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The construction forum is for the discussion of techniques on the construction phase of AFV modelling and the tools and materials used.
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 Subject:  Re: My Holiday Projects ChallengeList thread.  
  
 Date:  Jan 8, 2006
 From:  Eric Scurlock 
Well I have time so let me sum things up on this model project.

The kit is a great one but the skirts look better when replaced by PE. I used the Lion Roar PE set on this model. I would not recommend using the Lion Roar shurtzen frames. They drove me absolutely nuts. Use the plastic frames and sand/file them down. The bolts provided for the shurtzen in the PE fret are ridiculous. I suggest using a punch to make bolts yourself, cut the bolts off the plastic parts, or in a pinch make bolts from stretched sprue. The latter is what I did for my PE lower skirts. I ended up using the kit supplied turret shurtzen out of frustration but the Lion Roar stuff is definitely usable. The kit supplied shurtzen will require a bit of work to get a clean look but they’re much easier to use than the PE turret skirts.
I got some use out of the little bits and pieces provided in the PE set but a lot of it simply wasn’t worth the effort and or risk involved. The PE add-on armor for the front hull is too thin and the kit armor looks very good anyway.
I painted the tank using Model Masters dunkelgelb and panzer olive green, and Humbrol’s 160 with a bit of 70 added in. I lightened the dunkelgelb quite a bit. I also lightened the Model Masters panzer olive green and Humbrol red-brown about 20%. This proved way too light and I repainted those two colors with unlightened paint.
The Testors dunkelgelb starts out a bit too green but looks much better once a raw umber wash is applied. I first gloss coated the tank then gave it an overall wash with artist oils. I streak the raw umber in the direction water would travel to give the tank a nice “dirty” look.
One of the nice things about German WWII camouflage is that you can get away with dry-brushing all three colors with lightened dunkelgelb.
The muffler got individual treatment. It was hand painted with Testors rust, given the wash treatment, and then dry-brushed with rust lightened with orange.
The last step of the weathering process was to give the tank a good dusting with Tamiya buff thinned about 70%.
The turret #s and balkenruz are Archer dry transfers, while the unit symbols were painted on using Edward masks.
All in all this was a very enjoyable project and I learned a lot from it.
 
Thread Listing 
  My Holiday Projects Challenge [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 8, 2005
. . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge [IMG] - Robert Garelli - Dec 10, 2005
. . . Re: Here's MY holiday project... [IMG] - R.C. Hill - Dec 10, 2005
. . . . . . Re: Here's MY holiday project... - Robert Garelli - Dec 10, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: Here's MY holiday project... - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 11, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Here's MY holiday project... - R.C. Hill - Dec 12, 2005
. . . . . . Re: Here's MY holiday project... - frank forster - Dec 11, 2005
. . . . . . Re: Here's MY holiday project... - Eric Scurlock - Dec 11, 2005
. . . Progress Report 11 Dec 05 [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 11, 2005
. . . . . . Re: Progress Report 11 Dec 05 - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 12, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: Progress Report 11 Dec 05 - Eric Scurlock - Dec 12, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Progress Report 11 Dec 05 - Bill Goodrich - Dec 12, 2005
. . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 17, 2005
. . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Glenn Bartolotti - Dec 18, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Robert Garelli - Dec 19, 2005
. . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Eric Scurlock - Dec 20, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Mike Tittel - Dec 29, 2005
. . . Update 28 Dec 05 [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 28, 2005
. . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge [IMG] - Martin Webster - Dec 29, 2005
. . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Eric Scurlock - Dec 29, 2005
. . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge [IMG] - Mike Tittel - Dec 29, 2005
. . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Eric Scurlock - Dec 29, 2005
. . . . . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Mike Tittel - Dec 29, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . Tamiya putty thinned? - Robert Garelli - Dec 29, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tamiya putty thinned? - Mike Tittel - Dec 30, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tamiya putty thinned? - Robert Garelli - Dec 30, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tamiya putty thinned? - Mike Tittel - Dec 30, 2005
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tamiya putty thinned? - Martin Webster - Dec 31, 2005
. . . Update 31 Dec 05. [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Dec 31, 2005
. . . . . . Re: Update 31 Dec 05. - Robert Garelli - Jan 1, 2006
. . . . . . Re: Update 31 Dec 05. - Mike Tittel - Jan 2, 2006
. . . . . . Re: Update 31 Dec 05. - Eric Scurlock - Jan 3, 2006
. . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge [IMG] - Eric Scurlock - Jan 7, 2006
. . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Robert Garelli - Jan 7, 2006
. . . . . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Eric Scurlock - Jan 8, 2006
. . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Eric Scurlock - Jan 8, 2006
. . . . . . Re: My Holiday Projects Challenge - Mike Tittel - Jan 8, 2006
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