Tamiya Flak 36/37 ("88") pics

Ggggreat job Gip.
we all can see why it took first prize.It truly is outstanding.

great pics, excellent job. i got the same kit in my build pile

great build. well done.

joe

Spectacular Gip, great weathering job.

Hey Gip,
Outstanding work indeed..!!!!!! the oversll appearance is great. I especially like the way your weathering turned out!!
As you can tell, I'm impressed w/ your build. BTW, how long did it take you to finish?
Flaps up, Mike

very good job!! I agree with shermie, its the best I've seen on this kit.

Kenneth,
It's really a pretty good kit for its age, and builds into a nicely detailed model. It needs some work to get it really accurate, but you'll be rewarded with a pretty good kit straight OOB.

Gip Winecoff

Nice Job indeed... I have been back and forth about buying this kit. I would like to have one but really is it a decent kit for its age or should I shy away from it...

Again, great job...

Outstanding weathering and paint styrene!

Thanks for sharing the pics and build tips... I have this kit on my "to build" shelf so the info is very useful to me!
John

its great

Superb workmanship Gip ... I built this old dog a long time ago, and remember it all too well.

Simply the best job of seen done on this kit.

Thats a beaut! congrats on the award.

WOW
looks great!

Excellent Job!! Gip. Thanks for the pictures.
mark956

Very Very nice work Gip. That is awesome. Thanx for sharing.

Keep well.

Another fine build you have put up to look at Gip.

Thanks for all the positive comments.

Zokissima,
I use enamels exclusively. I first sprayed the whole thing flat black. Then, using africa yellow and closing down the airbrush a little, I "dotted in" the base color--much like spraying overlapping polka dots. Instead of moving the airbrush as you spray, you hold it still, spray a small "dot", then move next to it a bit, hold it still, spray, and so on. The "dots" should overlap, but remain random enough to allow the black to show through very subtly. Once a little dry (about an hour), I mixed a little white into the yellow and sprayed again using the "dots", giving it a little faded look--but I only hit the 'high' areas and stayed away from raised detail, and any cracks or crevices. After drying a few days, I mixed a little black with a lot of thinner, and using a small pointy brush (a liner or 5/0-10/0 works well), I touched the black into the crevices and around raised detail, and simply let capillary action carry it around. When dry, I drybrushed using sand (the color) first and radome tan last. Voila; finished.

For my Marder III and other German armor pieces, I use Testors Modelmaster enamel 2094 Schwarzgrau 1939-1943, RAL 7021.

Hope this helps you some.

Great !
Good work !

Beautiful work!

Excellent!!!

Any chance you can remember and comment on your painting and weathering. I'm about to attempt my first piece of WWII German armour, and I'm completely LOST as to which brand and colour to use for their standard gray.

Very nice indeed!!

WOW!!!

I just saw one of those at an air museum

Beautiful job, You certainly added a lot and it shows,
Thanks.

Ever cool, looks much better than my attempt. Thanks for sharing.