Thanks for having the guts to show everybody how it looks after being messed up. I think you'll do fine with brewed up version, but if you get too mad, I can always send you a pm with my address and you can send all the damage to me. I love making something out of a damaged kit. Matthew9 sent me some good parts and I was able to make two pretty good scratchbuilt kits out of them.
 But I know you'll do fine. Just don't get angry and throw it away, please!

                                                                               -60
 

m60a3 wrote:

Thanks for having the guts to show everybody how it looks after being messed up. I think you'll do fine with brewed up version, but if you get too mad, I can always send you a pm with my address and you can send all the damage to me. I love making something out of a damaged kit. Matthew9 sent me some good parts and I was able to make two pretty good scratchbuilt kits out of them.  But I know you'll do fine. Just don't get angry and throw it away, please!                                                                                -60

Throw it out... No... Voyager PE, Fruils and a boat load of scratchbuilt stuff... nah... the trash is the last place this thing will end up...

Thanks for the vote of confidence Y'all...

Bill, Indeed... Hopefully it works...

60, One more thing.... you were talking about showing mistakes... well now thats just part of it, if I didn't show mistakes.... I'd never show much of anything...   It ain't all gravy you know...

Thanks y'all...

 "It ain't all gravy"   Oh how well I know that!! LOL!!    Keep us posted if you want. I still want to see the final outcome.

                                                         -60
 

Ok... Back to square one... Painting...  Since I had nothing to lose I figured this would make a perfect subject for another burned out paint job that employed the techniques from an article in Tamiya Model Magazine written by Miguel Jimenez...

Step 1... Camo

Step 2... Laying in the burned areas with a mixture of burnt orange and rust brown

Step 3... Filtering the un-burned areas via the "dot" method...

Step 4-872... Blending many many colors of rust and burnt orange with a brush... This was done with acrylics as well as oils...

And this is it so far... It has a long long way to go but I think it's on the right track...

As always... comments and suggestions welcome...

Very impressive.  Great work and great recovery.  Can't wait to see the final outcome.

Hey

          I just read the posting on your build to date. And for me I think your project is going to look AWESOME when done. The new paint job already looks like a good recovery from your mistake on the first one. 

 One question: What is the "dot" method?

Seeya

Scott 

Scott...

I picked up this particular technique for filtering from Bernhard Lustig. Colors vary depending on the base colors and the effects you're looking for. For this one I set out some Black, White, Blue, Green and a couple of earth brown tones. You just add tiny specks of color randomly then blend them all together with a brush damp with thinner. It's done with oil paints for a long working time and fine grain... The thing to remember is Less is More... You can always do it again to build up the effect but too much paint would be bad... very bad.... If done right it adds a subtle patina of hues and colors to age the paint...

Hope that explains it...

The base color was a mixture of Burnt Orange (cheap craft paint from Hobby lobby), Testors Leather, and a touch of Testors Rust.... Mostly on the orange side...

Well on its way to being a beautiful hunk of junk Kenneth.

Thanks Treadwell... 

So here is what I did last night... I got a lot more of the dark colors on and just continued to add little patches of color here and there...

Here's the roof...

The left side agian this time with the soot from the burned rubber tires which are visible in the picture...

And the rear of the fighting compartment... Not the burned outline of the shovel handle and the pile of ash below it...

Still going....  :D

Excellent, I know your far from finished but if I may, I think if the fire took place a time ago parts of the orange will go browner. The welds will remain shiny or more metallic than the armour plate. I know you have a long way to go and I don't want to rain on your parade. I really do think that with the amount of build work put in so far aith AM product, scratchibuilding and all hard work it was a brave choice to go down the road of a wreck but WOW, COOL!

Beautiful job,

Regards,

Terry.

K-Dawg,

Wow...

What more can I say.  Can't wait to see more updates.

Boyd