Dragon 1/35 Elefant - "102" 1/653 Italy - WIP

Looking awesome, Scott!!

Quick question - Maybe I missed it, but what colors are you using for your oil wash?

So far I've only used Burnt Umber for the overall washes. 

I picked up some other colors to try to do some streaks, two shades of green, another shade of brown, white, med blue, yellow and a dark red.  I've never done the dot/streak method before, so I'm going to start off very conservatively.  My focus will be to put down some redish/brown streaks to simulate rust streaking down from the bolts on the superstructure.  That will hopefully give me a good idea on the technique, then I may do some other random streaks with the other colors. 

Here are a few photos after I did the dot method oil wash to make some streaking.  It doesn't show up all that well in the photos, but I think that will change once I get a flat coat on it.  

Looking great, Scott. Really love the camo. Your at the stage i love now. Weathering. How are the Fruils coming along? Still at em? That is a monster of a kit.

...Guy

Hey, looking real nice there, espins1! Looking forward to the weathering completion and a flat coat!

Only thing I noticed--you might want to take a needle file to the seam behind the gun mantlet there--did you miss that spot with the airbrush too?! 

You really make me want to go out and add one of these to my collection Espins1. Great work! Can't wait for more updates

Dale 

the doog wrote:

Hey, looking real nice there, espins1! Looking forward to the weathering completion and a flat coat! Only thing I noticed--you might want to take a needle file to the seam behind the gun mantlet there--did you miss that spot with the airbrush too?!

Thanks, and you're absolutely right about the area behind the gun mantlet.  I've been so focused on the camo and everything else it's like I didn't even notice the seam and lack of camo in that area.   After looking at my references, the camo pattern was indeed sprayed in that area.  It will be easy to correct that fortunately, thanks for pointing that out. 

The seam has been removed from behind the gun mantlet, and I also took the time to fix the obvious gaps between the sections of the Cavalier Zimmerit where the ends meet at the cornes.  A quick blast of some Dunkel Gelb, a touch up or two of the camo colors, quick touch up wash and I should be ready to do the chipping and seal this baby up!

Thanks again for everyone's interest and feedback. 

espins1 wrote:

the doog wrote: Hey, looking real nice there, espins1! Looking forward to the weathering completion and a flat coat! Only thing I noticed--you might want to take a needle file to the seam behind the gun mantlet there--did you miss that spot with the airbrush too?!  Thanks, and you're absolutely right about the area behind the gun mantlet.  I've been so focused on the camo and everything else it's like I didn't even notice the seam and lack of camo in that area.   After looking at my references, the camo pattern was indeed sprayed in that area.  It will be easy to correct that fortunately, thanks for pointing that out.

the doog wrote:

espins1 wrote:  the doog wrote: Hey, looking real nice there, espins1! Looking forward to the weathering completion and a flat coat! Only thing I noticed--you might want to take a needle file to the seam behind the gun mantlet there--did you miss that spot with the airbrush too?!  Thanks, and you're absolutely right about the area behind the gun mantlet.  I've been so focused on the camo and everything else it's like I didn't even notice the seam and lack of camo in that area.   After looking at my references, the camo pattern was indeed sprayed in that area.  It will be easy to correct that fortunately, thanks for pointing that out.  Isn't it amazing how digital photos can reveal things that your eyes might completely miss in real life scale? Glad you're managing to correct it in time, before it got 'inconvenient"!

No kidding amigo, I was just about at the "point of no return"   I had resurrected this build after stowing it away in a box for about 3 years, back when my skills were still pretty basic... before I even worried about things like seams, gaps etc.  It's amazing the flaws you can see with a high resolution digital image!