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And the owner sits in the back minding his business, probably just reading something. Very nice shop, not far at all from the center and hte Osnabrük Castle.
When I get settled in Italy, I will likely start a thread about the StuG III G I’m assembling. It’s much more detailed and complicated than the other kits I’ve built, so it will be an adventure, especially with many techniques that I need to learn.
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Very inspiring to see what can be made. For sure in my top 3 of most-liked-models:+1:
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Do you have an airbrush?
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No, not yet. I plan on purchasing a cheaper one soon-ish, though.
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Thanks John!
I am slowly building my Krupp’s June 1943 Bulgarian “Maybach” from Border #BT-001.
Took the Filzbalgvorfilters from the spare box(MiniArt) and made the bracket for the centrally mounted headlight(a Krupp specific feature from May/June 1943) from PE leftovers:
Cheers,
Angel
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Love it when a stalled project gets finished. Looks Great Colin.
Angel, The IV’s are amazing. I am in awe of all those road wheels you cleaned up in quick succession. I usually do one P IV based vehicle then other vehicles before I go back to the IV chassis again…
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Whereabouts is it located?
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Its great how you are pushing out these Pzr IV’s Angel. They all look pretty much the same to an untrained eye but the little changes you make to bring them up to Bulgarian vehicles are what make them unique … lovely work mate.
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Thanks, have to go and have a look next time I’m in Osnabrück, the only one I knew about used to be on neue Graben but that shut down.
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I ask you because I have two aircobras from ammo, one is enough. If you want I give you one of them. I I don’t want money for this, I can’t use two and you need one
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Awesome gesture Marco!
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Thanks Peter!
And I have 5 of them IV’s built last 2 months(for now, might easily become 7…)…and each has the 16+2 wheel complement…
Sanding the wheels is easy-nice hard rock, coarse 180 sanding grit, sprue gates aligned when inner and outer wheels were glued and wheel rotated when sanded.
Painting those 96 wheels will be the big challenge-I hope DSPIAE Circular Cutter will make the difference,
Cheers,
Angel
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Beautiful work, and that pe grille, just gorgeous! Last year I tried soldering one for my gmc truck, but that was a failure…
I love those wheels too!
It’s on my bucket list.
Carry on 
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My method for painting wheels, especially Pz IV.
Airbrush the centers, assemble inner and outer wheel halves.
Mount a piece of sprue in a low power miniature drill (a Dremel is WAY too powerful).
Run the drill and file the sprue to a cone. The cone needs to have the diameter of the axle hole of the wheels somewhere between the thick and the thin end.
Adjust the cone until a wheel can be pressed on to the cone.
(Save the cone for the next Pz IV …)
Mount a wheel on the cone, run the drill at the slowest speed, possibly braking it using the thumb of the hand holding the drill. Adjust the wheel until it doesn’t wobble too much, i.e. until the Mk 1 eyeball doesn’t detect a wobble anymore.
Use a small brush to paint the dark rubber on the wheels. Start from the outer edge and move the brush slowly in towards the centre. It took me about 15 minutes to paint all the wheels on a Pz IV.
Making that cone the first time took 15 - 20 minutes, save it for the next kit.
The cone should be nearly cylindrical, a smaller angle works better.
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Looking fantastic!
FWIW - I tried a QuickWheels mask for a Panzer IV recently. It worked very well and is reusable. The 1994+ Tamiya wheels fit fine in the Dragon mask. Not sure if QW has a MiniArt specific one.
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@Marco_Schaper Marco, thank you very much! You have made my day!
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Me? What I’ve done?
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