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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:14 pm
by wappynutter
Very nice, very clean build Jan.... :clap: :clap:
She's gonna look sweet once finished buddy..
Well done, keep it up...
:cheers2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:42 pm
by Jan01
Almost coming to the end of the build.

Dry run before glueing.
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Start of the trunnion
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:48 pm
by Jan01
The other metal parts (recuperates) for the gun.
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The gun starting to come together
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So far I have had no problems with building of the gun or the trunnion, just a couple of seam lines needed cleaning up.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:03 pm
by MarkVerploeg
looks great Jan
i don't know if you had the same situation as i did but i found that those metal inserts are a bit hard to get in the outer tubes
i had to sand down the edges as they where blocking the inserts and prevented a smooth movement
but it is a real nice kit
good luck with the rest of your build

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:09 pm
by Jan01
MarkVerploeg wrote:looks great Jan
i don't know if you had the same situation as i did but i found that those metal inserts are a bit hard to get in the outer tubes
i had to sand down the edges as they where blocking the inserts and prevented a smooth movement
but it is a real nice kit
good luck with the rest of your build
Thanks Mark.
I had no problems with the inserts. Problem I had was I added a bit too much glue on one of the outer tubes, and it dried on the inside, so the inner tube will not go all the way to the end. So have to get a needle file out and start to do some light filing on the inside.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:24 pm
by MarkVerploeg
that's a bummer
but it is fixable

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:02 am
by rm6239
Looking great Jan, can't wait to see the next update.

cheers

Rossco

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:28 am
by Jan01
MarkVerploeg wrote:that's a bummer
but it is fixable
I hope so.
Did you have a problem with the figure that is seated? To me it seems that he doesn't sit right unless I take a chunck out of his left arm.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:45 am
by MarkVerploeg
Jan01 wrote:
MarkVerploeg wrote:that's a bummer
but it is fixable
I hope so.
Did you have a problem with the figure that is seated? To me it seems that he doesn't sit right unless I take a chunck out of his left arm.
i don't know Jan
i haven't build the figures yet i just finished my gun a full day before this sig started
and i put the figures a way untill i start a diorama with.them
so ,sorry i can't help with that
good luck with that one

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:16 am
by Paul
Great work Jan, it looks really impressive with the metal barrels. :thumb2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:29 am
by MarkVerploeg
Paul wrote:Great work Jan, it looks really impressive with the metal barrels. :thumb2:
yep i had the same thing i almost wanted to keep it like that

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:15 pm
by Jan01
Ok second update for this weekend. Apart from a couple of small things which will be done after the painting and weathering stage. I can say that the gun is finished (building stage that is) :banana:
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The gun shield is loose, this is so that I can get to the gun once I start priming and then painting it.
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 2:20 pm
by Jan01
I have already primed the figures using Vallejo Grey (From a spray can).
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While waiting for this to dry I did a practice run on the color of the uniform as I don't want a pure white (Except for the helmets)
The color on the left is what I'm aiming for, the one on the right is pure white.
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These are the colors I used.
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:19 am
by conradschmid99
The gun looks great even without paint!

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:22 am
by alextheblue
Great progress there Jan, looking really good!! :th: :th:

Love those figures and once you've got some paint on there - wow!

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:33 pm
by Jan01
Thanks Conrad, will be s pity to cover those metal parts with paint.

Thanks Alex, can't wait to fianally get the paint out, took me long enough to build it.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:58 am
by Schoof
Wow it's gonna be a stunning build

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:44 pm
by Jan01
Thanks Schoof, hoping to start with the primer this weekend.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:58 pm
by T3hGuppy
The detail on this one looks stunning dude.

Will be watching how the winter uniforms come out as have a winter build planned for later this year. :th:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:35 am
by Jan01
T3hGuppy wrote:The detail on this one looks stunning dude.

Will be watching how the winter uniforms come out as have a winter build planned for later this year. :th:
Thanks, it will be my first attempt at a winter build.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:06 am
by rm6239
Jan

Everything looks great together, looking forward to the paint.

cheers

Rossco

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:38 pm
by Jan01
Managed to get the gun primed today using Vallejo panzer grey primer.
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During the week I started on the figures (there quite not finished yet)
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 1:15 am
by longlance67
nice progress mate looking good !


