Panzer I Ausf. A

Tim A.

Well-known member

• Yesterday at 8:03 PM

• #1

On the bench is my next project, the Panzer I.
I'm not sure if I could post the photograph that inspired me to build this kit for a couple of reasons. One, The image says "may be subject to copyright laws" the other is the tank is flying a pre war Totenkopf pennat and I really don't know what the group rules are on such matters.
Anyway first glance at the sprues and I'm thrilled that Takom has addressed issues like injector pin marks and the huge sprue gates directly attached to the parts. YAY!
So, let the fun begin...

 

moon puppy

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• Yesterday at 8:58 PM

• #2

Tim A. said:

I really don't know what the group rules are on such matters.

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It's history, post it.

 

Tim A.

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• Yesterday at 9:51 PM

• #3

With permission these are the photos that inspired me to build the Panzer I. Both date to pre war. The colorized one states it's from '35. I'm not sure if the Panzer I 's carried the Totenkopf pennat into battle. I have seen a photo of a knocked out Panzer III with a British soldier standing on the tank holding the Pennat.

 

moon puppy

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• Yesterday at 10:22 PM

• #4

Hard to see how colorful they were during that time.

 

Tim A.

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• Yesterday at 10:40 PM

• #5

moon puppy said:

Hard to see how colorful they were during that time.

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The ones that survive I've looked at varied. Black field silverish embroidered skull and border or black field with white embroidered skull with no border. Those were a bit later style of skull, though.

 

Tim A.

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• Yesterday at 11:55 PM

• #6

....and here we go. The kit molded MG 13 guns are nice but I just couldn't resist the brass aftermarket offering for this kit from Aber

 

Sharkmouth

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• Today at 12:18 AM

• #7

If you wouldn't mind the Spanish Civil War, where they made their debut, it would open lots of schemes on both Nationalist and Republican (captured) sides.

 

Tim A.

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• Today at 1:10 AM

• #8

Thanks Sharkmouth. I had thought about that, along with even doing a pre war because of the photo proof of the totenkopf pennant. Then I saw this one from the 10th panzer division. I like it because of the markings and want to try and hand paint them rather than using decals at this scale. Idk.

 

Sharkmouth

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• Today at 2:54 AM

• #9

Nice but you simply need to make a Bison template and spray white around it. No brush marks so should be easy.

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Tim A.

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• Today at 3:04 AM

• #10

Sharkmouth said:

Nice but you simply need to make a Bison template and spray white around it. No brush marks so should be easy.

faded on PzKpfw III:
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Excellent! Thanks!
I noticed that, even better

 

Sharkmouth

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• Today at 3:08 AM

• #11

Click to download the PDF article:

 

Tim A.

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• A moment ago

• #12

Sharkmouth said:

Click to download the PDF article:
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..."may be in different colors"...oh no...haha.
I've pretty much narrowed my build to represent 10th Panzer Division in France in 1940. Thanks so much for all this information