SP: Beautiful! Almost a shame to dirty her up, I'd like to take her all slick and shiny cruising down main street.....

Fun to see all the armour come rolling in all at once. I looked back at the roster and odd that no one is building anything from the other side. If I didn't have over thirty models lined up on the workbench to finish I'd be tempted to throw in a N. Korean T34. Oh well

PS: The Draken may have one on his website. It's bookmarked on my computer at home but not on the office computer.

Decals are now on my Centurion. Once I have them sealed, weathering will begin.

Konig, your Pershing looks really good!  My only critiques would be to tone down the stars a bit and add some stowage! But that weathering is excellent. A nice dirty tank!

Go ahead and take your GB badge if you have not done so already!

Konigwolf13

Kevin, pastels first mixed with water and did a wash, then 2nd go with just dust.

Thanks for the info.  Looks great! 

Gamera and Tonka, thanks

Andy, its the Dragon T26E3/M26A1 kit. More dirt, yes I thought about a bit of glue here and there and then a light sprinkle of sand

Kevin, pastels first mixed with water and did a wash, then 2nd go with just dust.

Andrew

Great build KW!  Weathering looks spot on.   Did you use pastels or pigments or both?

KW- Beautiful work.  I have to add M26 to my stash because I don't have enough American armors.  My boys asked me few weeks ago why I build German armors only?!?!?  Sorry I forgot ... is this a Tamiya or Academy kit?  I am with you... add more dirt to the tracks!  Don't be shy... LOL

Nice looking Pershing!  Wish mine was even close to that complete!

Always great to see USMC subject! 

Beautiful job KW!!!

Great clean build, and the weathering looks great!

Sorry about the long delay between updates but me and this M26 have come to a resolution, that being COMPLETE (finally)

I may go back and revisit the weathering on the tracks, doesn't look right to me, and just remembered I need to paint the headlights as well, but otherwise I'm happy with it. I went for a little damage and plenty of sand/dust to suit much of the enviroment of Korea.

Subject is a US Marine, 1st Tank Battalion, Korea 1950 vehicle (Doesn't designate any particular area).

Andrew

tonka

Thanks Kevin,

I guess I have a different H-19 mine only has the USAF decals... Maybe I can cobble up some MArine markings!

Kevin

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Thanks Kevin,

I guess I have a different H-19 mine only has the USAF decals... Maybe I can cobble up some MArine markings!

Kevin

tonka

Great looking Marine bird! 

Can I ask where you got the decals? I have the H-34 Italeri kit with USMC Decals and the H-19 kit with USAF rescue decals. Looking for USMC decals for the H-19. Thanks!

Thanks Tonka!  Those are actually the kit decals.  They worked pretty good too.  The box art doesn't show that scheme on the front but they are in there.

Great looking Marine bird! 

Can I ask where you got the decals? I have the H-34 Italeri kit with USMC Decals and the H-19 kit with USAF rescue decals. Looking for USMC decals for the H-19. Thanks!

Gamera

Mac: She looks great to me, despite your troubles I think the windows look really good.

Thanks Gamera.  They are too awful bad I guess.  Better then the way they would have looked if I had painted the frames.

Mac: She looks great to me, despite your troubles I think the windows look really good.

stikpusher

macattack80:

  May I grab a copy of the GB badge?

 

Be my guest!

Great!  Thank you sir.

macattack80

  May I grab a copy of the GB badge?

 

Be my guest!

Dr Win

She's looking good macattack, never tried blutack for masking, I've recently switched off masking tape and onto parafilm, I'm getting some nice results with it. It doesn't leave any residue, and if you dont stretch it too much paint and varnish won't soak through. You do need a steady hand and a very sharp knife to cut it, but it means now I can glue on canopies before primer, paint and varnish. My models are looking sooo much better for that now! 

