Model Armour

Aaron - that is a Killer plaque

Definitely going to set the wee Beastie off

Rob

I finally found scratchmods site, wow! He does some amazing stuff!
I will absolutly use it for inspiration

YUP with this build you CERTAINLY should....

Ok, this weekend was a time crunch but i got to paint the basic shading on the ferdi...




It was an interesting experience, that's for sure.
Please note that this is my third model i have done as an adult (a tasca DV was my first, and the T-60 was my second) so please don't expect scratchmod perfection from me
I had to go over and fix mistakes, but i think it looks pretty good.
Tonight I am going to brush all the extruded details like bolts, handles, etc to make them POP. I will wait to paint the mantlet until after i have sealed the base coat in future...

Moving along very nicely.... Great work...

Ok, added some highlights with a brush, don't know if its noticeable or not. I touched up the bolts, brightened up parts, etc...




this morning i sprayed on a good layer of future to seal in the base-coat and prep for decals. tonight I turn it over and touch up the paint that has worn off from sitting on the table ;P then a good layer of future for the undercarriage.
Not sure if i should decal then paint the mantlet, or the other way around...

Since i do not plan on having this thing weathered very much I will not have a lot of chances to tone down contrast, so i am going more subtle. I do plan on adding filters and some oil-dot stuff to it.

Ok, got the thing all futured up top to bottom


man it looks ugly all shiny!

I think ill get that mantlet touched up tonight, and may start on the decals if i don't get too tired

Looks like it's destined to be fighting fires in that colour at the moment

Great subject and coming along nicely Aaron.

Gary

well, I got the mantlet painted and started decaling.
Here is a pic i took this morning after applying a fresh coat of future this morning over the top of them. sorry its blurry


I bungled the lower right decal, its not placed perfectly as part of the decal goes over the top of one of the bolts... i was faced with possibly destroying the decal trying to re position it or just living with it. I am choosing to live with it.

I have two competing character flaws: biting off more than i can chew and being a closet perfectionist.
These tend to clash pretty hard, I work on something beyond my abilities, screw something up then get disgusted with whatever it is...
This is my own version of "occupational therapy" as rationally i know that the imperfect decal will not be noticed by anyone but ME and die-hard historians/people familiar with the kit.
I have only really applied decals to two other tanks, and they where pretty small (stars, some numbers, etc)... as far as tanks go this has a lot of decals

At the time it was crushing, now looking at it its not so bad. In hindsight i should have taken more time, maybe cut slits into the decals or even trimmed the one large decal into several smaller ones (cutting them at the words maybe?) This would have allowed for more accurate placement, and the areas around the bolts would not have cause the rest of the decal to get out of line. This is one of the reasons I started on the back Next will be the side of the tank that will not be "up front" (the side without the tool box) then the front last, since those areas will be more scrutinized.

I will say the solvaset did its job very well, and shrink wrapped that decal around the bolt nicely. It also prematurely stopped me form positioning the decal without destroying it...

Live and learn my friends!

Aaron, looks all right to me mate and probably will to 99.9% of everyone else, we are always our worst critics. As an ex-civil servant I tend to go with the maxim "close enough for Government work", anyway it's all a lerning curve, well for me anyway!

Simon