Thanks for the comments, guys! 
SS – You call that horribly hot? It was that indoors with two airconditioners running today! They forecast 47C but we “only” got 44… Right now, 37 sounds attractive…
M/TB379
We don’t have any air conditioning, so it was more like 40° indoors. And don’t forget that it’s narmally not as hot in Austria, so nobody is used to such temperatures…
Mike: Looks good! I assume there was bullet resistant glass behind the driver’s viewport, maybe some clear plastic would work with a little blue tint added?
Hope it cools down for you guys - recently dropped to -20 C around here and we had pipe’s bursting galore. Now it’s up to a really nice 10 C and I hope it stays this way for awhile.
I did pull out the M10 the other night and do a little work on the running gear and interior. Busy with lotsa other stuff and probably be some time before I can begin in earnest though.
Hi guys,
I made a tiny bit of progress today, I lined up the exhausts and mufflers of six projects and tackled them in one go. I roughened the surface with the old liquid cement trick, then stippled sanding dust into the surface to roughen it further. Next will come a darkened red-brown base coat, I’ll finish off with MiG pigments, and brush paint any bits not meant to be heat-denatured. The Jagdpanther is here, and five others.
Cheers, Mike/TB379
Looking good Mike.
Finally got some time to get some more work done.
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Took care of most of the gaps, Still have a little sanding to do. Boy I’m sure glad for gap filling super glue!
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Did my best to get the hatches to fit on the top. They were almost to small for where they needed to fit. They are alright but not something I’m proud of.
And just to show how small this kit is. Here it is along with a 1/35 T-72
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David
Mike: I’m looking forward to some pics! That technique sure sounds interesting.
David: Wow, that’s really tiny! You’re maing some good progress on the Hetzer!
Thanks Spartan! I’ll admit that I’ve realized 1/72 armor isn’t my favorite way to small for me!
David
I’ve never even tried to build something that small. 1/72 isn’t a scale I fancy building, but I admire all the brave guys who do build such tiny stuff.
I’m doing a 1/72 Abrams for another GB, but I tend to agree. I do 1/48 as it’s a nice compromise between shelf space and size. Limited range of subjects is the downer, unless you like paying $$$ for resin kits. I’d love to see more post war armor in that scale though.
Cheers
Tony
Hi guys, I sprayed up the exhausts today in darkened redbrown, over the rough texture applied last time, and have applied the parts to some models after masking. I used strips of tape at hard junctures and rubber solution for the rest:
I’ll need a gas bottle refill later this week so I might do some spraying on the external tools for the lineup of tanks awaiting the spraybooth with the two bars pressure of so remaining.
Cheers, Mike/TB379
Mike that looks pretty darn cool!
Well it’s cooled down here so I was back into the garage to do some painting.
I swear that when you look at it with the naked eye there aren’t any of those caramel areas. I may have to do a bit more work on the seam in the gun cradle, but otherwise I’m ready to do some dry brushing and spray some of the larger flat areas with a lighter shade of grey.
Looking good Mike.
Blitzwing, Good progress on the Marder.
The weather was really nice here today. So the little tank hunter got painted!
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(http://www.flickr.com/photos/87208735@N08/12059513734/)](http://www.flickr.com/people/87208735@N08/)] I did say before that I wasn’t going to do an ambush camouflage. But a picture I found convinced me to do otherwise. Now the real work starts painting the road wheels and all the other little things.
David
Lookin GOOD Snake[Y]
Tony lee
Finally got the tracks in the other day and got those assembled and fitted.
Warmer today here too and that gave me a chance to get some color on her.
Cold again with strong winds moving back in tonight.[:(]
SeeYa Later
Tony lee
David: Wow that is an amazing paint job on such a tiny model. I’m assuming you did those dots with a brush?
Tony: Are you going to try that stripy camo that was on the box art?
Ohhhhhhhhh, nice work there guys!
Yeah Blitz trying the box cover art work.
Tony lee
Blitz: Looking good so far!
Tony: Great looking kitten! I love fruils! That box art camo sure looks good.
David: Your tiny Hetzer looks gorgeous! I think the ambush camo looks really nice on those machines…
Tony, Thanks and your Jagdpanther is looking good as well.
Bliz, Thanks and yup I brush painted the dots.
Spartan, Thanks!
David