Gamera

Thanks Wayne. Sorry about the decals, you can't just paint the bumpers yellow, mask them with thin stripes of tape and then spray the black strips?

 

assuming i can get the yellow paint off and at least smoothed down will try it again. i tried tape and brushing but i may have been in a hurry for contest today, which i skipped due to snow.

that is plan B. plan C is paint them OD and make up a reason like more tactical.

Thanks Wayne. Sorry about the decals, you can't just paint the bumpers yellow, mask them with thin stripes of tape and then spray the black strips?

Can't wait to see it Wayne. 

fun GB. i will join any artillery GB

atomic cannon is together and pin washed. THEN i decided to put the black and yellow bumper decals on. that went south. painted bumpers yellow looks crappy and hand painted black stripes which looks worse so have to clean that all off and try again sigh

soviet tracked gun looks great

Hey thanks guys!

I'll try to get some detail shots up later.

Cliff,

Outstanding job! I really like how the terrain turned out! The figures look top notch! 

Outstanding Gam, way to go. Looks great!

I'll get it up on the wall as soon as possible. 

Okay, here we go. Wish the photos were better, I'll try to get better ones up later... but here's proof that it is finished, except of course a few little things here and there.

The missing front carriage unit, where is it? I have no idea...

Wow! I did not realize this was the last day. I'd like to thank you Steve for hosting this group build. It was a fantastic subject, with many outstanding builds. And I have to say, this was my first completed GB, so, I will not forget this GB for a very long time.

Gamera,

Looking forward to the completed pictures!

Thanks Steve. Yup, the actual gun itself is done, the figures are finished and on the base. And that's the biggest part, I used all six figures although I didn't use them in exactly the positions the box showed them. All that's left is a matte finish to knock off a couple glossy spots.

Otherwise it is trivial stuff... There is the front carriage to the gun and a few extra shells I want to add but there's no reason I can't stick them on there later. And that big dark blob you can see on the grass where I spilt some of the varnish I used on the base that I want to paint over. 

Thanks for a great GB! Hopefully when I finish a few more of the ones I'm in I'll possibly get moving on a few more. I really want to get to my dinosaurs for that GB. 

PS: Wayne, I'd forgotten about your giant atomic cannon- have you gotten anymore work done on her? 

I'd hoped to have this done days ago, but I had to work last weekend. Then I got Wednesday off but ended up spending half the day working on mom's weekwhacker... So I'm finally almost finished, the figures are on the base and I just need to spray everything with a matte coat. Hopefully this won't go wrong and I'll get some photos up tonight- squeezing in on the last day...

There are still a few missing parts like the wheeled carriage that attaches to the front on the gun. I can't find it anywhere. But since it's removed when deployed I don't really need it, I just wish I knew where the blasted thing went after all the work I put in painting and detailing it. 

Thanks Bruce. It's all one colour so I ended up colour modulating the  outta it just to add some visual interest. 

Hopefully I'll get to some seroius work on the thing this weekend. 

Cliff,

The gun looks really good! Nice job on the color modulation. Looking forward to seeing it complete.

Yeap, almost there and that's where I've been sitting for since the first of the year lol. I guess technically the gun itself is done, the figures are almost there, just need to get them arranged on the base now. 

It looks like your almost there.

Good gosh, has it been almost a year now!?! Anyway I'm going to try to squeeze this thing in before the time limit:

modelcrazy

Wayne, this is going to be cool. Was the Atomic Cannon ever assigned to a unit or was it just an idea that passed the prototype stage?

 

from what i understand 20 were made and most were deployed in west germany with 6 in the far east either okinawa or south korea.

Looks cool so far Wayne, I guess this could be considered the ultimate in war wheels!

Wayne, this is going to be cool. Was the Atomic Cannon ever assigned to a unit or was it just an idea that passed the prototype stage?

Gamera, MC Thank you.

got lost parts for airbrush and back in the game. i got the atomic cannon basecoated. here are pics of the tractors. i thought i had put the wrong backs on the wrong fronts for the tires, figured out how to moubnt them, then realized i was correct the first time. the gun is together and clamped. Dragon doesn't have the largest mounting pins and it is annoying. i think i will CYA some braces on the underside of the carraige. as this will be on a base on a rutted road no one will know. i won't weather this one muchj, just some road grime and a bit of dust. though i may do a lighter uper surfaces overspray.

Wayne,
I'm sorry to here about your friend. It is so heartbreaking to lose friends and family.

Hey Wayne, sorry to hear about your friend, seems we're losing a lot of guys here in the modeling community here lately.

On a brighter note cool looking Atomic Cannon, is this the reissue of the old Renwal kit?

Jack remeber you are probably fgoing to do a base coat after it is all together so this doesn't have to be perfect.

here is my atomic cannon ready to basecoat. got my parts in and the airbrush woerks firn. went with MMA on this since i had a new bottle of OD.

on a sad note lost another modeling friend today. did see him on Saturday and his best friend visited him this morning. he was with his family.

Hi Wayne, thanks for laying out your steps for the sIG33 construction and painting.  I like what you did with yours, and look foward to seeing that siege gun from the Great War.

regards,

Jack

jgeratic

Welp, I better start something soon for this one.  Interest in my original entry for an Italian mortar has waned, so thinking of AFV Club's sIG33:

Since these subjects tend to have a lot of nooks and crannies, would it be beneficial to spray paint everything while still on the sprues - do ppl still do that?  On the other hand, the paint could pose a problem with liquid cement even after cleaning the mating surfaces - any thoughts?

regards,

Jack

 

nice. i did the cyber-hobby one . took a 3rd in a regional. have an AFV Club LeFH18M 105 in the stash.

i build a lot of towed guns, and now siege guns, and find i can prime and paint majoe sub assymblies:trails/base, wheels, cannon, shield. after assembly i add handles and may do a loght overspray of base coat followed by a slightly lighter overspary of the base coat on all the top services. make sure you check closely after the base coat incase you missed an area. it isn't hard to do.

this way i don't have too mess with CYA and it's easy to hit all the surfaces.

MC, Gamera, Hogfanfs, Jgeratic Thanks for the kind words. the weathering has grown on me. the fading on the top surfaces scrubbing in lt gray pastel seems to work in most light conditions. have the missle stripped and will reppaint with Vallejo aged white mixed with a tad of tan. Ironically i used different colors than the TEL originally but lost a lot of contrast with the washes. probably paint the warhead a different shade and build a revetment. first contests are March and April for the SCUD.

LAV took a first in local contest last November. i thought it was a third. Good thing i wasn't judging, eh.

now that the lost parts are in for the Badger and i have an off day so plan to base coat atomic cannon, start some quick bases and start on Takom 420mm WW1 siege gun.

Wayne,

Great job on the SCUD and LAV! They look fantastic!

Whoa, those are awesome Wayne! 

The LAV looks great but I love that giant SCUD truck! 

Wayne, great looking pair of builds there.   I like the sand colour on those vehicles, to me they look used but not abused.

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Guys, thanks for the vote of confidence.  I always experience some paint build up when trying to cover hard to reach areas when airbrushing.  Will try the middle road approach, and paint in sub-assemblies.

regards,

Jack