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

[Jay]

Yeap I know... Workin on that.

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.

[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.

[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.

[Grognard]

Wow this is great. Love the use of soda cans.

[flyboy_fx]

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

[flyboy_fx]

I will post pics of it soon.

[flyboy_fx]

New pics.. Almost done!

[gliderdwm]

Great work on the panzer IV. Muffler looks real. What did you use for the zimmerit?

[flyboy_fx]

Of the top of my head I can not remember but it is some sort of a 2 part epoxy dough stuff.

[gliderdwm]

aves apoxie sculpt is what the 1/6 people use. That is 2 parts.

[hotrodrock]

I've seen several different methods to get the chipped paint effect. Exactly what did you use? I like the way it looks.

[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.

[456THBG]

There's also a fine line between mental illness & genius...I think you may be "straddling" that line!
Brilliant work

[flyboy_fx]

There's also a fine line between mental illness & genius...I think you may be "straddling" that line!
Brilliant work

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!!!

[flyboy_fx]

Yup I used Aves apoxie., the best stuff EVAR !

[Jacobite]

Awesome job the numbers look great. Did you freehand them or some sort of stencil? Would like to see the finished product