OK these 3 guys are up to painting faces and hands. Then I have the next 4 to start, along with finishing the King.

Skin cancer, if that guy didn't die in the war, he died from skin cancer. The others looked fine, just that first burn victim. I tired to paint one of my Tamiya tank commanders with Model Masters 'wark skin' and got similar effect/ disease and ended up just throwing that paint out. Keep at it Timothy.

Well Chris I have to do the same to these guys. Its all part of the Andrea Flesh Paint series. From a distance they look fine, up close and digitally they look like @#$%^. I had a good friend who painted a figure for me (he is a great figure painter) under my optics I was like "what the...." but just using the normal eye he was fine as usual. He uses oil paints on his figures. I chose Andrea because they are water based. I am hoping when this project is complete that the picture I take to include all the figures and the tank everything will look as it should. I have to keep in mind its 1/35th scale.

OK, I went back and redid the faces with oil paints. I think they are better now. I will have to redo the first guy also. I added 2 more to the back deck to see how things are looking and I am somewhat happy. Naturally they do not fit perfectly. the guy on the turret will need work to fit like he would as if he is comfortable and supposed to be there. I also added the commanders cupola and more detail work on the turret.

OK this wknds work so far. The hardest part of this build has been the installation of the spare track hangers on the sides of the turret. The instructions are of no use and there are no location points on the turret. So if not for the walkarounds on the internet and a lot of trial and error I wouldnt be at this point. The tracks should hide the excess glue, I hope.

Next was the primer coat and then base coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/12155491764_9716eea346_z.jpg[/img]

Next was the assembly of the next 4 jagers

Got to love Dragon instructions some times Keep plugging away. Are you going to flat coat the figures? Don't know if it's the lighting or if the paint was still fresh, but they seem to have a bit of a shine to them.

Kimmo

Kimmo, I think that's mostly glare (notice all the shadow on the rear hatch).

That's a pretty good build when the hardest thing to do is glue on plastic trackhangers.

Kimmo, Chris, yes I did dullcoat them but I didnt add pigments. Sometimes dullcoat depending on the brand doesnt always dullcoat. I have had experiences with this b4. Chris its holding these tiny parts to file them without launching them to the carpet monster, then trying over and over to judge the proper placement, then realizing you messed up, resanding, gluing that I was ready to choke an engineer from Dragon. Thanks for following along guys, I need the motivation!!!

Sanding tiny parts is always fun. I'm pretty much scratch building a SiG 33 howitzer right now for a Bison II. Move my file ne way, drop the part. Move it another way and the file slides off the part. Move it another way and end up playing hide-and-go-seek. Dry fit the part, damn I sanded it down to much. Plus my glue is making me sleepy. Just need to keep at it.

If you're looking for a good dullcoat, get Vallejo's matt varnish. Flatest stuff I've ever seen, brushes on nicely too. One tip for sanding small parts: clean up the attatchment point while it is on the sprue, attach to the kit part, let the glue set, then scrape/sand. Less sacrifices to the carpet monster this way.

Kimmo

Chris, if your scratchbuilding my hats off to you, that is definately not my lane. Im just lucky to get the kits completed.
Kimmo I will give that a try. Normally I just use a rattle can by Testors or whatever is available.
All geared up and no where to go, except maybe to get their helmets.

Timothy - I believe using a canned spray for your dull is the problem. It has been my experience that the spray puts out so much liquid it inadvertently adds a slight gloss when it drys. Buy the bottled Testors dull and apply it with your airbrush. It's the same stuff that's in the can, but you'll see a world of difference in the finish.

OK thanks Bob that sounds simple enough

Hey sorry for the lull in the action. Today started with finishing the hull. This kit comes with 3 sets of pioneer tools so i used a combo, some I shouldnt have, some didnt fit but they are there. I opted out of the PE for the smaller tow cable just too tiny and tedious. I have everything on but somehow I dont have the handles for the driver and RTO/hull machine gunners hatches. Imagine that I have sprues I didnt use or partially used and I ran out of handles. I also primed the last 4 figures. Tomorrow will be a paint day it looks.

Today I completed the lower hull. Found some donor handles for the driver/hull machine gunners hatches. And also rediscovered why I hate PE clasps for German pioneer tools. Primed and painted with Tamiya Dark Yellow, now on to camo pattern.

Great work so far Timothy!

OK, after a small cruise and depression from coming back from the cruise to more of this never ending winter, my forum is back. I added a generic camo pattern that is simple and yet when I am done I hope will look pretty good. I know there is overspray from my airbrush but I have found this to be acceptable considering all the weathering that goes over it.

A cruise? You are aware boats sink? And the snow is so nice, especially since it turns to water anyways (which we need here in Cali)!

The overspray shouldn't be a problem, at the very least it will add some diversity.

Does anyone know how to copy and paste a picture URL from the new Flickr? 2 days ago it was as simple as it always was now it wont allow me to Rt click on my image, resize and then Rt click and copy the URL to paste here

OK I think I figured it out. Lots of work and little time before its off to AMPS. Started chipping, washing, more to come.

After some research I came to the conclusion no one really knows the color of number on turrets for the King Tiger. B & W photos offer only an idea of what they may have looked like and the people who know way more than me arent 100% certain. So with that being said I used artistic license and chose the number 113 and painted it in red. I used a number stencil for SS pz abt 101. I also know that a KT built in summer 44' w/zim would not be intact as mine is or even still functioning but I wanted more surface to paint and weather and everyone has done the missing fender/side skirt look.

Looks good Timothy.