Shane

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:29 am
by Jan01
longlance67 wrote:nice progress mate looking good !


Shane
Thanks Shane. Would have liked to have been a bit further ahead, but you know how it it is, things get in the way like work. :roll:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:54 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Looking great Jan! :th:
And I know, thing gets in the way for me too... But, no work, no modelling eh? :D
Keep up the good work mate! :cheers2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 6:09 pm
by Jan01
fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:Looking great Jan! :th:
And I know, thing gets in the way for me too... But, no work, no modelling eh? :D
Keep up the good work mate! :cheers2:
:cheers2: Frans

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:45 am
by alextheblue
Great progress Jan, that panzer grey primer looks a great colour! :th: :th:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:43 am
by reelmesh
Nice updates Jan, that gun is looking sweet, I think the white variations were also a great idea, it'll make the whole scene more realistic and interesting! :thumb1:

Keep up the good work! :cheers2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:09 pm
by Jan01
Thanks guys for the kind words.

Hoping to post some updates over this weekend.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:41 pm
by Jan01
Did some more work on one of the figures to see how it came out. What do you think?
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:46 pm
by Jan01
Gave the gun another layer of paint using vallejo panzer grey, white and and a touch of blue.
You can just make out the difference in shades.
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Then gave everything a layer of gloss ready to start the weathering process, (wish me luck, first time i will have done this type of work on a model)
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:58 am
by longlance67
looking good mate :banana:



Shane

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:52 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Looking great so far mate!
And good luck on the weathering :thumb2: :thumb2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:05 am
by T3hGuppy
Really like the paint work dude.

Looking forward to seeing this weathered. :th:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:59 am
by Jan01
Thanks guys, looking forward to get started on it.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:03 am
by rm6239
Jan

Great work mate, so hard to not go over the top trying to get some colour into a one colour paint scheme but you have done very well. Looking forward to seeing more.

cheers

Rossco

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:16 am
by Tiger131
looks superb

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:28 am
by alextheblue
Looking great Jan, really nice subtle changes in tone to the colour! :th: :th: :clap: :clap:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:06 pm
by Jan01
rm6239 wrote:Jan

Great work mate, so hard to not go over the top trying to get some colour into a one colour paint scheme but you have done very well. Looking forward to seeing more.

cheers

Rossco
Thanks Rossco, first time I've done something like this.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:08 pm
by Jan01
alextheblue wrote:Looking great Jan, really nice subtle changes in tone to the colour! :th: :th: :clap: :clap:
Thanks Alex, it was your thread that gave me the idea about adding some blue to the grey. Just had to be careful not to add too much.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:29 pm
by Jan01
Just a couple of photo's showing the progress. As I will be doing a winter scene I had some white to the gun carriages. I did add white the gun shield but got a bit carried away with the white, so have to do some repair work.
With the figures I added a very watered down of brown wash. I also did some work on the wicker baskets.
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Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:43 pm
by NAMBiohazard
Beautiful job on the gun mate
lookin damn good :th:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:32 am
by Gav0909
Looking good buddy, I like the winter uniforms on the figures.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:33 pm
by Jan01
Thanks guys for your comments.

Still have a little way to go.

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:49 am
by T3hGuppy
Really nice work on the figures dude. :th:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:24 am
by longlance67
looking great mate, those figures look sharp indeed



Shane

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:13 pm
by fly1ngdutchm4n
Agree! Some fine looking figures mate :clap:
And that flak looks superb!
:cheers2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:08 pm
by alextheblue
More fantastic progress there Jan!! :th: :th: :clap: :clap:

Love the figures - expertly painted!! :cheers2:

Re: Dragon 1/35 German 8.8cm Flak Artillery

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:55 pm
by Jan01
Thanks guys, but unfortunately I'm unable to finish this in time. Which is a pity, was really enjoying this build. Hope to finish it in the near future.

Good job to all that have managed to complete there kits.