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Post by Boots on Apr 3, 2020 19:24:56 GMT
Why yes indeed it does look good
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Post by Marco on Apr 3, 2020 19:29:04 GMT
Wow, fantastic work!
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Post by Snipersmudge on Apr 4, 2020 7:35:42 GMT
Like that mud and grime build up, very effective.
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Post by jabbly on Apr 4, 2020 8:43:24 GMT
Thanks for all the comments guys as a do like a nice dirty bottom!
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vlad
Sprue Cutter
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Post by vlad on Apr 4, 2020 9:20:16 GMT
Your bottom is absolutely filthy!!
Must be the lack of TP....
Seriously ..... looking very good!
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Post by jabbly on Apr 4, 2020 9:29:20 GMT
Your bottom is absolutely filthy!! Must be the lack of TP.... Seriously ..... looking very good! We were actually ok when the big loo paper rush happened because we shop locally but also do a big online shop for bulky consumables. We had a reserve of twenty rolls and even going on a curry only diet wasn’t going to deplete that.
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Post by Ian H. on Apr 5, 2020 22:55:00 GMT
Very effective weathering on that lower hull. Love it!
Regards,
Ian
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Post by jabbly on Apr 15, 2020 7:35:01 GMT
Just to show I haven’t forgotten about this one a small update. Added a bit more detailed weathering and then wheels on for trackage time. The tracks are pretty nice and my preferred option of link-and-length with sag in the top run. There’s a bit of clean-up but as the individual links are a nice size they’re easy to put together although of course you always get them in the wrong direction. Coming to assembly I hit a bit of a snag, I reread the instructions at least three times, checked the parts and what I’d done. Nope there’s still a gap in the bottom run. Now when I say a gap I don’t mean a link or two, I mean several. So back to the box, clean off some more links and after adding an additional five (is that a record?) the tracks fit. Not quite sure what went wrong there but at least there was enough extra links plus I’ve got four left over which I’m going to use as spare track. Now to get down and dirty on those tracks.
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Post by Paul B on Apr 15, 2020 8:49:08 GMT
Get 'em dirtied fella
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Post by Snipersmudge on Apr 15, 2020 11:54:41 GMT
Yeap the muddier the better! Looking good
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Post by Ian H. on Apr 15, 2020 17:25:59 GMT
Fantastic work on that lower hull!
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Post by Armorguy on Apr 15, 2020 17:56:38 GMT
The mud looks spot on.
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Post by jabbly on Apr 16, 2020 9:26:44 GMT
So nearly at the camo stage and I've decided to try something a bit different in the colour department from overall Russian green - a three tone 'tiger' strip pattern which I have on one of my tanks in World of Tanks. I rarely do camo schemes. let only ones that are this complicated, so I had a thought about how best to achieve this one. My plan is to start with the dark brown as this will also allow some tonal difference to the other colours then use Tamiya's flexible masking tape to mark out where the yellow strip is. I going to do this step as I think that makes it easier to get the stripes evenly spaced and in the right place. Then apply rolls of magic putty along side the tape. Remove the tape, spray with yellow, add some more rolls of magic putty and then spray with green. That sounds sensible to me, any advice from someone who's done this sort of thing before. Oh as a note, brush painting is very much a no, no as pretty much all my paints are Tamiya.
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Post by Snipersmudge on Apr 16, 2020 14:08:11 GMT
Sounds like a plan mate although I personally would spray the yellow first as it is sometimes easier to paint the lightest colour first then the darker ones. Reason being it can be difficult to get a good colour saturation spraying the lighter tones over dark ones.
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Post by Paul B on Apr 16, 2020 14:45:13 GMT
That is a cool plan Jase. And yes what Pete says makes sense, always go for the lighter colour first
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Post by jabbly on Apr 16, 2020 16:04:53 GMT
Thanks Pete. The reason I was going for brown first was to act as a partial pre-shade and also being very thin it look as that doing that one first will be easier when it comes to putting the putty in place. I might have a quick try as Tamiya paints are pretty opaque when airbrushed.
If I can get this one right then it’s back to the Chieftain Marksman and its Berlin camo.
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Post by jabbly on Apr 16, 2020 16:27:10 GMT
That is a cool plan Jase. And yes what Pete says makes sense, always go for the lighter colour first I do like the like of the scheme and even though it comes from WoT it is basically historical, although rare. The annoying thing is there doesn’t seem to be a way to try camo out without having the tank in your garage. Luckily I had about 10mil credits kicking about doing nothing.
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Post by Robbo on Apr 16, 2020 16:34:25 GMT
Nice weathering there Jabs
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Post by jabbly on Apr 18, 2020 18:02:03 GMT
So I’ve got the weathering on the tracks kinda done but not that happy with the overall finish as they are a bit plain and there are some differences between the look of the top run and the rest. I decided that I’ll leave it for now and ‘blend’ them in when I do the rest of the weathering. I did try my hand at flame cuts and weld beads with mixed success. The flame cuts aren’t perfect but I’m happy with the result, the weld beads less so. I think I need to get better at judging just how thick the stretched sprue should be. Oh well, you have to start somewhere and it’s something I’ll be using again, hopefully improving. To try and give the hull a bit more interest I scavenged some tools from an old ISU-152 build and also made a pair of spare track links. I’m not entirely sure where I’m going to place them and I’m also toying with the idea of tow cables. So tomorrow, hopefully, it will be camo time.
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Post by Snipersmudge on Apr 18, 2020 18:14:44 GMT
Nice in a spot of primer, tools and ropes will certainly jazz up the rather plain hull for sure
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