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I'm going to use the kit from Tamiya too.
A review of the kit from me is not necessary because it is the most well known and Lee made a great video about it.
As you can see, this is a kit that is sold in Germany. All Nazi symbols were cut out or defaced. I'm not going to use the accompanying figures and they get a place in my stash.
I will build this little gem almost OOB and put in a small Dio…

Good luck Dunhill

Radzy wrote:Good luck Dunhill

Thank you, but this is not a competition

Very nice that's 3 of us doing the same kit! should be interesting to see how each one turns out!

According to the SiG rules every completed entry is a winner....
Sanding sticks all round....

So tempted to join in, I have this same kit in my stash also but I think if I choose to "have a go" with you lads it'll be with something smaller or easier.... After all I haven't had a go at armour building yet...

Look forward to seeing your build and diorama Dunhill sir....
Happy modelling mate.

Good choice Dunhill !
Wish you a lot of fun and hope you'll enjoy the build mate.
Looking forward to see your progress...

Tamiya should sponsor this! This is a great SiG and it will be interesting to see the approaches taken.

coladito1 wrote:Very nice that's 3 of us doing the same kit! should be interesting to see how each one turns out!

Oh no it's not.... it's 4

Dunhill2005 wrote:

Radzy wrote:Good luck Dunhill

Thank you, but this is not a competition

I know, buddy. But I can't just eat in every build thread... That would leave none left for others... and .. you know, I'm already fat enough

Daishi12 wrote:

coladito1 wrote:Very nice that's 3 of us doing the same kit! should be interesting to see how each one turns out!

Oh no it's not.... it's 4

Now its 5...

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out

Good choice, a classic Tamiya kit.

Moin Mates
Thanks for the kind words. I wish all those who take part in the SIG, lots of fun!

First, I present to you the Panzerlied (Tank-song), so you know to which I am referring:

First Lieutenant Kurt Wiehle composed the Panzerlied on a train journey to Königsbrück on the 25th of June 1933. The song is still use in the tank regiments of the Bundeswehr. However, some verses are not allowed (And that's a good thing).

1. Ob’s stürmt oder schneit,
Ob die Sonne uns lacht,
Der Tag glühend heiß
Oder eiskalt die Nacht.
Bestaubt sind die Gesichter,
Doch froh ist unser Sinn,
Ist unser Sinn;
Es braust unser Panzer
Im Sturmwind dahin.

2. Mit donnernden Motoren,
Geschwind wie der Blitz,
Dem Feinde entgegen,
Im Panzer geschützt.
Voraus den Kameraden,
Im Kampf steh’n wir allein,
Steh’n wir allein,
So stoßen wir tief
In die feindlichen Reihn.

3. Und läßt uns im Stich
Einst das treulose Glück,
Und kehren wir nicht mehr
Zur Heimat zurück,
Trifft uns die Todeskugel,
Ruft uns das Schicksal ab,
Ja Schicksal ab,
Dann wird uns der Panzer
Ein ehernes Grab.

1 Whether it's rain or snow,
Or the sun smiles on us,
The day burning hot
Or the night icy cold.
Dusty are the faces,
But joyful is our mind,
Is our mind:
It storms our tank
Within the storm wind.

2 With thundering engines,
Fast as lightning,
Towards the enemy,
Protected in the tank.
Ahead of our comrades,
In battle we stand alone,
Stand we alone
We stab deeply
Into the enemy s ranks.

3 And leaves us alone
the faithless fortunate
And we do not return
Back to home,
Hit us the death bullet,
Call us the fate,
Yes the fate,
Then the tank is
An honorable grave.


My project orientates on the 3rd Verse. Yes, a destroyed Pz II. This is also my first of destroyed tank.
The video is just the first verse of the song. There are videos where the other verses are sung but they seem to nationalistic (brown).

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Today is the first November!!!
So then I can start.
I begin with the cannon.
In the Tamiya kit you can see, that the gun-barrel is not a barrel . With a small drill bit and my dremel I have created a muzzle.

Not clear to see on the pic…

Moin!
I admit, the beginning of this kit is not breathtakingly interesting.
My wife dragged me to a flea market today. Got a book about the “Wüstenfüchse” and Rommel.
Have therefore only the turret assembled.

Looking good

I've had that tune in my head all night.

Looking great!!

Good morning from Wunstorf

Today we want to damage the hull and of course the drive sprocket. For me, it's a strange feeling a to destroy beautiful part deliberately. Hopefully it looks exactly as I imagine afterwards.

At the center cap I cut off two nuts and drilled small holes. These are torn off by the impact of the AP projectile.
The crack was simulated using a cutter. The crown gear was cut a bit with the Dremel (Not yet visible on this photo).

I sanded down the front fender to half, So that they seem not as massive.
The left fender I gently heated with a heat gun and bent into shape. I have simulated the penetration and more damage with the Dremel.
I decided to simulate not a completely destroyed vehicle. I guess with a Pz.II I have distribute all parts loose on a plate . You should already recognize, what kind of tank it was…

Battle damage always add something else to a model, if you do it right it looks really convincing! I use a soldering gun for shell strikes and it looks pretty nice!

Panzermeister36 wrote:Battle damage always add something else to a model, if you do it right it looks really convincing! I use a soldering gun for shell strikes and it looks pretty nice!

