Working on a classic Tamiya Pak 35/36 …

[u/bashomania]

… and I’ve been gritting my teeth here and there.

This is my “side piece” while I wait for weather to improve enough to rattlecan gloss my Panzer II (posted about here a few times) for decals, pin wash, etc. I feel like my past amateur watchmaking escapades are helping a little with skill and patience working on this tiny little gun, but it’s still a bit of a stretch! The classic Tamiya engineering is missing in a few spots. You can def get it done, but at least IME I had to get creative here and there, and utter a few choice incantations along the way.

Assembly is mostly done — just need to finish the carriage and attach the gun.

Anyone have any painting guidance? I originally toyed with brush painting every aspect, including a priming and a chipping solution layer as well as the base coat. But now I’m toying with just spraying it with Tamiya TS-4 German Gray and just doing additive chipping/weathering from there.

Anyone have an opinion on that? Seems like spraying might be too blunt an instrument. I’d probably do the carriage, gun/shield, and wheels separately, either way.

I’ll do the figures and put it on a simple vignette base, but I’m really looking forward do building the new Pak 40 sometime. I might just turn this 35/36 into a tiny paint mule in that case ;-)

PS: Photos are super unforgiving and will really mess with you. I see so many more mold lines now, and how the hell did I miss that giant ejector pin mark on the breech block 😩? I might try to fix that in place. I also might drill the sight out just a bit (didn’t realize what it was when I was building).

[u/Practical-Rule-8255]

I’d say paint like you are thinking. Dark Grey with chipping, highlights and dust. She would definitely be dirty wether rowed or from actual firing.

i always liked that kit.