1/16 Taigen Metal Edition Panzer III - Build

[tomhugill]

Absolutely perfect!

[Meter rat]

I’m going to lie down in a darkened room. But then I feel like that when I look at a lot of builds.

[Raminator]

Stellar result with the weathering, Martin! It looks like it's been sandblasted to hell and back in the desert, really inspirational work.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I just have to chime in here, even if repetitive: I am absolutely astounded by your weathering work! That plastic tank looks like real metal that has been (as Raminator put it) "sandblasted...in the desert." I felt the room here warm up and dry out as I looked at the pictures.

[Martin2556]

Many thanks guys for your encouraging comments, it’s much appreciated.
More post’s to follow.

[Shotek]

Great result, very realistic!

[Martin2556]

Many thanks Shotek

[BarryC]

Absolutely perfect!

I'll second that!

Barry

[Martin2556]

The Final Stages Of The Build:

Fitting Of The Tools, Spare Track, Spare Road Wheels, Machine Guns & Other Accessories Etc:

Now that the painting & weathering of the tank has been completed, it’s time to fit the tools & other accessories.

The original moulded on tools & accessories were removed earlier on in the build. I’ve replaced them with more detailed & accurate metal parts. All the new tools were fitted with brass tool clamps, the clamps proved quite difficult to assemble as they are very small & fiddly but are well worth the extra effort.

After I’d added some extra detailing to some of the parts, I then prepared, painted & weathered them using the same techniques that I used previously on the tank.

I didn’t want to use any form of glue for attaching the tools & accessories to the tread plate as I may want to remove them at some point in the future. I decided to use very thin transparent double sided tape, I’ve use it in the past & found it to be very good, also it’s virtually invisible & won’t damaged the Aber brass tread plate if anything needs to be removed.

Please see below:
Photos of the completed tank with the tools & accessories fitted.

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Next Up: Some Closeup Photos Of The Tools & Accessories Fitted To The Completed Tank

[Martin2556]

The Final The Stages Of The Build:
Continuing on from my previous post - (11 Nov 2022)

The painting & weathering of the tank has now been completed & the tools & other accessories have been fitted.

Please see below:
Some closeup photos of the tools & accessories fitted to the tank.

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Next Up: Some Closeup Photos Of The Completed Tank