Panzer 111 build

[Johnf]

The exhaust really came out well. Painted an overall rust colour then used pastels, first dark brown with a little rust added but to apply the pastel, I used one of the famous weathering pastes.the one I used was the light grey. Coloured the past with the pastels then just apply with an old brush. Then made up another past mix in rust pastel and grey paste mix. Airbrushed the blackened areas. I had some of the tamiya weathering powders also so drybrushed with some of the rust from this. The texture from the tamiya past is really good and dries hard and holds the pigments. They sell this in lots of colours but the light grey can be tinted with any pastel. I also used this stuff around the mudguards as mud splatters. The tracks were first sprayed with etch primer. Then black primer, airbrushed with browns from very dark up to mud brownspme rust added also in patches. Also added some rust pastels and browns. Sealed over with matt primer. I have found the best mud colour to be gamesworkshop graveyard earth well thinned and applied with an airbrush.

Do you think it's maybe over weathered. I will post more pictures of the tank at the weekend. It has progressedquite a bit.

[oldfeller]

Hi John
Great work great pic's Mate, its the likes of you and guys like you that make this a great forum
to be a member of .
Gerwyn

[Johnf]

Thanks Gerwyn. Been working all week. messing with tanks at 2am and getting up for work at 6am is not a good idea. I will post some Panzer 111 pics at the weekend. Also did some pics on making Tank Recognition flags. Some posts to start.

[tankman]

Nice Panzer III you've built there. Very impressive.
Alan

[Johnf]

Have now added some extra items such as correct aerial, Aerial storage and luggage rack.













Not exactly what I have made but have seen various racks fitted to Panzer 111.

[Johnf]

Some photos outdoors.

[philipat]

The tank looks great. I have the same hull and exhaust and need some help. How did you attach the exhaust so that it stays firmly in place? Did you make any kind of a bracket?

Mine only seems to glue to the provided resin piece and it doesn't seem very secure. Maybe I'm just paranoid? Thanks.

[Johnf]

I think mine was the same but has not fallen apart yet. If you want to make it more secure you could secure with some milliput inside the hull.

[philipat]

okay...thanks.

What did you glue it with?

Milliput? didn't know that could hold stuff in place. How would it work?

[Johnf]

Glue with superglue. Milliput will be as solid a stone when hard. Just mix some milliput. Takes a couple of minutes to mex. Then just work it into the joint and let it set.