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Slight sidesways move ....working on Sgt Bob today ... Sequence of :- base prime , sprayed black upwards / sprayed sand downwards to give false shadows , glazed olive uniform, filling in some detail , mixing oils for flesh colours , basic face hands hair and eyes. I've tried using acryllics for flesh , but now find oils a lot easier with the longer working time and blending . Will now leave all him to dry out for a few days and then go back and add some final details and highlights . Looks a bit naff with close ups, but sat on the tank with the naked eye should be fine . We'll find out.
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They're great fun , I've built a few of those over the years, along with that recon set . Mainly recreating the well known scene at Kaiserbarrake crossroads during the Battle of the Bulge.
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What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
PanzerWomble replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
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What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
PanzerWomble replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
Just came in the post , I will be popping my MRP cherry when I get going with the Phantom . Hopefully as great as everyone seems to rave . -
They were canvas with fibre glass inside, after a few years out in the German weather they literally rotted and fell to pieces . Canadian tanks got more of a pasting on exercises than the UK Chieftains or German Leopards, mainly because they were much fewer in number . 75 Centurions 11's served with Canandian forces in Germany , compared to 1000 Mk V Chieftains or nearly 2000 Leopards. No wonder they kept winning the gunnery competitions they were far more active. Link ...I'm not making it all up !! I need to find the other source I had a year ago , it was a wealth of info about the Canadian tankers in Germany , the run down and decision not to upgrade Centurion ( Vickers had quoted, as had the Israelis) and the way Germany insinuated if Canada wanted their special EU trade deal (Framework Agreement on Economic Co-operation 1976) then they might like to consider buying European tanks ....not harking back to their Commonwealth roots and buying British . Trudeaux quickly signed the deal for Leopard 1's . And who says politics and national interest don't rampage through arms procurement 🤣
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Masked it , I often suffer from overspray otherwise 😔 as it needed a hard edge . Re oils - I occasionally use oil dot filtering , acylic washes of base colour are better for German WW2 cammos IMHO , or even wet on wet acrylics . For stark colours like this , or say Panzer grey , I find oils are a good way of breaking the monotone . FYI Brit vehicles of that era were painted by hand , on average once a year , by bored soldiers , and the Canadian tanks look similar. The synthetic enamel rubbish in Army use till the mid 90's fades, scratches and chips like ....so it needed doing frequently, over the mud quite often For parades a good spraying in WD40 to give them a shine was also popular. The move to true IR reflective paints in the mid 1990's meant a move to 2 pack paints , that needed to be base unit sprayed , baked etc ., so a lot less layers on modern vehicles .
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Let me know if I'm telling you all what you already know? , I'm not a big WIP person . So painting small bits tools tracks etc I use an Army Painter wet pallette as it saves lets me go as slow or fast as I like . Stuff styas fresh for 24-48 hours depending on how much retarder you add. Then onto some filters . Chose to go with oil dot filter for this one , as I know the white will make the green and black look old faded and water streaked. I'm using W&N standard oils, left for an hour to leach out some of the oil . It's also important to have the correct mug for the model ... Dotted on , and then dragged vertically or daubed horizontally with a damp brush . Looks a mess at first but all can be removed with white spirit / turps . Or worked over with a dry brush until it gets ot wehre you need it to be . And here's the whole shebang. It looks OTT right now because it will need 12 hours or so to dry properly and tone down . Even then, a damp brush can still be used to adjust, move & remove. If we are happy it'll be a quick blast with some matt varnish , some markings and then onto pin washes , chipping , mud ,rust and fuel
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Base green down . A pass of straight green and then two passes with increasingly lightened with buff. Barrel in semi gloss black, this will probably get toned down more later Masked for hard edge camo , Black down then modulated the same method with dark grey . Now the real work begins Bit earlier than mine , still on steel tracks but once the thermal sleeve is off the gun looks quite shiny.
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Or go German . Two training battalions (100 & 206) used them in Normandy , plus a few sent to Yugoslavia . Completely decimated in Normandy in 48 hours or so .
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I 110% admire your perseverance , but for me............ I'm with Marie Kondo ...that would not bring me joy..... I'd eBay or eBin .
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LSM Modelling News 2023 merged Fran and Artful69’s threads
PanzerWomble replied to Fran's topic in Modelling Discussion
1/48 Gannet , nice to see, but thats not going to be a huge runner I'm guessin. Shows clearly who Airfix think their market is . Put me down for a build of that later this year even though I'm not a Failfix fanboy. 😁 ......................then it'll have to be a Wessex ...and a Sea King .......and a ......anyone fancy making a R08 Bulwark ? Grrrrrrrr. -
Take it you know the masts were ditched very early on in the war ? depending on when you are doing yours . I found this resource doing the S-100 last year, seems legit & lotsa pics, although you have to navigate around a bit . Hals und Beinbruch ! Die Schnellboot-Seite
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Some encouragement from 1978 when plastic was softer and Airfix was pumping out reboxes of MPC and Peerless kits and calling them their own . E-boat was the top shelf model .
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So some progress ....Turret now completed with the various "lil differences". The 50 cal mount appears different in virtually every pic, so reckon a lot were "workshop mods" rather than anything coming out of Vickers or Barnbow, so have picked one and gone for it. Found Sergeant Bob , who although is a little more 80's, can probs pass for a 1970's bod. ( This is a Firing Line figure from Dave J Parkins for those who get peed there are no 1980's British Army figures around) . Completed the hull too , mainly finishing the glacis . Headlight frames in wire not plastic, bit of light wiring and we are good to go . So now needs some nice faded green and black , probably mismatched on the skirts paint. And mud and filth..and stuff Laterz PW Not sure yet if I want on Ex or on Range , cover the stuff up like IR lamps and smoke pots in tarps or let them be free? Maple Cent on one of the Reforgers with the pyro pacs over the main barrel . This is the era I'm aiming for . They all started off with thermal barrel shrouds when base converted to MK 11's .....nine years later these had all literally fallen apart . Fag in drivers mouth .....sooo 1970's .
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Tamiya's amazing 1/48 F4B .
PanzerWomble replied to PanzerWomble's topic in Let’s Get Wet Group Build.
I know , I devoured your build log last night😁 , if mine turns out as nice I'll be really pleased. A quick look through the box yesterday and this does look like a really nice kit to build. I've done the old Hasegawa FGR2 before , which was nice but now looks several decades behind this one . -
Can I play in this GB with this ? Carrier based Toom goodness ? Was sort of..... a self bought.... Xmas present ...🤣
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I also use the JLC razor saw , a real quality tool and their blades could cut straight through your fingers. Nice to buy European tools rather than Chineseum stuff too . The blades are good on their own for scribing as I'm sure you're aware 😀
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1/48th HP Halifax BIII - Fonderie Miniatures
PanzerWomble replied to ThomasProbert's topic in Non LSM 'WIP
Truly a labour of love but a great finish . Nothing about the Halifax is easy , even just seeing one . The lack of survivors no doubt has a lot to add to the lack of models. People are less awre of it , and it's not a case of measure and scan as even Elvingtons is a bitsa , great though it is. -
Plastics a little soft, as it the detail ( a bit like Airfix for my money) , but they make a lot of UK stuff no one else does . I've completed both Scimitar and Scorpion, and their range of Cents is good , bearing in mind they were the first people to do one, other than the dog old Tamiya kit ....which is crazy given the number of nation users. Just need them to do a Stalwart .....I've not bothered with their German stuff as the world and his wife offers that.