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Post by Paul B on Oct 31, 2020 10:34:54 GMT
Might have taken a awhile Joe, but well worth waiting for
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Post by Boots on Oct 31, 2020 18:30:33 GMT
Perfick colour Joe
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Post by Armorguy on Oct 31, 2020 18:39:29 GMT
Wow that's a nice looking yellow!!!
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Post by Snipersmudge on Oct 31, 2020 19:42:16 GMT
Super clean work Joe, the IDF sand colour looks superb.
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Post by Ian H. on Nov 4, 2020 19:55:09 GMT
Very smooth paint application, Joe. Looks excellent!
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 8, 2020 21:39:10 GMT
Wow, I just caught up with this. Way to go man! Now I gotta get going on my little 1/72 scale M-51!
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 11, 2020 11:56:19 GMT
Thank you Paul, Boots, Guy, Pete, Ian, and, Duke. Cheers chaps. I sprayed all the wheels and glued them in place. This will be the first time I've done a wash on armour, so I'm sure I'll make a few mistakes along the way. First one, the wash I used looks a little dark. Oh hum, never mind. I'm thinking about spraying the rest of the hull with a gloss varnish so it doesn't stain as much. Meanwhile, here's a couple of photos to show how it's going so far.
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Post by Paul B on Nov 11, 2020 12:02:42 GMT
Don't call it mistakes Joe, just say you're practicing . Looks good to me though
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 11, 2020 12:04:58 GMT
Don't call it mistakes Joe, just say you're practicing . Looks good to me though Thank you Paul. That's a good way of putting it. I want to practice before I start the Tamiya R/C Tiger.
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Post by Ian H. on Nov 11, 2020 16:53:35 GMT
Joe, looking good thus far!
Regards,
Ian
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Post by Snipersmudge on Nov 11, 2020 18:16:01 GMT
I'd advise always to spray at least a light gloss coat over matt paints before weathering Joe. As you have discovered matt paint on it's own does tend to soak up the washes really well. Where a gloss surface will not. You can always spray a thinned bit of deck tan or similar over the wheels later to lighten them up and to add a bit of dust to the finish. However if you are after a good dollop of grime I'd say that worked perfectly!
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Post by Boots on Nov 11, 2020 19:25:52 GMT
Pete has just mentioned what i was about to say regarding the light over spray of deck tan,the darker wash will act as a sort of pre-shade with the thinned lighter over pass with the D/T...........and mistakes can be ya best friend at times during weathering
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 12, 2020 6:08:54 GMT
I'd advise always to spray at least a light gloss coat over matt paints before weathering Joe. As you have discovered matt paint on it's own does tend to soak up the washes really well. Where a gloss surface will not. You can always spray a thinned bit of deck tan or similar over the wheels later to lighten them up and to add a bit of dust to the finish. However if you are after a good dollop of grime I'd say that worked perfectly! Thank you Pete. I'll give it a gloss coat and let it dry a couple of days, then try again. Much appreciated.
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 12, 2020 6:14:13 GMT
Pete has just mentioned what i was about to say regarding the light over spray of deck tan,the darker wash will act as a sort of pre-shade with the thinned lighter over pass with the D/T...........and mistakes can be ya best friend at times during weathering Thank you Boots. I done a wash on the underneath of the hull to experiment with. I can give that a spray over as you suggested. Murky blow through as the French say.
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 12, 2020 6:15:37 GMT
Joe, looking good thus far! Regards, Ian Thank you Ian. Sorry, in my excitement I forgot to thank you.
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Post by Armorguy on Nov 12, 2020 7:16:54 GMT
Ian it looks very good from here fella.
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Post by Boots on Nov 12, 2020 19:43:32 GMT
Good luck with it Joe , i normally start dark and work back......how you adjust in the middle part is entirely up to you....my Scammell build went from dark to a very, very pale sand........and then i slowly adjusted to somewhere in the middle of the two with the base colours to the shade i required/liked etc, wahes and further weathering will also play a big factor in the colour mood swings..........you`ll crack it Joe
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 13, 2020 8:03:00 GMT
Cheers Guy.
Thanks Boots, that's a great help. By starting with the light colour, I went arse about face as my old Nan would say. I now know what you mean, I'll have a look at your Scammell as I go. I should have looked to see what I had before I started, instead of just using the first wash that come to hand. I was inpatient, and didn't want to wait until I got a more suitable shade. But, like you say, weathering is a lot of fun. When I've made armour before, I just used a Tamiya weather master set. Thanks again for your help and advice. 😁
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Post by Boots on Nov 13, 2020 19:38:55 GMT
No probs Joe Some may well work the other way and start light,this is just my personal method that seems to work for what i require.......i read somewhere that `it takes a lot less paint to darken a lighter colour than it does to lighten a darker colour`........but the shade changes to what you want to achieve are minimal and require very little amounts of paint...also......i do all mine mostly with the sponge . The sponge method is my fav....you have so much control with the paint, the Scammell was sponged in varying layers of light/dark/light etc and just some all over random washes in between .............the wood was a different method
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 15, 2020 12:29:42 GMT
Many thanks Boots. I have some artist sponge I can try that with. I spayed a coat of gloss varnish over the wheels and hull. I'll let it harden off for a day or so, then give it a wash to see how it looks.
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