DML Sdkfz 251/22 Ausf D COMPLETE! 10-14-12

Thanks Rob much appreciated! Look forward to seeing what you do with it on your latest efforts.

Bit late but had too say Great finish and build.  Love the final finish you achieved ! The weathering / wear of the paint is marvelous.........VERY NICE

I am going to try your method on my current build.

Thanks P38!

nice job !

Always a pleasure to get a marriage proposal from the Feldmarschall!

I love your DML Sdkfz 251/22 Ausf D in 1/35th scale painted in late war colors and want to marry it...

Thanks Ernest, Mike, and Blitz!

Steve

Bill:  A little dirtier than usual for ya' pardner...of course I LOVE that! ...Sweet build, camo' is exceptional...tour-de-force work as always! 

Any US AFV's coming up?  Do you do US stuff?... Modern?...ever build an Abrams?  Just curious...

Wow love that finish. Nice and faded without being too battered.

Very nice, love the light weathering....another William Masterpiece Model.

Rounds Complete!!

I've been away from the forums for a bit, but what's the first thing I come across when I poke my head in?

Yep!  Another great build completed by Bill!!  I love the camo job and the dirty, dusty weathering on it!  

Tony

Tojo

Tread

Clint

looks great I think you have came up with the best finishing and  weathering technique  that i have seen

I'm with everyone else here Bill ..........looks great ! Looking forward to following your next build .

Superb finish and blog as always ,Bill. I enjoyed this one and the discussion that went with it 

Great build, back to the New England game for me !

tread

Another great project from Bill

wbill76

Thanks Bish glad you enjoyed the ride!

As always when its one of yours.

Stretch yourself, I don't see it???????

Excellent is still Excellent no matter how you cut it cowboy.

Mighty Fine my brother

Tony lee

Thanks Bish glad you enjoyed the ride!

Eric

Superb Bill. I absolutely love the camo and finishing. I always seem to say "this might be your best yet", but you continue to amaze me with each completed build. 

Love it. Completly stunning build once again. I love the final look of the weathering.

After letting the build sit over the week, I made some small adjustments to the washes and filters and then sealed everything up with a coat of Testors MM Lusterless Flat in the spray can. This removed any lingering traces of gloss and is the finishing touch to tie everything in the finish together as well as provide a nice flat surface to work on for the pigment weathering.

I applied a wet mix of Mig Dry Mud pigments by combining ordinary tap water with a drop of dish washing soap added to break the surface tension and the dry pigment powder. This mix was applied to the lower hull and suspension, tracks, and sprockets and allowed to air dry.

Using a combination of stiff bristle brushes and Q-tips, I removed the excess pigment until I had the look I wanted.

Then the tracks and sprockets were installed and some further adjustments made where I'd disturbed some of the previous results.

That just left a few little details to take care of like adding the reflective peel-and-stick mirror provided in the kit and adding some black artist pastels to the exhaust mouth. I used walk-around photos to inspect the finish and make some fine-tuning changes here and there before declaring this one complete!

Bish

Mike

Bill - Sorry i did not get here sooner....on the road from work.....As usual excellent dot filter work...love the weathering....the camo is "blended" nicely.

From an alternate firing position...

Rounds Complete!!

Ye, i've got both those volumes. I could really do with reading through them properly, i usually just flick through looking for the info i need at the time.

Glad to be of help Rob!

Bish

Winetanker

I'm wondering if pastels can be used as filters.

I think I overdid the filters on my Grant, making the light areas too dark.

That makes sense, i am still fairly new to wash's full stop, but i think it might be an idea to try an enamel wash and see what i think of them compared to oil's. No harm in giving it a try.

I know your as big a fan of Panzer tracts as i am so i can assume you have gone through your's. The 251 is my favorite vehicle, but i don't know alot about it mechanically, so i think i might look into that side of it more.

Thanks for the answer Bill about the wash / filters, very helpful

Yes very interesting info about the tracks but not knowing the answers my take is "Keep my mouth closed and the bowels open"  You do have me curious and will see if I can turn up anything.