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Special Hobby 1/32 -Tempest Mk.VI -Egypt 1949
DocRob replied to KevinM's topic in The Sandbox Ready for Inspection.
Like PW said, you achieved a great finish and very real looking weathering, Kevin. I love the Tempest in NMF and hope mine will come out close to yours, when it´s time. Cheers Rob -
That looks fantastic, I love the wood finish. Cheers Rob
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Special Hobby 1/32 -Tempest Mk.VI -Egypt 1949-Finnished
DocRob replied to KevinM's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
Looks fantastic and I have to agree, the left side looks better. I had a similar effect once, painting NMF on a JUG, but can´t remember the details. Cheers Rob -
Another one bites the dust - Maschinen Krieger Friedrich - 1/20
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
Thank you PW and Carl, there were many options camo wise, but I wanted to create an own pattern. I used hairspray on many occasions and it always worked for me, even after days. With my Corsair build, I used it even in two layers, separating the primer color from the metal base and between the camo color and the primer, to achieve more depth with the chipping. The only issue I have, besides the dreaded smell, is that sometimes the covering paint layers activate the hairspray a bit, normally not a problem with weathered objects. I have some heavy chipping fluid as well, but never really used it. Cheers Rob -
While my shipments from Japan are still somewhere on the planet, I received a packet from Germany. I got the Meng 1/24 McLaren Mp4/4 from Meng. There is all you need in the kit, besides the tobacco sponsor decals, which are on the way from Spain. The kit includes metal stickers for the mirrors and carbon decals for the monocoque, beside the usual plastic, which looks actually very good. 1/20 will not become my favorite scale for F1 cars, the kit body looks astonishingly small in the box. I couldn´t get the huge Ironclad and went with the frigate instead. It´s my first Warhammer kit and it will be all about painting. There are only two sprues, but the parts are well detailed. Cheers Rob
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Another one bites the dust - Maschinen Krieger Friedrich - 1/20
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
On to the camo. It´s the FU-52 disruptive desert scheme, I planned for the Kampfanzug. Not that such a thing exists, I made it up, because I wanted to achieve something different, but desert related. The idea is to build a camo from 3 mm wide Kabuki strips added with some 10 mm squares. The angles should be from about 75 to 90 percent, not less. I tried to get an even uneven pattern as a result. The masking took some hours obviously and I made sure to, there is no chance of color bleeding, rubbing all strips in and using a toothpick for the corners. Funky isn´t it? Now on with the paint, in this case Tamiya XF desert yellow. I sprayed it a bit less diluted than usual, to hinder bleeding under the masks. Masks were removed only minutes after application. I prefer to get rid of the masks fast, when the color isn´t completely cured, but dry to the touch. The camo has a kind of razzle dazzle look to it, but this will fade with weathering and all the abuse, I will put onto it. Cheers Rob -
I feel a big relief to hear that your and Dianes outlook is positive and I hope you can maintain the positive vibes through the hard times with your brother´s health issues. Take your time for all the really important things in life and when it´s time again, you know where to find us. Cheers Rob
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Another one bites the dust - Maschinen Krieger Friedrich - 1/20
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
I have to leave my workshop for some hours afterwards Hubert, I hate the smell. Luckily my wife has long blonde hair and never uses hairspray, other ways I would be solo . Cheers Rob -
Another one bites the dust - Maschinen Krieger Friedrich - 1/20
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
I spare you the smelly pics, the next two layers on the Kampfanzug were hairspray for my planned heavy sandblast chipping. I use the stuff directly from the can. For those, who don´t know the technique. I made a steel base layer, then hairspray and on top I apply the two tone camo. When everything is dried, I dampen the surfaces, where I want to chip, which activates the hairspray and loosens the adhesion of the two tone camo layers. With different tools, I can now scratch the top layers away. Next was the base layer of my planned camouflage, using Tamiya XF-64 red brown as the darker tone. It´s a bit bring to show all the layers here, but I did, to describe the process. Cheers Rob -
Another one bites the dust - Maschinen Krieger Friedrich - 1/20
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
After burying the fellow in his steel grave, I masked the front window and inserted it temporary with some diluted PVA glue. I added the missing bits and pieces to the Kampfanzug and sprayed it with Mr. Surfacer 1000 black as a solid base. Next was a coat of AK Extreme Metallics steel as the base coat. Cheers Rob -
What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
DocRob replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
I wanted to be a bit Carlesque and started a parallel build . It´s a 1/35 X-Plus Spinosaurus sans tongue for easier painting later. The build took only three hours. Cheers Rob -
I can imagine, how hard it is to get all the measurements of the fuselage parts right during the design process. It´s so easy, to miss a millimeter here or there, but it definitely shows when mounted. Clear resin looks pretty good and your build log is a clinic for 3D printing, a way, I´m not willing to take myself right now. I can see myself designing and printing smaller parts, but not whole kits. In my case it could also be troublesome to get the needed materials, so I will relay on AM producers or just buy MFH kits . Cheers Rob
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What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
DocRob replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
Wow Carl, yummy. I love my Kamado as well, perfect for everything except Bronto Burger. I even cold smoke Tuna and Wahoo in there. Cheers Rob -
Another one bites the dust - Maschinen Krieger Friedrich - 1/20
DocRob replied to DocRob's topic in The Sandbox Group Build.
Meanwhile, I managed to close the body of the Kampfanzug. Which sounds like a simple task, but wasn´t. A huge amount of pegs have to intersect and they had really tight tolerances. I had to use pliers at some points, always hoping, the side windows don´t pop out. Most of the kit could be build without glue, that´s why there are so many pegs. I masked the cockpit front window with kabuki tape and sawed off the huge mounting part, because it disturbed the view to the inside. The interior of the suit got water dampened to activate the hairspray and then chipped with various tools. This was followed be DAK sand effect, a kind of wash with pigments in it. I liked the effect a lot and applied it onto the poor pilot as well, before I buried him in his steel grave. I will leave the weathering for now, but I´m pretty sure, I will add more later. Cheers Rob