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Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015 - 02:58 AM UTC
Rick Cooper shares photos of his rendering of Trumpeter's KV1 (Model 1942).

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Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015 - 03:31 AM UTC
Really nice piece, Rick. I like the seriously damaged fenders which aren't easy to pull off convincingly.

My only suggestion would be, given the amount of dirt on everything else, a bit of dust or something on the headlamp lens would be good for consistency.

N
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Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015 - 04:55 AM UTC
Nice Work, how did you get the dust to look as if it is just laying there without glue?
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Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015 - 10:51 PM UTC
Very dirty, I like!
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Posted: Monday, October 26, 2015 - 04:25 PM UTC
Looks great. I love the faded dusty look!

Thanks for sharing
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Posted: Monday, October 26, 2015 - 06:08 PM UTC
@clovis899 - Rick,

Nice one! What it would look like coming from a black and white photograph.

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Posted: Monday, October 26, 2015 - 09:11 PM UTC
Great work with the finish. Looks appropriately banged up and worn from trying to hold back the Wehrmacht.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 01:19 AM UTC
Pig-Pen, couldn'tive done a better finish for KV-1, Job well done, Thanks
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Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 03:04 AM UTC
Rick,
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Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 03:05 AM UTC
Rick, beautiful build! I need to do one for Operation Uranus in 1942 from Southwestern Front! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 10:34 AM UTC
Thanks everyone for your kind comments, glad that you like it. Good catch Neil, never even noticed how crystal clear the head lamp looked until you pointed it out. Brenton, the dust layer is an enamel product from AK that is like a heavy wash with extra pigment added in for additional body.
Cheers,
Rick
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Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 10:37 AM UTC
Bill,
We need to be careful about our particular tastes or Jim may come up with a "Dirty Old Man" badge to stick on our header!
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Posted: Thursday, November 05, 2015 - 05:44 AM UTC
OK, thanks, I will check that product out for use in the future.
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