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Coen wrote:Thanks Russ, you're a life saver........



Haha.
Sorry dude, I've been waiting to say that for ages.
I'm done now.

Seriously.. Tanks though.

Snicker.

Hope you got a bounty for that joke!

This'll probably only work in the UK!?

I've been fairly busy on her the last couple of days.
I ran into a few more little problems.
One that I can't really fix without a big pain in the but and ordering aftermarket parts.
I thought about it and I'm not going that route. I'd have to buy an entire upgrade kit just to get the single part that I need and it's $45.
Not really worth that kind of expense.

So here's some shots of her as I progressed.


Day 1
All dressed up and no where to go.
Wheels on for a photo session.









There were a pain of mould seams here that needed to be removed. This also destroyed the casting texture so I replaced the texture with TET and stippling.









Here is the gun that I replaced to represent the new 75mm S54 gun in game.



Day 2
I added the grab handles to the hull, the front fenders, spare track armour to the glacis, and the lifting lugs on the turret sides.
I also realised that the game turret uses two periscopes where mine has one and a dummy cap.
I didn't have a spare anywhere... so I'm SOL.

nice progress mate, the new gun barrel gives the 76 some presence


great work



Shane.

Thanks Shane.
I just think that it looks silly myself.
It's too big. It's scale for the game... but it rankles me. Haha

Looking good buddy, what fascinates me is that even though we are basically building the same kit, its all the little subtle differences.

Looking good coen, I gotta get me another t34 kit.

Great update.

You did a get job on the seams.

Your conversion on the gun came out really well.

Thanks Gupp... Some came out the way that I wanted, some didn't.
I had to go back a tweak a few things.

So yesterday I completed the build. Now it's on to painting.
She's sitting in the photo booth waiting for the Falcon to move her butt out of the way.

Since she was there....














Maybe later today or tonight I'll get the primer on her... we'll see. This morning I'll be adding a wash or two to the Falcon.

Cool stuff buddy.

Just watched your video on the tracks and they much easier to do than I imagined.

Really need to get a Dragon kit soon.

Really need to crack on with my build now the replacement kit is here.

Nice video mate and whoa what progress, you've totally overtaken me lol, I've still got bits to do on the hull lol

Good work mate, wow that kit looks good enough naked so can't imagine how she'll look painted and weathered

Hi Coen,

great update and good vid about track!
This "workhorse" of WWII looks already amazing, so I can't wait to see it painted and weathered.


Regards,
Radek

Thanks Lads.
I'm hoping to start it tonight.
We'll see.

Last night I managed to get the primer coat on. I used the new Vallejo black primer that I got the other week.
OH MAN!!!! WOW!!!
It stinks a little but no where near what I thought it was going to. I still have to try out my Model Master Acryl Primer but the Vallejo was spectacular. It went on like silk, leveled perfectly, and was a nice soft satin finish. The only negetive thing that I would have to say about it would be that it's a little hard to clean out of the airbrush.
Other than that... SWEET.... HAPPY COEN!
Sorry about the quality of the shots, I had to pull them from the video.
I forgot to take stills before I base coated her... cause I base coated her this morning.
I'll put those shots up once she's dried a bit.











More in a bit...

Yeah that vallejo primer is hard to best, if you lie, that you should try alclad primer, great for covering PE and resin, dries hard a nails

Won't that stuff melt my eyeballs though?

looking good bud !


its coming along nicely


Shane.

This morning as I had said above, I got the base coat on.
The Vallejo went on so well. I'm considering buy their entire line of Air. WOW!!!
Anyway... there's a couple of new vids up showing all of it, but here are some stills of her all dry.
I've noticed some things that I need to clean up that I couldn't see under the black primer, it's not dead flat like the paint I normally use or I would have caught it.
Either way it's just a bit of touch up.

So here's the pics.

Looking good buddy, just about to watch watch the vid with my lunch

I'm waiting for some Vallejo Air stuff to arrive from E-models, ordered the 4BO Russian green set which comes with 4 different greens, satin varnish and a Dark green (almost black) primer. Which should do nicely for my T34's camo, getting their own thinner, cleaner matt and gloss varnishes too. Read/heard/seen so much good stuff about them on here and youtube that I had to give it a go.

Now that I've tried it I wish I had done the same. That stuff is magic.
I just finished the touch ups on mine and she'll be ready for the next phase of painting.
Might be a few days though.
I'll be looking forward to how well yours goes on. It's more specialized so it should look much better.

loving the colour buddy i will watch the vid when i get home

Coen wrote:Won't that stuff melt my eyeballs though?

