Category: Dragon Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf.G

2011 Year-End Retrospective

If I had to sum up 2011 in a single word, I’d probably go with “grinding”. This has been a year. Two job switches. A layoff and a month and a half of unemployment. Building a house. A move (which we’re still recovering from!). A November of aggravating ailments and injuries. The hottest summer ever…

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Dragon Panzer IV Ausf. G Build Report 3: Decals, Tracks, Weathering

Last time around, we left the Panzer IV in whitewash. After glossing the relevant areas, I applied the decals. Not much point detailing that. There were maybe six or seven all told. Drybrushing and Detail Work After painting the whitewash, I felt it was too vibrant and wanted to tone it back, so I drybrushed…

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Dragon Panzer IV Ausf. G Build Report 2: Principal Painting

With the main structure of the Panzer IV built, it’s time to move on to painting. This particular Panzer served at the Battle of Kharkov in the spring of 1943, and wore a factory applied winter whitewash over the recently adopted dunkelgelb (dark yellow) base color. While I had planned to try the “hairspray technique”,…

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Dragon Panzer IV Ausf. G Build Report 1: Construction

Prior to starting this build, I’d heard plenty of horror stories about Dragon’s abysmal directions and fussy construction. Honestly, I haven’t seen it. The instructions aren’t perfect, and actually get part numbers wrong in a few places (and give you various options in some steps, but never correspond those options to any of the specific…

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On the Bench: Dragon 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf. G

After two back-to-back allied builds – Tamiya’s M4 Sherman Early Production and AFV Club’s Achilles Mk.IIc – I’ve decided to leap across the lines and build some German armor for a change. There are so many German armored vehicles to choose from that it’s somewhat ridiculous, but I’ve settled on Dragon’s Panzer IV Ausf.G. The…

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