No More Excuses GB....end date extended

SMJmodeler wrote:

mg.mikael: Thanks for comments! wyoroy: I do love working with snow!..thanks for the compliment.  I'm going to grab my badge, OK?

SMJ, by all means sir.  I'm trying what you suggested and will use an oil wask black on the OD color.  I do have a small problem.  Some of the old wash doesn't want to come off.  I have some other things to try perhaps they will remove what's left.

mg.mikael: Thanks for comments!

wyoroy: I do love working with snow!..thanks for the compliment.  I'm going to grab my badge, OK?

Okay, before I procrastinate any longer,I shall beg to join the build!

My Brewster F2A......someday to be a pre-WWII yellow wing:

SMJ, thanks for the tip.  Your snow work is fantastic.  I'll be checking out your other build.

Sean, my wife is upset that we didn't get any snow.  Like I keep telling her. "Let's move to Alaska"

Summit wrote:

SMJ - Wow ! That turned out Fantastic, You must of been burning the Midnight Oil to get that much work done that fast.  The snow looks so real - hey are you sure you just didn't set it ouside for a few minutes What do you have hidden away collecting dust (or snow) that needs finishing up next ? Very impressive model Sir.

Thanks Summit!!!  Actually burned the 1:00 AM oils one night!  There's plenty of snow at my house, but this baby stayed inside the whole time...

Nothing else collecting dust!  My next build will be a T34/85...I plan to document the weathering pretty thoroughly, see my new thread, it will be up soon.  No snow on that one, but it should be a fun build! 

Guys: Thanks to this GB I got off my butt and finally got this beast done!  Once I started, I was in high gear and couldn't tear myself away from the workbench.  I have walkaround pic's in a separtate thread if you'd like to see more..here's how she looks:

wyoroy wrote:

Stephen, I just read your winter camo tutorial, WOW.  That's a lot to take in.

...and it's only about 80% done!!!  I know, it's a lot of info, but I hope it's easy to follow and helpful.

wyoroy wrote:

Perhaps you could help with this.  My P-40 is OD over neutral gray.  I want to highlight the panel lines and was thinking of black.  Would that be too much?  Perhaps a dark gray?

With OD, definately use a black oil wash, but keep it thin..better to add than have to remove.

Roy - I read elsewhere that you were wanting snow. We are getting hit with wet and heavy stuff right now. Most likely will take our power out as the trees are already loaded. I shoveled off my Carport today (my truck with my Bikes are parked under it ) and the depth was 25 " .  My kids were not very happy as I shoveled it all off where we keep the Trash can. So they had to go dig it out so they could do their chores after dinner.  I have a snow barricade at the end of my drive to block some of the throwback from the plow trucks. ( I will dig it out when we need to go somewhere)  My Daughter and I were talking of pulling off all the icicle's off the house and sticking them in points up like a Tank Trap to detour people away  

Those two small gold dots at the bottom of the window is our Cat looking at me. Most likely thinking I have lost my mind to be out in that stuff. 

I hope you guys had a great Christmas, I did.

Sean, thank you so much for the card.

Dave, just to let you know the package from you has yet to arrive.  Must be lost in a snow drift

Thanks for the comments, wyoroy, Azgaron, and Summit.

Summit: Thanks for the suggestion, it probably would be smarter to use stretched sprue instead of putty.

Stephen, I just read your winter camo tutorial, WOW.  That's a lot to take in.

Perhaps you could help with this.  My P-40 is OD over neutral gray.  I want to highlight the panel lines and was thinking of black.  Would that be too much?  Perhaps a dark gray?

Matt, after seeing your KA-50 I say go for it.  I agree, it would be different.  Your right, there is some great looking stuff here.

BTW as of today we have 26 people signed up for this GB

wyoroy: I used the same technique as I did for my SU-122 for the winter whitewash, have you seen this one? You can keyword search for it: Winter Camo Tutorial, I give a VERY detailed description, go check it out:

Here are some progress pics for the Flakvierling:

I am tempted to do a winter paint job over the splinter camo on my 110, was wondering what you guys would think of that.  I am thinking this just to make it look even more different than the ones that you see every day.

Matt

BTW - All the builds that are getting completed here are looking great.  Happy holidays and keep modeling!!!

Got the clear gloss sprayed on the P-40.  Want to do a wash on the panel lines. 

Summit wrote:

I like it, did you use  "Rustall" on that ? So I take it this will be displayed on a Base

No Rustall...yet.  Actually I'm only about 75% complete on the vehicle.  I've got a way to go on the anti-aircraft gun too.  I will be adding snow on the vehicle, some ice/slush build-up freshly scraped and pushed around the flatbed and a heavy build-up behind the wheels and tracks...it should be pretty cool...and a lot of fun!

YES...definately on a base and maybe a fig' or two too!

SMJmodeler wrote:

wyoroy: I was going to wait until she turned into an official shelf queen (1 year in June) but if you're saying I can start I will! My build is a Tamiya 1/35 Flakzierling, here's where she stands:

Truth be told how could I say no to someone whose avatar is from "Spies Like US"

What happened, did you leave it out in the rain   It looks very good.  Mind sharing with us how you got that effect?

I'll update the roster.

SMJmodeler wrote:

Summit:  This one will be beat up!..already is...I plan to put her in some snow too!

See - thats what you get for Moving to  NY, everything gets Beat up and Rusted Out

I like it, did you use  "Rustall" on that ? So I take it this will be displayed on a Base

wyoroy: I was going to wait until she turned into an official shelf queen (1 year in June) but if you're saying I can start I will!

My build is a Tamiya 1/35 Flakzierling, here's where she stands: