Happy New Year!

Glad to put a close to this little project. Lost a bit of steam towards the end as I was looking for suitable "stowage" to be carried by this workhorse.

The mud was made using a mixture of diluted white glue, plaster, static grass and grounded pastels of varying shades, with the darker shade representing fresh mud churned up.

Panzer IV Ausf G - continued

Final highlights hand painted on raised details such as rivets, hatches etc. The harsh highlights will eventually be muted down when the camouflage green is applied.

Green patches were applied onto the model to represent a typical vehicle belonging to 2nd Panzer Division participating in summer offensive of the Kursk salient in 1943. Spare tracks were hand painted with red brown at this point.

Next step: filters and washes!

A new module.....

Hopefully the last of the "Imperial" series kits that I will build. This entry is to document the my application of the "color modulation" technique in its initial stages.

Completed model ready to be primed, note that the spare tracks are not fixed at this stage. I was still meddling with them and trying to find a logical way to have these spare tracks sit naturally in their position.

Model primed with Gunze Sanyo's Mr Surfacer 1200.

Gunze's hull red applied to the model.

Base coat comprising of a mixture of Gunze dark yellow and hull red applied. While it is not evident in this picture, the hull red was allowed to show through in the deep shadow areas.

3 layers of progressive highlights applied giving the impression of the light source coming from the upper front of the model.

Panther Ausf D, Kursk 1943

Built pretty much straight out of the box with minor improvements for the engine mesh and cables from Karaya. The model was undercoated with Hull Red before the actual 3-tone camo was applied. The entire model was given a wash of diluted yellow orche oils to "warm" up the tank. As this was to represent a fairly new Panther making its debut appearance at the Battle of Kursk in 1943, I restricted myself to only fairly light "chipping" to areas where the paint job were expected to wear off.

Weathering of the undercarriage was done with a mist of Humbrol thinner before "sprinkling" of the pigments. This resulted in the pigments clumping up together at random position giving the dirt a more scaled representation.