ICM PzKpfW II Ausf L. Luchs 1:35 Scale

[Rob]

Looks like you've got a bargain there. This group build is certainly bringing light to a wide range of kits!

[coladito1]

Welcome to the SIG!! looking forward to seeing this take shape!

[Panzermeister36]

Those tracks look fun...nice to have a NON-Tamiya kit in this SiG!!!

[afthevenet]

Happy to see another ICM in the sig!!!

[generalgrog]

That's a lot of track links to prep!!

GG

[spruecutter]

Building up nicely so far.

I know what you mean about the photo etch - it would test the patience of a saint

[spruecutter]

That's looking good

[Panzermeister36]

That PE looks great! Keep it up!

[T3hGuppy]

Looking good dude.

[coladito1]

Looking great there bro!!

[Panzermeister36]

I think I may have a photo of a simple camo for this, but as there is a slight chance that I might be sending you this message from a school computer I'll check it in about 6 hours.

[Panzermeister36]

Here you go, along with summaries of their history: (From "Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-45", by Jorge Rosado and Chris Bishop, published in 2005 by Amber Books Ltd.)

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"9th Panzer Div Recon Battalion / 1st company (Luchs x29)" Fought during the invasion of Normandy, ordered north during operation Cobra, and was caught in the Falaise Pocket.

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"4th Panzer Div Recon Battalion / 2nd company (Luchs x27)" Fought on eastern front, October 1943.

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"4th Panzer Div Recon Battalion / 2nd company (Luchs x?)" Fought during the Baltic Campaign, August 1944 [Same company and battalion as the one shown above]

I noticed you kit come with black "41" decals, maybe the summer camo for this tank?

[Panzermeister36]

I also found this one on tanks-encyclopedia.com, and it appears to be the same as the first one, but with a different camo. Probably it was repainted or something, I dunno!

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Also, sorry about the crap quality of the previous ones. In the photos, they all appear a little darker than they are in reality, but "4142" and "17" are both normal german yellow with normal german green (XF-61 is what I use) colour, and "41" is pale blue-white with some german grey camo splotches. Hope you can see these alright, and hope this helps!

[HamilkarBarkas]

It looks awesome already, those PE parts add a lot to the model. The ICM kit isn´t bad but with little improvements it can look amazing.
Before priming the model looked almost like an expensive resin kit

[spruecutter]

Nice build

[Panzermeister36]

Great work on the camo, that revell yellow is a much better colour than the dark stuff you were using before! I'll be applying a similar camo to my panzer II what colours did you use for the green and red?

Can't wait to see this beastie all weathered up!

[Radzy]

This camo pattern looks really good! Nice work on this Luchs, buddy.

[T3hGuppy]

Wow this came on quickly.
Great looking Pz II dude.

Really like the tri tone camo you've done.

[HamilkarBarkas]

Now its a bit too late i´m afraid, but next time you could tone down the whole camouflage a bit by spraying just a light foggy coat of sand yellow over the model after you applied the camo. this way you get rid of most "off-sprays" (those little dots of paint next to the camo stripes) and it looks more natural in my opinion. thats what i usually do and it pays off. Just a little tip from my side, you will love the results

[HWGuderian23]

Excellent work on your formerly "White Beauty" Hollywood - really cool camo mate .

[alextheblue]

Looking really good!! That wash really worked well on the camo - looks stunning!