Somewhere in Afghanistan
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:10 pm
So I thought I would post a bit about what I've been on with for a couple of weeks its not a masterpiece by any standards but I'm happy with it so far it is all airfix (sorry lee) apart from a few other bits and bobs more on that as we go,
Now I'm new to posting a full on thread on here so I might not have taken pics at the right time
but we will see how we go,
So it started off with the 1/48 jackal
To this I added the full black dog photo etch set that was interesting to say the least instructions a little bit vague and it being the first time working with pe,then on to paint primed with ak dark yellow then painted with Vallejo light brown with a touch of white in
Then detail painting some other little bits I added was tamyia jerrycan and stowage set
Then it was on to the figures not my forte but gave it a whirl
Then on to the weathering just used Ultimate sand in a slightly different way I poured some in a container and dried it out once it was dry I crumbled it up to make a fine dust then spent a couple of days on and off scrubbing it in to make it really dusty, I really like how that worked out
That was that for a bit so i started on the 1/48 Lynx and I know its airfix but it's a really good kit fell together with barely a gap to see
Then on to primer then a bit of pre shading
Then in between primer and paint I had a birthday and the wife bought me this
So thought I ought to give it a go,so did all the camo freehand (first time) with Vallejo dark green and Vallejo light grey turned out pretty good
Then on with the other little things
Then the decals
Then I took a picture of it on a pre bought base
Then I took another picture of the jackal on another pre bought base
That's when I had a great idea
I added some sandbags and fuel barrels (tamiya set) along with a tipped over bucket of oil
I've put some fence posts in ready to have some barb wire put on (when it turns up)
Also put a few bits of grass and moss here and there hope to show a better picture when it's complete I also made some barricade type things not sure if I like them I might swap them for some metal also to have some barb wire on them
So that's where I'm at now probably missed a load of other stuff but you get it lol
if you've stayed till the end go have a lay down you've earned it sorry for the crap load of errm crap thanks for having a look happy modeling 
Now I'm new to posting a full on thread on here so I might not have taken pics at the right time
but we will see how we go,So it started off with the 1/48 jackal
To this I added the full black dog photo etch set that was interesting to say the least instructions a little bit vague and it being the first time working with pe,then on to paint primed with ak dark yellow then painted with Vallejo light brown with a touch of white in
Then detail painting some other little bits I added was tamyia jerrycan and stowage set
Then it was on to the figures not my forte but gave it a whirl
Then on to the weathering just used Ultimate sand in a slightly different way I poured some in a container and dried it out once it was dry I crumbled it up to make a fine dust then spent a couple of days on and off scrubbing it in to make it really dusty, I really like how that worked out
That was that for a bit so i started on the 1/48 Lynx and I know its airfix but it's a really good kit fell together with barely a gap to see
Then on to primer then a bit of pre shading
Then in between primer and paint I had a birthday and the wife bought me this
So thought I ought to give it a go,so did all the camo freehand (first time) with Vallejo dark green and Vallejo light grey turned out pretty good
Then on with the other little things
Then the decals
Then I took a picture of it on a pre bought base
Then I took another picture of the jackal on another pre bought base
That's when I had a great idea
I added some sandbags and fuel barrels (tamiya set) along with a tipped over bucket of oil
I've put some fence posts in ready to have some barb wire put on (when it turns up)
Also put a few bits of grass and moss here and there hope to show a better picture when it's complete I also made some barricade type things not sure if I like them I might swap them for some metal also to have some barb wire on them
So that's where I'm at now probably missed a load of other stuff but you get it lol
if you've stayed till the end go have a lay down you've earned it sorry for the crap load of errm crap thanks for having a look happy modeling 
so what I did was pour a thinned off black oil paint in a bucket then strategically placed upon the ground where a chubby finger errm pushed it over think that just about covers everything now for a bit 
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