Wirbelwind---FINISHED PICS! pg 7

Wayne, thanks for relating your experiences---it's good to know that you're pushing your own boundaries and improving through bold steps where you're not fearing he possibility of potential failure---sometimes you have to risk big to get the best lessons and results! Can't wait to see your new build!

the doog

!I also teach guitar, and I think the "lemme show you how to do this" thing is just in my blood, lol. When you have that kind of "thing", there's nothing more rewarding than to hear that someone else is learning or taking something away from what you're trying to share---so thank you sincerely!

this quote was not directed at me but it fits. you turned into a oil wash junkie. just finished UN UNIMOG and weathered all of it with oils, even mixing colors, no powders or pastels just to try it. the weathering arsenal grows and 3 THE WEATHERING MAGAZINEs are due in this week.

and it all started with a suggestion (BRDM-2) which turned into a finishing disaster but with enough encouragement and patience and determination it came out rather nicely and certainly unique.

spacepacker

Regards the mud spattering, did you not do a blog where you blew thro' the bristles with an airbrush?

Had you forgotten?

Any how....................I'm Gobsmacked!!!!!...cheers....Kenny

Yes, I often change up my methods and am experimenting with ways to do different things. I guess I try not to follow too much of a "strict method", as it can make your models look rather "cookie cutter" if you don't change things up and experiment. You CAN blow "spatter" from a brush by using the airstream from your airbrush though. But always experiment first and practice against a sheet of paper so you can see the dispersion pattern and breadth of spray.

enodaed

STUNNER!!!! You are constantly inspiring me to improve my own builds. I might not be to your level yet but I keep practicing. I also appreciate your willingness to share and teach. Thanks for that and I can't wait to see the next one. Cheers...

Thanks so much, RBaer! And you too, Mike! Thanks for taking the time to comment and for the kind words!

Regards the mud spattering, did you not do a blog where you blew thro' the bristles with an airbrush?

Had you forgotten?

Any how....................I'm Gobsmacked!!!!!...cheers....Kenny

STUNNER!!!! You are constantly inspiring me to improve my own builds. I might not be to your level yet but I keep practicing. I also appreciate your willingness to share and teach. Thanks for that and I can't wait to see the next one. Cheers...

Karl - As usual the Master of the Finish...love it and love the tips you give along the way....as usual

Fantastic

Rounds Complete!!

Schweet! I like the splattering, well executed.

Thank you for those sentiments, Wayne! :)

sweet build karl.

good luck with the move etal.

I'm always learning new techs from your BLogs, Bro. 

Always subscribing 

Thanks, Bill! I hope to have an enjoyable time away and then come home to a great new house and life! I appreciate it!

Very nice finish on this one Karl! Best of luck over the next few months and hope you can squeeze in some bench time here and there in between!

Actually, I have that CMK kit too--I got it years ago when it was the only game in town. I'll sell it ebay one of these days. Pretty chunky compared to the new DML kits.

I've got both the CMK and Italeri Ostwind kits and only the Italeri kit has a rudimentary interior. If I was going to build that one I'll need to get ahold of more 37mm ammo cans to line the sides of the bulkheads.

I think I've seen that photo? It may have been during prototype building? If I were doing one of these in a diorama, abandoned, I might do an interior, but like you said--you can't really see anything so I couldn't see putting the effort in it just to hide it. A lot of kits today with the interiors are like that.

Mikeym_us

Karl if you build this kit again would you do an interior? The Wirbelwind and the Ostwind both had visible interiors due to the open bottom turrets. And seeing as these are on former frontline Ausf H chassis would said interiors retain their primer red flooring and ivory interiors or would the interiors have been painted Dunkelgelb to camoflage the interior?

I am not sure about the Wirbelwind, but on the Ostwind, once everything is in place, you can't see inside anyway. The Italeri kit has a flooring section that goes right under the turret, and looking at some pics of a Wirbel with the turret removed, that had a raised floor as well, with nothing else directly under the turret. The pics are from a vehicle in a museum and are black and white, the interior does look dark, I would say primer red, while the drivers compartment, which you can see with the turret off, is defiantly white.

Mikeym_us

Karl if you build this kit again would you do an interior? The Wirbelwind and the Ostwind both had visible interiors due to the open bottom turrets. And seeing as these are on former frontline Ausf H chassis would said interiors retain their primer red flooring and ivory interiors or would the interiors have been painted Dunkelgelb to camoflage the interior?

From what I know and have read, primer red as an interior color was VERY unpopular with the crews---there were, apparently, many complaints about it. So I would think that if they had the paint to do the exterior DY, they would most likely have gone and painted the interior in a DY as well.

I've got a DML Ostwind, but probably won't get to it for quite a while. On to another variant of another vehicle after this one. I may do a big paper panzer after this one?

Thanks, Greg and Eric! I appreciate you leaving such nice comments!

stikpusher

That is another beautiful finished build from you my friend. That splatter technique is sure interesting. I might suggest more concentration of that stuff in areas more likely to have increased mud build up around the running gear. When your other stuff in the near future is done, your modeling batteries should be recharged, and I am sure you will wow us with another superb build.

Thanks, man!. You have to be careful for doing too much "spatter"--it is very difficult to control, and not really the proper technique to "build up" bulk like you suggest. Much better to use plain pigments with acrylic medium--white glue will also suffice-- with dirt or plaster filler and make a dedicated thick slurry to then add around the suspension. I did some of that, but didn't want to go crazy with it as it tends to obscure the paint.

Thanks for your vote of confidence---I'm already excited about the next project--whatever I decide that will be!

Karl if you build this kit again would you do an interior? The Wirbelwind and the Ostwind both had visible interiors due to the open bottom turrets. And seeing as these are on former frontline Ausf H chassis would said interiors retain their primer red flooring and ivory interiors or would the interiors have been painted Dunkelgelb to camoflage the interior?

Amazing work! Thank you so much for sharing this build.

I have to echo what others have already said Karl, she looks great!

Best of luck with the move and the new house and safe travels my friend!

That is another beautiful finished build from you my friend. That splatter technique is sure interesting. I might suggest more concentration of that stuff in areas more likely to have increased mud build up around the running gear. When your other stuff in the near future is done, your modeling batteries should be recharged, and I am sure you will wow us with another superb build.

Thanks, Lee and Johan!

I hope that you get more FSM time, Lee, and good luck with the new house---I know how exciting that can be!

And thank you, Johan, for the well-wishes! Hope your new year is as rewarding as well!

Hi Karl,

I would agree with Jack that a lot of focus on a Wirbelwind goes to the interior of the turret and you simply scored there. The contrasts make all the difference and you have it all the way from the sighting aperture in there instrument black, the worn but clean interior over to the outer turret and then finally the beaten up hull itself.

Very good way to finish 2013 and an inspirational kick start for 2014.

Happy New Year and Good Luck!

Johan

Due to my own move to another home, I have been slacking on my posting.

on the Wirbelwind, Karl. Another super piece of work.

Lee

Guys, thanks all, for the nice comments, the well-wishes on the house, and the sentiments on my travels. It's much-appreciated and I will indeed be looking in as much as I can. I am happy to know that after so many years on this forum that there are still things to share and show, and that some new modelers and friends here are still finding my WIPs educational. Just paying back what I got from the modelers before me who taught me through their own WIP posts!

I have to leave here some time in late January and will be on the road a month, then home for a few weeks before jetting off to Europe again. When I come home a month later I have to move, and then May and June brings a few more weeks of travel. It's going to be crazy. I will be trying to get on and keep in touch though!