Panzer III Ausf. J, Eastern Front 1944

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Philipp Gross
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Panzer III Ausf. J, Eastern Front 1944

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Evening Gents,

for reasons beyond my understanding I found myself compelled to continue on another ancient build of mine instead of finishing some of the more recent business. Also a reminder to all that we have a permanent shelf queen group build :lol:

This is Dragon's old Panzer III kit with Eduard etch and spare Tamiya parts, as well as Master Box figures. According to the photo timestamps I last worked on this in May 2014...back in the days of Modelarmour :shock:

I was trying to replicate a particular tank from the Tankograd Panzer III book, thankfully they have the photo on their website.

Naked it looked like this:
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My first paint attempt:
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I was completely unhappy with the result, which then led to its banishment...

...until last week, when I picked it up, threw it in a bath of oven cleaner and gave it a fresh start:

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For the turret numbers I'll need to resort to printing them myself, I hope my cranky old printer agrees to that plan :lol:

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The paint does look much better the second time.

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I agree with Shawn. Much better this time. :) Will you use the same figures Philipp?

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Thanks everyone!

Vincent, so far I plan to use the figures as planned back then. Thankfully they're still complete.

I'll need to design the turret numbers next, more on that soon.

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Finally got around to making some numbers:

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I'm using Inkscape, which is a free vector graphics programme.

Test print....I could have done the math, but I was lazy and simply made a few different sizes to try on the model :lol:

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Yeah, my printer is a piece of junk. Hopefully the actual decals will turn out halfway usable.

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A bit of paint for touch up and all will be well Philipp ;)

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