Panzer IV Ausf. H (Revell 1/72)
1August 4, 2021Basic texture for the thicker plates was added using mr surfacer
2August 4, 2021I put on the turned aluminium barrel and started building up the mountings for the turret skirts
3August 4, 2021The tank will be very fragile, so I will likely assemble the suspension next, as I do not want to fiddle around with tracks and wheels with all of the hull mounts for the Schürzen in place
4August 8, 2021As feared, I had to use some platic parts from the kit, as I experienced a little problem with some of the PE.
5August 8, 2021However, with some further PE-parts, the platic won´t look all out of place... I hope
6August 13, 2021The "rebuilt" turret after it became forcefully aquianted with my air-ventilation-tube falling down...
7August 15, 2021Here, I am mapping out the dimensions of the diorama/vignette using paper, cardboard etc.
8August 15, 2021The black cardboard represents a building that I will build from scratch, 3D-printing and whatever else it takes
9August 15, 2021The green plastic part represents the position of the third figure
10August 17, 2021I started working on the diorama base and the house
11August 17, 2021Some further work on the house made it look much more intricate. I still have to blend the back side with the diorama base properly though...
12August 23, 2021The building is fitted to the base. I also added muddy ground texture from Ammo and put pieces of ripped carboard in as a stone walkway (inspsiration from Uncle Nightshift). As for the roof, I might end up doing the tiles by hand to achieve some irregulary sized squares, as that may be more suited to achieve the look I´m after than using finely printed regular tiles...
13August 31, 2021Figures and the base in their primed state. The building recieved an irregulary tiled roof to add to the rural look. I also build a small door from textured styrene.
14September 1, 2021I basecoated the wooden parts of the building as well as the ground. Deck tan seems to be a proper foundation to work from when recreating old and worn wood
15September 1, 2021The wooden parts were treated with a brown acrylic wash to give them more intensity and provide me with a roadmap for further work with acrylics. Bricks and tiles got a basecoat from red brown Vallejo paints and plaster with some grey paint was then worked into the recesses. Further work will be done to distinguish individual bricks and give a more worn look.
16September 1, 2021Bricks and tiles have been distinguished using a variety of Vallejo paints.
17September 1, 2021Wooden panels were treated with acrylics and glazes made from those helped to change the overall tone of certain Panels.
18September 3, 2021Most of the painting on the figures is done. Only the boots, silver parts and minor details remain to be finished here.
19September 5, 2021Basic camouflage is done. Still need to brushpaint some highlights, then I can go to weathering.
20September 7, 2021Decals and detail painting has progressed on the Panzer IV
21September 7, 2021Next thing will be varnishing and weathering
22September 18, 2021Progress! After a coat of varnish, I added the basic dirt coat. Main focus is the lower hull
23September 18, 2021The same three enamel products as used on the tank are applied on the base to better match the tone of the weathering. Note the grass tufts and bushes made from fine natural material.
24September 18, 2021The base layer on the vehicle was enhanced with some AMMO splashes to give some more texture and a darker enamel wash to give the impression of areas having retained more moisture
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26September 18, 2021Lichen on the roof was represented with AMMO streaking effects. Oil paints also do the trick. The effect was applied by splattering it from a brush.
27September 18, 2021Building upon the precious effect, I added moss toward the edges of some tiles using AMMO´s slimy grime. It is certainly worth to consider adding some very fine flock to add more texture. Yet, everything I had was too coarse to fit the overall look I envisioned and I was haapy with the result I got with the enamel
28September 18, 2021Moss and dirt splatters were also added to the stone pathway and parts of the walls
29September 18, 2021Some grime on the wod parts boosted the "aged" look. It is advisable to concentrate on areas where moisture would collect.
30September 18, 2021Some flocking was added to the bushes
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32September 18, 2021Buildings are super intersting... on this little house, there are three distinctly different surfaces: The roof tile, wooden planks and the brickwork. Definetly going to explore further buildings in the future
33September 18, 2021Overall the scene is set during a wet season (spring), thus the colour pallette doesn´t inklude any too dusty colours. I am really hoping that this fact does not end up making it look too "dark".
34September 21, 2021Finished! Put the tank onto the vignette after a little bit of chipping. I am actually rather happy with the result 🙂
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Building Revells Panzer IV Ausf. H with some ABER photoetch and a RB models barrel. I also did some texture.
The vehicle will find a way onto a vignette or a little diorama later. All of the PE-fiddling will be interesting 🙂
I did an article on my blog regarding the base on the shed: tomsstuffscalemodels..ropean-ww2-shed.html
A gallery article is also there: tomsstuffscalemodels..ignette-gallery.html
