That's looking nice shiv.

Yes very neat there Shiv, the cotton swab really shows off her size.

Bish

garzonh, wow, I am not sure you can now count this as a plastic model kit. Now that's a lot of metal work, very nice.

Hey Bish!,

Yes, very true, at the end it will end as a real 1-35 metal amor kit...heheheh...  still a lot of PE to glue on, I need to speed up, now I will work on the ammo box and ammunition itself and tool box....

Thanks for your comments.

Gamera

Yeah Garzonh, she's starting to look like a PE and resin model!

Indeed!!, I think I spent to much money on the kit, not to mention the TIME, the TIME invested to buy it. I decided on the kit I was going to build BEFORE knowing where to get it. So in a trip to the USA, into SC, I drove all the way to Blue Ridge!!, 8 hour drive back and forth, plus making the kit fit in the suitcase...all to only use the hull.. 

shivinigh

Wow Garzonh you might have the first armour model that can probably take an actual shell hit and live. It is looking really nice.

Heheheh, true...but your stug is also looking very very nice, specially with that size, too small for my big Shrek fingers,PLUS you are making it with winter cammo....nice!!

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Ive had a lot of delays during this build but the Tiger's starting to come along. I applied a primer coat of Army Painter black and the Fruils were a perfect fit. They burnished up nicely and you can barely see a fresh one in the center. I'll get a base coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow on tomorrow and then some more assembly. I'm still working on 8 figures that are a real bear to get into the right position, way to much work on them I guess I should have thought this one out more…a lot of really good builds going. Terry     

Looking good Terry.

Hi Terry,

It is looking very good.

Definitely those metal tracks will look so good...

May I provide you a tip?..... you may try to "burn" the tracks in smaller groups and settle them on different times in the solution, some less time, some a lot of time, this will provide different tones and provide a nice variation. But hey,  it starts to look like a tank!

Im liking it!

Thanks I think thats a great idea, the variation in color makes it work. These are about 25 links per for about 15 mins using a toothbrush the entire time. I separated them to fit a metal tray, maybe 10 and vary it?

Thanks Bish

Terry, what exactly is the purpose of the burnishing.

jibber

Thanks I think thats a great idea, the variation in color makes it work. These are about 25 links per for about 15 mins using a toothbrush the entire time. I separated them to fit a metal tray, maybe 10 and vary it?

Thanks Bish

Precisely, play a little bit with it, then mix them again, when you assemble them.

Good luck!

Bish

Terry, what exactly is the purpose of the burnishing.

The tracks come shinny and bright as they are new... the burnishing "ages" the metal instantly, givin it a look of rusty, old iron used tracks

Terry,

Also, if you want to make them look rusty, specially for spare tracks mounted on the turret or front, paint them also in different tones of oranges, reds, washes, etc..

garzonh

Bish

Terry, what exactly is the purpose of the burnishing.

The tracks come shinny and bright as they are new... the burnishing "ages" the metal instantly, givin it a look of rusty, old iron used tracks

garzonh

Bish

Terry, what exactly is the purpose of the burnishing.

The tracks come shinny and bright as they are new... the burnishing "ages" the metal instantly, givin it a look of rusty, old iron used tracks

Right, I see. Thanks for the info.

Garzonh I had planned that the spare track look different, some rusted or weathered but different from the main tracks, they always seem to look that way.  In person the burnishing does a fantastic job of "aging" the track, some take to the chemical reaction better than others but they're all slightly different shades. Ive never tried the burnishing chemical with anything other than Fruils but its well worth the effort and little money. Bish theres one small piece of track in the center of one photo, you can see how bright they are. If I was going to paint them up and add a lot of mud, burnishing wouldn't be that important but the photos I have are from an urban street so there shouldn't be a lot of mud but the cleats should shine nicely. I'll know more when I get it all weathered, I may have to add something to them like Tamiya brown earth or some European dusting.

Wow, everybody's really moving right along!  I'm going to be a little delayed in starting my Sherman, need to wait until Oct 1 to catch the start date for another GB it's in. Geez, what a complicated life I live, lol!

Well I am calling this one done. My little Stug in the red army.

and the base that I made

Nice StuG shiv, and it balances out my German Su 85. Like what you have done with the base as well.

Shiv thats a great looking winter Stug. I really like the weathering and the mud works nicely with the snow base. Well done.

Very good shiv!

The kit truly looks nice and on a cold muddy morning winter.

Good thing o the small scale is that it all fits in a "photo box"...hehe...

Really liked the color of the cammo and how it picks up the snow and leaves a trail of mud, it really gives a "moving" impression. My only tip would be....remember, never build the dio parallel to the base...but Im not sure in this case it seems to work out.

Cheers my friend!, you can now use the GB badge with honor.

Terry: The Zimmerit looks just about as perfect as it gets with that coat of paint on! Fantastic work! That burnishing liquid seems to do it's job very well!

Shiv: I'm absolutely digging that cute little StuG of yours! The base really sets it off! Mind telling me how you made those splendid looking trees?

Wow, very nice work there Shiv, on the StuG and the base!

Shiv - I like how that all turned out, looks to have been a very enjoyable project.

regards,

Jack

Shiv, well done! I'll add your StuG to the Hall of Fame. Be sure to add the badge to your sig line.

Thank you everyone I am glad that you like it. SP-the trees I bought from a model railroad shop in HO scale. I tried making my own and they turned out just horrible.

Shiv, you've got a little gem there, well done.

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Heres an update on my King Tiger tracks that are now complete. I may make some additional changes once they're installed so I started by burnishing the Fruils and added an oil based black/brown wash. I then applied a couple layers of dark rust washes and while the track was still damp, I added some Mig European Dust pigment and let dry. Once completely dry, I used a flat brush to remove loose pigment then some steel wool to clean the cleats and inner track tire runs to bring out the metal qualities of the Fruils. I also finished a few additional track parts in different shades of new and old rust tones. I'm pretty happy with all the track and I've sprayed a base color of Tamiya Dark Yellow on the entire tank. Terry

Yow those look great Terry! You guys just keep pushing me to pick up some Friuls! I really love the worn area there where the road wheels travel.

Nice work Terry. I think this is one of those occasions were rusty tracks would be appropriate, and your making them look good.

gamera, you should give them a try.

Gamera, Bish thanks. My intention wasn't to make them rusted but just to have a deep layer of old rust color, then top it with some dust pigment to add a layered effect and make sure the gaps in each cleat are filled. To me they look like a well used urban track something I would see on a piece of construction gear around town. The other pieces are for the turret.