Panzer IV Ausf D
Awarded: Silver
By: Stephen Shrimpton
Manufacturer(s): Mirage
Description: War Weary and dusty Panzer IV Ausf D Eastern Front 1941 Mirage Kit painted with Humbrol enamels weathered with oils and Mig Pigments Preiser figures
- Judge 1
- Very nice model with good photos, only missing an in-progress shot. The construction is solid but the wheels on the left side are out of alignment and don’t sit properly on the tracks. The colour is good for this scale but is a bit monotonous and could be improved with some more tonal variation and contrast. The dusty finish is what I would expect to see for a Russian summer and the oil spots on the engine deck add some contrast to the finish. The rusty exhaust is good and the axe looks like it would cut down trees.
- Judge 2
- Now I really like this one you don't have to have alot of colour to have a good model,plus the photograghy is to my liking too. Overall construction is good, the track on one side is abit bunched up at one end. the base colour is nice & even but some brushmarks a little visable. A couple of the decals (unit symbol in front & cross on turret rear) have abit of film showing. The stains on the engine deck & steel drybrushing work well here. The mud is out of scale (grain's are to large) & should be sanded down or built up with a finer powder. The dusting is good & even on the wheels (though some of the wheels are not) & could do with abit more on the gun mantlet. Nice work.
- Judge 3
- A good build (particularly the track sag) with very nice finishing. It's difficult getting an overall grey vehicle to look interesting, but the dusty horizontal surfaces add that extra bit of interest and look in-scale and convincing.