FINISHED PICS!--Page 10--DML HORNISSE

hmmm, Yeah I'll be up, I need some more vallejo anyway, see you tomorrow!

P.S. I cant wait to see you rock that Bison!!

lexesbenz wrote:

Dont make me come over and finish this kit for ya!!

I'll be picking up that PE....

acmodeler01 wrote:

Yeah, I'll agree with Manny, this is your best to date. The top-down view showing the interior with the map case on page 6... it just looks real. Very impressed with this one. What kind of base do you have planned for it?

bbrowniii wrote:

lexesbenz wrote: Gahhh..can't take it....need UPDATE   PS  Nice work, Karl!!

lexesbenz wrote:

Gahhh..can't take it....need UPDATE

PS  Nice work, Karl!!

wbill76 wrote:

Karl the lower hull weathering has "stacked' very nicely...I think the foundation you laid before was ideal for the end result you were looking for. The other little details for the interior are nice touches too, especially the limp map case cover. On the front driver's port, I believe that the armored glass block would've been removed when it was open to allow for the driver to have a better view. The holder would remain but the block itself stowed to allow the driver a mostly unobstructed view. Take a look at this pic from Allied&Axis #16, the portion sticking down at an angle is much smaller than what you've got on yours. Not sure if you're able to address it or not by perhaps cutting it down? It also looks like it opens upward at a higher angle as well vs. a 90-degree angle the way you've got it installed now, probably has a locking mechanism on the extender?

Mike, thanks for the props! If ou look at ref photos, most of these seemed to keep prety toght tracks, therefore the negligible sag.

Marc-- Ifeel your pain about the weathering that is now mostly covered;I hated to do it, but it ust didn't look complete without some dirt stuck up there. And then, the bottom of the hull wouldn't have looked right if I'd left that bare. Oh well. Choices, choiices! 

Thanks too, panzerguy, and Tony! 

More pics tomotrrow! 

Karl - Looks like the drive is using your opti-visor!!!!

Nice dirt, grunge look. You have settled in on those MIG pigments and have their use down pat. nice when you layer them and you did a great job. They are great!!

You may have gone easy on the sag on the tracks but there is no sag in your work.

Very nice. Good of you to give the under view. Most (including me) don't usaully show how the underside is weathered.

Rounds Complete!!

Karl the lower hull weathering has "stacked' very nicely...I think the foundation you laid before was ideal for the end result you were looking for. The other little details for the interior are nice touches too, especially the limp map case cover.

On the front driver's port, I believe that the armored glass block would've been removed when it was open to allow for the driver to have a better view. The holder would remain but the block itself stowed to allow the driver a mostly unobstructed view. Take a look at this pic from Allied&Axis #16, the portion sticking down at an angle is much smaller than what you've got on yours. Not sure if you're able to address it or not by perhaps cutting it down? It also looks like it opens upward at a higher angle as well vs. a 90-degree angle the way you've got it installed now, probably has a locking mechanism on the extender?

the doog wrote:

Real men paint their road wheels individually with a paintbrush, LOL!

I'm with you brother! (he say's flexing in some type of oiled up Schwarzeneggeresque pose) I haven't used a mask yet on a road wheel yet. And to compensate for that similarity... I am totally on the other end of the hair spectrum

It is a shame to have covered that lower hull weathering.  I really liked the look of that and will be happy to get remotely close to that... even though it will be covered by schurzen.

    Fantastic work Karl. The build up of wet and dry mud on the lower hull looks perfect.

  I used to paint road wheels by hand but now that I use a template I don't dread tackling them anymore. 

Huxy wrote:

...what shampoo do you use? -Huxy

OK, here's a small weathering update--I have added some MIG dirt and mud on thelower hull. I knwo, I know--y'all liked that paint job, but I just intended it for a "base" for the rest of the mud.It never looks right to me to see mud pigments or dirt on an otherwise-pristine hull, so I wanted to get a good base to work upon. 

What I did was use a little bit of MIG Acrylic Resin, and mix a little paint in, and then some MIG powders of about 4 different shade. I put the darker colors in first, applied a layer of that, and then mixed up some lighter colors, and put them over the first. This gave some depth to the look.

The rear mudgaurds also got some, as well as the steps and crew step.

The bottom so far--I plan on adding a little more "dry" pigments here to even it out a bit...

Some more items and details have been added to the interior--the shrouded MG, and cases above it in the racks. Fire extingushers and an open resin map case, which was bent using some heat from a soldering iron.

And lastly, I've attached the driver's visor after painting, and added a PE hinge.

Time to work on the main exterior weathering now. I'm going to go rather light here; not too much chipping or rust.

Hopefully, another update soon!

the doog wrote:

Real men paint their road wheels individually with a paintbrush, LOL!

No, Doog... Only you paint roadwheels individually....

Seriously tough, Looking great! I really like the look..     What shampoo do you use?    

hahah!!    But the model, good. Looks really good!

-Huxy 

Thanks, dupes, and Billl!

You guys are gonna hate me though--I just got done weathering the tracks and hull with pigments, and I covered most of that work up! Oh well, it doesn't hurt to have a great base on which to put the pigments!

Pictures tomorrow!

That undercarriage weathering is just amazing.  Really, the results you get are an inspiration, at least for me, and your sharing of techniques is just unreal.

I do feel a bit like the USSR when we rolled out the Stealth, I couldn't even copy that if you gave it to me.

Something to aspire to, though. Thanks as always for sharing. 

wbill76 wrote:

Making good progress Karl...got to admire the dedication of an Optivisor and hand-painting the wheels...but you really ought to give the circle template method a try....you'll be amazed at the amount of time it saves you...not to mention no risk of hair entanglement! You've created a monster...the mob now demands regular sacrific...errr....updates now to keep them under control.

I meant to try the template method, I really DID! But before I'm even thinking about painting, I'm assembling the wheel halves, as per instructios, and I just don't thik of it until it's too late!

It doesn't relaly bother me though--I'm a very patient person, and there's an almost zen-like quality to the process for me!  ....

Thanks guys, for the enthusiasm, and the comments! 

"Hair Entanglement"

Now that is funny, you just got my day off to a great start.

Making good progress Karl...got to admire the dedication of an Optivisor and hand-painting the wheels...but you really ought to give the circle template method a try....you'll be amazed at the amount of time it saves you...not to mention no risk of hair entanglement!

You've created a monster...the mob now demands regular sacrific...errr....updates now to keep them under control.

detailfreak wrote:

ever gotten your hair tangled up in a roadwheel? LOL. not funny,did it on a creeper under a semi-truck once ,but never under a panzer IV... been a very informative build.thanks doog.

i did the same thing except i was under car and had tranny fluid in my hair when it got cought, talk about painful.

buy the way the weathering looks great.

Thanks, JMart! Thanks for looking in, and for your comments!

OK,OK! Here's a small update--tracks and lower hull stuff...

Real men paint their road wheels individually with a paintbrush, LOL! 

I used 502 oil color "Buff" to give the hull an overall wash, and and then used a combination of Medium Rust, Wash Brown, and Black on the bottom of the hull, which I drew upward with a clean brush. I also did the undergarriage the same way.

The muffler is coming alomg--still needs pigment though....

I went easy on the sag...

Coming along....

I'm working on the tracks now-should have them on tonight if I don't fall asleep first! LOL!

Watch this space!