Thanks for the comment Dr. Win!  I have some Parafilm M actually.  I just couldnt get it to stay down while I was attempting to cut it.  Same thing with masking tape believe it or not.  I just stuffed some blutak on and pushed it to the edges of the window frames.  Went on easier but the finish wasn't as good. 

I will second that on the metallic finishes Stikpusher.  Parafilm M and Post-it notes seem to work great for small masking jobs.

stikpusher

Very nice MA! I think the finish came out nicely! I do hope that Revell re issues their 48th scale kit of this bird and the H-34. Those Sikorsky's have classic lines like the Huey.

Thanks Stik!  Much appreciated.  I hope that the re-issue those kits too.  I agree about the classic lines to the helo's too.  Cant mistake those for anything.  May I grab a copy of the GB badge?

Parafilm M is great stuff!!!  But you gotta trim it with a new sharp blade or it will tear a bit rough. It is ok to use for touch ups over metallic finishes or after decals have been applied and sealed in. Something you would NEVER do with any tape or liquid mask.

Dr Win

onto parafilm, I'm getting some nice results with it. ~~~ and a very sharp knife to cut it,

Hi Dr. Win:

Do you use a # 11 blade on the parafilm ? ... my luck has been that I either cut or scratch the clear parts, but then again, I've not used parafilm - just clear tape or Tamiya yellow tape ...

pepper

She's looking good macattack, never tried blutack for masking, I've recently switched off masking tape and onto parafilm, I'm getting some nice results with it. It doesn't leave any residue, and if you dont stretch it too much paint and varnish won't soak through. You do need a steady hand and a very sharp knife to cut it, but it means now I can glue on canopies before primer, paint and varnish. My models are looking sooo much better for that now! 

Very nice MA! I think the finish came out nicely! I do hope that Revell re issues their 48th scale kit of this bird and the H-34. Those Sikorsky's have classic lines like the Huey.

I did some detail colors in the cockpit of my Saber yesterday and applied a burnt umber was this morning.

I am calling this one done.  I tried a few new things on this build like using poster tack for masking the windows.  I wasn't too happy with the result.  I figured it would be easier than trying to mask all the windows seperately because the were a little curvey, not that it's a bad thing...  The worst was the frames on the windshield.  Not to clean of a line.  I tried to straighten them up by scraping off some paint with a toothpick.  It helped a little bit. 

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Thanks.  Sorry I have been kinda out of the loop there for a while.  I hope to add another build to this GB if I can.  I got a little GB happy and signed up for a lot.  I will keep you posted and still follow the progess on here.  Keep up the good work everyone.

You're certainly welcome to use it Pepper. And I like your title better than mine Dr. Win. Thanks!

If we're going for bad puns, maybe 'weapons of miss distraction'?? Koreans do seem to like using their dancing girls in the skimpies for just about any ocsassion...

Q 'Whats the most dangerous thing known to man?'

A 'An officer with a map and an idea!'

(Alleged quote from a Royal Marine in the Falklands..)

Gamera

Pepper: Looking sharp! I assume she's going to be NM?

'Weapons of Mass Distraction' 

Thank you ... yes, NM she'll be ... was going to shoot it today, but the weather has gone from a nice 75F yesterday to a not-so-nice 45F today with a cold wind blowing and mist falling ... boo, sez me ...

Love your quote above - think I'm gonna make up a sign to place over my workbench using your phrase :-) ...

pepper

Hi All:

I've been thinking (of course, my wife says I'm dangerous when I do :-) ...

In the current issue of FSM, there are 2 photos from a previous article, showing the use of tempera paints as a wash on panel lines (in this case, a P-51) ...

If one were to do that before the color coats, would that provide the same effect as pre-shading ? ... if so, wouldn't that be much easier to do than using your airbrush, changing the pressure you normally shoot with and hope that you've steady hands ? ...

pepper

Pepper: Looking sharp! I assume she's going to be NM?

SP: Not sure of a title, I'd kicked around:

'Weapons of Mass Distraction'

Whatever the Korean word for 'Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn' is...

Anyone else have any better ideas???