Tamiya panzer iv ausf h early

[Guest]

Will be watching this Shaun.


And enjoy what you do.

[shaun platts]

Got some of the upper hull done. Leaving other parts off until after painting.

[monica]

looking nice ,

[shaun platts]

looking nice ,

Thanks Monica.

[shaun platts]

All painted ready to attempt the 3 colour camo.

[Guest]

Looks good, any idea when this kit was made? There's usually a date on one of the sprues.

[shaun platts]

Looks good, any idea when this kit was made? There's usually a date on one of the sprues.

It was 1994. Really nice kit for its age. Would like to find a more modern tamiya kit to see how it compares.

[Guest]

It was 1994. Really nice kit for its age. Would like to find a more modern tamiya kit to see how it compares.

Well, they've got a glorious Matilda, which I've built, and that is as good as kits get, in my opinion, perfect fits, excellent cast surfaces where applicable and a choice of tracks. Also a new BT7 and a Panzer 4 which are both new-tool. I think of '95 as fairly recent in kit terms, and only really popular models (Sherman, tiger etc, will have worn tooling, due to huge demand. But even the really old ones just need a bit of a clean up, and still go together nicely!

[shaun platts]

Well, they've got a glorious Matilda, which I've built, and that is as good as kits get, in my opinion, perfect fits, excellent cast surfaces where applicable and a choice of tracks. Also a new BT7 and a Panzer 4 which are both new-tool. I think of '95 as fairly recent in kit terms, and only really popular models (Sherman, tiger etc, will have worn tooling, due to huge demand. But even the really old ones just need a bit of a clean up, and still go together nicely!

Yea have to admit I am yet to build a model that is a really bad fit. As you say a bit of cleaning up sorts most problems.

[monica]

looking good,a nice base color for your tri-color,


good luck with doing it ,you should be fine,


and what a good idea with the drying rack,

[shaun platts]

looking good,a nice base color for your tri-color,
good luck with doing it ,you should be fine,


and what a good idea with the drying rack,

Thanks. I dont think my girlfriend is impressed that I keep stealing the cocktail sticks.


I am going to practice the camo on some old milk bottles first.

[shaun platts]

First attempt at tri colour camo.

[Guest]

Looks good to me Shaun


Cheers


Patrick

[shaun platts]

Looks good to me Shaun
Cheers


Patrick

Thanks. It needs a little tidying but I'm quite happy with it.

[monica]

i do like it,very well done,looking good,