SirM Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) I know the build is far, but only got the courage to do this now. Hope some enjoy this. Just a side note this is my first build in almost 26 years, how I missed this hobby. Going to do the camo next. Paint used so far Tamiya acrylic XF-60 - Dark Yellow. Paint for the camo markings, Tamiya acrylic XF-61 - Dark Green. Tamiya acrylic XF-64 - Red Brown. Pic 1 Front view Pic 2 Side view with turrent off Pic 3 Side view from the rear Pic 4 Rear with turrent off Thanks for letting me put this up. Mark p.s. hope the pictures work now, moved them to photobucket Edited April 14, 2006 by SirM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) Oohh I love a Late Tiger, my favorite :) Where's the zimmerit ? Looks good ! I didn't know what zimmerit was till, I got to the painting stage, and well there isn't any in the kit, so this one will have to be without. Minster of Finance has cut off model budget for the month. :) Thanks for the comment. "_._" Edited April 14, 2006 by SirM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Isn't airbrushing grand?! :D Lovely paintwork indeed. Thanks for sharing. <_< J.C. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dews Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Mark, It looks awesome....beware you will now be addicted to airbrushing. One technique I was taught by an armour modeller. Using your airbrush, spray the whole tank in flat black, then when that dries, get you airbrush loaded up with your base colour and instead of spraying the whole thing, go to each individual panel start spraying lightly in the middle of the panel and slowly work your way to the edges. It will leave a little black around the edges of the panels and give you a really amazing weathered look. It almost like pre shading for tanks. I wish I had some pics of my Centaur or my M-1A1 Abrams so you could see it. It looks really awesome and is a really cool effect. Just helps to break up the base colour a little. Anyways, the tank looks really good. I now have the urge to built another tank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Hi dews, I am already addicted. Thanks for the tip, I will use it on the next tank. It is okay to breath now, I will be doing the two planes I have first. Next Projects, which first. Su-27 Flanker B F15-E Strike Eagle w/bunker buster Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Hi some more pics. Pic 1 Front view with camo Pic 2 Side view with camo Pic 3 Rear view with camo Pic 4 Top view with camo What still needs to be build, painted and added. Pic 1 The crew Pic 2 The tracks - any suggestions with regards painting them? Yes / No? Pic 3 The small stuff - like the cables, shovel, ect. Thanks for the thread once again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Going to do the camo next.That's where the fun really starts!Welcome back to the hobby! Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 That's where the fun really starts!Welcome back to the hobby! Chris Thanks Chris for the welcome back. I hope you got my mail from paypal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Last update for today. Pic 1 Left view tools added. Pic 2 Top view tools added. Pic 3 Rear view tools added. Pic 4 Right view tools added. Pic 5 Front diagonal view tools and turrent. The colour isn't that great on these, but you can see the tools at least. The radio aerial, home made using a cable bag tie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 16, 2006 Author Share Posted April 16, 2006 No updates today, busy putting the tracks together. :) Comments and suggestions very welcome. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 88 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Looks good. <_< Daniel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
canadian_camo Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Great job for a first time what kind of airbrush do you have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Great job for a first time what kind of airbrush do you have? Thank canadian_camo for the kind comment, I have two. I have the Aztek A4305 and the nozzels I used to do the paint were these. Fine Line Nozzle (Tan) General Purpose Nozzle (Gray) .70mm Nozzle (Orange) The other one is a Badger 350 - not used this one for this job yet. A question please to anyone. For the final wash DO I mix 1 part red brown with 1 part semi gloss black and 3 parts thinner. or 1/2 parst red brown to 3 parts thinner. Not sure about this any suggestions? I am trying to give the paint an aged look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 I know that this thread has slowly died, I am still busy with the tank and hopefully will have it completed soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brad-M Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Mark, It looks awesome....beware you will now be addicted to airbrushing.One technique I was taught by an armour modeller. Using your airbrush, spray the whole tank in flat black, then when that dries, get you airbrush loaded up with your base colour and instead of spraying the whole thing, go to each individual panel start spraying lightly in the middle of the panel and slowly work your way to the edges. It will leave a little black around the edges of the panels and give you a really amazing weathered look. It almost like pre shading for tanks. I wish I had some pics of my Centaur or my M-1A1 Abrams so you could see it. It looks really awesome and is a really cool effect. Just helps to break up the base colour a little. Anyways, the tank looks really good. I now have the urge to built another tank. You have to be careful doing this, as the black pre-shade can adversely affect the next colour. I tried this on a 1/35 Pnazer Mk IV and when I applied the dark yellow, the