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Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:38 pm
by leander
good evening fellow modellers,

I've bought this kit for 11,50 euros along with some other modelling stuff. sure, it's really old but I think with some
decent painting it can be turned into a very nice looking model. construction is nearly finished with a black paint coat already on,
so it's time to think about the camo. I was thinking about a late war tank, not too beaten up.
so if you have some ideas/suggestions regarding the camouflage scheme, I'd be grateful.

happy modelling and cheers :cheers2:

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Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:08 pm
by leander
Painted the whole tank in dark yellow, adding some highlights with buff and some shades with extremely thinned down black. still not too sure about the camo.

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Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:14 pm
by Coen
I love that colour Leander... what company did you use for those?
Those yellows are awesome!!!

Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:22 pm
by leander
thank you, Coen!

I used tamiya xf-60 dark yellow for the first coat over the black primer and tamiya xf-57 buff for the highlights.
the clear coat I'm gonna use right after the application of the camouflage will blend everything together quite nicely - I hope :scratch::

Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:16 am
by becsta
My only advice, keep doing some more of the highlight, especially around the front deck of the tank, and track guards/fenders.

You have a solitary white highlight on a panel in the middle of the front deck, but none on the plates around it.

Other than that, the rest of the highlighting looks fantastic!

Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:01 am
by AchtungPanzer
Good work with this StuG . :th: Well done mate :cheers2:

Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:08 pm
by leander
thank you very much everybody. I'm gonne rework some of the areas before applying the camo (which I still didn't choose yet).

apart from that I am thinking about building the armor skirts from scratch - the kit ones are really really thick.

Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:59 pm
by UKguyInUSA
Nice camo scheme...looks great so far! :thumb1:

Re: Academy Stug IV 1:35

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:01 am
by leander
thanks UKguyInUSA,

but there's no camo yet - it's still only the base color with some highlights and shadows added. I don't know which camo to apply - and
I had a set back because I knocked over a whole bottle of tamiya buff next to the model. not a huge catastrophe, but it hit the road wheels :clap: