Panzer III Ausf J. Das Werks, 1/16 scale.

[Tim A.]

The rear assembly needed some trimming to butt up against the hull sides, but it's on with the first bit of PE. I've also put a few links of the track together. It is the next step.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Looking good Tim!

Always like the Panzer III and Stug III tanks. My first tank model was a 1/32 scale Stug III I believe was put out by Monogram. Have no idea what happened to it.

Have managed to get my Pak 40 all sand color. Need to assemble the shield on it now and add final details with paint touch ups. Then camo and heavy weathering and dirt. Had no trouble with spraying the Vallejo. Can spray real thin lines if I want but was laying it on with light coats or at least trying to do light coats. The paint went on nice and smooth with no trouble at all. Never could get it to flow that well with my Badger brushes.

 

[Tim A.]

Looking good Tim!

Always like the Panzer III and Stug III tanks. My first tank model was a 1/32 scale Stug III I believe was put out by Monogram. Have no idea what happened to it.

Have managed to get my Pak 40 all sand color. Need to assemble the shield on it now and add final details with paint touch ups. Then camo and heavy weathering and dirt. Had no trouble with spraying the Vallejo. Can spray real thin lines if I want but was laying it on with light coats or at least trying to do light coats. The paint went on nice and smooth with no trouble at all. Never could get it to flow that well with my Badger brushes.

I'm using an Iwata HPCS with the standard 3.5 needle. It does well with the Vallejo, once I figured out how it wants the paint thinned and bumped up the air pressure. My Stepdaughter bought me a set of Golden airbrush paints for general non military modeling. They spray well, but when they clog in the airbrush it's like trying to dig rock. Also very hard to get the dried paint cleaned out of the cup. Going to have to see what I'm doing wrong. Maybe they aren't supposed to be thinned with water either.

 

[Tim A.]

Just starting the idler arms next. This thing is dragging. But I'll keep watching yours and keep on building. Man it takes a lot of space on the work bench. I dont think I'll do any more 1/16 after this one. As a matter of fact I have ordered some more 1/35 German armour to build as well as some 1/32 aircraft. I think that will keep me busy in retirement.
JAmes

They are big and can soak up a lot of glue and paint.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

The one thing about the Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes that I really like is how easy they come apart for cleaning. Where the Badgers are a pain to take the nozzle and tips off, the H & S is so easy and the parts are large enough that they are quite easy to handle and clean. The back part of the handle comes off quite easy as well so I can remove the needle without any fuss at all. I am using the 0,2 tip on my large brush and it is spraying just fine. If I set it aside for a couple of minutes I do have to clear the tip, but that has been no problem either. It just works. I would use the 0.4 tip but I was having trouble with air bleed into the paint and the cup getting bubbles in it. Not sure what the cause was but the 0.2 tip works fine so far so not too worried.

 

[Tim A.]

The one thing about the Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes that I really like is how easy they come apart for cleaning. Where the Badgers are a pain to take the nozzle and tips off, the H & S is so easy and the parts are large enough that they are quite easy to handle and clean. The back part of the handle comes off quite easy as well so I can remove the needle without any fuss at all. I am using the 0,2 tip on my large brush and it is spraying just fine. If I set it aside for a couple of minutes I do have to clear the tip, but that has been no problem either. It just works. I would use the 0.4 tip but I was having trouble with air bleed into the paint and the cup getting bubbles in it. Not sure what the cause was but the 0.2 tip works fine so far so not too worried.

I realized I put the decimal in the wrong place for the Iwata needle size. It's .35 not 3.5. I'm not sure what my beloved (RIP) Thayer & Chandler had, but I think it was a .2.