PANZERWAFFE

 

The other bad news is, cant get my airbrush to work at all   Belive the seal is letting paint leak behind it.  This has been going on for a while now.  Time to get a new brush and soon!

Rob , i went back and looked at your details on the rear deck , impressive they are . What did you use for the rust effect on the exhaust and the shovel , pigments or paint ? Those straps and tarp look spot on also .

I dont know if i'd over think the dio base and start changing anything yet . There might be a thousand places in France that we can look at and say "thats typical landscape " and they would all be different , especiall with such a micro view of the side of the road as can be presented in the dio . You did a really nice representation of the road and shrubbery and i personally like the looks of it as is .

tigerman

Bondo, good start so far. 

You must have sweated bullets in that Stanford/SC game last night.That was a classic.

I hate the Trojans and it's always good to beat them, esp. in LA.

Bondo call: OSU beats us this weekend and we beat the Ducks on 11/12.

I was at the Cal game 11/14/09 when the Beavers pretty much humiliated Cal. The next morning I flew up to Eugene for a week of business/ fishing and painting icons.

The United Terminal was full of jubilant folks flying back to Eugene and then on to Corvallis, and it made an impression on me.

But the big story is Harbaugh. How about 6-1 so far???????

Bill that tank begs a pause and what can I say? I am amazed at the detail.

Yes you can take the Aztek apart, in fact you need to. The design is flawed because the spring on the needle is in the paint pathway. Unless you run a LOT of thinner through it after a paint session, it gets gummed up.

I bought a Badger 105 and never looked back.

Again Rob and Marc, looking good.

MARC - Superb additions!  Not going to be much longer for the paint.

CARL - Sure would like to know about the AB tips but don't think that is the problem with my AB.  Did not take it apart yet but it's going to get it soon.

think will do some dark brown washes for the base and see how that comes out.

Marc , Wow man ! Spectacular detailing .

Rob , i agree , close enough . I see what Marc is talking about with the road . If you go up or down the road the dirt side roads seem to be graveled in a gray crushed rock , probably the semi- main roads would of been graveled back in 1940 .  I drink Bud by the way ................................................

Rob, looks good.  From shells link looks like if you get rid of the tall stuff it wood like like the side of that road.  I would darken the road with some washed.  Not only for contrast but to make it look less desert like. 

Lots of fixes and 1 screw up.   The chutes opening are not perfect because it was a real PITA doing after it's all together.  But it will be under the track and not really noticeable.

Lift hooks and 6 scerws head on the copula, casting marks and screw heads added to the top of the turret and the 2 spot at the top of gun mantlet.

Mud chutes opened and scrapers added.

Plate removed under radio cable.

Handles removed for the 2 rear deck hatches.

And the screw up...  I just started using Chrome as my browser and there is a translate feature.  So after I made the darn thing bigger on the side hatch, it appears that this was only upto #315.  And I am doing Charente which is 338

Rob , about the Aztex A.B. , you can take those tips apart for better cleaning . If your interested let me know .

Carl, you beat me again, thanks!  I would say the grass works for sure and if you go down the road toward the house there are some bushes.  The bushes are not a perfect match but pretty close.  Close enough for me I owe you one of these OK maybe   So thats it for the base, no changes and its back in for the Somua

CARL - Thanks buddy.  Putting the last touches on the luggage now.  Still havent looked at coastle pictures yet for the dio but I'm leaning heavely to calling it a coastle scene.  Will go on a little later and research where there was some Somua fighting near the coast.

Your Pz Disaster signature is motivating me to have an A.B. Disaster signature

MODELER #1 - It's an AZTEK.  Believe paint is going past the seal mainly because the trigger sticks when left alone for a while.  At first it started spitting paint and then it would have spells of no paint and now nothing!  Now sometimes can not even get a good flow of air.  The compressor is new and has enough horses for a big spray gun.  Fittings, trap, hoses, tips or AB all new and in good shape. 

I do have a back up AB but its not all that good for models.  Its a Badger CRESCENDO 175.  I had this one for other kinds of projects around the house which it works well for.  Anyway it works good with the compressor and other gear.

The most fustrating thing to me with the AZTEK is that you cant take it apart to see whats going on with it.  Might just take it apart tonight anyway

Rob , this is near Calais , France

http://www.google.com/maps?ll=50.938215,1.773902&spn=0.000003,0.001861&t=m&z=19&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=50.938215,1.773902&panoid=Ycm7BWBj5y4iqL2Y65wCsw&cbp=13,165.55,,0,0

Oh man Rob she's turning out to be a beauty .

From the first time i looked at your dio i felt it looked like vegitation from along the coast .

Aint A.B. probs fun ..................not !

what kind of airbrush do you have?

ERIC, WBILL - Thanks, glad y'all like it.  Went to Google and from what I found, the soil was mostly a light tan color similar to what I have.  Found only a few pictures with a darker red tint.  The western European pigment may be correct for some areas but seems to be more specific to certain locations.

CARL - If it looks good to you....might go with that?  Thanks for googling, you beat me to it.  Your question is what I was thinking - What was the vegetation like on the coast?  I'll hope for the best and will go see if I can find something.

JC - OH NO   That's whats wrong with asking questions, you get answers - LOL  Thanks for the vegetation correction.  I do hope it will work for something closer to the coast otherwise not sure what I will do?  Really wont be able to take or change out the veggie without ruining the whole base.  The only alternative would be to build a new base.  This was suppose to be some grass and scrub brush just something to give some color.  I had goggled the color for the area in May but did not pay much attention to the type of bush

Leaving the base along for a while, went back to work on the Somua.  Added some stowage to the luggage rack.  Still needs some final painting.

