Mark1
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Looks good Tim ,nicely done, if it wasn't for the headlights you wouldn't know if it was coming or going.
I find wet and dry paper makes this very easy Alan. You can grind and mix them on it, then pick up the powder with a brush for application. They also last an age as the pigment value is so high on the artist quality ones. As I say though, not great if you want to handle the finished model a lot….your hands get dirty LOL…I've looked into getting some pastels before and was told to get a metal fine tea strainer to 'grind' down the pastels into a powder. I've used pastels before for exhaust stains but as you say. It can become 'lost' when a varnish is applied.
It’s got headlights at both ends . It also had two driver Positions and two drivers, one at each end. It could go as fast backwards as it could forwards Mark. Steered and drove on all eight wheels as well….Very complex and costly chassis to build.Looks good Tim ,nicely done, if it wasn't for the headlights you wouldn't know if it was coming or going.
Many thanks Steve. Glad it passes muster. Pleased with it now I’ve finally finished, but wish I had room in the cabin for the rear mounted aerial to be fully extended! It is around a foot high with an umbrella antenna on the end. In the end I went for pragmatism and modelled it foldedWell done Tim. Well worth the wait. Lovely finish my friend
I use soft pastels to make my own washes - I carefully scrape the pastel stick with a scalpel blade, to get a fine powder, then add a few drops of washing up liquid ( to reduce the surface tension ), then carefully add water, to get the desired consistency. It takes a bit of trial & error, but you cam mix any colour you like. As Tim says, they aren't very robust, you need a varnish coat over them to seal them in.Strikes me that some might be interested in what I’ve used to finish her….
basically I completed the basic paint in Matt varnish, then broke out these things….
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Pastel chalks…..great for varying a finish as they subtly tint a Matt surface……not so good if you handle your stuff a lot though, they wear off and subsequent varnishes can obliterate them. Very fine textured, they stick well to Matt finishes…..the fine Emery paper is used to grind them up before use.
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Cares weathering powders…..I’ve had these since Pontius was a pilot, bought well back in my railway days at least twenty five years ago….……they were around many years before Mig et al reinvented the wheel. They are coarser than the pastels, but not huge grained like the modern pigments. It means they are more in scale for dust and rust effects. They also stick well to a Matt surface so don’t need additional fixative unless you are going to handle your toys a lot….unfortunately I don’t think they are still in production anymore…..
I do have modern Mig pigments, but save them for really heavy deposits….
Hope this is of interest….
Oh so it has, had to have a closer look and found em.It’s got headlights at both ends . It also had two driver Positions and two drivers, one at each end. It could go as fast backwards as it could forwards Mark. Steered and drove on all eight wheels as well….Very complex and costly chassis to build.
Good call Dave. I wonder if flory washes are something similar? I might experiment with something like artists fixative to see what happens.I use soft pastels to make my own washes - I carefully scrape the pastel stick with a scalpel blade, to get a fine powder, then add a few drops of washing up liquid ( to reduce the surface tension ), then carefully add water, to get the desired consistency. It takes a bit of trial & error, but you cam mix any colour you like. As Tim says, they aren't very robust, you need a varnish coat over them to seal them in.
Dave
Cheers Andrew, glad you like it. RA is ci being beaten into submission with NSAIDs, but have a specialist appointment in a couple of weeks to rejig the meds…..Tim
That has turned out very nicely indeed. Very well done, despite the problems you had. Hope the RA is calming down too.
The PSC set I got has one of these as an option..... Not very attractive but definitely something from the usual so might do one.
On the DIY pigments front, it's interesting you use your own. When I first came back for the hobby I heard all about these marvelous pigment thingies and stumbled across a YouTube demo by Plasmo where he showed doing exactly this thing.
£ for £ there is no comparison and of course you can mix your own variations to your heart's content. Someone on another forum I used to be on pointed out as you did that the pigment value on these is so high that they last forever, whereas apparently commercial pigments contain a lot of white chalk as a bulking agent.
Again top notch work. Very well done.
ATB.
Andrew
Cheers Paul, glad you like it.This looks great, Tim. The close-up shots are amazing, although I did wonder why there was a clarinet on the roof. The folded antenna, of course!
Seriously, it's impressive.
Thanks Scottie. Not in your league I’m afraid, but glad it’s finally done!Tim,
That is a cracking result mate, you should be well happy with that.
Thanks Mick. From the shelf of shame to the shelf of show……worth the effort!A cracking job Tim, it can sit on that shelf with pride now.
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