That's some fine work there Marc!

Cheers Rob.

Looks great Marc,love the tools

I have quite a few of the parts all cleaned up including all of the Magic Tracks, those had three raised ejector marks one type of track piece and two on the other I have them in runs but not glued yet.

Cheers Rob.

Damn you Rob you just made me realise I had not removed the lugs on the tracks hanging on the side of my turret, which I have now rectified. That out of the way I am glad to see you are getting into gear now as you do make models that are a joy to watch come together especially the painting stages.

LOL Thanks Darren!

And Thanks for the compliment I am surprised though as I am still learning to airbrush and I am not at all happy with my weathering efforts of late seems my best effort was my first after starting back at this.

Cheers Rob.

Darren, Andy, Rob... thanks guys.

Rob, what Ryobi tool is that off to the right and what are you going to do with a big honkin' tool like that on delicate little model parts?


The wife had foot surgery on Friday, that went very well, and I had to stay close to home since she really couldn't get around. So while she watched the tube... just realized how outdated that expression is... I sat at the bench and got all the little fiddly bit for the tools and cables attached. Last night I finally got to get this thing primed.






Here's a couple of closeups of the steel texturing with some oblique lighting. I am pleased with the look.

LOL Marc, that is a flashlight for battling the carpet monster.

Cheers Rob.

A flashlight? Oh good, ya scared me for a sec.


Rob you need to catch the little bugger. Just make sure you use fresh plastic as bait.

That's a great trick, fresh plastic !!

1/72nd PE works well also and stays fresh longer Jeff T.

I will have to give the carpet monster trap a test as I suffer that problem.

That model looks stunning so far Marc with the very realistic finish you have there to the body work.

I can't find the picture of the "lethal trap". If I do I'll post it and you can have options

A quick pic of the base coat.

I fixed the pest but good. My bench is over concreet.


Of course there's the Tool Rack Beast.

FOUND IT!

Catch it or kill it... you choice

Started in on the camo today. Need to do a little touch up on some yellow areas but the turret is done.

Been working on the weathering the couple of days. Started with the filters, then some fading and streaking... which BTW appear more stark in the photo than in the flesh... and did the pin washes on the turret.


Opinions and critiques always welcome.

Very nice work Marc it has a lot of promise.

Gentlemen,
This is what ive gotten done so far. Dragons Jagdtiger Porsche production #6351. Its o.o.b except for the Cavilier zimm. (Good stuff!) I applied black primer with a base coat of tamiya dark yellow. Next is wash, pigments, ect. Comments welcome!
Cheers,
-Ziggy

Looks good to me Chris what have you attached the Zimmerit with as I like to know alternate glue types. I found epoxy glues to be the best so far.

Thanks Darren,
I just used regular white elmers glue. Ive had no problems with it so far, but will see if it continues to adhere after the washes.

I have used PVA before as well without any major issues, it is just that I find the Epoxy a quicker method and once it is on it is not coming off again.

Outstanding Chris. I am a big fan of the Cavalier zim. I have use 5 min epoxy and slow setting CA and was happy with both. Never tried white glue.


The last couple of sessions were devoted to pin washes and starting in on the scratching. The washing was pretty straight forward. All of the scratches and chips, only the turret so far, are done with a fine pointed brush.

Wow...amazing paint job...
How do you get that awsome fading effect between the camo stripes? And rust streaks?

Well done!
-Ziggy

Well I finally made a start, weather has been too nice to stay inside. Haven't built many kits so I'm still trying to work out my preferred way of doing the tracks.




Great work Marc...

Cheers.

Max; I find it much easier to build a full track run and then before the glue fully sets I apply them to the model making show the join is on the drive wheel. This way the tracks can still be removed for painting which I find easier to do off of the vehicle.

Marc; very nice work as always.