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That's looking excellent, Lee. It's a really unusual vehicle and that makes it even better!

Damn Looks like I'll have to need to want to order another interesting vehicle. I can see light at the bottom of my wallet

Cya
Charles in Queensland

My Stash runneth over and has taken over the other room.

lol - cheers guys...

Couple of coats of Alclad Aqua gloss down and decals on...






Even though the decals were old and very poor, I managed to cut around them a make them smaller and they seem to have gone down well. Who'd have thunk it...!!!

Looking good buddy. Are you planning on weathering this much?

That's looking fabulous Lee, I love that colour bud. That gloss coat really changed the look of it.

Thanks fellas...

Gav0909 wrote:Looking good buddy. Are you planning on weathering this much?

Not sure mate. It will definitely be having some Ultimate Dust™ and maybe a smattering of mud.

These are what I've been using as references....

Get some proper weathering on it, don't be a tart

It's a a modern AFV Paul, they don't get dinged up like they did in the woar....

That's looking great, Paul! Interested to see what it will look dusted up

Lee wrote:It's a a modern AFV Paul, they don't get dinged up like they did in the woar....

But they get dirty
Very.dirty

Prop72 wrote:That's looking great, Paul! Interested to see what it will look dusted up

Lee....!!! lol

MarkVerploeg wrote:

Lee wrote:It's a a modern AFV Paul, they don't get dinged up like they did in the woar....

But they get dirty
Very.dirty

Yep what he said

Good work Chief . Well done

But it still is an excelent piece of armor sir
You should do more of them
Forget about those wingy things with all those decals
Tracks and a massive gun are fun to build aswell
Or that dora that is taking up.so much space in the stash
Now that is a massive gun

MarkVerploeg wrote:But it still is an excelent piece of armor sir
You should do more of them
Forget about those wingy things with all those decals
Tracks and a massive gun are fun to build aswell
Or that dora that is taking up.so much space in the stash
Now that is a massive gun

I soooooooooooooo want to build the Dora Mark, just no space for it once it's done is all....

Lee wrote:

MarkVerploeg wrote:But it still is an excelent piece of armor sir
You should do more of them
Forget about those wingy things with all those decals
Tracks and a massive gun are fun to build aswell
Or that dora that is taking up.so much space in the stash
Now that is a massive gun

I soooooooooooooo want to build the Dora Mark, just no space for it once it's done is all....

I'm thinking you don't get Lee
You don't look for space for such a build
You make space
That is what i did for my leopold altough that is 20 cm shorter that your dora and needs an overhaul when the shelf of doom gb starts
But these kits need space and you just need to make space for them
Like in the middle of the dinner table
I'm sure the wife won't mind

You know... you could almost glue some ball-bearings to that sucker and hang a speech balloon over it that reads "Exterminate!"

LMAO.....

Had me my first go at doing a pin wash today. Made it up myself (2 parts dark mud + 2 parts black), never done this before as I've always used a water/clay based wash on my aircraft.

I basically did every raised surface, nook, cranny and crevice. Honestly, is it any good?

It makes for a fantastic museum piece, get her dirty, worn, tired and used looking!

I think the wash turned out good
Maybe it is that the photo isn't showing it but i would use some wash in the air intakes
And get some dirt on it ,it looks way to clean
Cheers Mark

Looks sweet to me mate, like mark says get so me in the intakes too. It works well doesn't it.

Will you guys give me a bloody chance....!!! lol

The intake is masked over at the moment and the exhaust will have plenty of staining. The other metal work will have a dark dirt wash over as it will be easier to get it out of the cross hatching - There is method to my madness you know and still plenty to do before I start weathering it

The pin wash by itself looks exactly as it should Lee. You did it perfectly.
The reason that it may look to subtle is normally you add a pin wash over previously applied all over washes. So they build up and show each other off a bit.
Especially if you've used different colours like and all over burnt umber wash (which is wonderful on green camo) then use a black for the pin wash.
The two colours really seem to work well together and so do the effects.
I don't know if that helped at all.
You can still add an all over light wash of burnt umber, then add another treatment of the pinwash mix that you made if you think that it needs it.
The burnt umber will also give a gentle variance to the overall green and add a slight streaking effect.

Coen wrote:The pin wash by itself looks exactly as it should Lee. You did it perfectly.
The reason that it may look to subtle is normally you add a pin wash over previously applied all over washes. So they build up and show each other off a bit.
Especially if you've used different colours like and all over burnt umber wash (which is wonderful on green camo) then use a black for the pin wash.
The two colours really seem to work well together and so do the effects.
I don't know if that helped at all.
You can still add an all over light wash of burnt umber, then add another treatment of the pinwash mix that you made if you think that it needs it.
The burnt umber will also give a gentle variance to the overall green and add a slight streaking effect.

Cheers for the info Mike, mush appreciated mate

Oh, Lee! It's all wrong, wrong, wrong! What have you done?!

Nah, just kidding!! Looks great! Btw, Is it an enamel or oil wash you made?

Cheers

chief5437 wrote:Oh, Lee! It's all wrong, wrong, wrong! What have you done?!

Nah, just kidding!! Looks great! Btw, Is it an enamel or oil wash you made?

Cheers

Oil wash with the Abteilung oils and white spirit

Lee wrote:

chief5437 wrote:Oh, Lee! It's all wrong, wrong, wrong! What have you done?!

Nah, just kidding!! Looks great! Btw, Is it an enamel or oil wash you made?

Cheers

Oil wash with the Abteilung oils and white spirit

Well I like it clean, it doesn't have to be super dirty all of the time
It looks wonderful.

Keep up the good Lee, she's looking all good... Martin

Cheers fellas

Nearly finished now


Time to sort the aerials out....





And how they will look once glued in. Will leave them to the very end otherwise I'll just end up snapping them...lol




Also started on the tracks. One pass with Ultimate Rust wash....



Quick wipe off after 20 mins....



End result....



Just got to be put on and final dust weathering to go for them.

All that's left is to put down the dust weathering, finish the aerials and the headlights and all done.

Really enjoying this build

Really, really nice job, and love the fact you have not gone to overboard on weathering.

John

Looking good mate, rust wash looks great in the tracks

She's looking all good mate, looking forward to seeing the dust on the tracks with that finishing touch. Your Ultimate wash worked really well, quite impressed with that...


Martin

Cheers guys...

Second layer of Ultimate washes on the tracks. This time Light Dirt. This is one quick pass over with the airbrush....



Then cleaned up and ready to go on the Gepard

We want more,we want more
The tracks look good
Now show us the rest (if it is ready)

That's looking proper cool now.
Are you going to drybrush the tips of those connectors with some metal colour Lee?
I'm not sure what that machine uses for tracks.

Coen wrote:That's looking proper cool now.
Are you going to drybrush the tips of those connectors with some metal colour Lee?
I'm not sure what that machine uses for tracks.

No mate, it'll be rust colour as every picture I have shows the tips as rust

OK so, quick spray with some Ultimate light dirt wash.....






Then wheels and tracks on and a little dab with some Ultimate light dirt....




More to follow.....

Good work Chief. Well done !

All finished.....

Rest of the pics can be found in my portfolio thread here.....http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... =69&t=2213

That's a top job there Lee. Had a peek at your portfolio and you've done a fantastic job with this one - love the subtle weathering, I think you've got it spot on!!

Thanks Alex

Nice Lee, great job!

Nice job,

I saw you like to stay subtle on your weathering job what's what i like...because i think I'm unable to over weather a kit.

What's next?

Come back on the javelin??? ooh yeah the month of pause is over. c'mon buddy, you can do it!!!

Bye

Goose

Sweet!