Painting and weathering HUGE 1:6 Maybach Panzer engines

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Re: Painting and weathering HUGE 1:6 Maybach Panzer engines

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I tried a lot to get the metal parts darker (I prefer chemical blueing because paint will easily chip off)

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Last one worked haha!

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Resin easily breaks, so since this part had broken off before I reinforced it with putty

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And now that i had some putty anyway, I found more small repairs to make
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To be filed down after it has dried
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

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Panzergrau as a base for everything

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With the Cyclone Air Filters painted in Elfenbein

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Masking the oil tank

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This color is 'polizei grün'
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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I LOVE working with Mr.Surfacer
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It all really comes together once you start painting it!

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1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Couldn't resist this personal touch. ;-)
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Re: Painting and weathering HUGE 1:6 Maybach Panzer engines

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MP,

That is some amazing work. I love the surfacing and color of the exhaust headers. Beautiful job! :clap:

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EAO wrote: That is some amazing work. I love the surfacing and color of the exhaust headers. Beautiful job! :clap:
Thanks for the kind words!

Then you'll like it even more painted like this:

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I paint it not very precise and correct that later. Works fine for me. ;-)

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1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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What a marvelous model! I see that Mr. Surfacer 500 comes in a bottle, not just the spray bomb. I must see if I can find a bottle here in the US, for it seem to me that the spray bomb does not create a sufficiently rough texture for the look of a metal casting.
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The trick is to dab it on. You should use a stiff, short-haired brush (just cut a regular one off) and afterwards you have to throw it away haha! But it works really well.
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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