#6 Polish Artillery Tractor C7P-WIP 4/18--More Weathering Pics Page 12

Thanks, Ed, Bodge, and MR Hughes!

Some more stuff today, first, I did some minor chipping, wear.  Really light.  THen I sprayed the insignia, I hate decals

It's suposed to be "Klara", but I don't know any Klara

AND I hate decals..so I did this:

FIrst, a sample font from the computer

Then I got out a brush, some Vallejo off white, and I tried to hand paint it:

Can I get a reality check?  How does the name look, please, honesty is the best policy.

Bill

Bill,

This is some outstanding work sir!

Cheers

Dave

Wow, ive missed this one. thats a real nice job your doing on a crazy lookin vehicle. Love it.

I think I am ready to chip, this looks like a finished base coat, I hope.

TO get back into blog mode, here's what I did:  I sprayed 3 thin, non covering coats of the german grey, and got a nice monochrome uniform coverage.  THen I mixed quite a bit of tamiya flesh to the grey, thinned it, and envisioned a stop sign. THe majority of light falling on this vehicle, or a stop sign, hits the top, making it look brightest, even if its painted a single color.  So I took the top edges and highlighted them lightly.

THen I added some black to the straight grey, and started lowlighting, making it darker where shadows would be, I lightened the senters of some panels, and darkened the edges, others, I darkened the center of others and lightened the edges.

THen I went back and lightened it furhter, lightened, but less this time, and darkened again, then sprayed more shadows, but only areas that would really be dark.

I know it looks kind of cartoonish, but the weathering will tone this down.

SO that's were we are now, I am going to do some very light chipping.

Bill

LOL!  My wife says it is pronounced Tray Samay.  I call it smelly prissy stuff!

Sounds like you are having fun Bill which is what this all about. I am glad you had some time to enjoy the hobby today you deserve it!

Paint job is looking great.  The Shep Paine stop sign is alive and well!!

I have started with a German Grey undercoat, then a single shade lighter for highlights, and a shade darker for shadows.

Started over 3 very light coats of this stuff, which I cannot even pronounce:

Then on to the paint, again, one lighter shade, one lighter, one darker, using these as mixers:

I also went light on top of the bogies, agasint the darker underside shadow, and darker under the bogie, as well:

BACK TO THE PAINTCAVE!!!!!!!

I FINALLY got to start painting,

I just have one shot:  gunmetal undercoat, cav brown misting, in preparation for a hairspray technique which I have picked up from our own Ed.  I know he did not pioneer this technique, but I have learned the mechanics from him, and his builds speak for themselves.

For those unfamiliar, this coat will be totally co0vered with a base coat, then chipped back using a water solouble harispray to reveal small patches of this color.

BACK TO THE GARAGE!!!!!!

Looks like a very productive Saturday's worth of effort Bill! Gaps are gone and rivits are looking good, now it's Sunday so get it painted already!

Wow, Indy and Dave, you guys are sharp, especially at 0043 am.

So I shot some Tamiya fine primer all over it, and here is the monotone version of this little guy, hopefully I can shoot some paint tomorrow, I need to get some rack time and then look at these pics and make sure the surface is smooth as a tank should be...

Those rivets we worked on tonight:

Some shots of the revised running gear

THat is all she wrote this Satruday night...

THanks for looking, guys,

Bill

INDY beat me to the punch. But.....I'm not sure that is it since you stated having done something you talked about.  I can't tell what it is but this wee beastie is very cool.

Cheers

Dave

Missing Rivit

~~Your baby looks good to me--->shoot it

Thanks, Wingnut!  Ed, my first German Grey vehicle, a captured Polish whatzit?  WE shall see.

I did some riveting tonight, too:

I tried what we talked about, Ed, let's see if anyone spots it.

Bill

This is what I am talking about!  This will be a treat to watch you paint and weather!

Great job Bill!

What all of you..well, at least Ed, have been waiting for, the first application of any color to his beast:

I put a bit of a witness coat on tonight so I can be sure it's safe to replace the rivets:

As soon as I convince myself it's smooth, I will replace the rivets and shoot a primer coat.

Bill

OK Bill,, Just plain WOW!

Good luck Bill! I have faith in you! Now that you've proven you can do rivets standing on your head, you won't have to worry about trying to preserve what's there through the sanding and puttying exercise.

OK...Good Luck!

also ......VMail sent   

Thanks, Bill, and as much as I'd like to blame it on the angle, there is a gap there that no amount of clamping could address.

My plan is to mask off a narrow strip, remove the rivets, putty and sand, and replce the rivets.

Wish me luck...

