belugawhaleman

Thanks, the model is now finished and is in the finished section. I did use Tamiya black and brown panel liner but these efforts disappeared under the flat coat.

Added the rifling to the muzzle. This is a PE strip that needs to be rolled into a tube and inserted into the muzzle. It needs to be shortened by about 1mm to fit.

More photos of work in progress. The breech end of this beast was a little fiddly, but I managed. I recommend Tamiya's PE razor saw sets for removing the parts from the sprue trees.

I had some minor difficulties so far, mostly due to the tiny parts and how they are attached to the sprue making removal difficult. Two tiny hooks disintegrated during removal and had to be remade using stretched sprue. A small gap had to be filled at the top of one of the frame cross members. This was done with a strip of styrene. Otherwise, fit is really pretty good and it's a fun build.

I've been working on Takom's Krupp Morser in 1/35 scale. An interesting build with lots of tiny parts including PE parts. Many of these tiny parts have multiple attachment points that need to be filed or sanding before gluing in place. I have been working for the last couple of day and I still haven't got to the actual gun yet. here are some pictures.

wow! Very nice!

I also have pain and tingling in my feet due to a high school football injury. I also have diabetes. My foot problems are not due to diabetes and occur only when I am in certain bodily positions. I'm fine when I'm sitting or standing but I have problems when I'm lying on my side and it sometimes makes sleeping difficult. This for me has been a lifetime problem.

I also collect small steam engines and other engines. Below is a small hit & miss engine and a Mamod engine that I restored. Also my big oscillator video from YouTube VID_20201111_220812.mp4

I got a very nice present for Christmas. A new Iwata airbrush. It's an Iwata High Performance HP- C plus. Haven't tried it yet.

Thanks. I look forward to seeing your take on friendly People's Liberation Army tank driver guy.

I used tamiya flat red brown and metallic gray 50/50 mixed for the tracks. I think it turned out ok. Remember, I'm re-learning modeling with this forums help and my efforts are practice for later efforts. . I found painting the figure a lot of fun. Thanks for your comments. I really enjoy and appreciate all comments. Thanks again; Paul, the Belugawhaleman.

Thanks. Yes, it's 1/16 scale.

Finished the Tankette. I just slipped on the tracks. I used Testors dullcote mixed 50/50 with Tamiya lacquer thinner @ 20 psi and encountered no problems.

Wow! That's beautiful!

Thanks.

Decided to finish the PLA tank dude today.

I should have left the bogies unassembled as you did for painting. painting them that way would have prevented a lot of trouble. I chose Tamiya Nato green for my model. I'm not sure how much weathering I'll do on this model as ,frankly, I really don't have those skills right now. I would like to try chipping techniques but I'm not sure what colors to use to achieve this. Thanks; Paul here's a picture of PLA tank guy. Notice he's wearing the same uniform as the figure in the Takom kit......but,........he doesn't appear to be as friendly!

what color or color mix do you use when you chip your models?

After a long absence from the hobby, I'm finding clear coats and more recently hand painting tires on model armor. My eyesight and now aged and unsteady hands. Also, I think I chose the wrong paint. I used tamiya Flat black with a little ( probably too much) of retarder added. I got an uneven finish with areas coming out glossy and taking a long time to dry. Next time I'll either mask and airbrush or use tamiya Flat black without the retarder that I clearly don't know how to use. In my younger years I used to mix a semi gloss dark gray that looked like rubber. I had much better luck then.

I've been working on and off on this little tank for about a week now. I had a little trouble hand painting the tires. The tamiya Flat black gave me a little trouble. Next time I'll mask and airbrush the tires before assembly. I'll do this on the Takom panzer 1 ausf b. Anyway, here are some pictures.

Finished The Magic Mountain . Now reading The Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. Great WW1 reading. highly recommended.

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

Thanks I'll give that a try.

I purchased some of the tamiya retarder for acrylic paints but haven't used it yet. I was wondering how much was added to the paint to improve brushing.

Sounds good. Thanks for the tip