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I feel that I may have gone a little overboard with some of the mud around the lower sides of the hull but it's all a learning curve for me right now. I can break some of that up with the addition of a side skirt panel or two I think though. I took it a slight bit easier at the back of the hull: These Panzerwerk tracks are the frickin' BOMB!! A little time consuming but these are SO easy to put together that it's almost a dang crime. Got one side done and have it tacked in place with a glued together road wheel assembly on the build. 82 links per side. I am VERY pleased with this:

Blew it on missing the past few updates on this one Dave. You've definitely got no kick coming with the buildup of this ship with all of the modifications that you've pulled off bud. You've made a TON of improvements and it's turning out to be one heckuva good project.

As a few of you know, I haven't been around just a whole lot over the last month or two as my wife and I had been spending a LOT of time with our son before he shipped out to the military last week. It's been fun with a lot of venues, out of town trips, going away parties and all kinds of other stuff but we all had a good time. I am FINALLY back at the bench and have made some progress in the weathering department. After reading a book called Panzer Ace over the past month or so I found out that these things got stuck all the time at the end of the war with some of the less experienced crews so I depicted this one as just getting out of a muddy situation. Things like grit effects, weathering pastes and washes took center stage here.

Good lookin' bike Kaci and the luggage set adds a great deal to it.

Missed this one when you posted it Marty. Your imagination went into overdrive with this car and the results speak for themselves. VERY cool ride and and clever usage of 1/32 scale items and diecasts to make this all happen.

'Preciate it Keith. Still trudging along with this beast. Thank you for that good bit of info Joe and right you are about them not being in combat too awful long. There were a lucky few that managed to get out of being blown to bits but those were far and few and in the right place at the right time. I'm spending more time in the dirt and mud aspects than I am a lot of wear and tear. I may do a small amount of streaking but that's gonna be about it.

I did that on the L/H side road wheels and it was definitely a pain in the neck. 'Preciate the good word Stuart. Thank you for your comments as well Carl. I've managed to get the light and darker chipping effects going on in the well-traveled areas of the tank turret and hull topsides. but think I will be toning them down a bit with some rust oxide in the middle of the lighter chipping. Next up will be some vertical streaking.....

I frickin' LOVE these quad gun setups like this. Good progress on this one so far and looking forward to the painting process Warren.

This is pretty neat Frank. I've seen quite a few of these built up and always get a kick out of them.

That sounds familiar. lol

Love all of the details involved in this build and she's still coming along nicely.

No problem bud. I didn't know this stuff was out there till a couple of days ago. You're doing a magnificent job on this ship so far Dave.

Duplicate post. Sorry.

You're coming along well on this one so far Dave. Whatever you do.....don't pack 'er up man as this has been a fun build to follow. In regard to the wooden deck, have you seen the Army Painter Dark Wood Speedpaint? It's color and wash all in the same application and brings out a realistic wooden finish. Here's a wooden deck that one of the members on my forum used this paint on.

Alright fellas. Been a bit since the last update as bench time has NOT been at a premium for me as of late. Our son is leaving for the military the next month or so and we've been spending a LOT of time with him. BUT.....every now and then I get some good bench time and I did just that on Friday. I managed to get the rubber painted on the L/H side road wheels, install some hooks on the side of the turret for hanging things like water bottles, gear and camo netting, applied a pin wash over the details, installed all of the hand holds & handles and applied a dark wash using burnt umber & black oils mixed over the sides and lower sides of the hull. Up next will be the chipping effects using different colors. As it was on the last update to recap..... and how it is now.....