G'day guys, been a bit slow lately, had a month of crook family members
.............kids, wife, oldest kid, wife, little kids, wife.......I hit the hardware in the joint with a bucket of super-shock chlorine, supposed to be for the pool.
Give you the tip, that stuff kills...................grout, skin on my hands, and hopefully- stuffn gastro germs.
Gave 05 a going over using my first go at the secret art of 'chipping'
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Used a section of sponge used to pack electrical equipment.
Made a brew of acrylic paints used by artists(no-im not one!
)to give the contrasting shade.
Blotted the paint off the sponge onto a paper towel, and applied it to bits that would probably be subject to wear from boots, ammo crates, narrow section armour, infantry hitch-hikers etc etc. Used a soft pencil to add a metallic effect to the chipped area once the paint was dry.
I need practice, but it will do.
Once chipped, used my matt seal to close the surface off.
After sealing, gave it a filter of MIG 1506 Brown for Dark Green. Its a lighter filter and as I had used a dark chipping shade, seemed to be a good choice.
Used a combination of MIG 1000 Brown wash for German Dark yellow in places that would likely receive a heavier coating of dirt & debris at the same time.
Gave the exhausts a going over, and painted the tracks.
Now my track colour is a mix of Tamiya hull red, , flat black, German dark grey, gun metal, and XF-28 dark copper.
No volumes sorry, but more like a dash of each with one for the chef !!
Couldnt resist fitting them just to see
Bunged on in the spring paint oven outside (oh God, summer is coming
)
By the way, this didnt happen in a truncated timeframe, its been a while !!
Today in between cleaning duties, I got the pigment onto the tracks, roadwheels, and parts of the hull.
The new Taigen electronics are here, all I need to do is get them delivered.
Until they are fitted, I am limited to the completion.
Plan is to tie in the separate sections of hull upper & lower with pigment and wash, then dust over with Buff.
Soon soon.................then its Tamiya King Tiger time
