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Posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 07:00 PM UTC
A 1/35 vignette showing two Russian Officers looking for somewhere to try out their war trophy.















































ANT1969
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Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 04:51 AM UTC
Nice work! The shoulder-boards are hand-painted? Or maybe Archer dry transfers?

Regards
Antal
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Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 09:37 AM UTC

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Nice work! The shoulder-boards are hand-painted? Or maybe Archer dry transfers?

Regards
Antal


Antalya

Thanks for looking and taking time to comment.

I wish I could hand paint the shoulder boards like this.

They are wet decals from Tamiya.

Cheers

Gerry
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Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 01:37 PM UTC
Gerry,
Great job. I really like this one.

Jesse
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 02:44 AM UTC
"I wish I could hand paint the shoulder boards like this."

Me too. Therefore I use the above-mentioned Archer decals. Although they are not easy to apply on uniforms.

Regards
Antal
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 03:10 AM UTC
Gerry
Man where do you get the time for all this building. Nice work again buddy, the bases you do are superb, the detail is spot on. Try using alternatives for soft tops and the like (tarps etc.) in this case the soft top off the Gaz truck, you will get a much better outcome. Practice with milliput or tissue paper.
Again superb buddy.

Pete
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 10:47 AM UTC
Gerry,
Is that real "hair" on the driver? How in the world did you do that?

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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 12:44 PM UTC

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Gerry,
Great job. I really like this one.

Jesse


Jesse thanks for that.

Cheers

Gerry
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 12:46 PM UTC

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Gerry,
Is that real "hair" on the driver? How in the world did you do that?

Jesse



Jesse

I saw a technique used on this site I think by Jerry Rutman where he uses very thin slivers of cotton bud and wets it with white glue and forms quite realistic looking hair.

This was my first attempt well done for noticing.

Cheers

Gerry
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 12:48 PM UTC
[quote]Gerry
Man where do you get the time for all this building. Nice work again buddy, the bases you do are superb, the detail is spot on. Try using alternatives for soft tops and the like (tarps etc.) in this case the soft top off the Gaz truck, you will get a much better outcome. Practice with milliput or tissue paper.
Again superb buddy.

Pete

Thanks for the positive comments/

I used tisue paper and white glue for the sofy top.

Still needs a bit of refinement.

Cheers

Gerry
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Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 12:51 PM UTC

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"I wish I could hand paint the shoulder boards like this."

Me too. Therefore I use the above-mentioned Archer decals. Although they are not easy to apply on uniforms.

Regards
Antal


Antal

I have tried using Archer dry transfers and found them quite hit and miss.

I prefer the wet decals as they are more forgiving when you make a mistake.

Cheers

Gerry

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Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 08:19 PM UTC

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"I wish I could hand paint the shoulder boards like this."

Me too. Therefore I use the above-mentioned Archer decals. Although they are not easy to apply on uniforms.

Regards
Antal


Antal

I have tried using Archer dry transfers and found them quite hit and miss.

I prefer the wet decals as they are more forgiving when you make a mistake.

Cheers

Gerry



Gerry

Maybe I will try these Tamiya decals. Although now even I have a lot of Archer's dry transfers. But thanks again for infos.

Regards
Antal
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Posted: Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 02:12 PM UTC

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"I wish I could hand paint the shoulder boards like this."

Me too. Therefore I use the above-mentioned Archer decals. Although they are not easy to apply on uniforms.

Regards
Antal


Antal

I have tried using Archer dry transfers and found them quite hit and miss.

I prefer the wet decals as they are more forgiving when you make a mistake.

Cheers

Gerry



Gerry

Maybe I will try these Tamiya decals. Although now even I have a lot of Archer's dry transfers. But thanks again for infos.

Regards
Antal


Antal

I just find that the water based decals give you more time to get them in the right position and if you make a mistake a little bit of water makes them able to move again.

I had a problem with the dry decals as you had to get them spot on first time and if you did not rub them correctly only a bit of the decal stuck on.

It may be just that I am hopeless with this type of decal?

Cheers

Gerry

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Posted: Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 09:07 PM UTC

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"I wish I could hand paint the shoulder boards like this."

Me too. Therefore I use the above-mentioned Archer decals. Although they are not easy to apply on uniforms.

Regards
Antal


Antal

I have tried using Archer dry transfers and found them quite hit and miss.

I prefer the wet decals as they are more forgiving when you make a mistake.

Cheers

Gerry



Gerry

Maybe I will try these Tamiya decals. Although now even I have a lot of Archer's dry transfers. But thanks again for infos.

Regards
Antal


Antal

I just find that the water based decals give you more time to get them in the right position and if you make a mistake a little bit of water makes them able to move again.

I had a problem with the dry decals as you had to get them spot on first time and if you did not rub them correctly only a bit of the decal stuck on.

It may be just that I am hopeless with this type of decal?

Cheers

Gerry



Hi Gerry!

I have no problem with Archer decals positioning. I use for decals Gunze Mr. Mark Setter and I discovered that it works with dry transfers too. My only one problem that decal carrier layer is too thick. Therefore I fix to the surface with 1,5 mm Tamiya micron masking tape.
And I have not yet experienced that the Archer decal not stuck to the surface.

Regards
Antal
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Posted: Friday, September 06, 2013 - 08:37 AM UTC

Gerry, you are a phenonemon, man!!

I like the vehicle! Great painting job IMHO.

The hair is superb! Congratulations!! I must try this method, I really do!!

Of course I spotted the perfect shoulder straps....and I'm a bit disappointed t olearn that they are decals

Just kidding!! Well done indeed!

The only thing I would do is go a little more into the third dimension, i.e. add a little slope to the terrain (no matter what direction actually). It simply adds a lot!!

Thanks for posting!

Cheers

Romain

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