To late for a soldering gun . Maybe next time. But thanks for the clue!

After I broke my hull deliberately I primed all parts with a dark green. Now a satin clear coat layer.
After a drying time of almost five hours, I have covered the complete kit with hairspray.
For extra strong hold in wind and weather.

Slow down...its going by too fast...

But ya gotta admit, its one easy kit!

Panzermeister36 wrote:Slow down...its going by too fast...

But ya gotta admit, its one easy kit!

Damn!!! I know, I am to fast at the moment
The real fun will come later.

What kind on camo are you gonna go on this one? DAK?

Panzermeister36 wrote:What kind on camo are you gonna go on this one? DAK?

Nearly.I read in a book that the paint of the vehicles suffered badly in the sun.By bleach and sand in the wind, some vehicles look almost white.
But I do not wanna go so far.I only use a light sand color ... and you?

I'm doing a Panzer II that was modified with an early-type panzer IV 75mm L/24 howitzer in normandy, so some normandy camo like these

Good Morning Fellas
By a happy coincidence my boss has given me short term holiday.So I have today and tomorrow free for tinkering .
His exact choice of words was: Kevin, you have too much overtime. And he sent me home

Panzermeister36 asked me yesterday what camouflage I would like to use.
Now I have given the armor a thin layer of yellow sand. In some places the dark primer seems even through.
This should give my Pz II shadows.Thus, the single-color paint also does not look so boring.

Great progress so far and I love the damage to the front!

superb work on the damage looking forward to seeing this come along

Nice work. All that extra work really does pay off.

Looks great!
compared to the other ones, you are in the lead.
I'll be watching

Moin...

And we continue!
Today I started with the chipping. As I have previously sprayed the whole kit with hair spray, I need now only a little water, a toothpick and a small bristle brush. Gently rub the places where I want to have scratches on the paintwork.

Surely I would have been able to simulate more paint damage to a vehicle of the Afrika Korps but we must not forget, these are Germans! Known for perfectionism and perbenism . The maintenance units in the Wehrmacht had a good reputation and I think they had reworked larger paint damage. If the supply situation and time has allowed this.

I chipped the other parts too! These are some examples...

F***!!!
one wrong picture! Sorry!!!!!!
This is the picture I wanted to show you from the lower hull

conradschmid99 wrote:Looks great!
compared to the other ones, you are in the lead.
I'll be watching

At most in progress!Thank you

Wait and see if the others have arrived at the paint.I can never compete with Hamilcar Barkas or Coen.
The others are great modelers too.I have both taken as an example.Hope the others are not offended!?!
In the end, the overall picture counts

Well you have really messed that up! in the best way.

Some of the best hairspray work I have seen.

Dunhill2005 wrote:Moin...

Surely I would have been able to simulate more paint damage to a vehicle of the Afrika Korps but we must not forget, these are Germans! Known for perfectionism and perbenism . The maintenance units in the Wehrmacht had a good reputation and I think they had reworked larger paint damage. If the supply situation and time has allowed this.

I always thought this was the case, and I guess we have to remember that we take some artistic license to add character to our art.

But I generally agree that less is more.

Looking real good there.

GG

So before I close my workshop for today, I have quickly built a cross.
The wood is from a tree (very spectacular ).The simulated barbed wire is made ​​of two small wires. I have twisted them.The helmet comes later on top.

Good night!!!!!!!

Great progress. The sand paint looks very effective

looking great, the cross is a really brilliant touch and should be one of many focal points, i like the chipping and the point about German maintenance is a good one although later on things would have been different.

I used this pic. as an example for my grave.
As demarcation I use a track of a Pz III I found in my stash...

Moin moin from Hanover!

Today I show you some close-ups.
I usually do not like it because you can see all error as precisely.

The turret is pretty much done. I let myself be carried away to other decals. These are from Academy. They are much finer than those from Tamiya. You see it very clearly on Division badge. German troops gave their vehicles often names. It has been shown the intimate relationship to the material they use.It's still that way. My tank was called ELSA. Here you can see a part of the upper hull after the chipping and pin-washing.

looks superb you cant beat the hairspray effect looks the dogs when is all finished

I have here two pictures of the battle damage.
On the inside you can see where the bullet has left.A small crack in the hull is also seen. That is the reason why the driver's hatch can not be opened. The hatch jammed! By the heat which is caused by the hit, it came to smoldering fire.
On the external side you can see how the bullet struck against the drive sprocket.The toothed wheel bursts. Screws on the inner cover torn off and the oil runs out.The projectile is deflected and passes through the fender.By the heat the paint gets bubbles and turns black.

Its looking good

Looking awesome man, can't wait to see all these finished Panzers, everyone's doing a dio'!

Today I have mounted the tracks too.
On the intact side simply pulled over...
The defective side was a little more difficult.I glued the track sections. From roller to roller. That was pretty annoying because it wasn't easy to work with the rubber-band-track...

a very convincing tank wreck!
its not easy to build a wreckage, you tank looks certainly like a piece of scrap metal

Hi Dunhill nice wreck pz 2 there and thanks for posting the music its my favourite every since I heard it in Basic Modelling videos and the battle of the bulge tq again it sure makes my day

What a result! Awesome painting and details!