colour appeared to be an olive green. I showed it to my daughter and she said I must have failed art class. She reminded me that colours are affected by applying one over the other. Cheers Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted May 13, 2006 Author Share Posted May 13, 2006 Hi all thanks for looking, yip I know I am sllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooow. I have been learning the fine art of washes, I always thought you did that when you showered or bathed. <_< Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Things still to do. Matt finish Rust, smoke, sand pigments. Paint crew - this I think is going to take long as there is 4 so will finish the diaroma and tank first and add crew as I finish them to the diaroma. Paint and wash diaroma Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike5401 Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 For your first airbrush attempt that looks really good! Are you sure you haven't had practice? Looks great! Nice job Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooter Man Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Good to have you back in "the club" Sir M. Glad you are having FUN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 (edited) Here is my first attempt at a diaroma. No the Blu-tack, prestick will not be staying on the diaroma, will be clued down. First a pick of my stash pile, I know not pretty at the moment but working on it. Pic 1: After soap bath and drying. Pic 2: The walls I am going to use. Pic 3: After grey coat for road and masked for frame colour. Pic 4: Masket and with unpainted walls. Pic 5: Idea of how the broken wall and bits will lay. Pic 6: With the tank on from behind the walls. Yes the blu-tac will go Pic 7: Another one with the tank on different angle. Pic 8: Another one with the tank and another angle. The base willl be getting a dark wash on the road and pavement after a few highlighted cobbles have been painted and then some european dust to make it all like a dusty cobble stone road and pavement. The walls need a wash too to add in the morter and also a few highlighted bricks and touch ups. The railway line will get a dry paint of metalic to give it the proper look. The base will get a nice coat of oil paint to make it more wood like. :D Okay here is the question do I put as many broken chunks of wall as I have on in the pictures? Thanks for your comments and looking I appreciate it. Edited May 14, 2006 by SirM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Oh wow, it is amazing how a diorama can bring life to a subject. This is going to look excellent when you are finished. Keep posting your progress, I am learning quite a bit about diorama building. :D J.C. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Migrant Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 (edited) The wash has made a huge difference to the look of the tank, now you can really start to have fun with the weathering... Okay here is the question do I put as many broken chunks of wall as I have on in the pictures? The big chunks of rubble on the sidewalk (pics 5 and 7) would look more realistic if they were more randomly arranged, and of varying sizes. At the moment they're all approximately the same size and look almost equally spaced- try clumping 2 or 3 together, having a couple of much bigger blocks, and some much smaller bits of debris. Edited May 14, 2006 by The Migrant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I.Illes Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Hiya, looks neat for the first try! Amazing job on the camo! One thing (only so you don´t forget to paint them): you seem to have forgotten to paint the rails for the Streetcars, but I can´t tell at this early stage. Other than that, it looks great so far! ;) István Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 The wash has made a huge difference to the look of the tank, now you can really start to have fun with the weathering...The big chunks of rubble on the sidewalk (pics 5 and 7) would look more realistic if they were more randomly arranged, and of varying sizes. At the moment they're all approximately the same size and look almost equally spaced- try clumping 2 or 3 together, having a couple of much bigger blocks, and some much smaller bits of debris. Hi The Migrant, I was thinking the same thing, I have some smaller pieces in the box and will clumb a few together. Hiya,looks neat for the first try! Amazing job on the camo! One thing (only so you don´t forget to paint them): you seem to have forgotten to paint the rails for the Streetcars, but I can´t tell at this early stage. Other than that, it looks great so far! ;) István Hi István I have painted the rails lately, they weren't painted in the pictures above. I will post some more pictures of what I have done (maybe tonight) when I get home and have done the dry paint of the silver on the tram rails. Thanks for the kind remarks everyone. I am busy with the weathering and should have that finished soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Valdis Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 It is looking very good but I'd advise you to use some Mig pigments or pastel chalk powder to weather the Tiger, if you haven't considered this already. Take a look at Missing-lynx gallery for some examples. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SirM Posted May 27, 2006 Author Share Posted May 27, 2006 (edited) Good day all, I have done a bit of weathering on both the tank and the diaroma. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 I still have to finish building and painting the crew. Thanks for looking, comments most welcome. Mark B Edited May 27, 2006 by SirM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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