As long as you have an extractor you will be fine

Coen wrote:Now that I've tried it I wish I had done the same. That stuff is magic.
I just finished the touch ups on mine and she'll be ready for the next phase of painting.
Might be a few days though.
I'll be looking forward to how well yours goes on. It's more specialized so it should look much better.

Tell me about, every time I look at the pictures a part of me screams out "why did I pick that frigging camo" haven't airbrushed anything in over a decade

But its gonna be fun finding out if my skills are still up to the task, gonna be a new airbrush/comp I'm using too just to add to the novelty lol

You're going to be breaking a bunch of cardinals dude.
One new tool at a time,
One new paint at a time,
You'll be using two new tools at once then using a bunch of new paints and thinners.


Don't blow up your house buddy.

Paul, I've got an extractor, and my local shop carries the entire alclad line. Maybe I'll give them a whirl in a few weeks. My eyeballs are in your hands.

Haha

Yeah well it's been so long I'm kinda starting form scratch anyway. needed a comp and the one I ordered came with an airbrush which is lucky cos my aztecs trigger just went pop and now its a bit hard to get a decent consistent flow going - can get it fixed but it means spending money I could spend on paints and other bits, not to mention it has to go to the states and would take ages to sort out, so I'll just give the new one a go lol.
Shame I can't video it properly as it would probably make for quite a funny video, looking forward to it anyway.

Just keep a grip on you end cap and you'll be ok dude.

Coen wrote:Just keep a grip on you end cap and you'll be ok dude.

I love the Vallejo primer got every colour now great stuff

That green came out well too.

Coen wrote:Paul, I've got an extractor, and my local shop carries the entire alclad line. Maybe I'll give them a whirl in a few weeks. My eyeballs are in your hands.

Haha

You won't regret the primer or for your uses the gun metal colour

I'll be at my local shop next week and I was planning on dropping another wad there... so I'll pick up some of the alclad primer and a few of the basic colours to give them a good test.
Thanks for the tip Paul... you Da'Man!!

Coen wrote:I'll be at my local shop next week and I was planning on dropping another wad there... so I'll pick up some of the alclad primer and a few of the basic colours to give them a good test.
Thanks for the tip Paul... you Da'Man!!

Lol if you say so mate

Make sure you have some cellulose (Lacquer) thinner too, don't be ripped off buying the alclad cleaner.

I have a little bottle of the Tamiya stuff and a giant can of the automotive generic stuff.
I think that I might be sorted haha.

Coen wrote:I have a little bottle of the Tamiya stuff and a giant can of the automotive generic stuff.
I think that I might be sorted haha.

Yeah the later is what I use, stinks to high heaven but get "stuff" of a blanket

These are the latest shots of her as of this morning.
I've softened the maskol chipping in order for me to be able to apply the spounge and brush chipping to the winter camo.
It will be a more complicated affair for the chipping this time because the white camo has to be chipped as well as the paint beneath it.
So that means different colours and layers.

As much as I loved the look of it, I had to bring it back a bit.










And here she is after I lessened the maskol chipping.

Shame the chipping was too much for this one, it looked cool (no pun intended lol), but at least you know it's good for future projects matey.

Yeah it's perfect and I'll definitely use it again.
It's just too much for this build. I need to practice it more and see how small I can get the chips.
There's no such thing as too small of a chip.

really like the chipping effects mate, liquid masks are very handy, you can pick newton winser bottles of in your local art shop for a few beans



great work my friend



Shane.

I didn't know that Shane.
I may have to check that out.
I never thought to look for it in the shops around here.
I'll bet that it's more expensive than the Maskol.
Just a feeling.

You did a great job on the winter camo! it's making me want to drag out my tamiya t-34 and try my hand at winter camo lol.

You should.... do it... you know you want to....


build me.... buiiiiild me.!!

I held this kit in my hands today but managed to restrain myself it was on discount at £38 .....but once again the curse of ism may have struck and I may have to return tomorrow I love this kit ....is that a good price in your opinion coen ???

I'd have to say that it's a bit steep Russ. Most places that I shop at sell it for 25-30 pounds plus 8-10 pounds shipping.

looking superb bud tricky camo to pull off the winter

Yeah Russ the dragon T34 I'm doing cost me £30 delivered form CreativeModels.co.uk check em out.

Coen wrote:I'd have to say that it's a bit steep Russ. Most places that I shop at sell it for 25-30 pounds plus 8-10 pounds shipping.

Phewwwwww that was close just found one creative models £25 cheers Sensai

great minds McLeod

I've got all the chipping done now, decals (all three) on, and I've just finished last night the detail painting.
Next is an all over spray of gloss clear to pave the way for the oil paints.

That's amazing mate and you say your an average modeller you are better than merely average mate way above average superb mate.

Looking good buddy, that chipping is showing though really well