Here we go with my first Tamiya, and my first 1/16 vehicle of any sort. I'll update the piccies as the build goes on, but it has reached a point at which I am content with the results.
It is still a work in progress by a noob, so please be gentle and feel free to share any wisdom you might want to impart.
My first time using a real airbrush..... It is proving a bit of a handful, but I'm getting the hang of it.
The cammo scheme needs a little refining, but it is in a shape that seems to please the bean-counters at the club.
Next weekend: Gun mounting
"Colonel, fair's fair... if I punch Hawkeye and nail Hot-Lips, can I go home too?" - Capt. "Duke" Forrest.
well that i would like to see but theres one little problem i dont think the three wheeler was around in the ww2 the regal was a british built car but then again there might have been a german decendent of the trotters at that time and he might have had one of these
cheers Derek
Thank you, Jack. Here are a few more piccies, thanks to a cancelled class and a free Monday.
The camera is not all that great, but..... Main painting is now done to the satisfaction of the Club Commander. I'm grinding my powders and such for weathering and detailing next.
"Colonel, fair's fair... if I punch Hawkeye and nail Hot-Lips, can I go home too?" - Capt. "Duke" Forrest.
Gosh! My ghast is flabbered!
I notice you've done some light weathering, very effectively, are you going to go a bit heavier? Also will you be so gracious as to let us know how you've achieved the effects you have?
Absolutely I will be getting into some soiling, as soon as I have the various poitions and powders mixed up. I'm taking a leaf out of my Dad's old railway modelling ook, and using micro-fine powders in different media for mud, soot and so forth, but I am too cheap to buy professional weathering stuff, and like to experiment anyway.
As for the paintwork so far, it was a happy accident. The club leader wants all the German vehicles in a subdued late summer/early autumn thing - abd provided us with a refernce piccy that looked realy nice; lots of hazy edges (indicating it was sprayed rather than brushed?) and dark earth, green as well as black.
The first coat went on quite bright, and in desperation I mixed up a wash of 50% Citadel Badab Black, 45% Tamiya X20 thinner and 5% white vineagar. I applied it in three coats, which pulled all the colours down several degrees, matted the whole thing up and provided some nice relief.
I then went in with a large soft brush for some buff leather dry brushing on the high points to give me an idea of what weathering will need doing where (exposed metal, heavy oil soiling, mud etc.).
I'm still working that out, as I don't want this to look like it has been dragged out of a mud-wallow, but neither do I want it to look like it has just rolled of the transporter.
I think I'll do some work on scrims, nets, baggage and extra stuffs. Speaking of which, I am aware that Jagdpanthers were not fitted with external MGs. However, does anyone have any pictoral evidence to support the notion that crews might have fitterd them independently? The commmander's station does not seem ideally suited to mount an MG, but I keep coming across the notion.....
"Colonel, fair's fair... if I punch Hawkeye and nail Hot-Lips, can I go home too?" - Capt. "Duke" Forrest.
try this link it has some good idea's for weathering
i was looking on there the other day http://www.precision-panzer.moonfruit.com/#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
cheers Derek
