Thanks again guys for the ongoing comments.
It means a lot to get such positive feedback (and thus further encouragement & motivation) from fellow scale tanksmiths, among them a number of folks whose own work I've admired and have been inspired by in these 'ere forums.
To answer your questions:
Neil: I attached the Zimmerit with superglue, thinly applied. I like Atak Zimmerit: It's nice and fine and it didn't give me any real problems, although it does need careful handling, as it's quite thin and a bit on the fragile side until you get it in place.
DJ: The paint chips & scratches are done with VanDyke Brown oil paint using the "scouring pad" method.
This is a technique I learned about here at Armorama, and for those who may not know what it entails, it's relatively straightforward:
Simply take one of those everyday kitchen sponges that have a scouring pad on top of them. Remove the scouring pad, tear a piece off from it and then dip a fibrous corner of this piece gently into your oil paint.
Then dab it onto a piece of kitchen roll or a cloth to remove the excess (
you don't want too much paint on there!!), then touch it
lightly against the model where you want to make your scratches & chips.
If you're doing this for the first time, it may be advisible to (as usual) try it out on an old hulk first in order to hone your technique, because although it's a fairly straightforward method, it's easy to overdo it if you aren't careful. You also need to take care not to smear the oil paint once it's on your build (so set it aside afterwards until it's good and dry).
- Steve
