For a Queenslander, that is called the start of the new "Ice Age’… The heat wave Europe has had is a mild Summer’s day here.
What heatwave?
It was quite warm and dry in june, but since then cold and rainy. At least the west/north.
almost too cold for me to go diving at Straddy lol
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Freezing is anything below 15 degrees for a Queenslander, winter starts when it gets below 20
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It’s the same for us, just on the negative side of the Celsius scale. 
Dodging the sharks, blue ringed octopus, box jellyfish and the like would keep you warm. After all this is the land of things that kill you (apparently) 
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The dirty weathering phase is begining,
This a mixture of MIG dark mud, russian earth and industrial city dirt, with white spirit dripped on to set it.
Each side and front and rear will be done over various angles which will include the tracks to make sure there is an even coverage… In between that, there is a small amount of detail painting to do.
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Front, sides and rear are dirty weathered with those pigments. Need to do the same from a few different angles, then do the hull top.
That’s the rear.
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Be honest John, you spilled your coffee on it…
Nice and filthy so far. Don’t forget to get it under the sponsons and inside the grooves in the spokes.
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I think Petbat is right, after all, there is more weathering on one wheel of this one than on the entire CTT 
This is more my kind of weathering nice and dirty 
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Sometimes Fate offers up a challenge.
A very heavy box fell on the Sturmpanzer, shattering the casement and suspension. At first, the damage seemed catastrophic. A few days later, I began to think a really good model builder could recover and fix all the damage. A few fays after that, I started piecing things back together. In something of a miracle, the rails for the apron plates survived intact. The picture above shows where things stand today.
Every single bogie and bump stop sheered away but the lower hull remains otherwise intact. AFV Club makes a suspension set for Nashorns and Hummels that should fit this vehicle. With some careful cutting and sanding, it might be possible to remove and replace the suspension elements.
Therefore, hope remains that this model may yet cross the finish line but for now, I am returning it to the closet.
Meanwhile…
My list of projects that qualify as Unfinished Business currently includes 29 entries. 
Pressing ahead, I spent the evening preparing this Cyber Hobby Panzer IV E with Vorpanzer for paint. Except for the fenders, It was fully built many years ago and really needs to get done. My damaged airbrush does spray and should be able to handle the single color camouflage worn by this vehicle.
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Oww that sucks!
I usually do not give up easily, but that one… respect that you are willing to give it a go.
Speaking of which…
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I once had the idea to make a dio, showing a German tank being recovered from a Russian bog. That dio never materialized completely and I threw all out except the tank in question; a PzBefW 38(t).
A day or 2 ago I rediscovered it, sitting “submerged” in a box, hidden in the depths of my sea of shelves. It must be at least 15 years old.
I am going to recover and restore it! It looks salvageable.
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It is shaping up to be the summer of Panzer 38(t)s. Wade purchased one a few weeks back. You have that project. I have a Tristar E/F on order.
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In that case you might be delighted to hear that I am going to do that as a tandem build… with an ancient Italaerei (yes, correct spelling) from 1978 (I think) PzKpfW 38(t) as a LTvz38 in Czech colours. The PzBefW is by Maquette.
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Speaking of Pz 38t’s, NightShift’s two videos on painting one are excellent.
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Maquette! I am very curious to see how those two models build up. While I currently favor modern kits, older ones definitely have a strong appeal. Models have inherent historical significance independent of the subjects they represent because the technology used to design and produce them changes over time. In my opinion, a good model collection will represent this aspect of the hobby by including models from a diversity of manufacturers, released at different points in time.
I other words, having three models of the same subject by different manufacturers produced at different points in time provide interesting information about the evolution of the hobby. It’s fun to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Looking at my own small collection, it heavily favors Dragon and Tamiya. I need to get out more. 
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I watch a lot of NightShift’s stuff and continue to slowly make my way through his video catalog. Sometimes the techniques work. Often they do not. Practice. Practice. Practice. He definitely understands the relationship between color diversity and visual interest, often taking it over the top, producing models that look like modern, super stylized fantasy figures.
I would like to paint a peditank (a spider-like, walking tank from Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex) in that style.
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I actually did find a picture from 2008, when I was working on it!
The JCB was supposed to be dragging out the 38(t) with men shovelling and working beside them.
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If you have any Dragon Panzer IV kits in the stash, see if their are spare suspension parts in them. Quite a few of their kits have unused parts that are complete suspensions. These sprues are from their older kits which have parts you use and others you don’t.
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