Okay guys,
I got bold and sent some pics to my MSN gallery. They were all for the most part just finished recently, with the "Kursk" Panther's paint still on my fingers..lol
Keep in mind, I hadn't used an airbrush till about 1 month ago and had never built armor till about 1 year ago..
Your coments are welcome and any other suggestions would be helpful.
But please be "gentle"..
Thanks,
Harry
http://groups.msn.com/armorama/hworth18spics.msnw?Page=1

Your Tiger looks really good.I like the camo scheme.Only thing I have to suggest or express my opinon on it is that it would look alot better if it had a little bit of weathering on it.Other than that it looks like its fresh from the factory lol.

Harry:

There's nothing to be "gentle" about! These look really good! I think you have a very good handle on airbrushing. From the Kursk scheme to the Ambush scheme, everything looks great. I personally prefer more weathering on my tanks, but yours look awesome just as they are. Great job!

John

Good work.. I like the camo on your Panther, but to echo what guys just said.. perhaps a bit more weathering.

Mario M.

hworth18

Really nice pics dude I like all of the vehicles you show there.
With a little bit of weathering they would look extreme but all in all your camoschemes look very impressive. Great Job.
Maybe a dio????

great job. I esp like the kurst one..... your camo is great but I must agree with the others on the fact that they look factory fresh. A little weathering and you will make great looking tanks look outstanding.

Great work. While my esteemed colleagues would like more weathering, and that does gives a different dimension to a model, everything had to be freshly painted at some point, so yours just got painted. My only suggestion is on the Stug, the bare metal is a bit bright, especially the spare track and tow cables.

Nice work!!! Looks like you're off to a great start.

Very nice work Harry. While a nicely weathered vehicle has great appeal, I usually don't weather mine. I like the fresh painted look. I even bought the Dragon Flat Car kit (as yet unbuilt) to display them on. You know, being shipped from the factory is a good reason not to be weathered. Just my 2 cents.
Keep up the great work. I really enjoyed your pictures. :-)

I think they look good. My only suggestion would be about something unrelated to your modelling ability. I have learned a thing or two about photography that has really improved my galleries. First of all lighting is important. Most guys use the sun for lighting, or you could just set up three table lamps around your model, two between the camera and the model and one behind, for backlight. With these methods, a flash is not used.

Also, if your camera is digital, set it to the macro setting for focus(on mine it is a flower) and decrease your f-stop if possible to deepen the area of focus. I am no expert, but just doing these simple things improved my pictures tremendously. Look in the Photography forum for more tips and tricks. I have some pics in my Webshots folder (link below) that show how my photography has improved thanks to the guys here at Armorama helping me out.

Rob

Hi Harry. As with everything, there are those that do and those that dont! Nothing is wrong in the world of modelling. There are giys who build unbelievable models in my local IPMS club, but never weather. They are interested in the actual vehicle. Then there are those who WEATHER! Im probably one of the later! At the end of the day the choice is yours.
I think you have achieved so much, so far. Excellent building and painting. The colours look nice and flat, Etc, etc. But I feel if you want your vehicles clean, keep them clean. if you chose to weather them, do so! But both dont go together.

This looks great, but the tracks seem weathered or dirty at the bottom and then clean or unweathered at the top. This would be my hint at improving your skills. But you are definately on the right track _( no pun intended). There alos seems to be spots inside the wheels that are not painted. These might need some touching up. Good luck with the rest.

Thanks for all the great replies.. I haven't done any strong weathering just for the simple fact that I don't know how and I am still in the learning process.. I have tried MANY different ways to assemble the models and as with the I.R. Panther, I put it together first, then painted it and you can see the results.. I missed some spots so I don't think I'll be doing that again.
But thanks again and I'm sure I'll be working on these to improve upon them when I learn more about what I am doing.