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Yes another Tamiya Panzer II F/G...Only Panzer II my local shop had. So what is this 6 now?
Not really sure what im going to do with this one. Going to try and make it stand out somehow.

Just posted some unique camos for Ausf Fs! '942 should make this look like something special!

Well I got quite a bit done tonight on the kit. Goes together very easy. No real fit issues so far and there really isn't much flash for a kit from 1971 lol.
My only complaint so far is the antenna...Instructions show the difference between the F and G antenna height but the kits antenna is molded into the antenna guard...

Kit Antenna...

You could always do a little scratch building to change the antenae situation. Anyway, nice build up.

Yeah I think I will try to modify the kit part if I can.
Hope to put up a video tonight of the build. We'll see...

Awesome progress!! You gotta love kits like this one, they get built so fast!!

coladito1 wrote:Awesome progress!! You gotta love kits like this one, they get built so fast!!

Nah, the build is the best part! that's why I do dragon kits usually. Nothing like opening a Marder III (about the same size as this) with over 600 parts! Lasts me months!

While I do enjoy Dragon kits this Tamiya kit was a nice break from a long build.

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Looking good

Just some painting and ranting.

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Thinned out the fenders and did some work on the molded boxes...

The beaten up look on the fenders is really nice!

Wasn't happy with the molded on smoke candle box so I replaced it with a dragon 4 part piece.


Dragon Part.


Here's the antenna I made. It's movable as well, using a brass pin.


Spare road wheel mount. Made from a brass rod and scrap PE.

nice scratch building and part swapping it will add to the final piece

The more I work on this the more I start to get an idea of how small this tank was. About half the size of my Panzer IV and 1/3 the size of my King Tiger.

Anyway, got the first coat of color down. A bit thin in places but Ill be doing a second coat.








After replacing the molded on smoke candle box I had to remove the small tab from the upper hull that holds it to the lower hull. This wont really matter as the two will be glued together.

new update video. Nothing great just me fiddling with my airbrush...

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Just a quick picture to hint to the progress ive made this weekend.

She's a beaut'!!! Love the winter wash, I plan to do a similar heavily-chipped winter camo on a Panzer IV. Great inspiration!

Wow that looks fantastic!

Its pretty easy to do I think.
Paint the model, seal with future or similar, thick coat of hairspray(cheap), coat of heavily thinned white.

Then after it dries a bit brush on some water and scrub away with a stiff brush.
Just have to be kind of careful weathering as the white will discolor quickly using washes and pigments.

Beautiful piece mate..
The whitewash effect is superb...
Many thumbs for this..



Well done again sir, she looks the business..

Thanks! Im quite happy with it myself. Need to work on my turret numbers though, they don't look as good as I had hoped they would.

Tip: when scrubbing off the whitewash be careful not to scrub through to the plastic.
I did in a few spots. Just got done touching them up with some basecoat.

Commander is about done. (for some reason his skin looks yellow in the pic...)



And the other figures I wont be using since they are wearing shorts and t shirts...
So ive put together a few from my spares box.

And here is one of the soldiers that will go with it.

Nice use of the Hairspray Technique.

Still a little work to do on the commander but Im pretty happy with how its turning out.
Although he really isn't wearing the correct uniform for a winter white wash...



Still thinking about how I want to build the base for this.

Great work! For a dio, you could just do a simple base with nothing real special, but if you want to add figures, you could do some german troop handing out cigarettes to ward off the cold!

Im thinking of doing a diorama somewhere near Kharkov early 1943
But since I don't have any winter figures I may do spring 1943

My only issue with doing spring is that much of the white wash would be gone by then, if not completely.
So I may just hold of on finishing this until I can buy some winter crew members.

That turned out freaking awesome dude. Great work on the chipping.
I wouldn't worry about the uniform too much, the fellas weren't issued proper winter gear on time anyway so it's believable that he'd still only have his tunic.
Mind ya, he'd probably have wrapped himself in whatever was handy at the moment to stay warm.

Looking great!!

Thanks guys!

So I took a bit of a break from modeling. Got the running gear and tracks weathered and the commander mounted.
All there is left to do is the base for this thing and it will be finished.

Hope to put up a video by this weekend.

Love the winter camo. Great job

Excellent work on the winter camo mate !
Also the figure looks great. Very well done .

Hope to get this build wrapped up this weekend.
Started the diorama and got the groundwork set and base coated.