Bill

Bill,

Only thing I can see is some possible small gaps (may be a trick of the lighting) at the rear both where the cab top meets the rear vertical plate and also around the engine air intake grating. If there are gaps there, this is your best chance to putty and sand them prior to throwing paint on this bad boy! I hear you about covering up all that brass and styrene scratch work but that's what WIP photos are for so you can go back and look at it after it's all done and see it in the pristine stage anytime you want!

Well, the construction phase of this little guy is coming to an end.  As much fun and growing as I did, despite it being a pretty crappy kit, it was my first attempt at scratchbuilding using brass for fenders, my first soldering, pin punch, all that jazz.  Without Indy/Adam pushing me like Bull Meecham in he Great Santini, this thing would be on the shelf already with chunky style manwich fenders made of plastic.

Despite the time spent and the challenges, I am really glad I chose this one to do, and glad I took so much time to try to get it right, or at least better than it originally was.  I'm a bit sad that now I need to cover it all up, I love painting and weathering, but I hate to cover up all this brass and styrene rivets.

Anyhow, here's my last review before priming, I don't mind putting off priming a while (although it might kill Ed) if I can fix anything anyone is nice enough to point out.

On to the walk around, sorry dial up guys, you are going to hate this:

Finally, I almost forgot the fender mounted headlights, which turned out to be solid styrene "bullets," so I busted out the ELF replacement headlights, sized small on the large set, courtesy of Ed's recommendation, and voila, nicer lights.

Next time anyone sees her, she will be monotone primer grey, then I'll keep it under wraps until I get the paint done.

THanks for looking, please sound off if you see any problems that need to be dealt with before paint.

Bill 

I love all the scratch stuff your adding, nothing beats adding new rivets to a model. Almost ready for paint Bill, she looks awesome. You know what color pops into my head when I see that SUV, yep RUST

Looks fantastic Bill, keep up the great work, I'll be watching and waiting to see the paint going on.

Rob

www.scratchmod.com

Thanks, Tony, Bill, Adam. and Ed!

You wouldn't recognize her right now.  I tried to snap a photo but needed to get in to get some work done, because later, I plan to do a final review and prime it.

Ed, I will call you later to discuss some paint issues.

Thanks, guys, next stop, monochrome city hall!  

Bill

Danger! Danger! Will Robinson!!

Wow Bill this is really starting to take shape and all your hard work and prep is payng off.  Do not and I repeat do not put any rivets on your dog!

You have really stretched yourself on this one with your Brass Fenders and rivets.  Two great skill sets that will serve you well!

I apologize for not posting sooner it has been pretty busy on the Schnabel Homestead!

Well done!!! 

I'da said, " Honey you're right, not a tank, a vintage S.U.V. ! "

Rivet Me this.................Whats got tracks like a duck, tows guns like a duck, but aint a duck?

You're really going to town with that punch and die set Bill! Nice work on the replacement rivet work on the front. The fix on the suspension for the missing parts looks like it will do the trick as well, you never know with some of these Eastern European kits when parts will just not be there at all and you've cleard that hurdle just fine IMHO.

Modern Women will surprise you these days. You're sure putting the slick on this build man.

Tony Lee

A few small steps toward paint, yesterday I noticed that the rivet "detail" on the front plates was lost to the sanding stick, never fear, I added a couple rows to the mix, I like this new ability to repace or add what is missing or lost:

Nearly ready for paint, I showed my wife today and she said, "That's not a tank, is it a car, or what?"

I was so proud of her!

Bumping my own thread, but I went ahead and increased the thickness by another .015, and made up 4.  Here they are

And here is one that is placed where they will end up

I guess the detail on this one is not what I hoped, and the scratch, while interesting and challenging, has sort of become a necessity to just get it assembled.  I hole to get this into paint this week, although this weekend is sort of busy.

Bill

Thanks, guys, Hughes, Edmund, Bill, Brian, and I build 48!

This one seems to be 2 steps forward, one back.  I have been trying to get this assembled and primed/painted.

But in putting what I thought were the final details, I found this:

These are some kind of clamp deal that holds the bogie assemblies in place:

Sorry for the blurry pics, anyway, there are 4 bogies, but TWO clamps:

Not broken off, just never formed....

Never fear, I had an idea:

Punch some appropriate sized holes in styrene, double it up and use the punch as an alignment mandrel, a little dremel, a little hand sanding, a little railroad bolt, and here's the planned replacement, on the left, compared to the finely detailed original:

Well, assuming this meets aproval after seeing it in magnified glory, that's what I'll be doing today...

Thanks for looking

Bill