BIG CATS GROUP BUILD 2008

You can choose my photo to.

SMJmodeler wrote:

Guys:  ... let me know if I can take the liberty to choose the best photo,IMO, from your final post ... Thanks!

 SMJ, you're choice for mine.  It'll be great to see all the the final builds together.

 Don

Bish: Thanks for checking in!

panzer88: Get crackin', the weather is cold and you can still make it...don't pass up this beauty of a badge!

Let me know when the next build night is in Albany..let's go together!

SMJmodeler wrote:

Guys:  Approaching 1 month left!...I'm going to start the gallery presentation of completed builds soon so let me know if I can take the liberty to choose the best photo,IMO, from your final post on this thread OR post another one you may have taken that you consider the best. Also...if you know you're not going to finish this GB, let me know that too. Thanks!

I know my pics weren't that great, but as i am out of the country at the mo so can't do any decent ones, i'll leave it upto u.

Got all the PE zimm attached and the black painted on the road wheels. Tomorrow I'm going to assemble the turret and the hull and paint the center of the wheels. Should have more progress to show by Monday.

Regards,

Jeff

Thanks Dupes!! 

Thanks SMJ and TB I aprichate the complements.

Guys:  Approaching 1 month left!...I'm going to start the gallery presentation of completed builds soon so let me know if I can take the liberty to choose the best photo,IMO, from your final post on this thread OR post another one you may have taken that you consider the best.

Also...if you know you're not going to finish this GB, let me know that too.

Thanks!

Thunderbolt379 wrote:

The rust and dirt are outstanding! I see this beast in a German scrapyard maybe 1947, a relic of the war, awaiting melt-down, quietly rusting away in the rain. The spare tracks are remarkable, the degree of deterioration you've been able to capture, as are the bent fenders and exhaust shrouds. Double-thumbs-up!

stick man: ...Tremendous work...absolutely spectacular!!! At 14 years old you're building at the level many only hope to aspire.  I don't recall you mentioning the level of weathering you wanted to depict in this build...but it is top-notch!!!  I hope Disastermaster sees this one...he'd love it...as do I, in fact, start a separate thread in armor, the rest of the guys should see this too!   Congratulations and thanks for participating...this will be a fine entry in the gallery at the completion of this GB. 

Go grab the badge...

Yo Stickman --

The rust and dirt are outstanding! I see this beast in a German scrapyard maybe 1947, a relic of the war, awaiting melt-down, quietly rusting away in the rain. The spare tracks are remarkable, the degree of deterioration you've been able to capture, as are the bent fenders and exhaust shrouds. Double-thumbs-up!

I'll probably scrape in with 12 hours to spare on mine, as usual -- right now I'm scratchbuilding a fighter cockpit for an SF conversion, one of two models I'm supposed to have finished on a deadline two weeks from now. GRRRRR!

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

I finished my build!

I'm realy happy with the rust on this build.

all coments welcome!

yep, life/work issues in the summer/fall swatted me down like a fly!

Decided to wipe the 2008 GB clean instead of rushing a build, and just concentrate on starting the ones due early 2009, like the Red Storm on the Reich GB and something about 251s

Belay my last.

I thought the GB already ended. I think I can get this thing banged out in 6 weeks. No reason why I can't the lower hull put together and the road wheels cleaned up and assembled today. I'll post some progress as soon as I make some...errr...progress...

Jeff

Between buying a new house and getting the old one sold, and all that entails, I realized I bit off way more than I could chew dedicating myself to all these GB's. I haven't even started my kit for this one. (Sucks because that badge was really sweet.) The only ones I can hope to keep up with are the ones that end next year/start next year. Sorry for being a flake.

Jeff

bummer about the paint...

I will not be able to finish (or even start) this one, life/work issues wiped my 2008 GB season.

I ran into problems with the painting of my King Tiger, a lack of paint.  The can of Tamiya Dark Yellow, which I thought was smore than enough came up empty.  LHS has every other color but Dark Yellow.  The next time they are going to order is next month.  It's very fitting of a late war vehicle....

So, I think I'm going to have to withdraw that project.  I do have a 1/72 Dragon Panher G that I was planning on starting this week and I have enough Model master Dunkelgelb to brush paint it.  Can I switch it up this late in the game?

Proof that I haven't started yet:

Thought I'd bump this by posting the Pics of my King Tiger.  Wrapped up major constuction some time ago in August, but I've taken a break since then.  Hope to lay some DG on it later and do some camo later this week.  First time using the Magic Tracks, I'm pleased with the result and look to use them in the future.

Comment, critcism, hint, tips, etc. are welcome....

Thunderbolt379 - Looks like it worked from here.. <taking notes on the various psi's>

Looking forward to some more great work in here!

cheers

My Tiger is almost done just neads some tools and a base.

espins1 wrote:

dupes wrote: Looks darn good to me, T-bolt! After talking to Crockett quite a while back, I've sprayed just about everything at 25-30 psi - seems to keep the spatter down quite a bit (at least when thinned properly). I know a lot of magazing tutorials talk about dialing the pressure way down to like 5-8 psi, but I haven't added that in my bag of tricks quite yet. I've never had much luck spraying at lower pressures.  25-30 seems to work best for my compressor/airbrush/paint combo.

Guys: Try thinning the paint more.  The lower pressure adds another dimension to your airbrush arsenal...mainly gettting in REAL close!!!

dupes wrote:

Looks darn good to me, T-bolt! After talking to Crockett quite a while back, I've sprayed just about everything at 25-30 psi - seems to keep the spatter down quite a bit (at least when thinned properly). I know a lot of magazing tutorials talk about dialing the pressure way down to like 5-8 psi, but I haven't added that in my bag of tricks quite yet.

I've never had much luck spraying at lower pressures.  25-30 seems to work best for my compressor/airbrush/paint combo.

Hi Dupes and Moose --

Thanks for the confidence, guys! I was just thinking about spraying pressures. I've been working at low pressure, rarely more than 1bar and less than that for special effects. I was getting spatter and I assumed raisng the pressure would cause the problem to worsen, but I reckon the higher pressure actually aerosols the paint droplets more thoroughly in the AB, creating the fineness. You can really feel the blast trying to move the model in your hand! Pity it uses so much air, my bottle is a $30+ fill so I've got to be more economical with it.

I've not yet experimented with clear coats (something tells me it's not far away!) so I think I'll get some dirt on ahead of decals, then use minimal effects over them for safety (e.g., pigment).

Cheers, looking forward to putting this one in the display case!

Mike

same here for the decals.  I put mine on right after the base coat and camo colors.  I havn't had any problems with my weathering affecting the decals.  I do seal mine with a dull coat to make sure I don't have any visable outlines from the film. 

Oh, about the decals - when I do them, anyway, it's right after all of the base + camo colors are done. Hit it with a gloss coat if necessary, decal away, then seal with a flat coat. Weather away!

Decals are surprisingly quite resistant to all of the oil washes/oil-dot filters that we regularly throw at them.