Junk Build 4 A Walker WIP

Firstly I`m mainly a plane bod building  in a diorama format with figures and such, and these junk builds are ideally a no expense involved therapy session for when I get bogged down in a serious build.

I completely identify with the "no expense involved therapy session". That's why I do the Sci Fi kitbashes, and my latest junkbuild. No plans, no measurements, no preconceived "thing" to have to "reproduce" in miniature. Just pure imagination, and creativity. The "109" dio, is very nicely done!

Pete 

sumpter250 wrote:

I have no idea what the heck a RLM 02 is. Reichs Luftfahrt Ministerium......ist nicht sprechen zie deutch...but it would be the ministry that determined paint colors for the third reichs military equipment. the numbers designate specific color formulations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RLM_paint_designations  should take you to the page that lists the different colors. Yeah, it's something you see all the time in the military modeler's world, where accuracy includes the right shade of color, in the right places. It's like counting "rivets", where the rivets are "color". Where I am primarily a model railroader, I might use terms like "coach green", or "railbox yellow", or "boxcar red", which in that hobby, are "fixed" colors.

If thats the case our friend here really needs to learn how to thin his paint 

Sorry Smeagol,

I didn`t realise your ignorance, but it does say decal not masking tape. I was going to explain what the RLM reference was for your edification and future reference but I see others have done that for me. As to your other comments

"Yea, you see, that doesnt explain bum f*** nothing to me.  I have no idea what the heck a RLM 02 is.  Ultimatly, it looks really ugly how thick those are "

it`s nice to know that people are able to live upto the names they give themselves. All I can suggest is if you don`t like don`t look.

 Cheers

Gary

it`s nice to know that people are able to live up to the names they give themselves.

......but for Gollum, the "one ring" might not have been destroyed. 

I thought of raised panels, or field applied panels when i saw the decals.  I like the dark green camo overall better.  I think that would look better stompin around the jungle than the digital camo would (though that did turn out quite nice IMO). 

I hadn't seen your other work wingz.  I'm very impressed.  I'm an armor guy who used to build planes, but always got big sticky glue covered thumb prints on the cockpit canopy.  A good airplane guy such as yourself always blows me away! 

I'm an armor guy who used to build planes, but always got big sticky glue covered thumb prints on the cockpit canopy.

.....and, um, now gets big sticky glue covered thumb prints on windshields, and turrets? :) :)    Sorry,TacoBuff, I just couldn't resist.   I just got done removing the "1.44 Megabits of masking tape" from my junkbuild's digital camo paint job.....and the digital camera, just completed discharging its batteries. Timing is everything!  I have a "Zero dark thirty" run to the airport so my youngest, can catch her flight home, and when I get back from that I can put the batteries on charge, and maybe, by the end of the day I can shoot some pic's, and post em in my junkbuild thread. I think the paint scheme turned out well.

Well Sumpter, best part about armor, you can cover it with dirt!!! lol.  Batteries are a pain. My camera sucks thru em like water.  I love it when the camera is gasping its last breath and you're able to squeeze out just one more pic.  Have with your airport run.  I know DIA can get crazy past 6.

Hoyhoy`Al,
Sorry for the delay but I`ve had another brief stay in the place where they won`t let you paint in bed. Nothing serious, just a throat looksee. Anywide I came home and the first thing I did was drop the model, slapped forehead, stepped back and trod on it. Taught meeself a few new combinations of swear words, and picked up the pieces. Another age fart, a senior movement.
Anywhats wern`t to bad, most of the pieces were still usable and retired to the Hogcupboard. Looking at the bitz I decided it was redo-able but decided to change a few things. For one the three funnels [smoke grenades] from the Queen Mary on the back, they were deffinately going and the camo`, that wasn`t going right.
So a cup of coffee, a ciggy, and a quick rub down with the sporting life later I was off.  I took off all the upper body paint and decals with wire wool and a scraping knife, moved a few details about, added a few more and redid the grenade launchers. Rebuilt where necessary and repaint, not digital but I think better. The trouble with the digital I did was that to me it didn`t hide or breakup the shape like it should but seemed to emphasize it. Markings are some old dry print transfer I had knocking about, rubbed onto some clear decal fim and applied. Assorted yellow stripes are microscale (I think). So here you are. WalkyMek mark III.







All the usual terms apply and enjoy,
Cheers
G

That is a far better color to start with!, and the camo bits look much better! Just curious.....why put the dry transfers on clear decal film, instead of applying directly to the model?

I have used that method, in model railroading, to make up a road name by using dry tranfer letters on clear decal film, because it was easier to align the letters on a flat surface, with no "structures" in the way. It looks like most all of your markings were in "clear" areas, and you could have eliminated the "decal" step.

Yes, I like this color combination much better than the first! Nicely done! WalkyMech Mark III it is! 

Looks much better now, good job

 

sumpter250 wrote:

.....why put the dry transfers on clear decal film, instead of applying directly to the model?

Hiya Sumpter

Couple off reasons,

1 This is only 4 inches high, and trying to get the transfer film into tight corners without cutting the sheet is near impossible.

2 I hate cutting these sheets as they tend to distort when cut making storage more difficult.

3 Rubbing the DPT onto most areas without either damaging the area (such as the hanging plate armour) or items around it (arms etc) would be impossible.

4 Most of these sheets are 15-20 years old and date back to when I was a freelance modelmaker, which I stopped doing in 1992, and therefore don`t always transfer as well as they should.

5 I find it easier this way

Cheers

 Gary

I find it easier this way

Reasons 1-4 I can easily identify with. Reason 5, absolutely!!!!!