1/35 Soviet T26 Tank and a Zvezda M72 Motor cycle and side car .

[The Smythe Meister]

..... my hairdryer is a permanent fixture at the bench. It even has its own hanging hook like in a salon .......

SNAP!!

 

[Andy T]

I wouldn’t use a hairdryer with oils or enamels, by the way, you’ll just flock the figure with dust…..

Usually static grass in my case. It seems to hide everywhere until there's some wet paint around!

 

[Jim R]

I use a light box to dry paint. The light helps oils dry and the box gets warm. It also keeps the dust out. It's just a plastic box with a low wattage bulb. I just drilled a few holes in the lid for ventilation. The black tape is just where I clumsily cracked the lid when drilling

 

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely John, sorry I got behind.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Mini Me]

Keep it coming JR, they're starting to look like "rookies"!

 

[JR]

Impatient as I am, my hairdryer is a permanent fixture at the bench. It even has its own hanging hook like in a salon

Failing that I have a food dehydrator that I use as a mini oven. I don't get near its 70°C maximum though!

Andy .
Sounds like something I could use to start fires Thanks for the reply .
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I’ve got one for when I work on individual figures or busts. I always use it on cool. At a pinch you can use an airbrush with no paint in it. I don’t find it necessary for batch painted figures though. By the time I’ve got back to the first figure, it’s dry. I wouldn’t use a hairdryer with oils or enamels, by the way, you’ll just flock the figure with dust…..

Tim as these are painted in a batch I can see your point .It's just that to me it takes a long time from when I just put straight paint on to the plastic .

SNAP!!

Ha, my hair dryer has to stay in the cupboard,there enough stuff in the bench as it is

I use a light box to dry paint. The light helps oils dry and the box gets warm. It also keeps the dust out. It's just a plastic box with a low wattage bulb. I just drilled a few holes in the lid for ventilation. The black tape is just where I clumsily cracked the lid when drilling
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Very neat and sensible idea Jim, I've seen people put freshly painted models under cover ,but never seen a light for heating .

Coming on nicely John, sorry I got behind.

ATB.

Andrew

No worries Andrew, I miss more post normally than you .Thanks for looking in .

Keep it coming JR, they're starting to look like "rookies"!

Rick my old buddy , indeed they are.
Been looking U Tube at a guy called LPS models , he shows a neat way of painting Russian figures . Might strip these off and use his method .

 

[spanner570]

.......Might strip these off and use his method.

Now't wrong with your own method. Why change?

453, we all have our own way of getting the result we want.

570

 

[Graeme C.]

Just had a catch up John, figures are looking good, why change what works for you?

 

[JR]

Now't wrong with your own method. Why change?

453, we all have our own way of getting the result we want.

570

570, thank you, I've just asked a question about the primer used , you may want to read and say what you think .

Just had a catch up John, figures are looking good, why change what works for you?

Thanks Graeme, I was looking at my figures and thinking the base coat didn't show through enough to give some shadows . The thing is if you spend too long looking at what you've done you start to imagine other methods look better .

 

[JR]

Hi all, been busy on the figures , buy after painting some of their kit decided a change was required .
Back to the T26. Tracks went on. Had a message from my technical advisor that the drive sockets had been assembled incorrectly ! I had wondered why some pins on the outer part didn't line up , the inner spacer was wrong . Out with my trusty saw and luckily cut the right amount off .Used the Dude 1 method of measuring , it works .
Tracks were painted after being stuck in a carton of treatment that had been used before. Worth keeping when you've used it once . Then eased them on.
Following this I fitted the track guards . Covered the tracks up and sprayed the guards.
On board tools are in progress . Handles on the shovels are next .

Few photos.


Once the tools are fixed and the exhaust fully painted a coat of varnish , oh nearly for got the decals !

Thanks for looking in, comments welcomed .

 

[Mini Me]

Oh my, look at you go JR......that is looking very "Rooskie" and a lovely bit of "sag" you have as well!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking very nice indeed John.
The finish on the bodywork looks very realistic, and the build up of the local environment on,and around, the running gear is just right IMHO ,
All in all,this is looking most excellent Sir

 

[JR]

Oh my, look at you go JR......that is looking very "Rooskie" and a lovely bit of "sag" you have as well!

Thanks Rick , sag is lucky thats its on a Russian and not German

Looking very nice indeed John.
The finish on the bodywork looks very realistic, and the build up of the local environment on,and around, the running gear is just right IMHO ,
All in all,this is looking most excellent Sir

Thanks Andy, the stuff on the hull and running gear is washed garden soil and a little Vallejo yellow pigment.

 

[langy71]

Cracking stuff indeed John, really love the sprinkling of 'cruddage' on the running gear, it's just enough to show a used tank, and not too much that it looks like it's been left in a field to rot for 50 years...

 

[JR]

Cracking stuff indeed John, really love the sprinkling of 'cruddage' on the running gear, it's just enough to show a used tank, and not too much that it looks like it's been left in a field to rot for 50 years...

Thanks Chris, so easy to over do, in fact I nearly added more, now glad I didn't

 

[Scratchbuilder]

What ho! Wobble
Just caught up with your build, how I missed it - unforgivable.
See you have had some fun along the way, going blind with the tracks, amazed at the fit of parts, just another day at the office for you...
Cracking build as usual from you.
Wibble.

 

[JR]

What ho! Wobble
Just caught up with your build, how I missed it - unforgivable.
See you have had some fun along the way, going blind with the tracks, amazed at the fit of parts, just another day at the office for you...
Cracking build as usual from you.
Wibble.

Hello my friend, you've had other things to do so that's alright. Yes normal problems now overcome .
Wobble

 

[outrunner]

Looking the part John.

Andy.

 

[Jim R]

That's looking great John. Particularly impressed with the weathering on the tracks and running gear.

 

[JR]

Looking the part John.

Andy.

Thanks Andy , hope you approve of the next photos , the bike has been varnished ready to weather .

That's looking great John. Particularly impressed with the weathering on the tracks and running gear.

Cheers Jim . Gradually coming together.