Tamiya 1/35 Panzer II Colour modulation technique

[aaron]

Tracks were put on tanks the wrong way often, I dont have any pics to support this but i HAVE seen them lol.

[Guest]

@ Michael thank you so much for your kind words. There's not much to do now, just the on-vehicle tools & then some crew figures and a little vignette base.

@ Ole, you can gladly have the springs if they'll fit!

@ Aaron it's a shame you don't have photographic evidence mate! I could use it to help me get over the annoyance of putting them on wrongly!

Cheers all

Patrick

[Guest]

I've just had a quick look through the axis forum where i saw a couple of pictures a while ago showing wrecked german tanks with one or both tracks on backwards. (and half tracks with the front tyres on backwards).

I've run out of time and concentration ability at the mo (theres over 900 posts) but i did see a couple .... honest guvnor

[Guest]

Thanks for looking Colin! Is that the Axis History forum? I've just googled it & there's a lot there!

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

Thanks for looking Colin! Is that the Axis History forum? I've just googled it & there's a lot there!Cheers

Patrick

Yes mate Axis history, i went on there to get ideas for the Panther ... there's over 900 posts in the wrecked/captured panther section alone.... literally thousands of photos but i'm sure i saw a couple of "track enigmas" when looking through, one was around half way through but i couldn't find it again today sorry.

[Guest]

Have not been on here for a bit work gets in the way : ). Nice work mate, love the paint job and the chipping, your work is always of a high standard a joy to follow.

Robert

[tr1ckey66]

Hi there Patrick

Nicely done mate. The Panzer II looks great and I think your take on colour modulation has worked well. A word of advice on the Tiger muzzle brake - gun flash tends not to blacken the outside of a muzzle brake. About the only time you'd see a blackened muzzle brake is if the entire thing had been on fire. I'm only saying this for future ref as I use to do the same thing myself.

Cheers

Paul

[Guest]

Thanks Paul & you're totally right about the muzzle blackening, the Tiger is actually my 1st ever kit from 3 years ago that I'm updating! So now I've learnt more I'll hopefully avoid past mistakes!

Cheers

Patrick

[tr1ckey66]

No worries, it's how we all learn, and it's an ongoing process for us all. You do some terrific stuff Patrick and it's going to get even better.

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

Tiger's had opossing tracks 'built a Tamiya tiger 1 late and the instructions actualy made the point of putting the tracks on opposite sides? Don't know why but if you start looking at tigers in action or musiums you'll see it.

Martin

[Guest]

Just a brief update... the tank is pretty much done, just the crew to do & here's an idea of how it's going to look

Thanks for looking

Patrick

[aaron]

Good stuffs Patrick. I like it A lot.

[Guest]

looks well good innit,awesome mate

mobear

[Guest]

Tidy, tidy, tidy

What are you using for the grass? It's quite effective in those photos.

[Guest]

Colin, the grass is cheapo paintbrush bristles from a Poundshop. I dunked them in green paint, let them dry & removed them from the ferrule. Once it's all done, I'll show more of it with some tips if anyone's interested.

Cheers

Patrick