SdKfz251D/11 Fernsprch WIP
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 06:08 AM UTC
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Jerry that old man seems to pop up in all of your threads hahaha. Is that the Dragon or AFV 251? Because mine's going to have some fit issues in the same spot yours is. Weathering looks great as well, sir.
-Conor 
The old man gets around.
It is the Dragon kit and it is probably my fault. I put in a PE floor and maybe upset the applecart because of that.
J
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Posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 06:11 AM UTC
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Taking the scale of the model into account, I believe that it is spot on. I like the oil/grease streaks. Just the right amount.
Regards,
Villiers
Thank you Sir,
I was hoping it wasn't overdone. I don't know how much will be visable after the mud treatment but who knows?
J
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Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - 05:20 AM UTC
I was getting into a rush to start on the exterior paint and cammo but I couldn't live with the panel lines between the front and back armor plates. I am almost satisfied now and will soon put a base coat on. I started on the tedium of building the treads as well.
If you magnified those panel lines to real life scale I think they would be about 2 inches wide!.
My next track I think I will also make my own inner liner as this kit is soft on that detail as well.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - 02:41 PM UTC
Must commend you for those tracks. I can hardly handle magic tracks, let alone those ones. Looking forward to seeing it painted!
-Conor
I'm doin' stuff. Lotta stuff.
Dalarnas, Sweden
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Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - 05:06 PM UTC
Aren't those tracks on backwards?
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 02:26 AM UTC
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Must commend you for those tracks. I can hardly handle magic tracks, let alone those ones. Looking forward to seeing it painted!
-Conor
They are pretty easy,just time consuming. I like the way they look though.
J
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 02:28 AM UTC
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Aren't those tracks on backwards?
The open part of the u shape in the link faces front correct? Be aware the the track in my pic is for the opposite side of the vehicle. Am I still wrong?
J
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 08:43 AM UTC
Took a quick snap to show the track on the correct side. You can also see the axe brackets have been added. The front and back brackets are aluminum that I made and the clamp is from AM.
I started making the frame for the fender mounted wire spool.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 09:07 AM UTC
Jerry, looking rather good fella, really coming together well ,
Really looking forward to seeing the finished build.
Regards
Dan
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 09:50 AM UTC
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Jerry, looking rather good fella, really coming together well ,
Really looking forward to seeing the finished build.
Regards
Dan
Thanks Dan,appreciate it,
J
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 10:22 AM UTC
It's the time consuming part of the tracks that give me a headache hahaha. But yours look great, and the PE is awesome.
-Conor
I'm doin' stuff. Lotta stuff.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 01:28 PM UTC
I enjoy indi tracks. They are a nice break from sacrificing pieces to the carpet model and having to check references in a vain attempt to discern how part "A" connects to part "B".
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Posted: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - 02:50 PM UTC
Well Matt and Conor,maybe I can sub contract building these tracks to you guys?
J
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Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 03:46 AM UTC
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Well Matt and Conor,maybe I can sub contract building these tracks to you guys?
J
But, you are doing a great job.
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
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Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2013 - 04:23 AM UTC
Too late Jerry, once you've started, it's all on you to finish.
Besides, I've got my own 251 tracks to do sooner or later
-Conor
I'm doin' stuff. Lotta stuff.
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Posted: Sunday, June 09, 2013 - 04:12 AM UTC
So I suppose I better get back to putting all of those teeny tiny bits together.
J
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2013 - 08:22 AM UTC
Old man is wondering"How do those spare tracks stay up without a rack or anything to hold them?"
That's because I forgot that I had shaved the clunky kit lifting points off the side of the hood. So now that they are replaced I can get some wire holding the track links. The weathering kas started,maybe you can see the oily handprints on the hood? I know that our vehicles always had those somewhere.
I tried not to overdo chipping but I figured that fender needed it
J
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 04:13 AM UTC
I got the "Leibstandarte logs" done and wired in,still working on weathering and mud mud mud. Not too much fresh mud though,as they just pulled out of the forest after almost 2 days of not moving.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 06:20 AM UTC
hmmmm, the paintjob looks to be thick and blotchy.
Still like the old man, though.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 07:11 AM UTC
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hmmmm, the paintjob looks to be thick and blotchy.
Still like the old man, though.
I think it looks good considering as it looks like he used a paint brush
Never in the field of scale modelling was so much owed by so many to so few.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 07:11 AM UTC
One of the best tools a builder can have is an airbrush.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 08:02 AM UTC
Wow,so I should give up because I don't have an airbrush?
Alrighty then,
J
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 08:18 AM UTC
No, you might want to reconsider what you did and how you did it and give it another go, maybe on this vehicle or on the next one.
I know it is hard to get a hardedgecamo done with brushes. Been there myself. What paint did you use? How did you dilute it? What type of brush did you use? All things to consider.....
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 08:49 AM UTC
I actually like how the paint came out. Looks just like the real ones did. My airbrush is a piece of, well, you know, and I just mask off parts I want the keep the base color, spray, let it dry, mask parts of that off, then do it again. But I think this came out great. Maybe a little bit on the thick side, but if you wanted to fix it maybe just go over it with a filter?
-Conor
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Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 09:01 AM UTC
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Wow,so I should give up because I don't have an airbrush?
Alrighty then,
J
I never said that, nor did I mean to imply it. Several people do amazing brush work. I just find it easier to use an airbrush. You will develop your own technique, in time.
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