My Panzer 3
 

hi guys

been working on my panzer 3 and thought I would show you guys my work so far, wasnt going for anything special.

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Forgot to add, I cant take pictures for the life of me:)

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Beautiful weathering - nothing looks better than dust over panzer gray...

Really nice. Subtle and restrained - making tanks look this good is not easy.

Shep

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:DVery nice!

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Thanks for the kind words guys;)

for some reason the tracks look rusted, there not though they are a brownish color, just the lighting I guess

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Looks really nice, but you should get rid of those chains. VERY rarely did tanks carry chains. There are exceptions, but as a general rule, the only use for them on tanks over 12-15 tons was to remove an engine, immobilize a wheel support arm or lift a turret and those were carried on retrievers. Weathering and colors look great. Going to eventually assign it to any particular unit?

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thanks pattoncommander, the chains were thrown on for the heck of it and can be removed;) no unit, dont even know if 384 was used on a panzer 3. Im just having fun[8D]

Im looking for some Bulldog pics, would you happen to have any? you emailed me some a year or so but dont have them anymore;)

Thanks
Jeremy

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looks special to me.. great job

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Great work Jeremy! The weathering is awesome, that we can tell even through your camera skills! LOL ;)

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Be glad to send pics....what views do you need? I have a few and can shoot any angle or portion. Ours is in pretty decent shape but they won't let me get it running. [&o]

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Hi JerB, nice tank. i like the weathering you done on it. I would like to do mine like that too. So, what kind of paint did you use?

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Looks nice. subtle and effective.

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I like it, it looks nice! You have done a good job [8D]

Gabriel

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Thanks for the kind words rclaw, my weathering is pretty staright forward and not too expensive. Heres the steps I used

1) A red oxide primer ( I used tremclad, which I think is the same as rustoleum in the states )
2) A Base coat using Tremclad grey ( which is very close to German grey, close enough for me anyways;) )
3) A wash using Ceramcoat burnt umber
4) A pin wash applied to recessed areas using ceramcoat charcoal
5 ) I fired up the airbrush and loaded it up with Polyscale "Aged concreate" and applied to the whole tank
6) After that had dried I put some Polyscale "Earth " and sprayed around the tracks and front fenders.
7) waited until the next day :)
8) applied some pastel chalks around the muzzle of the main gun
9) rubbed a pencil around raised edges to simulate where the paint has rubbed off

Other then paintes the tools thats about it.

- Jeremy

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Cheers. any pics would be great

I was wondering though, was that gas tanks or water tanks on the sides of the turret? was a white X applied if it was water?

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Jeremy,
I can see that the winter weather of the Great White North has kept you indoors and working away. The Pz III looks awesome, very nice job! Thanks for the step by step on how you achieved the final results, simple, straight forward and very effective! My kind of weathering, Well done sir, well done!

kindest regards,

Craig

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Jeremy,

I'll get the materials to paint the tank. Hope mine turns out as good as your tank Thanks for sharing the infos.

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Thanks for the kind words guys;)

good luck rclaw hope to see your tank next ;) and thanks again Criag for helping along in the last couple months;) yeah the windchill today is close to -30c. dont know what that is in farenheit[&:]

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Jeremy,

The 5 gal jerry cans carried on the turret bussle were for water. Would serve no purpose to carry that small amount of gas open to hostile fire. Water and gas cans have different filler caps. Water cans had a simple cam activated latch that closed the cap to seal it. Gas or oil cans have a threaded cap that screwed in which allowed you to use a hammer or bar to close it tight. In WW II many can were marked with a white cross to denote water. This simply helped to quickly ID the thousands of cans that were dumped off and swapped for full ones, at supply stations, but no longer in practice. Cans with engine oil are normally positioned standing up and strapped or roped somewhere to the chassis. Seals often get damaged or worn so they are not tight. Laying them down will cause oil to leak all over the tank. Not only a mess to clean up but fire hazard from enemy fire.

Here's a couple M-41 shots, Let me know what you want and I'll be happy to shoot any angle or part you want.
Bill

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thanks for the shots Bill. I see in some pics that they look OD but in your pics they have more a blakish look to them?

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Jeremy,

That color is coming from the UV screen we put on our outside exhibits for the hot summer sun. It somehow reacted different than from our WW II OD and looks darker. They are all scheduled for repainting. Actually, the HL Pershing color is about right for the M-41, as this is a cold war tank, issued in late 1953. Here are some shots of mine, with everything where it is supposed to be and right color. During this period, the Army was switching to a greener OD and it was not uncommon to see two vehicles with colors that were not the same, but a couple shades off. Note the tow cable on the left fender and spare track blocks next to the driver. Haven't detailed it yet, but the part on the rear of the bussle is the tripod for the cal 30 MG for off tank use. It slips into the half round piece at the right and strapped to the bussle. You could paint it a little off-color (darker) to make it stand out as different, but the half round mount piece is part of the tank. (Paint the hold-down straps a khaki or greenish OD, also on the pioneer tools and water can straps.) You should also scratch-make a gun travel lock for the left rear. HL forgot this. Hope this helps.

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Cheers Bill, [8D]