, back soon with the final flourish   

[Andy H]

Minor disaster on the weathering front (I just wasn't happy with how the running gear looked, so started over). More filth, final highlighting, stowage re-arranged and fixed in place. 101 final touch-ins and she's ready for a final coat of flat varnish before being put on a base...




















Thanks for dropping by, back soon with more mudbound mayhem 

[Andy H]

That's the build done and sprayed with a final coat of Tamiya flat clear...





Well...time to make a fairly simple base.

Suddenly struck by inspiration from some Ferrero Rocher cases I've had knocking around for ages. It's just a matter of spraying the inside, not the outside, for a protected finish. I just had a can of RAF ocean grey to hand, obviously any colour will work. Once dry, mask off and apply real soil (I've had some dried out for weeks) mixed with white wood glue, brushed/slopped on with an old, wide brush. Remove masking tape while mixture is wet to get a fairly straight border. Leave to dry (that's the part I find difficult).





The plan is to catch the mixture still workable enough to imprint track marks, mask off again, dry brush several shades from dark mud to off-white and apply grass tufts. Stay tuned, chums. 

[Andy H]

The most difficult bit is waiting for the mud to dry...














And there you have it. Just some mud sparingly slapped on the tracks to go. 

A larger base would have given me an excuse to break out some infantry or test out my idea for quick and easy trees. I'll have to save that for another build.
















Thanks as always for looking in, back soon with more miniature mayhem 

[Andy H]

 I'm calling this one finished. 

As normal with the Big T, any problems with this kit were entirely of my own making and I'd certainly make another one if it landed in my lap. Not fixed to the base at the moment as the Panzer IIs look at home on it - once I've done another couple of bases, I'll see what looks best where.
































Thanks for dropping by, I'm off to look at the stash - if anyone's been following this thread and would like to bump one of the kits to the head of the queue, sing out, I'll try to accomodate.

Back soon with more plastic pandemonium.   

[Andy H]

Right then, let's go to Stalingrad while the panzer grey's out.






Assembly starts with the 21-piece arse-end rather than the running gear. Some small parts, but as ever with the Big T, it all fits together and it's soon time to assemble the hull tub and fix the wheels on...






Thanks for looking in, back soon with more short-barrelled shenanigans. 

[Andy H]

No drama other than being time-consuming with the tracks. The top runs are assembled over slotted jigs supplied with the kit. Careful study of the instructions is rewarded, although I fail to see why longer lengths can't be provided. Surely no problem in this day and age to mould saggy tracks? That being said, I'm impressed with the hollow guide horns and the rotating front sprockets that enable assembled individual links to line up on the aforementioned top runs.

Nicely detailed multi-part top hull, although fitting to the bottom was challenging. Given my time over again, I'd leave the exhaust off until later. Still, I got there in the end.

Well, nearly time for the turret - teeny tiny parts ahead...














Thanks for looking in, back soon with more miniature madness 



Looks like rubber band tracks were good enough for the Afrika Korps... 

[Andy H]

Back to it after a few nights at work.

I've got to be honest and say that the constant carving/filing off sprue lugs moulded onto small parts is a chore. Still, a few sub-assemblies involving a multitude of often tiny pieces down the road, and we're on the way to a very detailed panzer indeed...














Thanks for looking in, back soon with more tiny tantrum inducement