I have been working on painting this long built DML Jagdpanzer IV and was very pleased with how the camo came out. Then fate showed here ugly face…
Here I was letting some filters dry in the other room while I had some friends over last night. When everyone left I went to check on it and this is what I found… 
I really have no idea what tha [censored] happened here. I had a lamp over it to cook the wash because it wasn’t drying properly. I never heard the light fall and when I went back it didn’t appear to have been moved or put back by anyone.
I don’t know if I will be able to do anything with it but I don’t want to chunk it right now… I’ll have to wait and see what I can do… There are the obvious ways of hiding it with a tarp or something like that but I don’t want to do that…
I really do hate it when stuff like this happens… Was it stupidity on my part I don’t know but I wish I knew…
Oh man, I feel for ya’! I think I would cry! Hope you can save it that camo is excellent.
Sorry man…I sense some battle damage on the way…crack the hull, loose the hatch and add some charring. You would at least be able to save the front and you might have a really cool dio in the making.
Get some new “friends” dude…
Kenneth,
very sorry.
no plastic or paint on the light bulb?
any solvents around?
the whitish spot (not the cross!) almost looks like a thinner or liquid cement spill.
and it looks 'eaten away by the hatch.
sorry, i have no idea for ‘fix’ but maybe a dio w/ some well placed rubble.
collasped building wall or something?
don’t ditch it; there is a lot of good work there.
OH my god. I am so sorry for you. Such a beautyful model.
I hope you find a way to rescue it.
a sad but not devestating site. personally i would love to see the battle damage.
joe
Wow Kenneth , thats a bummer about the jaggy , and such a fine paintjob too , I would find a way to hide it and just go with it , it looks great except for that accident which is relatively minor from what I see . All things happen for a reason and maybe the reason for this has yet to be revealed with a fine dio subject later , I wouldn’t abandon her as of yet ! Just what were you thinking with the quick dry solution buddy ? Good things happen to those who wait ,and all of that one line bullpucky ![:D]
A little foot note to Kenneths minor disaster here , I remember a couple of years ago when I was in construction, a contractor had a bright idea to his problem of thawing out the basement for a pouring of a concrete floor ( it was a cold winter mind you, that year , and deadlines and all !) well he thought if he put a few pot heaters down there and literally almost sealed the basement up he could thaw it out that much faster , well yes he could, but at the exspense of all the finished PVC plumbing that was previously installed the day before , when he went down there all of the drain pipe was sagging almost to the floor from the heat and had to be reinstalled at his cost ! NEVER use heat to speed up drying or thawing ![B)]
Thanks ya’ll for your condolences… I have been trying to think of something to do with this kit now. I won’t throw it away but its gonna take some work to do anything with it. Unfortunantly it has zimmerit which makes it tough to repair and make it look right.
Shawn is right… I should have never tried to dry it like that. My deal was that the wash had been on the tank for 2 days and not dried yet. I was getting a little concerned so I put a lamp about 18 inches above it. I guess it fell at some point and someone put the lamp back up with out me knowing… ah well we live and learn…
Look at the bright side. Its just another excercise in “how am i gonna fix this”… Should be fun…
Sorry Kenneth, it was rocking too. Hopefully you can figure out something to hide or fix it.
If you don’t want to put a tarp over it, you could try a figure with a few strategically placed items. A small tarp would be a good idea too. Maybe a small tarp with some tools on it, and a figure sitting deciding which tool he needs? Anyway, sorry to see something like this happen. Just remember, half of scale modeling is solving problems… I’m sure you will find a solution. Good luck
Such lovely work. I really feel for you mate, having had to repaint my Achilles 3 times now due to problems. This is not as easy to fix as my prob though.
Personally, I like the idea of having it covered. Say park it by a tree trunk that has had some branches cut off. Using some loading crew and by making a saw, you could make it look like the crew is standing on on the rear deck cutting off the branches. They then mound the branches behind them ready start camoing the vehicle. This would cover the melted parts, but would let you still show of the wonderful camo job already there. The branches would fit in with the green camo scheme too.
