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Painted Revell Spae.Pz.2 Luchs
james84
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008 - 07:24 AM UTC
Hello, finally I found the will to finish this beast after one year. I got it in Berlin in 2006 and started building it in Summer 2007. It's the Revell kit with Eduard PE. The built is very straight forward and the PE set really improves it. I didn't add the pioneer tools and I just added their supports but not the handles, being them too little and difficult to work with (and I don't have any soldering equipment too).
Painting went on like this
1st step: Tamiya White Primer
2: Nato Green
3: masking with white Patafix
4: Nato Black
5: masking for the bronw areas
6: Nato brown
7 touching up with brush and airbrush.
Maybe there is too few black on the front and some traces of the green sprayed with the airbrush as a touching up are a bit visible from with camera lenses but I don't feel like using the airbrush again and perhaps causing damage!










Now I was wondering to spray Tamiya's clear gloss paint, decals, then a light filter with ochre, a general washing with Burned Sienna, selective washings on the panel lines with black and pigments. What do you think?
Comment and criticism welcome!
Hope you like it!
Thanks for watching!
Belt_Fed
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008 - 08:08 AM UTC
everything looks good to me. Your camo has a cery nice and oganized look.
james84
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008 - 10:31 PM UTC
Thanks!
Kuno-Von-Dodenburg
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008 - 10:44 PM UTC
Nice camo - the washes & weathering should produce a very nice finish.

You may want to try photographing your subject against a more neutral and less brightly-coloured and cluttered background, because what you have used here detracts from the overall effect somewhat.

- Steve
james84
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 04:18 AM UTC
Thanks!
Well, these photos are just to show the camo. I had to borrow my brother's Nikon compact camera, which is not as good as my reflex one, but I didn't feel to mount this latter!
The next photos will come with a more uniform background!
james84
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 06:49 AM UTC
Update: gloss on and decals. The version I chose is the most colourful: Rajlovac, 1997, SFOR markings. The crew wrote their wives'/girlfriends' names on the hull.
Now the big doubt... what would you do now? I would add a single wilter/washing, that is a general washing, but with a less intense colour, with Burnt Sienna., After it dries, spray some flat paint (which one? Is there a good acrylic one to use with the airbrush?), chips and pigments... what do you think?


This on white background, but the camera I'm using is not the best...
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