O.k. I cll this one "finished". I highlighted the edges, drybrushed it with light grey and covered it with matt varnish. I think i will drybrush the tracks and perhabs I will add some mud. But nevertheless I call it finished ;-)

Today an update of my Fast assmebly kits. I started painting the Panzer IV and the Sherman (Pictures of this one will follow).The Panzer IV was primecoated with Tamiya Dark yellow and then I brushed it with Vallejo "Middlestone". Still a lot to do here.
I also applicated the decals on the T 34. Before I´ve done that I coated it with "Glänzer", a kind of cleaning agent for the floor. So I prevent the "silvering" of the decals. The tracks aren`t finished at the T 34 and after painting them a wash with dilluted oil colours (burnt umbra) will follow. I keep you informed about the progress ;-)

I went on with painting the Zvezda T34. The basics are finished, now the decals will follow and then the details. Al from 20th century wargames asked for a comparison. Here it is. Unfortunately I´ve only got this old Matchbox-Kit for this purpose. But I promised it....;-)

Today just a little update. I primecoated the T 34 with black, painted it with Vallejo "German Luftwaffe Green" and started to paint the tracks. I used "Mudbrown" because I want to have dirty tracks.








Still a lot to do, but I´m back in buisness...

Hello my friends out there! Seems that my wrist is o.k. now and I´m able to go on at the "Kit Building Front".For a start I built this "Snap-Kit" from Zvezda. I was surprised that no glue was needed. Especially the tracks, consisting of 4 parts each side can be built without glue. But you have to follow strictly the plan. I made the mistake to snap some wheels togehter in the wrong order. When assembling the tracks I recognized, that the wheels in front of the tank must be assembled in another way and then they broke when I tried to strip them down. My fault!

It is a very nice kit, indeed. Still got the Tiger in my stock. Perhabs that one will follow next week?

Here you`ve got a link to an older Post with the sprue of this T 34:

Weekend!!! After a hard week two days of recreation are welcome...Yesterday afternoon I continued the work on the JS-2. After a preparation with "Glänzer" I put on the decals. Then the tank was washed with diluted oil colours (Burnt Umbra). I have to admit that the result is a still very clean tank.Hmm, I think I have to do te last step again. A nice weekend to all of you!
And welcome to Laughing Ferret! I love your Blood Bowl Team. Wonderful...Here you can find them http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/

Yesterday I primecoated these tanks and built them. Took about 10 Minutes and they fit well. No glue was nessecary. Only at the Panzer III some rework will be needed because the front part of the hull won´t snap into the right position. I like these kits but it willbe a challenge to paint them. In the second picture you can see three Roskopf-Tanks I bought two weeks ago. They are in the same scale and I think that´s right. And here the Minis with their great brothers: A Panzer III from Italeri (1:72), a T 34 from Matchbox (1:76) and a Panzer II from Revell/Matchbox (1:76).

Welcome Samy! Du hier? Ich freue mich!!!

Before the wash:

I think that the result is o.k. It doesn`t look like an AA-Tank no more!

You will find some pictures before the conversion in the posts below!

A little update! I cutted of some plastic from the turret and the end of the barrel, Then I glued it and cut out a small piece of Polystytren for filling the gap on top of the turret. You can see the results in the pictures. The level of the gun is o.k. and now I will use some putty to fill the rest of the gaps.

I was on a business travel the last days. As always, I took a kit with me, this time even two. I started the new Airfix Bedford, but after building half of the kit I recognized that it is useful to paint it before going on. So I built kit two: The JS-2 Stalin from Italeri. Only 10 parts, fitting good, no Problem. It was a present from a seller on ebay. I bought a lot of stuff there and he gave this kit, combined with one sprue of Russian Soldiers as a gift. :-)

I`ve got 5 more for my Roskopf-Collection. Russian Troop carriers, a recce vehicle and one with a twin AA-Gun.

I finished my buisness trip to Berlin yesterday evening and when I returned back home I found two new kits. The first one is this T 34. After posting the best kit (in my opinion)from Armourfast I have so far (the Cromwell)now I have to say, the T 34 is the opposite. But look and make your own impression...




Nach meiner Dienstreise nach Berlin fand ich gestern aben zwei neue Bausätze vor, die per Post kamen. Heute möchte ich den T 34 vorstellen. Nach dem, meiner Meinung nach besten Bausatz von Armourfast (den ich habe), dem Cromwell, nun leider das absolute Gegenteil. Aber macht Euch selbst einen Eindruck...