The Panzer IV road wheel challenge!

[BLOWHARD]

After looking at Wald's killer Panzer IV and commenting on the road wheels I started wondering how much work would be involved in doing one of my own.
I spent a little over an hour and a half and came up with this-

It still doesn't have as much depth as I wanted.
With another try I think I could improve it and set it up to do the 8 plus wheels so that each would have a difference in rotation, including the hex heads. But it's a load of work, let me tell you! Plus each should receive it's own weathering and chipping paint, rust, mud etc. UGH! Or at least my idea of how I would do it.
(It would probably take me more than a year to do a whole tank like this...oh the pain!)

SO, ALL YOU GREAT PAINTERS, the gauntlet has been thrown down!
Let us see your Panzer IV road wheels!





(See what I end up spending my time off work doing???)

[Kakukk]

This is a good idea.Groupdrawing

[Wlad-FR]

Ou La la !! Your exemple is beautiful and gives us a good lesson ! I dare not imagine a whole Pz IV with your technique ! Please stop here !
Wlad

[BLOWHARD]

I dare not imagine a whole Pz IV with your technique

I dare not try, I'd be dead of old age before I finished

[GiantFlyingRobots]

I dare not try, I'd be dead of old age before I finished

Just do it during working hours.

BLOWHARD, have you posted any armour here(I kind of doubt I'd forget it) before? I don't recall any. I'd love to see you finish this one, you've done the hard work, you might as well do the other minor details.

I'll give it a go, if you guys post some nice reference images, of cause that will be some time after I recover from tonight's new year debauchery.

[BLOWHARD]

Check here Giant-
Panzer IV Photos - Walkaround Gallery
Or...
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...er-iv-5421.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...er-iv-5408.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...er-iv-1615.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...er-iv-1613.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...ummel-1373.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...jager-1640.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...jager-1635.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...er-iv-5421.jpg
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/panzer-...er-iv-5434.jpg
Or well researched plastic kit parts...
Dragon 6360 Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2(G)

When I turn around...START PAINTING!

[leomartin6]

Nice one. Pictures are also damn good. I'll see what i could get out of it.

[BLOWHARD]

Wha...no one else wants to make a road wheel???