Gary
Holy crab!!! Talk about breaking bad!!! Firsty in black & white you've got "kruschov death" , then in Cheech & Chong green your lifting me higher, next I will start hearing strains of Jefferson Airplanes white rabbit & the D.E.A " Deadliest Ever Armor" will be staking you out to see how you do it!!
Looking stunning as always sir!!

(((LOL))) Thats too good Mike!!!

Christopher----Glad you are in one piece. Cars can be replaced but people can't. Hope you can get everything squared away OK.


Gary----That finish on your -85 is badass. Brilliant fade job and shading.


Best wishes, Ian

Mike, er, what the hell? Just going to pretend I didn't read any of that!

Ian, cars can't be replaced when you're known for them.

Gary & Chris,
what can I say the silly season is upon me

Hi All,
here´s a quick update on the Frankenstein:

scratch water splash stopper


Turret parts added including scratched gun shield




I think I´m going to leave this mantlet off and go for a scratch built mantlet cover instead




@Christopher (Tiger 213): glad to here your o.k. don´t worry about the car, depending on which scrapyard it ends up at it could turn into a "crab tank"

@Christopher Ager: the Rover is certainly a good bit "louder" than the Saladin. And the Saladin is very seasonal too,
I love the X-Mas tree on the flag . now all you need is some tinsel lost from a passing aircraft
Paul

Looking good everyone, I especially love the T-55/18 it's real cool.
Im going to be building Dragon's OH-6A Loach for the dio.

@ Paul looking very fine sir!! I will need to do it justice & look on my computer later these phone screens are so small & my eyes soo old lol.

@ Alex I think a loach will look awesome on that dio of yours can't wait to see what you do with it!!

Paul, very nice scratch going on there!
Keep it up.

Now yall enjoy this campaign... for which I have no kit!

Phil.

I have not had any luck on period accurate Somali and Ethiopian uniforms. I'll play that one by ear. I figure I'll mix regular Army as the tank crew and militia as the infantry. Perhaps a foreshadowing of Somalia.

I think the militia will show a darker side of civil conflicts. This is what I'm thinking about. The tank sits by as a group of militia stand over a pair of captured Ethiopian troops (or civilian sympathizers/collaborators).

It'd be nice to have some other civilians standing around with troops holding them back. That's making it bigger than I had planned.

Paul, shes comin' along fantastic fella! Thats just a killer looking Tank!

Gary

Hi everyone,
thanks for the cool comments , I still got a way to go.
Here´s todays progress, some bent metal and few bits of cut plastic









Hope we´re all still here tomorrow so we can continue this crazy game of ours . I´m going to have a or and wait see happens.
See you all in the modelling heaven
Paul

Hi Paul,

She is looking mighty fine indeed sir!! I just picked up the Osprey book on modelling the T55.....the Mayan's know I will need it with my skill level lol, it has a build on the Frankenstein in it so if you need / curious about anything & I can scan for you when / if I return after today on the 1st for you
Cheers Mike

I have painted the tools and Future glossed the ASU and painted the tracks. I need to paint the tires and ill seal them after. Pin washes tomorrow.


Thanks!

Gary

Hi Gary,

Man o man is that looking mighty fine indeed sir!! Very glad to see your back up & at it after feeling ill.

Mike

Thanks Mike! I definately caught my second wind!

Gary

Nicely done bro!

Paul, nice frankenstein!!!

I see Gary and Paul are on that High Octane stuff again make some great progress both projects are looking great guys
Ok now that my workbench has been moved I have lights there and my airbrush is back working I switched back to working on my 2 Tigers but figured I would post what progress I made on my NVA T-34

I know not much its like the 1st 4 steps but hopefully I will get back at this soon

Hi Sal,
I have only had a small drop of the high octane , just enough to keep the flame alight
Well here´s some more and it´s time to get the primer coat on:


and the .50 cal. It´s from Academys MG set, plus some tweeking from me I opened the cooling holes


added the rest of the barrel down to the chamber


and put the two together, nobody will ever see it but I like anyhow




@Gary: You may have mentioned it and I missed it, but what do you use for the wood color on the tool handles?

Cheers Paul

Hey Paul,

Great job on the 50cal. Thats some steady hands right there!

I always paint my wood bits in Vallejo Panzer Aces Old Wood. I just vary the look, color tones, and grain when i finish them with oils. When the oils dry i matt coat with vallejo then i can change tones even more with filter type oil mixes if i want, make sense? Hope that helps.

Gary

Hi Gary, thanks mate but I was hoping you had some sort of Humbrol mix or similar. I guess I´ll have buy some Vallejo paints then eh?
Paul

@ Paul looking fantastic sir, love the work on the .50 cal, if you have the Tamiya wooden deck tan you can you that as a base & then do the oils the same as Gary does it.

@ Sal looking very nice sir, can't wait to see more!!

Cheers Mike

Hello gentlemen,

I have applied pinwashes and next ill decal and seal them. After that - Flat coat and the weatering begins!



Until next time fellas!

Gary

Gary, I don't know what else to say. It's still the coolest thing I've ever seen. I wonder if they sell any in 1:1 scale...

-Conor

1:1 scale, hmmmm. That would be a sweet ride Hey Gary, you use to be a painter right? So tell me how you get to paint the tracks and wheels at the same time?( I think I ask you this Q 20 time) Teach me bro! Btw I love what you did with your ride!

Phil.