Here is my last tarp painted!
I also got some pigments on the links. Should I put more or less?







Thanks for your advice

Phil.

Hi Phil,

I think your tap looks very nice! As far as other things you can do to make tarps, tarp rolls, bed rolls, and the like, is use 2 part epoxy putty or tissue paper from gift bags. heres a link to a you tube video showing the same prosses i use to make a flat tarp cover. i think you will find it very helpful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOJkUpDe90Q

i buy gift bag tissue paper at hobby lobby, plain white. it takes some practice to get good results (for me anyway) so dont get frustrated to soon if you try it. to make a tarp roll you get the amount of tissue paper you want and fold it over several times to the width you want. then begin to roll the tissue paper till you get the thikness you want then cut the excess off and fold the end you just cut over on to itself to hide the cut you just made. once you get the shape you want, round or slitely flatend, you use the dilluted white glue like you use for the camo mesh and brush on the glue. be careful not to tear the tissue paper after its wet with glue. when its fairly dry but still plyable, i use kite string and tie it to the roll close to each end. once dry i take the kite string of and make tiedown straps to replace the string. or you canleave the string on as a rope and paint it. Whew!!! i hope that made some kind of sense. if i wasnt clear and you have more questions than answers i apologize!

Hope that helps Phil.

Gary

Nice! ill try to get some of that magic putty seems pretty usefull!

Thanks again gary.

Phil.

I've laid down the first of a two step dusting using pigments
The first coat is a raw umber from kama pigment that I also on my sculptures they high quality and afordable. Also aplied a small quantity of copper powder on the muzle of the coax and ball mounted mg's. The track received aluminium powder. those two are not as affordable because they are grounded metal but a pot of each as covered many meters of surfaces and are still alf full!

I would apreciate feedback good and bad don't be shy I need to get better.











Thanks for your comments.

Phil

Hi Phil,

I think you have done a great job with the pigments. it doesnt look over done. is it gonna be a stand alone model or part of a diorama? a suggestion if i may, you might want to trim off the excess of the tie down rope at the knot. if its gonna be part of a diorama you might need more dust and mud depending on what scene your trying to create. if not, i think it looks D_MN GOOD!

Gary

Hi Gary
I tough of putting it on the miniart farm gate diorama.
Still got to order the base...next week maybe. The lower hull is going to get a little more dusty when my mig dust and sand pigment will get here

Thanks for the rope comment(and the good words!) I'll cut those right away.

Phil.

Hey Phil,

if thats your first serious model in 15 years...id say your way ahead of the game my friend!

Gary

Thanks!!! doing my best and loving it.

If my Mig pigments where not send to cap verde I should post new pics in a couple of days of the finished build.


Phil.

Voila! The first real build since 1995 is finished. Thanks to all of you for your help and comments. The tamiya kit was a good choice easy to build with a minimum of details. It was supose to be otb but seeing build from great modelers gave me the thirst for more than that. Recieved my mig pigments yesterday en finished the green beast.

Comments are more then welcome.











Of course there is a couple of thing I would change but for now on I'll let it be since I would use a better base kit.
You have all been great on this build
Thanks for watching and support.
Phil.

Hi Phil,

For your first tank in 15 years i think you have done a fantastic job. and you through in some awsome scratch work too. i would proudly display that tank in my display case. (i would pay for shipping cost of course ) i am looking forward to more of your Flak Panther build.

Congratulations on your finished Churchill!

Gary

Hi Phil,

Nice work, you've done a good job on the kit. The rope looks a bit thick and clean, if you darken it down a bit it should belnd in more.

I would be inclined to add some dust to the lower front and rear hull, the underside probly wouldn't look so clean and again this would blend in with the work you've done else where.

Looks like you enjoyed the project - nice one.

Al

Gary, Allen: thanks alot!
I've sure enjoyed it
@Allen I tought it was finished but you have a good point so before installing it onto the base I'll blend in those details(rope and hull) For now I'm going to clean some 200+ fruil late type panther track for my Flak Panther.
Dose that ring any bells Gary?

Thanks again.
Phil.

Here is the base! made that with an old plank that was laying around the shop.
I'm a little disapointed with the fact that the churchill seem to be floating a little. I tought it would sit deeper in the tracks I've done Anyway the base itself is satisfying.

Phil.



Thanks for watching.

Phil.

Hi Phil,

Wow! that base looks awsome! do you have wood working and finishing tools? I love the shape. you gonna put grass tufts or weeds and the like? if you do you can hide a bit of the floating look. i did the same thing on a base for my Panzer I recently. had to go back and stratigicly place a couple rocks and extra dirt to hide it.

Looks great Phil!

Gary

Oh by the way, those tracks i cleaned, rang MY bell!
dont want to do that again any time soon.

Yes indeed I have wood working tools since I was a cabinet maker for 7 years hehe. Kevin potts and Califonia Greg gave me a couple of tricks to diminish the flotaing look on the allied campaign. I would like to ad some grass but I'm not quite sure what to use Any tips on what I should use for grass and weeds?

Thanks for the good words Gary.
Philippe.

Hi Phil,

im a complete amature at the ground and earth works part of base building. i usually make bases like this one for my Jagdtiger.


When i do make a little something i use static grass from Woodland Senics and for weeds i use hemp and twine. im on a tight budget so i have to make due sometimes with what i can afford. heres a link that shows pretty close to what i do to make tall grass and weeds.
http://www.modelgeek.com//features/1804
The hemp fibers are smaller than the twine but i make both with the same process. you can ask over on the diorama forum and probably find out just what you need. heres another link to some awsome goodies for grass and the like. if i could afford it this is where id shop.
http://www.sceneryexpress.com/default.asp

I hope That helps a bit Phil.

Gary

Thanks Gary.

This is it folks the time as come to take a break on the churchill and concentrate on the flak panther.

Final pics here, enjoy!















I went easy on the dust thing, I found during this build that I'm not crazy about heavy wheathering, even the mud I added under the exposed links is not quite to my liking. But I am happy with this first real build since I was a teenager.
Now I'll be putting my effort on the cyber-hobby flak panther that will surely take a couple of month to build. Maybe I'll do a review on this one, it seems that nobody as built it yet
Anyway thanks for all the help and see you guys on the forums!
Philippe.

Hi Phil,

Well done my friend!

Gary