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SO as the tiger is nearly finished i thought i would start another armour piece.

Ive never built a panzer Iv before and as I've loads of them in the stash i thought it about time.

Looks to be a nice kit well specced with pe, metal schurzen and magic tracks

Progress tonight on the running gear and front rear plates

Nice! Panzer IV look great with all the added armour.

Great kit Paul, look forward to seeing what you do with it.

Still not my fault.

Coen wrote:Still not my fault.

Its your fault, you said "build a panzer Iv" lol

Ya I did but you agreed.
Hendrik made me do it.

Im enjoying it anyway

Lol, i little jump in progress as in its all built and ready for primer. Ive even today assembled and burnished the friul tracks and test fitted those along with the schurzen armour plates. The plates need to have some damage added to them then its ready for primer

Photo buckets been playing up today

That's a freaking clean build bud!!
Nicely done.
Those tracks turned out really well.

No matter what you do to your panzer IV model it will still look better
It's my favorite tank

That white box panzer IV looks stunning. Well done with the clean build!

So got the Pzr iV primed :thumb:2

That looks a great kit Paul. You've done a lovely job of the build so far. Cracking paint work to.
Since my compressor decided to land on my panzer iv when I moved away I've wanted to build another. Note to myself to buy another.

Yeah you need to do another mate.

Panzer 4 is is all detailed painted, clear coated, decals applied and pin washed too

That's looking beeeeeeuuuutiful bud.
Ok... I think that you can call yourself an armour builder again

That looks lovely sir, the model has a lot of character already!

So... an Ausf H without the hull schurzen?

MrModelling wrote:So... an Ausf H without the hull schurzen?

No a J with it, its just not show in the last lot of pics

Paul wrote:

MrModelling wrote:So... an Ausf H without the hull schurzen?

No a J with it, its just not show in the last lot of pics

No, I meant that the Ausf J is just ausf H without hull schurzen?

MrModelling wrote:

Paul wrote:

MrModelling wrote:So... an Ausf H without the hull schurzen?

No a J with it, its just not show in the last lot of pics

No, I meant that the Ausf J is just ausf H without hull schurzen?

The ausf j was the same as the h except it was made simpler to manufacture e.g. removed some of the pistol ports. Later Js also feature mesh 'thoma' schurzen and modified exhausts.

WirbelwindModelling wrote:
The ausf j was the same as the h except it was made simpler to manufacture e.g. removed some of the pistol ports. Later Js also feature mesh 'thoma' schurzen and modified exhausts.

So the pzr iv was given a filter (homemade from 502 oils), i gave it three coats and let it dry overnight











It was given oil dot fading, which has really toned down the paintwork

Then tonight i added some rust streaks, i may make them smaller tomorrow, will have a look in the morning

Holy Crap!!!
Dude! That's freaking superb!

Very nice work, will look stunning when you've finished!

Super ! total real

This is soooo gooooood !

like a lot this Pz IV ! It is just fantastic !

The fading, the chipping, the rust all looks absolutely stunning.

I agree with the rest of the lads!! It is superb mate. I think it doesn't need any changes to it now Paul. Awesome

It's a beast. Fantastic. Thanks for all you and Lee do.

man u really r taking ur builds to another level....i must say ur paintwork is just unreal....very well executed ...this is one to be really proud of great job

looking sexy paul like the idea of making a wash and keeping it in a tam bottle one for the memory bank..i want to build a panzer now.

and nice to see you building armour looking forward to seeing you do a video build one day..

Looking to be a great build!

Cheers guys
So the Panzer iv is all done. Friul tracks and some subtle weathering complete it. I may put it on a dio base at some point so will add more weathering as and when needed smile emoticon I may Alter the spare track rust at some point too

Looks great Paul! You've done a wonderful job.

It s killing time in here!! A wonder nothing else.

congrats.

Goose

Looks the biz mate, love the camo, the chipping the rust the lot! You've nailed it Paul.

Paul....Firstly, are you serious? 16 days from start to finish
It takes me that long to decide what colour I'm going to paint something lol
That's one realistic looking finish there, I love the weathering and chipping!
Like Nige said above....You've nailed it!

Just a quick question about the filter, how did you apply this? Can those 502 oils be sprayed through an airbrush? Or did you just brush it on?
Cheers

Jeepers creepers Paul, with the arrival of your son I thought the modelling would take a bit of a back seat, but your churning them out like billy-o!!

Love this one, we don't see enough Panzer IV's and I especially love the camo on yours - you always seem to get the colours just spot on. Another round of applause for that man!!

kiwi37 wrote:Paul....Firstly, are you serious? 16 days from start to finish
It takes me that long to decide what colour I'm going to paint something lol
That's one realistic looking finish there, I love the weathering and chipping!
Like Nige said above....You've nailed it!

Just a quick question about the filter, how did you apply this? Can those 502 oils be sprayed through an airbrush? Or did you just brush it on?
Cheers

Thanks for the kind comments buddy.

The 502 oils are thinned with mineral spirits and then lightly brushed on in coats (and allowed to dry each coat) until your happy with how it looks

alextheblue wrote:Jeepers creepers Paul, with the arrival of your son I thought the modelling would take a bit of a back seat, but your churning them out like billy-o!!

Love this one, we don't see enough Panzer IV's and I especially love the camo on yours - you always seem to get the colours just spot on. Another round of applause for that man!!

Cheers alex, really happy with this one myself, it'll be even better once i decide what I'm doing with it, it'll be added with another vehicle to a dio ill then finish the weathering properly then.

As for time, i get less free time through the day now as i spend that time (if I'm not working, which is only a couple hours a day lol) with the family, of a night hanna watches tv and usually falls asleep as does james so i get loads of time in the cave to myself, hence all the hangout and modelling i do

Paul wrote:

kiwi37 wrote:Paul....Firstly, are you serious? 16 days from start to finish
It takes me that long to decide what colour I'm going to paint something lol
That's one realistic looking finish there, I love the weathering and chipping!
Like Nige said above....You've nailed it!

Just a quick question about the filter, how did you apply this? Can those 502 oils be sprayed through an airbrush? Or did you just brush it on?
Cheers

Thanks for the kind comments buddy.

The 502 oils are thinned with mineral spirits and then lightly brushed on in coats (and allowed to dry each coat) until your happy with how it looks

Thanks for that info, working tomorrow then have a couple of night shifts so won't be able to try this until the weekend unfortunately

Jeeze bud! You're getting as bad as I am at blowing through a build in a month.
The difference is yours look awesome! That's a gorgeous piece Paul. You put that on a small vignette with a figure or two and you have a prize winner there.