Normandy Customs

[normandy]

Some more work done today,









I was able to get most of the warp out of the hull, once its all glued together it'll be fine.

The tracks took some work. It would have been ideal to paint the chassis and road wheels and then put
the tracks on but a storm was blowing in off the bay so I just glued them in place , no big thing.

Turret and hull will have Zimmerit and today the decals arrived. Just using the crosses.
*these are 1:16.



I'll see what I can get done tomorrow.

[pickelhaube]

I really like it with out the fenders .

It gives it a whole other look .

[maritime96]

Great job normandy. You could have 5 of these built it the time it's taking me to build one lol (stupid work grumble grumble)

[normandy]

Some more progress........Zimmerit.

[pickelhaube]

That really does look nice !!

[maritime96]

Awesome Job!!!

[normandy]

I had to do some repair work before I could move onto the paint stage of the build.
The right rear of the hull was missing, had to make a new piece.




Now just add the last section of Zimmerit....


This is the Atak resin Zimmerit sheet...


Trim, sand and paint....


Ready for paint...

[normandy]

I had to make fender mounts for the King Tiger, I'd forgotten about them.

I made a tool to heat up and melt some of the resin Zimmerit sheet so I could glue the mounts on to the tank.



The mounts are made of styrene, 22 of 'em.



Glued on...







The end of a long afternoon...



I'll see about paint tomorrow.

[maritime96]

Looks great

[normandy]

Here are a few pictures of the King Tiger with a three color camo scheme, still a work in progress.

[maritime96]

I have said it before and I'll say it again. Fantastic looking tank!

[normandy]

Panther G





King Tiger



Flak Panther



VK1602 Leopard, 1945







Pamzer IV G DAK




Sturmgeschütz IV

[Axis Nightmare]

Well Done!! A lot of work there.

[normandy]

Thanks Axis.





Jagdpanther



Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma







Future project....???

[grunt1]

Hey Normandy, everything (and especially the Puma) looks great!

I recently made the star antenna mount and pot shield for the Panther / KT for the 1:16 crowd but also did it in 1:18. I am doing the antenna storage tube as well this evening. I know the Panther used the tube, not sure about the KT. (note the metal guard is included for some versions of the Panther that used it, not the KT, IIRC.)

[[CAT]CplSlade]

No metal tube on the King; that stuff is for peasants.

[grunt1]

Thanks Slade. I noticed that the 21C Panther already has the tube, just no antenna mount. And sorry Normandy, I didn't mean to hijack your thread. My intent was to let you know that you could add one of these if you needed to.

[normandy]

No problem Grunt, always love going to your shapeways / Battleground site.
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/battlegroundtoys

[PanzerArm]

The Befehlstiger II had a small antenna tube on the back on the engine deck



Another view, on a 1/35model:
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2 ... ger_06.jpg


-Kevin

[normandy]

A detail I may have to add, thanks guys.

Kevin, I found the link... http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2 ... ger_ii.htm

[skorzeny]

outstand custom Generalfeldmarschall Normandy!

the legend hum king panzer?

[normandy]

Thanks Skorzeny its a little rough around the edges but it now has a different paint scheme.
Its painted in disc camouflage.

[normandy]

Not the best pics but this will give an idea of how it looks now.

[skorzeny]

Not the best pics but this will give an idea of how it looks now.

wow perfect.you have the talent for painting

[skorzeny]

Pamzer IV G DAK




Ausf.G, 15th Panzerdivison, Tunisia, winter 1943.

I m just wondering if is possible achieve this color.