Hello Everyone,
I’ve decided to go ahead and post this here for those of you who may not frequent the build-along section. These are a few pictures of my completed project:
Overhead:
Right:
Rear:
Left:
Close-up showing drive sproket, paint chipping, and pastels:
Close-up showing tools, tracks, and more paint chipping:
This was an extremely enjoyable build-along and I look forward to many, many more. As usual all comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome.
Enjoy your modeling…
Superb! Very nice build, Robert. Glad to see there are competent modelers in Lower Alabama. ( I’m originally from Ft. Walton Beach) Anyway, keep ‘em comin’ homeboy!
Great job. The weathering and paint job really make a solid color tank stand out
Very nice work and good finish on the weathering. Nice subtle application as well. Thanks for sharing!
That’s one great looking Pz IV Robert. Nice job on the weathering. Very convincing.
Robert,
very nice job on the IV !
i really like the paint chipping around the sprocket & wheels.
streaking and dirt on the lower part of the skirts is nicely done too.
were the tools painted on the tank, or separate and then added?
tracks look very gook & the extra links too.
great build.
Robert,
Great job on the build and weathering. I like the streaks on the side skirts.
Joe
Great paint job and weathering! Please share what paints you used etc.
Cheers
Mo
A fine looking Panzer IV. I like the subtle weathering also.
The paint chipping is great. How did you accomplish that and keep it to scale?
Very nice weathering job!! I LOVE the streaks. Overall, I would have to say that it looks like a very good build!
Thanks everyone,
Let me answer a few of your questions:
wildwilliam - This was one of those builds where I assembled the tank nearly completely (turret, hull, and skirts) before painting. The tools, extinguisher, etc, were all painted on the vehicle with the only exceptions being the spare track on the front and the spare road wheels.
Moses - Let’s see, basecoat was MM enamel Sandgelb overcoated with airbrushed Future, wash was an acrylic (generic) burnt umber, and then I dry brushed with Max Grumbacher water-soluble oils. For the paint chips I use MM Gunmetal for airbrushing (but don’t airbrush it!) where metal-to-metal contact occurs or my own thinned mix of a darkish red-brown where scratches or general rust occurs. The tracks and spare links are base coated with a generic acrylic mix of burnt umber and black, then given a rust wash. The main track in then lightly drybrushed with MM Steel. The rust streaks are a very thinned out combination of MM Rust, MM Leather, and just a touch of MM Flat Black. There’s an entire can of Testors Dull Coat on the tank in three seal coats between various steps. Finally ground pastel chalks were used for dirty discoloration on the schurtzen, lower hull, and bottom.
bismark9 - Four things…a good quality 20/0 (no bigger than 15/0) brush, very thinned paint, an Optivisor (or any good magnification), and most importantly…patience.
Thanks again everyone for the kind comments!
Bring on Mad Tiger Day!!!
Enjoy your modeling…
Robert,
you must use the visor for the tools too?
or just the steady hand?
i had a devilish time avoiding the cycle where you get the tool color on the hull,
then the hull color on the tool while touching up . . . .
thanks for the details.
i am always wondering “how do they DO that ?”
robert the build looks incredible. is this one heading for a dio or the display shelf?
joe
Wow, very nice build.
Just out of curiosity, where is the build-along section?
The Build along forum is in the main forum section.
Cheers
Mo
Robert great job,I hope that mine will look just as good as yours when I build it.Digger
Excellent! The weathering is superb.
Robert… That Looks STUNNING! I really like how you have broken up the bland appearance of the solid dark yellow… Super work.
Thank you everyone for the extremely generous comments.
wildwilliam - I have to laugh. It seems like the optivisor gets used more and more every day. Actually, my hands aren’t that steady - particularly when I drink 2 pots of coffee and 2 liters of Mountain Dew every day - but I seem to get by.
fightnjoe - I think for now I’m just going to put this on on the display shelf. Since it’s an OTB build, I probalby won’t go overboard with a dio, but may put it on a simple base at some point.
Thanks again and Enjoy your modeling…