Chips Dust and Matt

Lots more done lately, the end may be in sight! chipping added with a fine brush and sponge using vallejo colours then some streaking and staining using oils. After a matt coat I used various shades of MIG pigments for a nice dusty look. The wheels all had the contact surfaces painted using games workshop boltgun metal. The barrel has been re sprayed yellow and green which I feel works better with the overall finish of the model.

The gun carriage and mounting has had a dry brush of oils to pop out the details too. The tracks are the only part of the kit I have had trouble with. Just cannot get any paint to stick on the buggers! not had this problem with trumpeter tracks before but they have well and truly beaten me! I am going to use some fruil metal tracks which at least will take paint and have better detail.

Slapping More Paint On

I have been plodding on with the Geschutzwagen slowly but surely. All the red oxide areas received a succession of Vallejo colours applied with a sponge to intone many small chips and colour tones. I then added some colour modulation to some of the parts for a more varied range of colours. Next was a bit of streaking using oils and a pin wash in selected places. Lastly all the red oxide areas where brushed with various tones of MIG washes.

I then tackled the camo on the external surfaces, my idea was to add a camo scheme that would replicate tree boughs and hedgerows as I did not want to revert to strips on this model. The paint used was an old pot of Tamiya JA green XF13. The camo was sprayed free hand and came out very well. I am calling this my "oak leaf scheme" as it reminds me of oak leaves. This was totally unintentional the scheme just evolved that way!

Painting the monster

Today I have mostly been painting! The model was primed with Tamiya grey primer and I managed to use up a whole new can of the stuff on the model. This evening I have started to add the base colours. I am going for a red oxide primer and dark yellow finish with possibly some green mottling on the exterior surfaces.

For the red oxide I mixed up Tamiya colours, these being X7 red, X8 lemon yellow and XF1 flat black to a nice primer colour. This has a slight sheen to it as the red and yellow are gloss colours. The wheels where sprayed first and as you can see I have left the rear of the wheels in primer colour. My reasoning being late in the war they would have not bothered with painting the inner faces the final colour.

next some of the wheels got a blast of XF60 dark yellow and the gun barrel and mounting received a coat of XF63 german grey. All these colours will subsequently receive darker and lighter shades to add shadows and high lights. I may spray the sprockets german grey just to add a bit more interest to the running gear and to break up the mass of primer colour.

Building a monster!

Here is the latest project, Trumpeter's Geschutzwagen Tiger fur 17cm Kanone 72. It's 1/35th scale and is huge. The only additions so far are a few bolts from plastic a metal barrel and superb muzzle from RB models and an application of Mr Surfacer 500 on the hull to replicate the steel texture.
As this was a xmas present from the wife I thought it was high time to build it, plus it frees up quite a large space under the bench!

More Commission work finished

I have now finished my latest commission work a couple of Italeri Dodge ambulances. Nice and simple builds with interesting colour schemes. The winter whitewash version is particularly nice however I am not sure if this would have actually been seen.

Panzer II resurrected!

I have managed to resurrect the panzer II and get that finished too. Our clubs impending show and theme of "the fall of France" spurred me on slightly! I finished it off with lots of oil streaking and fading plus filters and finally a spray with tamiya flat earth and buff for the dusty appearance. I also used a new Matt varnish on this model which is Winsor & Newton Galleria acrylic matt varnish. This is a superb varnish and I am so impressed with it. Thinned slightly with water it sprays beautifully and does not clog up the airbrush. I also found that it goes dead flat straight away.Give it a go I guarantee you will be impressed!

T34 Done

Well I finished the T34 the other day and am very pleased with the result. I used more oil fading as well as a few filters and finished off with pigments. Fruil tracks where added for that final touch.

T34 rev's up a gear

I have finally got the missing grill for the T34 so got some paint on over the weekend using vallejo model air 17 Russian green as a base I then sprayed a mix of tamiya XF13 and flat yellow over the model to break up the monotone colour. After a coat of Klear I then added some micro chipping using vallejo colours and a fine piece of sponge. The last couple of days have seen me using oils on the tank to streak and stain the finish further.



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I am pleased with the effects so far, at the moment the overall effect is very stark but this will tone down after a matt coat.

Can't stop modelling!

Well I have had great fun finishing the Chinese ZLC 2000 and managed to finish it on Monday just in time for my club meeting on Tuesday. I used a light filter over the model then a darker pin wash around some areas. After a matt coat I got out the pigments and mixed several to the tone I wanted and then applied this to the model working it up the hull sides. Some carbon fibre antennas finished it off nicely!

Still busy!

I have been extremely busy again finishing off the latest batch of commission work. The trailers are italeri items and the field workshop items are also form this manufacturer. The Krupp is from tamiya and just falls together superb kit. I used my usual Marmite method to impart a chipped and faded desert colour scheme over a panzer grey base coat. The field workshop table and ladder where painted in oils to get a nice wood effect.







I have even managed to get something of my own done, hooray! This is a Hobby Boss kit in 1/35th of a People's liberation army ZLC2000.I picked it up at the Milton Keynes show and built it straight away. Super little kit which has some great detail on it. The last few days have seen me get some paint on it using gunze sangyo colours. I just love this colour scheme.

A very busy month.....

I managed to get the V1 finished without much drama. A smashing kit which I really enjoyed.





I also started and finished in about two weeks three FW 190's. This was quite a challenge as I was on a tight deadline but also immensity satisfying and fun to do. These where all commission jobs so all other projects where put on hold.







That's not the last of the commissions as I have some 1/35th trucks and trailers to finish off. I may get some of my own stuff done soon!