Mr.Smythe's Hetzer

[Si Benson]

Good evening Mr Smiffffff,
Well seeing that camo go on was a bit exciting to watch from here in the back seats!

They always look in ya face at this stage of camo but I Reckon it looks smashing and it will look even better with some muck and stuff dotted about.
keep it coming squire

 

[Scratchbuilder]

Andy,
Just caught up on your build, stop criticising yourself, it looks good from here. Give the paint a rub down with a bit of printer paper, yes, printer paper, it will do the same job as 1000 grit. Looking forward to more on the build.
Mike.

 

[papa 695]

So then, after the brown,this happened,....
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As you can see,I decided to bolster the mask in certain areas with White Tac,(I'm not convinced about the quality of "seal" with these masks), maybe too late to save leakage on the Yellow,but we'll see
Now the Green applied ..
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... Hmmm, it's been good fun actually, couldn't wait to see the results,but expected the worse!....
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Well,as I suspected, there's been some bleed going on,but to be honest,not as bad as I was expecting. I can live with that, nothing that some patching up,and weathering, can't cure.
All in all, I'm thinking it's quite a good base to move forward with,and I won't have to start from scratch

Just seen this one Andy, some nice work. As for the paint bleed, next time when you put the mask on, spray the same colour you've just masked, and that should stop the next colour bleeding through.

 

[adt70hk]

Looking very good indeed Andy!!

No complaints from me at all!!

 

[Lee Drennen]

Nice updates looking good I’m in for this one I’ve have a few of these in different scales so I’m paying close attention Mr. Smiff.

 

[Andy the Sheep]

I'm joining the group of latecomers, Andy. Very nice camo and, as always, some new tricks (Ian's spray same base colour on masks, Michael's rub with printer paper) added in the "Hope I'll not forget it when I'll need it" file.

 

[Jim R]

That looks very good Andy. As you say a perfect base to work on.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Good evening Chaps,
It's been a bit of a time of it recently workwise,so I apologise for not not replying individually.
I will do tomorrow,but for now, here's the TINY amount of progress that I've crammed in... Just the tracks that I've been putting off!

..... Not a massive amount of the overall effort yet,but this took me a bit of time,and I decided to paint em up as I go
.... Despite my dreading these,they ain't THAT bad!! ...
.. Hopefully I'll get some more done tomorrow

 

[adt70hk]

Good evening Chaps,
It's been a bit of a time of it recently workwise,so I apologise for not not replying individually.
I will do tomorrow,but for now, here's the TINY amount of progress that I've crammed in... Just the tracks that I've been putting off!
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..... Not a massive amount of the overall effort yet,but this took me a bit of time,and I decided to paint em up as I go
.... Despite my dreading these,they ain't THAT bad!! ...
.. Hopefully I'll get some more done tomorrow

Ok....so tracks definitely means land based...... In view of your recent sojourn into wingy things I was wondering if you were going to stick wings in the side!

Have to say it is coming on very nicely indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[KarlW]

Ok....so tracks definitely means land based......

You sure?

 

[adt70hk]

You sure?
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So my instincts were right then.... Wings will be appearing soon....

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Good evening Mr Smiffffff,
Well seeing that camo go on was a bit exciting to watch from here in the back seats!

They always look in ya face at this stage of camo but I Reckon it looks smashing and it will look even better with some muck and stuff dotted about.
keep it coming squire

Lovely to see you Si, glad to hear that you're popping in from the cheap seats.

Andy,
Just caught up on your build, stop criticising yourself, it looks good from here. Give the paint a rub down with a bit of printer paper, yes, printer paper, it will do the same job as 1000 grit. Looking forward to more on the build.
Mike.

Thanks Mike,very kind...and a great tip also.

Just seen this one Andy, some nice work. As for the paint bleed, next time when you put the mask on, spray the same colour you've just masked, and that should stop the next colour bleeding through.

Cheers Ian...a fantastic tip with the bleed mask there... Thanks for that
... You've helped a LOT of us with that I suspect

Nice updates looking good I’m in for this one I’ve have a few of these in different scales so I’m paying close attention Mr. Smiff.

Hi Lee, not sure how much you'll learn from a build of mine... But I'll do my best!! ;(

I'm joining the group of latecomers, Andy. Very nice camo and, as always, some new tricks (Ian's spray same base colour on masks, Michael's rub with printer paper) added in the "Hope I'll not forget it when I'll need it" file.

Good to see you Andrea,yes,this is a gold mine for tips eh?!

That looks very good Andy. As you say a perfect base to work on.

Cheers Jim,nice to see you pop in

... TBC, soonish!!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Ok then.... I've fitted the tracks,painted them up a bit and started to add a few other bits..

.. made a few mistakes on that side
.... But this side came out better.

Not too shabby so far,and now that's done, I'm more confident as it's all now coming back closer to my comfort zone ...
Looking forward to tomorrow,got the day off,so should get loads done.
As always, thanks for looking in

 

[scottie3158]

Smifffy that looks great the masks seemed to have worked well.

 

[Mickc1440]

Just caught up Andy that’s a spectacular paint job

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Good job that I had the day off today... It's taken AGES to get this far, although its a LONG way to go!!
... Ere be picks...

This camo stuff is quite hard to work out.. tried my best, but Also attempted some ""templates"
Ere's the tother side ...

Thanks for looking in
That's it up to now,but there's a LOT more progress to show soon

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking very good mate Cool as you like.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking very good mate Cool as you like.

Cheers Tim,
(Hope you're at home now,and recovering ),
There's quite bit of blending in to do yet,and then some subtle weathering
Good fun so far mind, although I must admit, it's quite the challenge
Thanks for popping in

 

[Tim Marlow]

Cheers Tim,
(Hope you're at home now,and recovering ),
There's quite bit of blending in to do yet,and then some subtle weathering
Good fun so far mind, although I must admit, it's quite the challenge
Thanks for popping in

I am and already feel better…….hope it continues! Having a small celebratory cider tonight…….just half a can.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Smifffy that looks great the masks seemed to have worked well.

Cheers Scottie,(DAWG!! ) They kinda did,but some tampering/touching up was necessary.

Just caught up Andy that’s a spectacular paint job

Thanks Mick... I'm hoping it'll be spectacular in the end mate.