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Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:35 pm
by Jay
flyboy_fx wrote:Yeap I know... Workin on that. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
If you can get hold of a variable speed drill, you could maybe press it against each wheel to make it rotate slowly (Pressed against the central hub - might need to put something in the drill's chuck that in turn will be pressed against the hub , short piece of dowel or something?).
Now, with the wheel rotating slowly, you could just hold a paintbrush against the outer wheel and get a pretty even and consistant looking painted edge.
.............just a thought.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:29 pm
by pickelhaube
The skirts look great and I love your muffler.

It looks real !!!

Yeah you should have masked off the wheels before you oversprayed them.

You could paint them black again and use a drafting template to mask the tires and paint the hubs. They are cheap and come with different sized hols.

Or you could just overspay everything with darked paint because the real thing got crazy dirty and in some pics there is no color difference at all.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:50 pm
by killer 88s
That looks fantastic! How did you straighten the aluminum cans and is your panzer a hybrid? it looks like you have a 1st series hull attached to the 2nd series/ rc panzer.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:01 pm
by Grognard
Wow this is great. Love the use of soda cans.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:03 pm
by flyboy_fx
killer 88s wrote:That looks fantastic! How did you straighten the aluminum cans and is your panzer a hybrid? it looks like you have a 1st series hull attached to the 2nd series/ rc panzer.
Yup ;) :lol:

Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:04 pm
by flyboy_fx
I will post pics of it soon. :)

Re: Panzer IV Almost done!

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:32 pm
by flyboy_fx
New pics.. Almost done!
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Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:38 pm
by gliderdwm
Great work on the panzer IV. Muffler looks real. What did you use for the zimmerit?

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:06 pm
by flyboy_fx
Of the top of my head I can not remember but it is some sort of a 2 part epoxy dough stuff.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:27 pm
by gliderdwm
aves apoxie sculpt is what the 1/6 people use. That is 2 parts.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:41 pm
by hotrodrock
I've seen several different methods to get the chipped paint effect. Exactly what did you use? I like the way it looks.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:54 pm
by flyboy_fx
I little salt method, Alot of hand painting, and then a screw driver to chip and reveal the layers of paint under the camo.

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:24 pm
by 456THBG
There's also a fine line between mental illness & genius...I think you may be "straddling" that line!
Brilliant work :D

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:51 am
by flyboy_fx
456THBG wrote:There's also a fine line between mental illness & genius...I think you may be "straddling" that line!
Brilliant work :D
Im always learning.
YOu can literally see the differences in my models as you look through the room..
I plan on repainting some of my older kits (Saving a few of the first ones) because hay why waste a perfectly good model. lol
Now off to build a 1/18 tree!!!

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:56 am
by flyboy_fx
Yup I used Aves apoxie., the best stuff EVAR !

Re: Panzer IV Almost done! New pics. 12/03/10

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 4:34 pm
by Jacobite
Awesome job the numbers look great. Did you freehand them or some sort of stencil? Would like to see the finished product