Panzerkampfwagen III and variants

[councilman]

Nice work.
Andy.

[zak]

A little more progress.
A close up of the cable and attachments, all etched brass and the ones on the corners are quarter circes that have to be bent up at the edges to guide the cable.

[chriswil42]

Looking good.

[MSea]

i like the brass work

[Bigkev]

Hi Zak,
Love the use of brass, makes the model so much more realistic.
Cheers,
Bigkev

[zak]

Nice colour.

[Bigkev]

Hi Zak,
Some left over paint from some household decorating, 'fuschia pink?'
No doubt a purely reasonable explanation for undercoat for a forthcoming scheme.
Cheers,
Bigkev

[chriswil42]

All over rust?

[zak]

Not overall, but using the hairspray technique, I wanted to depict a tank as used in Norway, towards the end of its life, looking tired and worn out with primer, bare steel and some rust.
Only 15 III B's and 30 III D's were produced and use to invade Poland. The armour was not up to much and there were wheel and suspension problems. They were relegated to training and then given a new lease of life in Norway in 1940.
I have trying this out on the turret for now.

[Bigkev]

That looks very good Zak.
I will watch and learn, I want to try out the hairspray effect too.
Cheers,
Bigkev

[MSea]

Nicely done Zak - I always go to mad at it and then think it would have been better with LESS rather than MORE  - yours is great

[zak]

Nicely done Zak - I always go to mad at it and then think it would have been better with LESS rather than MORE  - yours is great

Thanks Martin, just the rest of the tank to do now!

[zak]

Chipped the tank body.
Decals, transfers, oh ok,Stickers added

[chriswil42]

Looking excellent. By the way what's the hairspray effect? I've missed something somewhere.

[zak]

Looking excellent. By the way what's the hairspray effect? I've missed something somewhere.

After painting the tank with the desired undercoat (mine was supposed to be lead oxide primer), this is allowed to dry and the model is given a coat of hairspray - proprietary chipping solutions are also available.
This is allowed to dry.
The top coat is applied and is allowed to dry.
This is then worked on with a brush or whatever(toothpick, cotton bud) with water and eventually the top coat loosens and comes of in patches to reveal the undercoat.
I have posted another picture to try to show the effect.
I am notb sure about the colour of my primer, but I was trying to avoid a too orange look.