PzKpfw IV Austf. F1

Mackem · Post by **Mackem** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:49 pm

Cheers Dog.
Tony, it looks much better 'in the flesh'. My camera is crap.
I'll be bringing it along next time I'm at the club, it should be close to finished by then, ha ha

John

oztruck · Post by **oztruck** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:59 am

I like the way you are weathering it. Gives it a natural look. It will be first class when done. I hope by that time you will have a better camera or a newer phone.

Plastic scouser · Post by **Plastic scouser** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:17 pm

Looking good John looks like its drove to EL Alamein and back

Cheers Ian

grompix · Post by **grompix** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:43 pm

Nice work John. Looks very like this pic of the Bovington PzIV (before they re-painted it that is :-\).

Chris

Mackem · Post by **Mackem** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:31 pm

Thanks for the comments lads, love the pic Chris.
I got a little bit of work done this morning and I've got my camera back so I'll post some pics
of progress tomorrow.

Cheers
John

Mackem · Post by **Mackem** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:04 am

The task this morning was to try and make certain areas of the tank look as though the paint had been worn or chipped off right down to the bare metal. To do this I took a pencil, some sandpaper and a cotton wool bud. I rubbed the pencil on the sand paper until there was a nice little pile of graphite. Dipped the cotton wool bud into the graphite and rubbed it onto the areas that I wanted to look like metal. The areas around access hatches, the tools, and the gun got the full treatment. The tank now looks like it's ready for the scrap heap, but not to worry, The weathering will cover quite a bit of the wear and tear I've created and make it look fit for battle.

Mackem · Post by **Mackem** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:59 am

Hi All,

Made a start on the weathering this morning. I'm using the tamiya sand and mud weathering set.

Cheers
John

tiger205 · Post by **tiger205** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:34 pm

some great work there john, she is starting to look like a real tank, like ian said, it looks like its driven to EL Alamein and back

Tony

Mackem · Post by **Mackem** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:39 pm

Thanks Tony,

The metal hatches arrived this morning. They are excellent, well worth the money.
Need to get them painted and fitted, then I'll be looking for a crew.

Cheers
John

tiger205 · Post by **tiger205** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:18 pm

when you start looking for the crew john, i bagsy being the driver

Tony

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