1/48 Armor GB - 2007

Hey, that looks great. I agree with Darson's comment - I think it would add more interest to the kit with the dirt more concentrated in specific areas.  I do especially like the spare links and the rust in the exhaust. I have never quite got the 'exhaust' look down.

Congrats on your new baby, I'm surprised you had ANY time to build!

Wow that's some seriously nice work Buff, great job

My only piece of feedback would be that might want to remove some of the dust from areas heavily trafficked by the crew such as the turret roof, just my

Cheers

waikong wrote:

It's never too late, please show us the pics!

 If it really isn't too late, then here are some pics of my very overdue Tamiya T-34/76.  I was moving along quite nicely until real life, in the form of a new baby girl, got in the way.  My daughter was born in August, and there really hasn't been much time for building since.

I built the kit with the Voyager pe set, and added on some bits and pieces.  Some of the hand holds were replaced, and I used masking tape and some left over 1/35 buckles to hold down the spare tracks.  I painted it in Tamiya acrylics, and weathered it with artist water color washes and Mig pigments.  I'll have to go back and dust up the turret some more.  Some of the sink marks on the tracks still show too.  Comments are always welcome.

It's never too late, please show us the pics!

hey guys,

been buisy with work these last few months.

sorry i havent checked in.

the jagdpanther is just about done.

can i post some pics,or does it not matter now that im past the

ending date?

jason

Hey guys,

 How did we do? The GB went fairly silent for the last while and I was just curious how well we managed to fulfill our task. 

 See you around,

Dave 

hey guys,

been real buisy at work this summer.

just getting back to the bench.

giong to try to finish the jagdpanther soon.

will post some pics soon.

jason

piwi974 wrote:

315rooster wrote:   How did you paint the wooden box?   Grant   Hi Grant, In fact it's rather easy. I start by paintinf the box in brown ( Vallejo 875 ) .  When it's dry, I aaplied a oil wash with Raw sienna and a touch of Black. And at the end a dry-brush in sand and an other one lighter.  Hope it will help you.

Thanks...I'll give it a go on my next kit.

waikong wrote:

Piwi, that does have lots of interesting details. I especially like the ammo, taking that from aircraft PE was an inspired idea. One of those 'why didn't I think of that!'! The cast texture on the build was interesting too, was that from powders or some other technique?

Thanks Waikong.

The cast texture is made with liquid cement and an old brush.

315rooster wrote:

How did you paint the wooden box?   Grant

 Hi Grant,

In fact it's rather easy. I start by paintinf the box in brown ( Vallejo 875 ) .  When it's dry, I aaplied a oil wash with Raw sienna and a touch of Black. And at the end a dry-brush in sand and an other one lighter.

 Hope it will help you. 

Piwi, that does have lots of interesting details. I especially like the ammo, taking that from aircraft PE was an inspired idea. One of those 'why didn't I think of that!'!

The cast texture on the build was interesting too, was that from powders or some other technique?

Hi all ,

Here it is ! My TD M10 is finished !

Just the antenna is missing . It will be added later.

I kept the kit's bags but all other sleeping bags and canvas are made with Tamiya putty.

The "Prong" system is hoem made.

The cal .50 is pretty poor . I started by drilling the gun. BTW, the gun's handle is added ( copper wire ) . Rather than using this uggly ammo box I used a ammo belt find ine PE set for aircrafts. 

That's conclude my participation to this nice GB.

Regards from France 

hkshooter, sorry to hear about your divorce.

Some call it dedication, some call it obsession. :)

Been a while since I visited this thread. With the divorce and the move and busy season at work I've been busy. Really a lot of nice work going on here! Darson and waikong, very nice pieces! You guys have way more dedication than I. Or more in need of therapy. Again, very nice work!

I'm still working on my Tiger.

It's been decal'd and weathered with a wash, oils and some chipping. 

Unfortunately it got pushed off the bench by another 1/48 Tiger, this time a Grumman Tigercat, however it should be done in the next few weeks, allowing me to complete the Tiger 1.

Karl 

the protz can't tow the 88, tooooooo big 

But a 37mm or a 50mm , yes  

I will post them after the 20 , I wil have a new PC at this time

Marc

No problem, please don't think I'm rushing anyone, just wondering whether I can look forward to more builds!

 Since I've build the StugIII, I'm always looking at how others have done it and try to get better ideas on how I could have improved mine. I just bought the G version with the long barrel, so I'm definitely up for new ideas and techniques.

The Tamiya GMC sounds very interesting and I can't wait the see it. I have the Protz too, thinking it would look great towing an Bandai 88 kit that I have saved.

I've finished a SWB on the Tamiya GMC

I'm working on new Steel and canvas Cabs for it , 

I prepare conversion Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton Cab and Studbecker US6 Cabin , still for Tamiya GMC

The only thing I made last months is a german Biscycle and a Protz...

I will post it next week? I'm without ethernet on PC now

Marc 

Bump!

Just wanted to see if any of the other guys in the GB have anything to show? As its been real quiet for a month now, or is this GB over?

Joe, welcome to the GB.

Invertman, the wash did a good job poping out the details. As for the link & length tracks, I like them, the only problem is that you have to make sure they are lined up properly or they won't 'wrap' properly. Looking forward to your set of pictures.

put me down for a tamiya tiger tank

hey all,

here are some more pics of the jagdpanther.

applied an overall wash and did some some dry brushing.

kinda hard to see with the pics i have.

working on the tracks now,then will do more weathering.

never worked with this type of track system,hope they turn out ok.