(SELF PROPELLED ARTILLERY) FERDINAND 722, Kursk, Sch.Pz.Jg.Abt. 654, Oberfeldwebel Klarmeyer

[PainlessWolf]

Herman!
Your Daughters are Aces! to do what they did. They will get there and realize their Dreams if they continue! Like Yogi Bera said: "Just wait'l last year!" On to the Ferdinand! Those Unit Numbers turned out great! You've given me some inspiration for mine!
regards,
Painless

[HERMAN BIX]

Thanks for the encouragement folks, was a huge success and something i'm proud of...................yeah and the kids went ok too

[HERMAN BIX]

Here it now stands, on its own tracks, fitted but not run on yet.
Sloop of stature, sure of foot, sturdy of shield.................and above all, carries a massive sword
Like a mythical Warrior from a Wagnerian Opera, the beast is all oversized power and brutal elegance.

Its sealed, and chipped.
Still a way to go.

[Stormbringer]

Wow mate that just looks so right

[tankme]

Looking real good...

[MonsieurTox]

Stunning work. I like your dunkelgelb very much because it's not that "dunkel" I think it looks better that way than the off the shelf dunkelgelb from various brands that really look too dark to my taste (even more after some filters/weathering).
Your chipping is spot on, very well balanced, we can see it but it's not overdone!

[HERMAN BIX]

Wow mate that just looks so right

Cheers Mr Stormbringer, it’s growing on me now !

[HERMAN BIX]

Looking real good...

Well it ain’t no Maus but it’s beginning to endear itself to me a bit.
Thanks for the encouragement mate.

[HERMAN BIX]

Stunning work. I like your dunkelgelb very much because it's not that "dunkel" I think it looks better that way than the off the shelf dunkelgelb from various brands that really look too dark to my taste (even more after some filters/weathering).
Your chipping is spot on, very well balanced, we can see it but it's not overdone!

That’s high praise indeed Sir, from you that creates gold out of thin air !!
The Gelb is a blend, very lightened, devoid of any green hue. I do need to make a new batch, base ingredient is XF-88 Dark Yellow 2 mixed with MiG 20005 and 20010 as they were too low in volume to use alone so bunged it all together, added XF-57 Buff and stirred !!
Keeping in mind these things were new for the Kursk battle, looked after a lot, and only trained in for a relatively short time.
Not much paint degradation but a lot of crew traffic on the roof & engine deck.
I reckon it’s enough
Thanks again for checking in

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I like the light touch to the chipping. I should try that on my Crusader, which I will get to one of these days.