The Kit:
AM Goodies: Aluminum Barrel and PE Grilles, watching these on ebay...(thanks again dupes for the part # info!)
ColorScheme/ Camo'/Weathering: I'm debating on which one of these three I want to try:
1. Plain, VERY LIGHT Dunkelgelb (probably near Tamiya Buff) HEAVILY "sandblasted" OR
2. Light Dunklgelb with green squiggles, again, HEAVILY "sandbasted", OR
3. HEAVILY faded gray...almost to gray-turquoise with BEAT-UP winter camo', lots of rust streaking due to weather exposure
...guess which one I'm leaning towards
Techniques: I REALLY want to implement the following:
1. The salt technique:. I've used this technique once on an AFV before, with OK results but I've honed this skill on my railroad boxcars and buildings and want to apply it to this build. I use COARSE rock salt and warm water to create some pretty cool effects I have to think about this some more...back to this later.
2. Double-Action Airbrush: I now have an Iwata DA airbrush in my arsenal and WOW!!! I wish I had bought one along time ago! The accuracy and paint-flow control open up all kinds of possibilities.
3. Paint Streaking: With the aforementioned airbrush I want to implement the streaking technique used on boxcar weathering. The vertical planes on the turret and the sides of this beast are perfect to gve this a whirl!
4. Shading & Shadows: Again, with the Iwata in-hand I want to empasize the different planes and shadows...remember Rick Lawyers article in FSM( color modulation?)...kinda' like that.
5. wbill76 uses some great "mud on"/"mud off" techiques with powders...I need to try that!
Thoughts: Any suggestions/ input?!
I'm FIRED UP!!!