First attempt after ten years out....

[beefcake42]

Hi

As an avid reader of this forum, I thought it about time I contributed. This is a practice run for a build I will be doing on Britmodeller.

Sorry about the bad quality pics, they were taken this morning on a camera phone, with a tea towel as a background . I will get some better ones up soon.

Edited by beefcake42 on Wednesday 17th November 12:42

[Eric Mc]

Noty bad at all. I'm not into "ground targets" but it looks nice.

[mybrainhurts]

Is that the picture of the fallen Madonna with the big boobies in his hand...?

[beefcake42]

mybrainhurts said:

Is that the picture of the fallen Madonna with the big boobies in his hand...?

It is indeed Gruber's little tank

[beefcake42]

Eric Mc said:

Noty bad at all. I'm not into "ground targets" but it looks nice.

Thanks, I think I hide my lack of finesse behind the ability to put 'dirt' on tanks etc. Aircraft need that little touch of delicacy that i just can't quite manage right now.

I need tips.

[dr_gn]

beefcake42 said:

Eric Mc said:

Noty bad at all. I'm not into "ground targets" but it looks nice.

Aircraft need that little touch of delicacy that i just can't quite manage right now.

I need tips.

You need Q-tips:



Great for adding pastels to aircraft.

ETA: After 10 years out - how long did it take you? Looks great to me.

Edited by dr_gn on Wednesday 17th November 13:30

[beefcake42]

It took far too long, probably 30-35hrs broken up over 4 weeks (I moved house in the middle of that too)

Like the Q-tips tip. I had been using and old trimmed brush which made it a little tricky for fine applications. I have been stalking your 109 build and thinking that I need to get myself a test mule and have a go.

Thanks for that.

[mybrainhurts]

beefcake42 said:

I need to get myself a test mule and have a go.

Here you go...

This test mule is probably looking for a job....

[dr_gn]

beefcake42 said:

It took far too long, probably 30-35hrs broken up over 4 weeks (I moved house in the middle of that too)

Like the Q-tips tip. I had been using and old trimmed brush which made it a little tricky for fine applications. I have been stalking your 109 build and thinking that I need to get myself a test mule and have a go.

Thanks for that.

My 1/144 Globemaster took about 25 hours, and it wasn't really detailled or a complicated colour scheme, so you did very well with your model.

Picked a couple of these up last week, they seem to work great at least on a test piece. And you get a fancy double-ended Q-tip/brush into the bargain!

[beefcake42]

dr_gn said:

My 1/144 Globemaster took about 25 hours, and it wasn't really detailled or a complicated colour scheme, so you did very well with your model.

Picked a couple of these up last week, they seem to work great at least on a test piece. And you get a fancy double-ended Q-tip/brush into the bargain!

I didn't build an interior and it is all mostly one colour, the stowage is what sucked up the time. My next project is a 1/35 German halftrack for the Blitzkrieg group build.. I have more resin extras for that than Hannants.

I haven't tried the tamiya weathering powders, they look expensive so just bought a box of mixed pastels and ground them on some wet and dry. They look very fine though, I would be interested to see how they apply.

[dr_gn]

beefcake42 said:

dr_gn said:

My 1/144 Globemaster took about 25 hours, and it wasn't really detailled or a complicated colour scheme, so you did very well with your model.

Picked a couple of these up last week, they seem to work great at least on a test piece. And you get a fancy double-ended Q-tip/brush into the bargain!

I didn't build an interior and it is all mostly one colour, the stowage is what sucked up the time. My next project is a 1/35 German halftrack for the Blitzkrieg group build.. I have more resin extras for that than Hannants.

I haven't tried the tamiya weathering powders, they look expensive so just bought a box of mixed pastels and ground them on some wet and dry. They look very fine though, I would be interested to see how they apply.

They are a bit strange: a tiny bit 'greasy' so they stick to gloss surfaces fairly well, yet they can be almost completely removed from even fairly matt surfaces with a bit of brushing.