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Today I sprayed the shade coat under the sponsons/behind the running gear and bare metal dry brushed the tracks. Tomorrow I'll aim to oil wash the suspension and lower hull walls, and as soon as I get a gas bottle fill I can get on with the camo...
M/TB379
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Progress -- I know there's only a few days to go but I've sprayed the tires and hubs as far as base colour, sprayed the tracks and just did some wash work on them. I have a smidgeon of air left in the tank and might be able to do the shade coat under the sponsons before I'm out. I'm really wringing every last bit of work I can get out of it, and will be angling for a fresh fill after the weekend. Rotbraun and grun to go, fade and shade, possibly a clear, and I've been doing some oil wash on the running gear, certainly the single colour backs of the wheels. I'll be able to bare metal drybrush the tracks and drive sprockets, and do the idler rims in graphite, independent of the air situation.
Cheers, M/TB379
Gamera -- you're right there! I've often considered getting a compressor, but a good one may still set me back two years' worth of cylinder exchanges, so it never looks all that attractive from moment to moment. plus the bottle is silent and easy to store...
Wayne -- ambitious work at small scale, looking good!
Looking good there Wayne, I too have become a big fan of Silly Putty for masking.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
here it is in winter camo. the basecoat is VALLEJO AV panzer yellow airbrushed over an enamel primer. it sat for a week and today i put the silly putty and painted. the silly putty didn't want to stick and 1/72 is more delicate to handle than 1/35. i airbrushed it with VALLEJO ivory (NOT AV).that took a lot of thinner and 30psi but, other than right rear fender no run problems. lots of passes but i wasn't concerned if it didn't cover well.
have some touching up to do and decals before final weathering. may try my hand at a small snow base.
Никто не Забыт (No one is Forgotten)Ничто не Забыто (Nothing is Forgotten)
Looks good Mike! Guess I should feel lucky to have a compressor, whoever said air is free never paid for a compressed gas tank...
Hi all -- well, my Jagdpanther is still alive, today I fitted a last few parts, masked everything that needed masking and got her into DY. Here she is:
I also airbrushed the wheels into tire black. Tomorrow I'll be looking at adding the shade coat on the underside and behind the running gear, and possibly get the wheel hubs into DY.
The problem is that I have only 2 bars pressure in my gas cylinder, and the last bar is always wishful thinking on the gauge anyway, maybe even 1.5, so I'm very nearly dry. I had meant to lay in a fresh fill before the holidays but work got in the way of me using up the last charge. I'm not sure when I can get a fresh fill, and with only a few days remaining before the end of the year I may not be able to get a lot done before the calendar ticks over. Nevertheless, I shall do my best!
Indeed, Merry Christmas to all my friends here!
Merry Christmas to you as well, Wayne! Same goes for everyone else here too of course!
Gamera Somehow I missed her too Wayne, nice work!
Somehow I missed her too Wayne, nice work!
and this is a big 1/72 especially compared to the 2 BA-6s i just got. will finish it up by end of year since i got some VALLEJO airbrush cleaner.
if you missed it in DY basecoat when i put the winter white camo on it no one will see it here.
Merry Christmas to all.
SchattenSpartan Wayne, I completely missed your update. She looks really fine from here!
Wayne, I completely missed your update. She looks really fine from here!
no worries. lots going on this time of year. i rely on others to keep up comments on my GBs. got some VALLEJO a/b cleaner since windex goops it up. now we'll see how the paint holds up to silly putty. doing a winter scheme.
want to build a train thingie next year? JIBBER and i are co-hosting a RAILROAD GB.
Fröhliche Weihnachten, mein Freund
ahhhh lessons learned. sheered off 2 suspension arms on the JAGDTIGER. 1/72 isn't as sturdy as 1/35. drilled out the arms and the hull and superglued with a brass rod. haven't decided on a winter with some white or some red brown. been sitting for a couple of days so we'll see how VALLEJO AIR over enamel primer holds up to silly putty.
I also did a bit on my Jagdpanther -- I got the base colour on the tracks. I'm hoping to shoot the base DY in the next couple of days, possibly also the feldgrau on the commander figure. I'm determined to wrap it up before the due date!
finally did some painting. was going to paint on thursday but ended up field stripping and cleaning both airbrushes. got vallejo av dark yellow on JAGDTIGER and tracks painted and "weathered". will see if i have the same problems others have with this paint. going to finish doing all the road wheels tonight (steel rims)
I got your picture added to the front page! Thanks for participating!
Man I really going to have to kick myself were it counts to get the marder 2 done basically mount gun and walls and paint. I'm pretty sure I can make it as long as I don't get bogged down trying to my all that dragon detail better. Looks like it will stand on its own pretty well.
Just send me those pics and I'll be more than happy to post them here and on the front page for you!
This is my first dragon kit that I have started building its nice to see it coming
Together considering how many dragon kits I have.
I'm always building some kits that's more easy trying to better my skills before doing one.
Time to take the plunge. Going to have to try a edward next.
Yes, they can be interesting can't they. I don't have experience with the kit your doing, but I certainly know the feeling. It can be hit and miss, I have found many are pretty easy to follow, but there are some in my stash that give me gosh bumps just thinking about them.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
Well I can see what a lot of builders are talking about when in comes to understanding dragon instructions. Being a experienced modler certainly helps.
ShattenSpartan....... I have Finnish'd my stug 4 awhile back but the only way to get my pics to you is by email I won't send a lot just enough to show my build and Finnish'd stug 4.
I don't want to be the moddler that joins up in the BG then dosent do it.
With the hopes of getting this pic thing fixed I started my dragon # 6262 marder 2. Kit. If anybody has any info with directions step 4 involving part A4 and mounting that part I can use the help ?
If the e-mail is to much I know it's going to take away from other task I understand just e mail me at shasta1962@att.net and let me know it's all good.
Give me a couple days, I'll try to get a better picture with less background clutter.Thanks
I said it quite a few times before and without wanting to sound like a broken record: That's one great looking TD you got there, Tojo!
Is there any particular pic you want me to add to the front page?
Most excellent work indeed, Tojo! I love the camo scheme!
Yes, she does look very good Tojo!
That looks really nice Tojo.
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