I invested a lot more money, time, and effort into constructing this tank. But from pre-purchase to completion a number of problems came up.
First of all, I mistook this tank for an early Panzer IV. Meaning I bought the wrong tank.
Secondly, I bought hobby paint and used it without knowing how to use it, resulting in thinner spillage accidents. It also corroded the turret section at one point, which left fingerprints on it.
Thirdly, I painted 1 coat of dark yellow, found it to be weird looking, painted it in khaki drab, and found that to look too Russian and too badly painted.
4th, repaint attempts with spray paint resulted in an ugly finish because of the many layers of underlying brush painted acrylic paint/ugly camo pattern.
Towards the end, individual caterpillar track sections caused major backache and needed 4 tubes of super glue. Most of it spilled because of carelessness.
But I think, even though it turned out to be a failure(about the same quality as my Tiger tank), I learned more lessons on this tank than on the previous 2.
Here are some pictures of the resprayed in Ivory/Apple Green
I think the camo pattern was really not bad *pats back*
BUT, like I said before, the turret became crumply the brush marks made the entire surface uneven. I'm not artistic, so I think I'm going to stick to spray paint from here on out.
Achtung to detail. As you can see, every tool was individually painted.
Painting the ventilation grill was fun. I had to remove it, spray it metallic grey, stick tape to protect it from the ivory/apple green respray.
Yuh, the lower hull is very badly painted.
This view shows all the scares and crumples associated with noobness.
As you can see, the advantage of individually linked tracks is that some of the experienced modelers can make it sag realistically. Mine sags a little, but it's completely unrealistic.
Damn. My last German tank of the holiday season, and I still haven't got it right.
Oh well, moving on.
I cannae wait to complete this next one. A British Crusader Mk 1. I shall not mess this one up.
\Oh, and when we went to see Zeke off one final time, he passed me his old China tank, which is modelled after a chinese main battle tank, and to no suprised is made in China.
And half the parts are missing. That means I'll have to create my own parts out of cardboard and papier mache.
Ah well. Who cares if all my tanks turn out ugly. At least I try.
Ok, Crusader time.
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