It is but it is also easier to mess up! It seems a corner of my repair tore loose. Bulge reappeared, I may have to go under the knife again.
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Panzer IV D in 1/48th scale by Bandai
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Heavens Eagle
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I think you are getting me crossed with Chris (Rhino), I am Paul (Heavens Eagle) Other than that no biggie. Keep the positive waves going!
Yeah that's for that mental image Gary 
Good luck with the docs!
Good luck with the docs!
centaur567
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Sorry Paul. I'll get it right next time. Gary S.
centaur567
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The Doc. said he'll be doing the big cut so hopefully it will be done better, I hope. We're just so thankfull that there's no lung CA. Sorry you have to go thru it again. Gary S.
centaur567
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The turret floor is painted and the turret and gun is all glue together. The radio operators position got a gun installed. Inside the hull some ammo from a T-34 kit was installed just for looks. Plus the inside of the lower hull was painted a gray/green. The upper and lower hull are ready to be assembled, but the "Boss Lady" got up and we know how that goes. Gary S.
centaur567
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Mixed up some acrylic craft paint last night and applied the first thin coat this morning. I'm not sure about the color. A little too peachy. The color that I'm going for is more like on the cover on this book and the tank in the Munster museum. I'm thinking about adding a drop of green to counter act the peachy look and darker
Brown and some white. BTW The Wespe model was my first Bandai kit from back in the 80's. It was painted like the box art not knowing that it never was in the DAK. Gary S.
I'll leave the color selection up to others. 
centaur567
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RAL 8000 is supposed to be the official color, but with the sun bleaching and the sand storm environment, there's a lot of variations in the color plus the availability of paint. I've included some pics from some of my reference books that show a great difference in color interpretations. I think I tried six mixes in two bottles. One brownish and the other more yellow. So I said to myself, just combine these two and call it a day.
Turned out it was an almost match to the sand from the Jordanian desert that I have. Go figure. Gary S.
Heavens Eagle
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You have it quite correct in that all paints and colors during WWII (on both sides) will vary from paint batch to batch as well as how it was applied, and how much weathering it has received. Even color photos can't be counted on as 100% since film can vary. I personally see variances from original stuff in my photos and the digital photos themselves.
Best guess is all you can count on. Start with what you have then it is best guess to get something reasonably close.
Best guess is all you can count on. Start with what you have then it is best guess to get something reasonably close.
centaur567
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Some were shipped gray and the painted in theater and some were, I think factory painted and some of the gray ones were just smeared with mud.
Meanwhile, I wanted to show paint wear by dry brushing gray on the edges and dabbled some on the surfaces too. I also liked the look of the ace of spades on the turret so I painted them on. It's from the Hq. Company of the 15th Panzer Division the was the liaison to Jg. 53. More weathering will ensue. Gary S.
I like it!
centaur567
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All of the decals are on and I'm trying to make a flag to go on the turret. The one on the left is the master make on an index card. It's used to make copies printed on tissue gift paper. I was hoping to prevent color ink runs and only coated one side of the one in the center with decal fixer. Didn't work to well when wetter with water.The remaining one is untreated and it's going to get a
coat on both sides next. Gary S.
@centaur567 Gary how did your doc appointments go?
centaur567
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My last appointment was with the Pulmonologist. No lung cancer. Old scar tissue?
Going to do follow up CT scan in 3 months.YEA!
Going for inguinal hernia surgery on Tuesday.
Thanks for asking, Gary S.
Going to do follow up CT scan in 3 months.YEA!
Going for inguinal hernia surgery on Tuesday.
Thanks for asking, Gary S.
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