Armour Dreams

[Jonathan Moore]

so I wanted something that recreates the look and covers the drive shaft and covers all the bits below.
It all easily breaks down into smaller pieces so that if needed it can be removed from the interior of the tank.

[Jonathan Moore]

I have been keeping my eyes open for all the little detail parts for the tank and found an oil can and grease gun, it took ages but the bay turned up trumps again.

[Jonathan Moore]

Well I have stripped the hull of all the fittings, which was a very unenjoyable job but it means that the project is entering it's final stages, albeit the end is still a long way off. I dragged the hull out and washed it inside and out and when it had dried off hoovered it out ready for painting.

[Jonathan Moore]

All nicely painted, in day light it's not actually gray but a green-grey RAL 7003 . I had always assumed that the internal areas in German tanks that weren't painted in RAL1001 Ivory, were just left as red oxide until I found some good pictures of the inside of the Tank Museums PZ2. The exact colour, from the pictures, is hard to establish but I found another taken in day light and the colour was definitely a green grey rather than grey. There seemed to be two choices, ( sorry my wife has corrected my poor grammar that should be options) RAL 7003 or RAL 7009 which looks grey as opposed to green-grey, so I decided on the 7003 which according to the book Real colours of WW2 was used by German industry for painting machinery components or the luftwaffe for painting aircraft interiors and I like it.



Sad I know but that's me.

[Jonathan Moore]

As I look at all the parts in storage and realise that they all have to be finished sprayed I find it horrifying and yet I have a plan.

Progress is being made although it seems to be very slow. I am spraying and to create enough room to spray inside my workshop, I had to extend it, hence the slow pace. I am trying to only spray the parts that I intend to assemble next, so that I don't have to store loads of finished items and risk damaging them and I can create some extra room. The road wheels and the return rollers were a right pain to mask up, my son said that I should have just sprayed them all grey and let the tracks rub the paint off but I couldn't bring myself to do it as it seems lazy.
It's quite satisfying assembling it in it's finished state but I had noticed some areas that I thought needed alteration or lubrication points adding when I stripped it down, so I am making those alterations as I go along. Maybe I am being too anal but that's me.

That's it so far, all up to date.


That's all for now.

Jon

[ChaseR83]

Your build is simply amazing.

I've read through the pages numerous times and I'm still in awe every time I do. I too have armor dreams that are much larger than my pocketbook... and your build is proof it can be done.

I do have a question for you though, what are you using for documentation? I've started researching a few early war tanks with dreams of building a replica... but info on German tanks always seems scarce. Even Hilary Doyle's Panzer Tracts have become difficult to find.

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by ChaseR83

Your build is simply amazing.

I've read through the pages numerous times and I'm still in awe every time I do. I too have armor dreams that are much larger than my pocketbook... and your build is proof it can be done.

I do have a question for you though, what are you using for documentation? I've started researching a few early war tanks with dreams of building a replica... but info on German tanks always seems scarce. Even Hilary Doyle's Panzer Tracts have become difficult to find.

Research wise, no doubt publications such as these are handy... though sadly I dont have any for the PZ2.

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Tim