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hmm... arghh....damn thats what i get from going to sleep when america wakes up....i loose on set pva...argh^^hmmm will have to look if i could do that still... the thing is i HAD a smaller one before deciding towards the bigger one...dang^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmm... arghh....damn thats what i get from going to sleep when america wakes up....i loose on set pva...argh^^hmmm will have to look if i could do that still... the thing is i HAD a smaller one before deciding towards the bigger one...dang^^

I know it will still work, if you have to, just replace a torn spot with a covering plate, (More rivets time) and do it over again. With my plastic cement, the whole section has to be removed and supports added to do what you speak of!

ok if you put your feet down on that point i will do what you suggest...also i think the idea of making a new plate and thus the oportunitiy to make it rella sunken in is worth a second attempt...and well rivets.. what else is there to be said^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:ok if you put your feet down on that point i will do what you suggest...also i think the idea of making a new plate and thus the oportunitiy to make it rella sunken in is worth a second attempt...and well rivets.. what else is there to be said^^

I knew the chance for even more rivets would grab ya!

addiction is such a nice word^^

LOL!@

I just had a thought, Your streets would be sort of okay with the Excalibure as it's shoes are flat but that new tank will rip the streets to shreds!

yep as is intended... maybe he is a drop tank and is even taking revenge out on the ground itself^^ before you reap what you sow you have to plough tho^^

I can just imagine the parades keeping the city construction corps working hard.

so while the glue is yet setting agian i can say i have reworked the sponson in the front idea... i used a chimera lasgun... the one with the ball... and this will serve now as the fron weapon...

also did a viewthingy up top on the turret... that issue now solved i think i can look forward to one final rivet making/aplication session in the night... *waves* pics later this night!

vik

Cool

Coming on nicely! Looking forward to seeing the latest pics!

That ball mount should work Vik, very nice .

sweet

so ladies and gentlemen...early this morning o aplied the last rivets and a plate to the tank and i think he is now heading straight for prime ville to seal his doom...^^lol

so behold fair gents and even fairer ladies the last pics of an unpainted tank:

added viewpoint and front weapon and inside of the track now completed with rivets for support...












do you recon i should sprayprime this tank or do him like the excalibur one with cheaper wallpaint first and then go into full gear... i am a bit afraid of warping due to too much moisture from spray paint...


vik

Looking hot Vik! I would take a scrap of the same cardboard and spray it to see if it warps, otherwise a nice basic prime will work like it dd on Excalibur, but if spray is good, it will be faster.

i guess i want to start with the painting and i will go for the paint rather than the spray...as for the scheme i am still totally game for anything or to put it in another way... i have no clue^^

You can make it any color scheme you like, if not the red and brass of the Excalibur as it is special, then either a mono tone, or British early wars camo styles!

yup... i was thinking grey...or even black with some regimental hints of red and white...or some light grey as a sort of weathered white...

I like the greys myself.

well then you are in for a treat, cuase i gone all grey firstly with a brushed on primer color... well actually it is just a paint called dolphin grey i got waaaay cheap from a sell out in a store, gotta have your eyes poped open at all times for hobby related bargains^^

well the tank now is all grey... literally, later on colors as blck will be added for undercoatings for metals and such like....i have a slight thought that this will be a quick one...done in a week... and as i am mostly slow i think this might be a fast one...oh and thanks shaso... while priming the tank i realized how much i like apinting tanks... somehow it is a thing i haven´t thought about and now i see myself fully addicted...argh....you are to be held responsible for that... you and your addictive thread about them oddball tanks...gotta spread my misery^^

so here arethe primed pics....





hope they show the potential^^

vik

They definitely do Vik. Oh the possibilities this primed "Canvas" has for you to work on!

lol... yep it does look in the pics a bit like canvas^^

now i have to find out how to do rusty streaks...i saw that on some fairer tanks and i have to say i like those streaks...
like this...

Water down the paint so it flows like that

thats all? hmmm...well since the primer paint is so thick no tryouts will ruin anything... all is always re -do- able^^

Yeah, that'll be the stuff

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol... yep it does look in the pics a bit like canvas^^

now i have to find out how to do rusty streaks...i saw that on some fairer tanks and i have to say i like those streaks...
like this...

Oil paints.
You could also try using extender and "smearing" the paint with a colour shaper.
If you let very wet paint just drip down the sides it will dry with a darker line to the outside of each "drip" instead of transitioning to a lighter rust colour.

Yes, definately oil paints, burnt umber works well. The cheapest tube type oil paints also works well.

Ah, but the man is working on a budget.

ok... oilpaints... er how to use them and what beeds to be kown further about them? never worked with them before...

ok that aside some serious paint hit the model...it is in fact quite recognizable from the first pics anymore...

still very WIP but there is a general direction to be seen here...:






and some detailshots as well:













well what do you think? also a question to you: i am currently at a loss to where to add brass... somehow i feel that brass would ruin the scheme...your thoughts?

vik

Excellent work mate! love love love it !, brass on the top and side sponsons would look cool, the would effect already looks good.