Duck Hunter GB

well the M-16 chassis looks familiar

The camo is done Clemens, thanks,  I just need a session with the camera, and then the weathering starts.

Cheers

Tony

Jibber: Very nice work there! I like the figures!

Tony: She's looking great! I can't wait to see some pics with the brown paint on!

I made some more progress on the M16!

I added all the little detail parts to the frame and assembled the front drive shaft (?) as well as the drive sprockets and the idler wheels for the track system.

Some close-ups of the detail on the frame:

Did I mention that I love the amount of detail in this kit?

Everything put together (not glued yet):

Cheers, Clemens 

Tony, liking the scheme.

Great job on the Ostwind Jibber. I really like the camo and finish.

Very effective display on the Dana Wayne, nice work.

I got the green part of the camo done on my Mobelwagen, I'm thinking of doing the red brown now.

Cheers

Tony

Thanks, I think that shows it well.

Hey Jibber,

Great job on the Ostwind!  I updated the front page with your build.  If you want a different pic just let me know.  

Eagle90

Thanks, I'll try it.

all the acrylics dry pretty fast. usually withn 30 minutes of painting. the residue was probably from the heat which is why i don't do it any more. you have to be careful pulling the putty off for the very reason you use it instead of tape'; to cover all the little  handles and brush guards and other stuff that sticks up on a vehicle. the vehicle in the poster is the 1/35 trumpeter JGSDF TYPE 96B 8x8 IFV. i painted the brown first, than the green but both are close to the same darkness it wouldn't matter.

with my DANA i am base painting it puke green and will silly putty dark earth and either dar green or black.

How long did you wait to pull it off? Tamiya paints dry pretty fast, and seems like the longer you leave it the more chance of residue from the putty?

So with the Dana, you painted the body green then applied the putty and sprayed brown? I know on your 37mm you hand painted the brown.

hey jibber

i think that was the second one i did and used tamiya paints.the paint for the second color needs to be a tad thick than usual to prevent pooling at the edges. and DON"T put it under a heat lamp to dry faster. i needed to do some green touch up and overlap and i think the heat caused the silly putty to leave a residuewhich is normally does not do. so now, like tape, i tend to pull it off sooner rather than altwer and THAN but it under the "dryer. the green on my my towed 37mm here was using silly putty, the brown was brush painted.

Wow, nice pattern. I think I'll try the putty next time. I'm a believer.

luck is part of the process, not something to depend on but to relish when it occurs. and sometimes we make our own luck by pushing through a problem or block and finishing anyway. now that i have waxed philosphically and created my perserverance poster i shall work a bit on DANA 8x8 SPA.

PS i ordered the german 88mm SPAA GRILLE with an online sale. just drooled over it long enough and there is a thread in ARMOR on it.

Hi Jibber,

I was able to spray mine straight through, could be the setup or the airbrush I guess. I did find that it was better to clean the needle after each color, rather than just spray a cleaning agent through it. There are five colors on it actually.

I'm just using Tamiya acrylic for the camo pattern, but I think there will be a fair bit of practice before I am fully on song for the delicate lines. Hopefully I'll get time tonight.

Cheers

Tony

Tony I tried Vallejo Air and found I still had to thin em a bit. Maybe just my setup?

I've bought the Vallejo Air paint set for painting Dunkelgelb. Thought it would be fun to try, and used it on my Mobelwagen. It's just put together for the photo and has pencil lines drawn to guide the camo pattern.

Cheers

Tony

Lucky...

that turned out nice and any problems with the screen are hidden inside the turret.

I used mostly Tamiya acrylic and some MM on some sub assemblies the several washes with black Abteilung and turpenoid.

Bish the figure set is #1711 by Verlinden.

Thank you all.

Ye, you get a good idea. Which figure set are they from

Excellent work, Jibber! What paints did you use for the camo?

Nice job, jibber.

Thanks Bish, you can almost see how the dio is going to look. Love these figures.

Nice looking build jibber. Going to be interesting to see this with the finished figures.

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I'm going to call this one done. Here are a few pics from my phone camera (sorry), the first I think may be the best for the GB. I'm working on a duo with the primed figures in one of the pics. 

Dragon is odd like that. I have a lot of their 251 Halftracks which all have the parts to go under the compartment floor, and so can't be seen. Yet they leave out the stuff like they have on yours.

Bish according to the instructions, the gun as you see it fits over the O ring under the turret. I think once thats set in there not much will be visible. I'm more than a little surprised that with the million parts Dragon provides, there isn't at least a little of the interior under the turret.

If you think about it, it would be more hassle to block the hull off. The turret ring is open anyway, it was just a case of dropping the AA turret into the hull. And there is very little room inside those turret with no sign of ammo storage never mind personal equipment. And putting in the raised floor is also a good idea, there not much to stand on in the turret, so lose your footing and its a bit of a drop to the hull floor.

The German's may have over engineered things, but they did have some sense.

jibber, is there anything to go in the hull under the turret. The raised floor is rather visible through the turret. Do you want me to post some pics of the Italeri kit.

that would make a lot of sense for the engineers and manufacturing.

yes it would but we are talking WW2 german engineering. kinda like a DRAGON or AFV CLUB kit vs a TAMIYA kit for the soviets