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Two new ones...
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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 05:56 PM UTC
Not much built this year but here's two projects that are almost
finished. All that is left are some figures and some stowage...

First one is a SU100 from Dragon and the second one is a
Marder III from UniModel.

Hope you like them...

Best regards

Sven-Åke





















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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 06:47 PM UTC
they look real good. nice job. I especially like the paint scheme on the marder.
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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 08:53 PM UTC
Bravo! I like both of them. Very well done. Do you have some docs for the Marder camo?
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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 10:59 PM UTC
Great job on both.

Thanks for sharing
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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 11:08 PM UTC
Both are very nice, but especially love the marder!! Great paint and weathering.

Darryl
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 02:05 PM UTC

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they look real good. nice job. I especially like the paint scheme on the marder.


Thanks Ethan!!!

Glad you like them

Best regards

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 06:35 PM UTC

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Bravo! I like both of them. Very well done. Do you have some docs for the Marder camo?


Thanks Pawel!!!

No unfortunately I have no documentation on the camo on the Marder.
I just did it without any references so it might not be very accurate but
I felt it looked quite good and unusual...

Best regards

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 09:41 PM UTC

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Great job on both.

Thanks for sharing


Thanks Jesper!!!

I'm glad you like it...

My favorite is the Marder but it might change once I do the figs for the SU100.

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 09:42 PM UTC

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Both are very nice, but especially love the marder!! Great paint and weathering.

Darryl


Thanks Darryl!!!

I like the Marder best too at the moment but it might change since
I'm not quite finished with the SU100 yet...

Best regards

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 10:34 PM UTC
Tjena Sven-Åke. Läget?

Ive already seen the SU100, but the marder is probably your best yet. The camo is excellent, but the whole scene looks so real ...very natural finish, with details coming through nicely, it really could be a shrunken scene! This one Im looking forward to seeing live.

Will you be travelling to Stockholm this year or sending your models?
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:07 AM UTC

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Tjena Sven-Åke. Läget?

Ive already seen the SU100, but the marder is probably your best yet. The camo is excellent, but the whole scene looks so real ...very natural finish, with details coming through nicely, it really could be a shrunken scene! This one Im looking forward to seeing live.

Will you be travelling to Stockholm this year or sending your models?


Thanks Frank!!!

I'm not sure yet if I will be there in person but I will give it a try this year for sure....

The Marder came out quite good in the end and now it's only a few figures left
that will sit next to the tree playing cards ignoring the fact that there's a war
going on just a few miles from where they are sitting...

Thanks for your comments!!!

Cheers!!!

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:18 AM UTC
Love the snow on the SU-100
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 01:37 AM UTC

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Love the snow on the SU-100


Thanks Anthony!!!

Glad you like the snow....

I'm not used to working with snow in this scale so it was more
or less an experiment to see how it would turn out and I learned
a lot from it so the next one will be a lot easier to do.

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 03:25 AM UTC
Wonderful models!

I am currently building the Su-100 and found the back armour plate of the gun fighting compartment to be a real pain to install properly, that said and done, it is going together as one would expect for a Dragon kit.

The model you have done, looks very forlorn!

How did the Marder build up? I do like the base, particularly the tree.

Cheers

Mike
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 11:01 PM UTC

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Wonderful models!

I am currently building the Su-100 and found the back armour plate of the gun fighting compartment to be a real pain to install properly, that said and done, it is going together as one would expect for a Dragon kit.

The model you have done, looks very forlorn!

How did the Marder build up? I do like the base, particularly the tree.

Cheers

Mike


Thanks Mike!!!

Glad you like both of them!

The Marder was as with most of UM's kits very easy to put together and
the level of detail is more than enough.

Glad you like the base, I'm not the one who does this every day so I'm
always a bit shaky when it comes to groundwork but I guess it turned
out quite OK... The tree is from Sweetwater Scenery and started it's life
as a 1/35 scale tree which I cut off a branch which was perfect as a
1/72 scale tree.

Big Thanks!

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 11:23 PM UTC
I've got a soft spot for the SU-100, especially one in snow.

Nice work as always Sven-Åke!
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Posted: Monday, February 18, 2008 - 05:39 PM UTC
Awesome job on both, as usual.

What did you use for the snow on the SU-100 dio?
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Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 09:58 AM UTC

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I've got a soft spot for the SU-100, especially one in snow.

Nice work as always Sven-Åke!


Thanks Very Much Jeff!!!

Yeah, there's something about the SU that makes my heart beat faster too

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 10:00 AM UTC

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Awesome job on both, as usual.

What did you use for the snow on the SU-100 dio?


Thanks Matt!!!

I used baking soda for the snow on the SU 100 dio.

It works quite well although I would like to find something
with a slightly finer grain...

Best regards

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 12:28 AM UTC
I've tried "marble dust", put out by the Arizona Rock and Mineral Co. (click on AZ ROCK SCENERY CATALOG). You can see the Austin Series 1 armored car I put on a base of the "marble dust" here. Maybe a combo of the two would work best?

The best thing about the marble dust is its "sheen" "out of the bag".
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 01:23 AM UTC
Two new pieces of art, Sven Acke, congrats, and thank you for sharing these beauties ! G.
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 07:03 PM UTC

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I've tried "marble dust", put out by the Arizona Rock and Mineral Co. (click on AZ ROCK SCENERY CATALOG). You can see the Austin Series 1 armored car I put on a base of the "marble dust" here. Maybe a combo of the two would work best?

The best thing about the marble dust is its "sheen" "out of the bag".


That looks very nice!!!

I'll see if I can get hold of some of that marble dust locally here...

Thanks very much for the tip!!!

Regards

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 07:04 PM UTC

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Two new pieces of art, Sven Acke, congrats, and thank you for sharing these beauties ! G.


Thanks Guy!!!

Glad you like both of them!!!

Cheers!!!

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 12:26 PM UTC
Sven-Åke,

Always a pleasure to see your builds! Super job on both vehicles. Placing the vehicles in there natural enviroment and adding the figures in and around the Marder III brings a since of action and realizium that cannot be achived by the vehicle(s) standing on there own. I wouldn't worry about the camo on the marder III, leave that for the rivit counters! From here it looks authenic and very well executed. Can't wait to see you place some figures with the SU 100.

Truly you are an inspiration to me and many of us modelers out here on the internet. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work with us all. Keep on modeling!!!

-Eddy
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Posted: Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 09:20 PM UTC

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Sven-Åke,

Always a pleasure to see your builds! Super job on both vehicles. Placing the vehicles in there natural enviroment and adding the figures in and around the Marder III brings a since of action and realizium that cannot be achived by the vehicle(s) standing on there own. I wouldn't worry about the camo on the marder III, leave that for the rivit counters! From here it looks authenic and very well executed. Can't wait to see you place some figures with the SU 100.

Truly you are an inspiration to me and many of us modelers out here on the internet. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work with us all. Keep on modeling!!!

-Eddy


Thanks Very Much Eddy!!!

I'm really pleased to hear that you like it so much!!!

And I will surely keep on modelling for a long time!!

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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