If trees aren’t your thing, just have it as a completely stripped trunk. Mounding the branches on the back also means that it is easier to model them as the leaves would be more closely packed.
Other option is covering it with a large chunk of Masonary and rubble as said already. Give the impression of an Allied tank/gun shot that missed the vehicle but hit a wall close beside teh Jagd or something. If the Jagd is very close to the wall the large chunk could actually be resting on the deck and roof and leaning against the wall at the same time. Maybe do a squashed Grenadier or 2 to give the scene some definition.
If you do a vehicle inside the remains of a ruined building the rear area could be depicted as the open space of the ruin. It could be covered with some floor board sections and rubble remnants or even a piece of fallen carpet as camo for an ambush position. (A great source of carpet is coloured advertising brochures. Just cut it to size and then soak it in a little water and PVA. When soft just press it over the rubble underneath to get a roughly contoured shape. When it is dry just use pastel chalk as dust and add some rubble and stuff.)
Whatever way you go, just don’t chuck it in the spares bin. Good Luck.
I’m sorry to hear of the accident, it looks a great kit,
I’ve seen photos of Panthers with cammo ponchos and branches covering some of the AFVs from the air, you could try that? Put a poncho (like the Tamiya cammo sheets ) over the damage and spread some foliage about (a good test kit) and some figures looking into the air
Best of luck on what you decide to do
Impatience got the best of you it seems. The heat from the lamp may have warmed the air inside the model. This would have made the interior of the tank much lke a confection oven and the temperature gain would have been compounded. Much like a car in summer. Heat from the inside and heat from the outside melted your decking.
A great opportunity to try out that cheeze cloth camo netting idea you’ve been thinking about…[;)]
or the 2 ariel i.d. flags (one on each side).
I like the idea of piling brush on the back deck as a means of hiding it.
The diorama of the tank hiding in a building or just rolling out (the rear of the tank still in the building of course and no doubt covered with a collapsed floor) or hay piled on to facilitate an ambush.
Tarps, equipment, riders, all work.
Great act of temperance on your part though for not giving up or getting angry and 86ing it.
Wonderful camo paint job BTW.
Mike, Good theory… The model is closed up and has been painted black at one time so yep I guess it would be like a little dutch oven…
Options are:
Repair it: I really like this model and am quite sure I have enough parts and pieces to rebuild it and I am confident I can scratichbuilt what I don’t have. It will be a lot of surgery though. However I do like a challenge and this Pis_ed me off enough to try it just for spite…
Cover it: Seems to be the popular and obvious route. I like the idea of putting it in a building maybe in an ambush scenario…
Only time will tell…
TY for the comments… and suggestions…
It’s really a shame to see a nice model in progress get damaged like that. If it makes you feel any better, you’ve probably saved a whole lot of people from repeating that mistake.
The covering option is certainly a good idea, but reparing it may not be that bad either. I don’t know what your scratch building skills are like, but this could be an excellent practice project, if you feel like investing the time.
On another note, what exactly did you use as a wash? I’ve never heard of washes taking that long to dry. That could also be a good lesson for the rest of us.
Nat
Boy radiant heat can really suck. I have learned the same lesson my self. That is a great camo job though and would be a shame to go to waste.
You know taking a look at that, and I am fly boy here so bare with me; that dosent look like radiant heat to me. It’s melted in only a small spot, even if the light fell on it it still doesnt look right to me…I am thinking a lighter. Better ask your friends again whats up. That damage is from a direct, small pretty hot point, and it wasnt on the model long.
THE SOLUTION!!!
A figure sitting on thre hatch facing the 7 o’clock position holding a German flag. Add the “Actchung Jabo!” fig. set (facing 7 o’clock) and some strategic stores.
Problem solved!
Well I like to think so.