Gary, very nice work on the old dog bud. The decs look pretty good.

Nice work bro!!! Man i'm all out of corny jokes got all used up by the Jeff's

Phil.

Thanks Fellas. I hope to have the pin wash on by this evening.

Gary

you must be doing the pin wash now so in the mean time one more for you oooohhhh yyyyeeeeaaahhh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AYfn9sTR7w

are you sure its coffee?

Dude, that aint coffee hes on! YIKES!

Gary

Hi gentlemen,

Pin wash is on. touchups needed but this is pretty much done. Ill let dry and flat coat in a day or two.



Thanks for looking!

Gary

Very nice Gary,you have a done a great job of this old kit

Excellent Job there Mr. Gary.

The choice of DAK colours was bang on. Can't wait to see the flat coat on and the interior revealed. You have really done a great job with this OOB build.

Gary ,, that little beast is rockin buddy ..great paint and thank god your going to flat it out ,,right now it looks like it just came out of a paint shop

Sweet job mate ,,well done

Phill

Each step makes it look more alive. Great job Gary. This is one impressive build.

You have much more patience than I do. I would have had that tape off the interior ASAP.

Another great piece from Master Windu! But where's the fox!?
. Are you going to make that one dusty?

Loving it!


Phil.

nice job gary is that a oil pin wash?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59Bjl3MWWs

Hello Gentlemen,

Thanks for all the kind words fellas.

Craig, your freakin me out with the macho man!

Great news! Flat coat is apllied...AND THA TAPE IS OFF!!!






I also got the missing Rommel foot taken care of and i managed to find a right hand that would work ok. No more Captain Hook.

Thanks for looking fellas.

Gary

Hi Gary,

That flat coat makes a big diference!! Really looks good with out the tape.

Let me guess. Optivisors on, flash light in hand, down on you hands and knees conducting a search and rescue for Rommels foot that was MIA?

Damn John! Its like you had a hidden camera in my room. Thats freaky. UH OH, you didnt see what i did later last night did ya?

Thanks Brother John.
Gary

Excellent build.

Sweet,sweet,sweet,sweet,sweet Did I mention Sweet? Jeff T.

@BBD468 – Gary,

With the flat coat applied you can easily see how faded and translucent the black camouflage color appears over the base color. NICE! And also now that the vehicle is flat coated and pin washed that scratch made fuel can rack of yours looks really good and to scale.

The decals and wood finish on the tools helps add color and interest to the outside of the vehicle as does the open crew compartment with the detailed dials and gauges on the radios and dash. The radio cables adds to the overall effect. Nice set of figures; they appear to be looking towards the sky? You’re doing an outstanding job on this oldie but goodie kit. Bro, what can I say? Looking at something like this is extremely inspirational.

Keep it coming,
~ Eddy

I didn't see nothin..................

Usally, when I do a "search and rescure".....the wife will walk into the room, say "oh yeah, thats sexy" and walk back out.

Hi Fellas,

Thanks you guys! I appriciate your kind words and for following along. It gets pretty WIERD around here at times, but I LIKE IT!!!

Thanks Marc.

Jeff, i think sweet would have been a better word.

Hey Eddy, where ya been bro? Nice to see you drop in bud.

John, is that what its called these days "search and rescue"?

Gary

Great work! It's good to know that with some tweaking, this can build up into a nice looking kit. I have one in my stash from about 1987. I might have to break it out soon.

Thanks Steven. Its been so much fun and its went realy well till today. I made a bad call but i managed to right the ship. Ive had a Mig filter set and never really cared for them. There too strong and need thinning IMO. I was going to do Oil dot fadeing but thought OH! why dont i give the mig filter for dark yellow a try and ill thin it and airbrush it on. Even Thinned one coat of that stuff turned the whole model a greyish tone. I had to do an emergency Mineral spirits bath to get that stuff off. Anyways, i cleaned it off and sprayed one of my own oil/spirits filters on it to warm it back up. Mig filters...there was a reason they sat in the shelf unused for so long. Thats what i get for straying from "go with what you know"!

Gary

Hi all,

Thought id post some pics as it stands now after the rescue bath. I should have taken pics before i cleaned it but i kinda was in a hurry. I think im back on track. Im gonna let it dry a couple days after the drenching in spirits. Ill work on the figures while The Greif recovers from the trauma.




Thanks for looking fellas.

@BBD468 – Gary,

Sorry about your mishap with the Mig filter but glad to hear about your speedy recovery . . . the Force is always with you, always remember that! Looks like all turned out well from the photographs that you posted. And your airbrushed filter concoction has tied in all of the colors together, terrific job at this point of the painting even without any chipping, paint fading or weathering. Take your time with these processes and you’ll surely have another winner in your collection.

Gary, I have used the Mig filters with much success. Like you I think that they need to be thinned so I don’t shoot them out of the airbrush but use a No. 2 paintbrush to apply them to the model taking care not to let the filter build up on any area. The trick for me is in dipping the brush directly into the shaken filter bottle and removing most of it against the side of the bottle opening leaving the brush slightly dampened with the filter (not wet). I then apply the filter to the model using downward strokes on the vertical surfaces and zig zaging on the horizontal surfaces. I start on the bottom of the model and work my way up to the top. There is not enough of the filter on the brush to really tell just how much you’ve applied. It is not until the filter has thoroughly dried that you notice it. It sort of leaves subtle rain marks on the areas that you’ve applied the filter too. I only go over the area once, anymore than that would darken and spoil the effect and ruin the model. Just take note of where you’ve already applied the filter. What ever you do don’t ever apply this stuff with an airbrush it would be like applying it with a wet brush about 6 times or more.

Just voicing my experience with the stuff for you here. The stuff works really well for me in both 35th and 72nd scale. And YES, I have lost a few good paint jobs learning to use this stuff. Hope this helps you out in the future if you happen to try it again. If you do happen to want to give this stuff a try again go and shoot some paint on a sheet of plastic and apply the filter as I have mentioned and see how it looks to you.

~ Eddy