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Post by ARMORGUY on Jun 19, 2022 14:37:49 GMT -6
Thank you Beekster and mustang 1989.  I started with the weathering stages.  |
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Post by rustybaer on Jun 29, 2022 18:07:05 GMT -6
This is really making me want to paint the AMX-10......
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Post by ARMORGUY on Jul 10, 2022 11:56:56 GMT -6
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Post by mustang1989 on Jul 12, 2022 4:18:53 GMT -6
Good and subtle weathering so far AG. Building dioramas is yet another area of model building that I'd like to tackle. I've built a small shop for my auto builds that I haven't shown here as of yet but it has inanimate objects and not foliage or the human presence. You've got a good start going with the diorama base for this build. Looking forward to seeing more of what you'll be doing here.
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Post by Tim on Jul 12, 2022 18:33:07 GMT -6
Love the camo work on this little tank. Gotta have a steady hand to do this. Looks really cool!
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Post by ogrejohn on Jul 13, 2022 15:36:42 GMT -6
Thats some fine work Guy!
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Post by JCON on Jul 20, 2022 13:39:44 GMT -6
Looks like another museum quality build from your desk my friend!!!
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Post by ARMORGUY on Jul 23, 2022 15:22:34 GMT -6
Thanks for jumping by guys, I'm back from holidays in La Gleize, Belgium. Can you believe I had a blast with this rare Tiger II (from the 1st SS Panzerdivision LAH )?   Ok back at the workbench, I brushed on multiple semi transparent layers of oil washes to create dust in different shades.  |
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Post by Tobi on Jul 24, 2022 4:15:07 GMT -6
Exhaust pipe... not the best part to grab on any vehicle  The oil washes look very realistic |
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Post by Beekster on Jul 24, 2022 9:58:26 GMT -6
Exhaust pipe... not the best part to grab on any vehicle The oil washes look very realistic Ordinarily I would agree wholeheartedly...but since that beast hasn't run in at least 77 years, he's OK using it as a photo handle  . Nice to see the old monster hasn't changed, and that the awful inaccurate color has been maintained so at least it isn't rusting away. I snapped a few pics of that same vehicle back in 2005. |
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Post by JCON on Jul 24, 2022 10:03:51 GMT -6
Nice to see your smiling face AG... your weathering on the R 35 looks great!!!
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Post by mustang1989 on Jul 24, 2022 17:17:53 GMT -6
Exhaust pipe... not the best part to grab on any vehicle The oil washes look very realistic Ordinarily I would agree wholeheartedly...but since that beast hasn't run in at least 77 years, he's OK using it as a photo handle . Nice to see the old monster hasn't changed, and that the awful inaccurate color has been maintained so at least it isn't rusting away. I snapped a few pics of that same vehicle back in 2005. Ya see.....this is where not knowing any better has its advantages. If you wouldn't have pointed it out I would've never known. lol. Where IS that tank at anyways? |
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Post by Beekster on Jul 24, 2022 17:50:33 GMT -6
Mustang, it is in the village of La Gleize in Belgium, in the northern part of Battle of the Bulge country. Kampfgruppe Peiper, a formation of 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH went through there in a doomed attempt to reach and cross the Meuse (Maas) River. Peiper was given the King Tigers because they were the latest and greatest; as commander of a fast-moving shock column moving along tortuous secondary roads Peiper was unimpressed by the behemoths and relegated them to the back of his column.
The wife and I spent a couple of days in the region back in 2005. Bastogne is a wonderful town to base yourself out of for a few days exploring the area. The hotel we stayed at in was a Best Western at the time; the guest book we signed also included the signatures of Babe Heffron and "Wild Bill" Guarnier just a year or so prior to our visit. There are numerous museums, and the big one at Bastogne is superb. Not far out of town, some of the foxholes used by the 502nd PIR during the siege are still visible in the forest. No one but us was there the morning we visited, and it was certainly an eerie experience.
The King Tiger's paint job isn't accurate color-wise: The Afrika Yellow is much too pale; the red-brown much too brown and dark. Yes, I know all about the paint quality problems the Germans had by that stage of the war and that the camo colors were supplied in cans as paste which were to be thinned with either authorized thinners or whatever was available or would sort of work. A preserved display ought to have colors that better represent the original intent.
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Post by JED on Jul 27, 2022 5:07:33 GMT -6
Fantastic build, had to put my sun glasses on for those colours!! Probably one of the best builds I've seen of this kit
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Post by ARMORGUY on Jul 27, 2022 21:52:22 GMT -6
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Post by ARMORGUY on Jul 27, 2022 22:03:36 GMT -6
Weathering with oils in progress.   I will keep the colours vivid, it being a total oddball.😆 |
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Post by JCON on Jul 29, 2022 17:12:23 GMT -6
Love it and thanks for sharing the pics!!!
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Post by JED on Jul 31, 2022 5:14:28 GMT -6
Great pictures and I love the tank and your choice to keep the weathering minimal
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Post by ARMORGUY on Aug 3, 2022 12:32:39 GMT -6
Thank you sirs! I'm finishing up and probably tomorrow the Frenchie will be entirely done. Two figures to go.  |
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Post by ARMORGUY on Aug 6, 2022 6:38:31 GMT -6
Figures time.  |
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. Nice to see the old monster hasn't changed, and that the awful inaccurate color has been maintained so at least it isn't rusting away. I snapped a few pics of that same vehicle back in 2005.
