Dragon Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf H

[JEFF]

Zimtastic!

[Dukemaddog]

It's looking great so far. Nice job on the zimm.

[BUCKY]

Looks great from Tennessee, Dave!!

[ARMORGUY]

Zimmified Schürzen look mighty impressive !

[tony]

May 10, 2018 18:32:41 GMT -6 reserve said:

Well played brother it's gonna be fine

Zimmerit on schurtzen was not common but did happen occasional I commend you for tackling this as it makes for a ton of extra work

Regards,
Mark

Man that's a new one on me

[thug626]

Mark Thank you kindly brother. When I saw the pic of zim on the schürzen (that would be a good name for a food cart I knew that I had to try and pull it off. The extra work really wasn't too bad....I actually had a lot of fun with it.
Jeff Thank you buddy.
Dukemaddog Thank you very much my good man.
Keith It's a good thing you aren't any closer. You might see the boo boos I've made.
Armorguy Thank you. I knew when I saw the reference pics, that I had to try.
Tony Who knew?!

There's been progress at the bench. I'll have to get pics up later as my wife and I are working opposite shifts again, so it makes access to the computer tricky. She's on the dark side of the clock, and I do not want to bugger her sleep. I did nights for twenty years.
There will also be some tracks on soon. I got a set of Modelkasten off eBay. A good deal really. Unfortunately, there is a bit of slop between the tracks and pins. In some ways this worked out to my advantage (more on that later). So the second run was drilled out, and pinned using short bits of 0.019" brass wire. I had to stop last night as I broke three drill bits. I've more bits on the way from a company, which fortunately in just north of me by about 45 minutes.

[thug626]

These first few pics are from last weeks progress. As you can see I have finally laid down some color. For the barrel, I used Mission Models Panzer Grey, and Vallejo chipping medium


There are a couple more colors to go for the camo. At least it's a start.




Both runs of MK track have been completed. I noticed on the first run some of the pins pulled up a bit short on one side, allowing the track to come undone. I fixed these areas with some 0.019" brass wire replacements. For the second run I drilled out all four holes on each link x100, to ensure that the track would not come undone during handling. Looking back, I am surprised I only broke three bits. The black dots are every 10th link to keep track of the number of links per run.


Vallejo Track Primer is the color I often use for the base color.


The directions did not call for multi color camo on the wheels, but I have seem pics where it was done. So, I opted for multi color camo on the wheels. Which are now glued on.

[JCON]

Looking good brother!!!

[ARMORGUY]

The chipped paint looks nicely done mate. The muzzle break is a piece of art on its own.

[Dukemaddog]

Exceptional work Thug! Man that looks so realistic! Way to go!

[BUCKY]

Amazing stuff going on here!!

[cliffj (R.I.P.)]

Great work!! I really like the way this is coming together!

[doogie]

Looking great, the chipping really turned out nice too.

[thug626]

Good evening everyone. Thank you for support and compliments. I had a marathon session the other day in where I got the tracks mounted, and camo base coats done.





My Eureka XXL tow cables arrived today. The kit provided end pieces and "cable" Unfortunately it is stainless steel, and not very flexible. The XXL cables end pieces look just that much better and have copper "cable". Far nicer to work with. I don't have them mounted yet but soon.

[ARMORGUY]

That is one cool and very realistic looking camofication ! I like the worn look of the browns and greens.

[JCON]

Love the look in this one!!!

[Steve Ski]

Howz come nobody rang the dinner bell, again? I missed all this work, looks really good Dave!

Cheers, Ski.

Bookmarked.

[BUCKY]

Fine stuff, Dave! Lovin' it!!

[doogie]

Really looking great.

[thug626]

Armorguy Thank you buddy.
Jcon Thank you my friend.
Steve I rang the beer bell. Sorry,my bad Heck! I this household, you'd still be considered "on time"
Keith Thank you kindly buddy.
Doogie Thank you very much.

A bit of progress made today. Well, yesterday too.
I hit the greens and browns with some oils to give them a bit more variation. Also, I painted up the T-34 tracks, which will sit on the glacis. This one is a bit blurry.


The backside of the schürzen after a bit of weathering. The rust streaks are oil paint.



I put the finishing touches on the jack this afternoon.



This run of schürzen is in its final place. The plan was to paint the camo after mounting it. That will have to wait until I have more time.


Here's what it looks like from the "inside" view.