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    PCM Focke Wulf FW 190 A-1/A-2/A-3

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    13 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

    Beautifully done Gaz! I love the subtle way you weathered the cloth surfaces.

    Also the dirt on the underside well done! Often forgotten by modelers.

     

    10 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Love the oil articulated effects Gaz, specially on the ailerons and tail.

    Cheers Rob

     

    5 hours ago, Jeff said:

    Outstanding results ! I love the subtle effects.....

     

    4 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

    Stunningly clean work my friend, real joy to follow.

    Cheers

    Martin

    Thank you, my friends!

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    I feel the need... for Shake and Bake... Tamiya StuG

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    13 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Exactly my plan for my Stug build, using dark yellow as a base for the winter wash, which I will brush paint with washable white.
    The extra track links may look like light gun metal, brand new. It's cast steel, so it won't be to shiny and not to light with the slightly pitted surface, reducing refraction. If they where some time on the tank in a winter humid surrounding, I would use my usual base technique with white metal tracks and blacken them chemically. 

    Cheers Rob

     

    After further waffling, I decided I wanted some airbrush practice.  The reason for further waffling was discovering that they were Ostketten and not winterketten.  This opens up the deployment months to include all of the wet months.P1013341.thumb.JPG.1d247a934bb5db49e8d1425a494a5c35.JPGt

     

    My original display concerned a winter vehicle in a situation where there was some mud as well as snow.  But...  now I can dispense with the winter colors if I desire.  Which helps because I don't have to try to find winter figures.  Also...  I didn't like the original scheme.  It look unnatural.   So, I painted this freehand last night.P1013340.thumb.JPG.fc14da394643284d4421c6198ae555e8.JPG

    Again, I wanted the green to dominate.  Again, SMS lacquers .

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    And I added the Ostketten which are dry fitted.  I had to put pins over the drivers compartment to hold the heavy tracks in place.

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    Anyway...  more kits to do and never enough time.

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    Israeli Mirage III C with Atar9C

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    The skin on your model looks great Kai. 

    For  a long time I abstained from Italeri models.  But when they released the Starfighter in 1/32, I had to check the reviews and decided to buy one.  I'm glad I did, because I got a great result despite the kit's only noteworthy flaw which is trench-like panel lines.

    But not all of the panel lines were bad.  Mainly those along the dorsal area. 

    I have seen some guys go al the way with it and detail it to the hilt.  But I'm not that guy, and I was quite happy with my investment.

    If I was going to do another, I'd make a commitment to fill and re-scribe.  Maybe someday.

     

     

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    I feel the need... for Shake and Bake... Tamiya StuG

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    On 3/13/2021 at 8:01 PM, DocRob said:

    On the first pics, your STUG looks like covered with dark caramel sauce, sweet :D. I like the resulting camo though and think it's well worth the effort. I worked on a winter STUG project in an early phase as well, with only most of the Zimmerit applied. My plans for the winter camo were to use washable white colour by Ammo of Mig, applied by brush, to hinder overspray. I haven't tested the method until now, but will post the results.
    I like hairspray chipping and have used it to my liking on several occasions, but never decanted the stuff. Two or three passes, directly from the can were sufficent, depending on the planned effect.

    Cheers Rob

     

    18 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

    Hmmmmm you guys have got me thinking about my next AFV, looking good Gaz, following your experiments closely...

     

    16 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

    The camo looks good there Gaz. If you're covering the whole tank in white wash, does the but of overspray become that critical? Or are you just whitewashing the lower hull?

    Carl

    HI guys,

       Thank you very much.  We're at a bit of a standstill at the moment because I wasn't happy with the white.  So, I decided to strip the white and redo it.  But...  as will happen, I lost a lot of the lacquer paint. too.  But not enough.  So, I am hitting the whole thing with another spray of oven cleaner, and it will soak until after work tomorrow.  Or maybe later tonite as I have no patience whatsoever.

     

    Carl,

        I don't really know how the winter white was applied in every case.  Whether it was paint, or lime.  Brushed or sprayed.  Either way, I try to avoid 1/1 scale over-spray.  I'm still feeling my way with this chipping fluid/hairspray.

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