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Armor/AFV: Contests
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Dragon AMOM - Biffa
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Tennessee, United States
Joined: September 07, 2005
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 02:12 AM UTC
this is the tamiya kit with tamiya grills and cavalier zim set, painted in mm enamels and weather with oils.












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Georgia, United States
Joined: May 24, 2006
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 05:34 AM UTC
very nice ! I like the faded camo...and the weathering...adn the zimmerit...and the...well..I like it all! you got my vote
Yeti01012001
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England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: July 28, 2005
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 07:21 PM UTC
What a great looking beast, love the weathering and the camo scheme.
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HISTORICUS FORMA
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Warszawa, Poland
Joined: April 23, 2003
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 08:03 PM UTC
Nicely done beast. Muzzle looks great!
Good luck in the contest.
barron
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Virginia, United States
Joined: December 01, 2001
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 09:54 PM UTC
An outstanding beast!
Torchy
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: September 13, 2005
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 10:32 PM UTC
Got to love that cammo and fading Ron,Brilliant
Andy
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Michigan, United States
Joined: September 15, 2006
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 10:38 PM UTC
have any of you seen the hobby boss L c m in 1.48 scale. i wonder how the quality of hobby boss is. and has anybody bought from lucky model? how are they?
Cavalry
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Virginia, United States
Joined: October 30, 2006
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 10:55 PM UTC
Great weathering job.
keenan
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Indiana, United States
Joined: October 16, 2002
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Posted: Monday, December 04, 2006 - 11:17 PM UTC
Really nice build. Love the burnt metal effect on the muzzle.

Shaun
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: September 28, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 03:31 AM UTC
Very nice! Really like the work you did on the barrel. Super!

Good luckin the contest!

cheers
biffa
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 01:04 AM UTC
many thanks guys i appreciate the great comments
Plasticbattle
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Donegal, Ireland
Joined: May 14, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 01:10 AM UTC
Excellent Ron. The faded camo and weathering look great, but the modelled wear and tear effect, is what lifts the roof. There´s nothing about this model Id change that could make it better.
biffa
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 11:10 AM UTC
thank you frank your works mean a lot
Twentecable
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Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: September 13, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 12:11 PM UTC
WOW! NIce one!
What weathering techniques did you use? can you writte a step by step?

greetings
biffa
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 07:58 AM UTC
thanks lars i appreciate the kind words, sorry but i didnt keep track of the weathering steps i did on this build but heres a link to a sbs i did on another build and basically i used all the same methods lots of washes and such the colors used for weathering were the same as i did on this one hope this is of some use.
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/86243&page=1
panzerkampfw
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Busan, Korea / 대한민국
Joined: June 11, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 08:17 AM UTC
hi, nice model, i was wondering hawt colors you used, ive gott a king tiger and i want to do the exam same camo scheme, if you could give me some insight into the colors that would be amazing ! i just had my last exam tongiht and ive got a whole month of shcool off!
biffa
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 12:17 AM UTC
hi patrick, thanks for the comment, the colours i used were all model masters enamels,
the green was "dark green" and then "olive drab in the center for a little panel fading
the brown was "rust" then i lightened it up with a little white for the fading
now the yellow i cant be sure about because it was a mix of "desert tan" "white" and a drop of "amber" then again i lightened up the first colour to fade it a little.
heres a pic of the colours before weathering to give you a better idea of how they looked.
james84
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Roma, Italy
Joined: January 28, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 12:21 AM UTC
Excellent, as usual! You have done a great work, considering the initial situation of the paint!
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