1/72 Trumpeter T62 {ST}
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Steve Jones
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OOOOH! That is really nice.
An extra drain plug on the fuel tank sums up your wonderful attention to detail. Another valuable lesson learnt. Many thanks
Steve
An extra drain plug on the fuel tank sums up your wonderful attention to detail. Another valuable lesson learnt. Many thanksSteve
Jim R
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Hi Simon
Super detailing. Each little thing is reproduced. Look forward to the painting.
Jim
Super detailing. Each little thing is reproduced. Look forward to the painting.
Jim
Simon at 1/72 that is some insane work but loving every minute of it.
Thanks everyone - afraid there is no paint yet
Found a few more bits to add - a vent slot at the lower rear edge of the turret and the mounts for the stowage boxes
I think this time it is ready........
Found a few more bits to add - a vent slot at the lower rear edge of the turret and the mounts for the stowage boxes
I think this time it is ready........
T
TonyBv9
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Incredible work. Have you got a real one in your back garden that you're getting all the detail from?
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Ah! The paint has arrived. Looking forward to seeing how you paint tracks on wheels. Far to complicated for me
Steve
Steve
As Si alluded to me getting paint onto anything tends to be a bit of a miracle as I generally prefer the building phase, but not today.....
Ta da - we have paint
Tamiya IJN Green which is almost black, followed by NATO green and then two coats lightened with white for a bit of tonal variation
The whole thing then got a coat of AK ultra Matt, the mattest matt I have ever used
Next stage is AK worn effects and a sand top coat......
Ta da - we have paint
Tamiya IJN Green which is almost black, followed by NATO green and then two coats lightened with white for a bit of tonal variation
The whole thing then got a coat of AK ultra Matt, the mattest matt I have ever used
Next stage is AK worn effects and a sand top coat......
Next stage completed
It got a good coat of AK Worn Effects followed by Tamiya Buff and a couple of coats of buff lightened with white
I was going to come back to it and start wearing away at the finish but I fell asleep again (which is why I am posting this at silly o'clock in the morning)
Hopefully I will get a chance to attack it after work
It got a good coat of AK Worn Effects followed by Tamiya Buff and a couple of coats of buff lightened with white
I was going to come back to it and start wearing away at the finish but I fell asleep again (which is why I am posting this at silly o'clock in the morning)
Hopefully I will get a chance to attack it after work
Nice work with the painting Simon, being new to your way of building, I don't know what it is but I'm getting a small hint that you don't normally get to paint kits that often. 
Excitement ! The flags were raised here at Race Towers upon this momentous occasion.
Looking fine Simon, I like the use of a white coat certainly works.
How do you function on such a broken sleep pattern ?
John.
Looking fine Simon, I like the use of a white coat certainly works.
How do you function on such a broken sleep pattern ?
John.
Jim R
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Hi Simon
Paintwork looks good. Not come across AK Ultra Matt. Is it more matt than Testors Dull Cote? Hope the worn effects works.
Jim
Paintwork looks good. Not come across AK Ultra Matt. Is it more matt than Testors Dull Cote? Hope the worn effects works.
Jim
Excuse me Simon ,
Morning Jim .
Tis a great varnish, and flat. I've never used a Testors but when I came across this I was impressed ,as flat a finish as you would want .
John
Ian - 
John - the primer colour doesn't really matter as I always use a dark colour over the top as a base coat. It could equally have been grey but I only have white at the moment. The broken sleep is getting rather annoying - I get to bed anywhere from about 00:30 to 05:00. As a result I have trouble getting up and I am late for work nearly every day and have to work lunch time to make up
Jim - Dull Cote is one I haven't tried but the AK is acrylic and matter than a matt thing. Sprays nicely from the bottle without thinning
Well, before I fell asleep again I managed to attack it with water, brush and cocktail sticks to give this.......
the effect I was looking for was the kind of typical worn finish that results from a badly prepared quick overspray of the factory green - I think it worked reasonably well, what does anyone else think? Too much, not enough, just right??
I think I prefer AK worn effects as it gives more predictable results compared to hairspray, in my hands anyway
John - the primer colour doesn't really matter as I always use a dark colour over the top as a base coat. It could equally have been grey but I only have white at the moment. The broken sleep is getting rather annoying - I get to bed anywhere from about 00:30 to 05:00. As a result I have trouble getting up and I am late for work nearly every day and have to work lunch time to make up
Jim - Dull Cote is one I haven't tried but the AK is acrylic and matter than a matt thing. Sprays nicely from the bottle without thinning
Well, before I fell asleep again I managed to attack it with water, brush and cocktail sticks to give this.......
the effect I was looking for was the kind of typical worn finish that results from a badly prepared quick overspray of the factory green - I think it worked reasonably well, what does anyone else think? Too much, not enough, just right??
I think I prefer AK worn effects as it gives more predictable results compared to hairspray, in my hands anyway
Well Simon I think you've achieved the effect very well.
Good Morning Simon,
This is a nice build coming together. The chipped paint looks good. I heard several times that people preferred AK worn effects in stead of regular hairspray so might try that out. Looking forward to see the weathering.
Cheers
This is a nice build coming together. The chipped paint looks good. I heard several times that people preferred AK worn effects in stead of regular hairspray so might try that out. Looking forward to see the weathering.
Cheers