From plastic to model - a pictorial story

Written by Viper

Here I present a photo-documentary of the stages of building an Armour model kit.

The photographs show the effects of each major step or technique.

I hope this serves to illustrate to the beginner modeller what difference each technique gives, to increase the realism of a plastic kit.

This model is built from the Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. F2/G kit from Dragon Models. It is finished in the markings of the German Afrika Corps (DAK) in Tunisia 1942.

Comments (5)

OK, Viper: fess up: this isn’t a model, at all! You photographed a real Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. F2/G (the final photograph) and then Photoshoped away the background, replacing it with a matt grey one. You then, again with Photoshop, ‘reverse engineered’ model-looking duplicates all the way back to the first photo to try to fool us! LOL Actually: a brilliant job, and the chipping and dusting really makes the difference. Thank you for sharing. Ian

Hi Buddy,
What a awesome job you did!
Congratulations.

Hi Viper,
Great Info. I am able to get up to the washes but have no idea how you did the dusting.
Any info on that would be very much appreciated.
Always get inspired after seeing your work.
Thanks and keep'em coming.

Regards
Terioska

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Viper: Hi Terioska, thanks for the comment. I airbrush diluted Tamiya Buff for dusting.