75th Anniversary of 1943 (World at War)

Thank you CM and yes I'm keeping them open.

Looking good, Nick.  Are you planning on leaving the waist gun windows open?

started on B-24 interior.

Steve, great to see you back.

Griffin, great job on those figures. I do the eyes last as well then shape them with some dark flesh colour.

Those are great looking faces, Griffin!  Nice work on them.  Very detailed.

Good to have you back around, too, Steve!

Thank you sir. Great to see you back bud!

I am so excited to get back to the Shcarnhorst and company. Should be this week sometime. 

Those guys are looking real good Griffin.

Working on the faces. Need a few repair paint jobs here and there too. No eyes yet. I do eyes last. A lot of people do them first but I seal the face paint with a matte lacquer then do the eyes. Any mistakes I make I can scrape off with a sharpened toothpick without damaging the under layers. 

 

Cheers guys.

Check, fortunatly, no masking needed on this one, other than stuff in the inside of the 251 with tissue.

Nick, i remember seeing on the news about that game. I have not been to the war rooms yet, need to get there at some point. I did go to Dover castle a few years back and the warren on tunnels behind the chalk cliffs was pretty amazing.

Great painting Bish. Top notch 

CM I built this kit in 1993ish but it didnt make the move. I am working now on that alinement problem dry fitting dosent cut it lol.

Bish nice 1/2 track! I was in london in Oct for a nfl game went to see Churchill's war rooms wow.I have seen some of Churchills movies I can only imagine what it was like in there!!

Some tricky masking, Bish!

Camouflage looks good.  You're making nice progress.

Managed to get both half track and gun complete for painting. Added side bins, all the PE and other exteriour parts.

And the last parts of the gun were put together.

And then time for paint. As i wasn't going to mask and as i have had the past week off work, i was able to get this primed, the DY on and then the green all in one day.

I've already dry brushed, decalled and added a couple of coats of Alclad clear so its all ready for weathering, but some pic sof that next time.

Will be interested to see how that comes out Nick. I need to get another 24D and would prefer the Hasegawa kit, but its very hard to get hold of and very expensive if you can. So i migt have to go for one of these.

You're added to the build roster with the B-24, Nick.  Welcome to the GB; glad to have you join in.

It's a nice kit.  I've built a couple of these over the years.  Here's an "H" model I built four years ago for the "Longest Day" GB.  I used KitsWorld decals, too.  Very pleased with them.  

Trickiest part was attaching the front part of the fuselage to the back part, and getting everything to line up.

Also, the tab on the wings is a very tight fit into the slots in the fuselage.

Looking forward to see your progress!

CM add me to the list with a 1/72 B-24D Minicraft.

Vallejo has a grey green that was pretty good. I hand painted the helmet with that. From my research I found that a little too green for the entire uniform. In some light the uniform looks more grey some more green. It is a hard color to pin down. In reality I am sure it was all over the map due to different textile manufacturers, fading, ect. Once I put some other colors on their I am hoping the uniform looks the way I would like. We'll see.

The Italian figures are coming along nicely.

I wouldn't know what to suggest from the Model Air range, but one site lists Vallejo's Olive Grey 70.888  for the European uniform colour:

http://www.artizandesigns.com/guides/ItaliansNorthAfricaWW2.pdf

regards,

Jack

Nice results, Griffen.  The difference in shades in subtle, but noticeable; just right.

It took about 4 tries but I finally got the right Italian Grey Green uniform color mix... I think. Vallejo Air definitley does not make the color "Italian Uniform". haha. I painted the helmet, putees and the fur lined cap with different shades to add some contrast. Still got the equipment, under garments and flesh to do.

 

 

Bish

I agree about the colourcoats, i am deffinetly keeping those. I have heard they are made in the same factory as Xtracolour and they deffinetly apply the same. They do carry a lot of none naval paints now, so they could be an option instead of Xtracolour if you wanted to go that route.

Including   the Spitfire.

They are coming along nicely Griffin.

I agree about the colourcoats, i am deffinetly keeping those. I have heard they are made in the same factory as Xtracolour and they deffinetly apply the same. They do carry a lot of none naval paints now, so they could be an option instead of Xtracolour if you wanted to go that route.

Griffen:  They look very good.  I think you were very successful overcoming the pitfalls.  Lively, action poses, too.

Bish:  Even over here, Testors seem to be cutting back.  A number of colors have been discontinued.  Of course, they eventually dropped the Floquil line after they acquired it.  I've been getting more Humbrol paints lately, and nothing surpasses Colourcoats for naval vessels.

Got the figures together, filled gaps and primed. The strap on the MG guy needs to be extended. These figures have nice detail but I have to say they are over priced. The resin stump clean up was a pita. The fit up was a bit wonky too but I managed to suss it out. 

 

They were the first range i came across that did colours matched to different ranges. I have been useing them since the 80's, but than Hannants is almost as good as my LHS. Like you i have been reluctant to change, but sometimes you just have to.

No, you won't be able to get them shipped over yourself. And i can't see many US stores stocking them. Its a bit like Testors over here.

Makes sense, Bish.  I bought some Xtracolour enamel before the ban on sending paint by air.  I haven't had a chance to use it yet.  I liked their selection of colo(u)rs, particularly that they offered WWI aircraft paint.  I don't think they export to the US, so probably won't be able to get anymore.

I stuck with enamels because i have always liked how Xtracolour is pre glossed and in exact colour ranges. I have tried storing in glass jars but still have lots of paint go gooey and i end up throwing more away than i use. I have been putting off switching for ages, but this issue with oil washes on armour has been the deicding factor. I am loath to switch back to future because i find it to thick, and no matter what i have tried with the Alclad i still have problems.

I am only switching away from enamels for my German subjects, i don't do enough of the others to use up my enamels anytime soon and even my German paints will last me a couple of years at least.