The other bad news is, cant get my airbrush to work at all   Belive the seal is letting paint leak behind it.  This has been going on for a while now.  Time to get a new brush and soon!

Vit13

i found this if your tank was in sedan 1940

http://www.sedan-bouillon.com/catalogue/ssctg.php?c=11&s=45

http://butcher-of-corsica.blogspot.com/2010/09/campagne-de-france-1940.html

sedan is in the ardennes region.

 

to shellback :

      you want  coast close to the sea ?  like dunkirk?

 

Yes ................

i found this if your tank was in sedan 1940

http://www.sedan-bouillon.com/catalogue/ssctg.php?c=11&s=45

http://butcher-of-corsica.blogspot.com/2010/09/campagne-de-france-1940.html

sedan is in the ardennes region.

to shellback :

      you want  coast close to the sea ?  like dunkirk?

Vit13

Rob the vegetation is not like in northern france.

 

Vit13 , how accurate would that vegetation be for the coast of France ?

Rob the vegetation is not like in northern france.

Rob , i did a Google Earth Satelite on areas of Northern France that the Germans would have traveled over durring their Blitz .I looked at the plowed soil in the farm land and it looks to be a light gray /light tan color . I know this may not be completely accurate .

Bondo, good start so far. 

You must have sweated bullets in that Stanford/SC game last night.That was a classic.

Rob,

Nice work on the base, coming along nicely...looks like a beautiful May day in the French countryside! Can't offer any suggestions on the dirt/soil question, but maybe if you Google northern France for pics you might get some insight that way?

Hello GB modellers ,

Many good kits here.

To bondoman :  Nice potez 540. You know now why we (french) lost the war . The french aviation was totally has been.

AEROCLUB made mac 34 in 1/72 , but not product now. i heard maybe HANNANTS get the catalog .

the ref is GO30 .

http://www.joesmodels.com/AEROCLUB_72_GUNS.htm

That's sweet Rob. I too have no answer for the base. However, my Western European MiG pigments look more red. 

Bob and Gamera thanks for the humorouse ideas about the possible demise of my Pz.1 ................

Rob , thats a very well done road scene . Darker washes ? I dont know what the French soil looks like , i mean i know its dirt ....................but what color is that dirt ? The color of your dio soil looks spot on to me .

This isn't a dio GB so hope ya ll don't mind me putting this in here but how can we have a Blitz without a little French soil? 

Think it may need some dark washes?

ERIC - Once you get past the training phase things may become easier and possibly you may get a little more time for yourself.  I am glad you found something but I hope after a while you can enjoy things also.  Just take your time with things and find your routine, we all will still be here

MARC, TREAD - Every 6 hours for track lube!!  That seems excessive!  Doest seem the crew would be able to use the Char effectively with the frequency of this maintains.

BONDOMAN - Looking good.  The 540 is an interesting looking aircraft.  She really shows her age compared to the other air powers of the world for the time. 

panzerbob01

 

Gamera:

 

 

Shellback:

 

 

panzerbob01:

Carl;

Wow, man, that's a real BUMMER!  My heart is out to you - but look on some brighter side; we saw at least a few pics of your fine panzer! Sterling memories!

Hey: darn but it's been blown up!  Too bad! Saw your "Chernobyl" pic and I started thinking  I might ask you to express it to me and I would put it out in the dio categ in up-coming Lafayette,LA show for you....  I'd put it in a closed display box with a slightly-fogged front viewing window: there would be a road with an old dentist's store-front in the background... the dentist's door would be half-open... the panz would be parked in front of the dentistry... there'd be a tiny led light on inside the store, and maybe you could see this old X-ray machine therein...! Perhaps there would be this singed-looking dead fellow in a dirty white coat sprawled out on the road behind the panz and in front of the dentistry... you know, a guy with burnt bubbly face, etc....!

If there was some sort of title needed, maybe it could read something like... "Und Herr Leutnant Schultz suffered yet another tooth-ache - fortune smiled on him as there turned out to be a dentist in this town..."

Sorry to see the panz went down. It was SWEET and now you can do another one.... AND go with a better kit!

Cheers! Bob

 

 

 

Bob, wow , thats deep man ! So did  Leutnant Schultz  get blown up in the Pz.1 or is he under anesthesia and still sitting in the dentist chair ? Too bad the dentist went outside for a smoke and got blown up .............

 

 

Actually I was thinking she looked a little like those Japanese tanks did after Godzilla did a number on them

 

Bill: looking forward to seeing how you mask the inside of the turret for spraying w/o breaking all those little detail parts you added. I'd have more PE stuck to the tape when I finished than the model

 Rob: Sharp looking base!

 

 

Carl, Gam;

Actually, I was thinking that the bitty tank looked like it had been zapped by some serious heat-ray or something (OK, it DID get zapped by a heat-ray... of sorts!) - so I was thinking here was this odd village dentist with this super-dooper X-ray machine gone wild... and the panz got zapped - as did Herr Doktor - the dentist!  a bit sci-fi-ish! You know - sorta in the spirit of these times (Hallowe'en)

Bob

Sorry, got you point about the dentist- I was just being goofy

Carl, really sorry to see the  damage to your kit, it was looking brilliant.

Bill the Mk. IV is coming along well.

Marc nice PE work.

Hope to get something up during the week.

Terry.