From lurker to worker
Not too many builds on the interweb, and only a few reviews, so here we go
Dragon 6543 Pz III J kit review
The kit was a cheapy on E-bay but was smoke damaged and never felt comfortable in the "life" stash of kits for the next millennia of building.
It has sat by/near/on the build pile for some time, and has now hit the top of the list.
As the build is so vanilla, sorry Steve, some slightly interesting trivia, I am trying a Dunkelgelb and also a weathering experiment, and a DAK Pz III was just the ticket.
I did attempt to upgrade the gun from L42 to L60, but it didn't happen so not a winner, and here is the build with only 2 little tweaks for those that might be interested.
Now for the pictures and this will bring this part of the project up to date.
reference books, I guess I haven't shared some of my motivations, building kits is part of the hobby, buying kits and buying reference books are all equally part of the hobby for me too.
The basics wheels all primed on the interiors so I dont miss them when I paint them, love building tracks too magic or otherwise,
I know, weirdo or what :surprised:
Interior primed too, so no plastic showing
My building tray,
as I can't get Sky on my desk any more, Sky Q upgrade!
1st of only 2 dragon instruction upgrades
The track supports are better installed at the same time as the track guards, though I am sure they were as level as I could get them, when I installed the completed track guards, they needs some trimming for a level and smooth fit,
I will do that on the next Pz III build, as I still have a lovely L60 turned barrel to use.
The next upgrade would be a clearer guide with the engine access covers
I went for the DAK and later upgrade which has raised air circulation, the flat access plates are for the earlier models and the pre J ausf's
Otherwise straight out of the box, easy to build and a real pleasure.
Primed
And the next part of the experiment, one of 5 different Dunkelgelb Air Brush paint sets
the DAK one at the top.
And a coat of paint after 2 coats of hairspray
I have added some modulation with a 2nd coat, as the crackle is due to a little reaction to the hairsparay, and is now OK with a 2nd coat.
The Hakata paint is super to use, straight out of the bottle, no thinner and 1.5 bar pressure on a H&S AB.
This does complete the very brief build as it is built.
It will return on my bigger blog, which with be dunkelgelb and multiple weathering techniques,
A little teaser of some of the players with primer
All my album photos, since the photo Bucket disaster, are open access on Imgur, and I shall start the bigger blog soon.
Hope this might have been of some interest?
More soon?
regards
Steve H
Not too many builds on the interweb, and only a few reviews, so here we go
Dragon 6543 Pz III J kit review
The kit was a cheapy on E-bay but was smoke damaged and never felt comfortable in the "life" stash of kits for the next millennia of building.
It has sat by/near/on the build pile for some time, and has now hit the top of the list.
As the build is so vanilla, sorry Steve, some slightly interesting trivia, I am trying a Dunkelgelb and also a weathering experiment, and a DAK Pz III was just the ticket.
I did attempt to upgrade the gun from L42 to L60, but it didn't happen so not a winner, and here is the build with only 2 little tweaks for those that might be interested.
Now for the pictures and this will bring this part of the project up to date.
reference books, I guess I haven't shared some of my motivations, building kits is part of the hobby, buying kits and buying reference books are all equally part of the hobby for me too.
The basics wheels all primed on the interiors so I dont miss them when I paint them, love building tracks too magic or otherwise,
I know, weirdo or what :surprised:
Interior primed too, so no plastic showing
My building tray,
as I can't get Sky on my desk any more, Sky Q upgrade!
1st of only 2 dragon instruction upgrades
The track supports are better installed at the same time as the track guards, though I am sure they were as level as I could get them, when I installed the completed track guards, they needs some trimming for a level and smooth fit,
I will do that on the next Pz III build, as I still have a lovely L60 turned barrel to use.
The next upgrade would be a clearer guide with the engine access covers
I went for the DAK and later upgrade which has raised air circulation, the flat access plates are for the earlier models and the pre J ausf's
Otherwise straight out of the box, easy to build and a real pleasure.
Primed
And the next part of the experiment, one of 5 different Dunkelgelb Air Brush paint sets
the DAK one at the top.
And a coat of paint after 2 coats of hairspray
I have added some modulation with a 2nd coat, as the crackle is due to a little reaction to the hairsparay, and is now OK with a 2nd coat.
The Hakata paint is super to use, straight out of the bottle, no thinner and 1.5 bar pressure on a H&S AB.
This does complete the very brief build as it is built.
It will return on my bigger blog, which with be dunkelgelb and multiple weathering techniques,
A little teaser of some of the players with primer
All my album photos, since the photo Bucket disaster, are open access on Imgur, and I shall start the bigger blog soon.
Hope this might have been of some interest?
More soon?
regards
Steve H
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