Mr.Smythe's Hetzer
- Thread starter The Smythe Meister
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Three colour camo always looks nice on wingy things, so should look equally as good on rolly things.
Hi Bob, thanks for the offer.... I'll see how I get on
Yep,fun it is proving to be Tim....so far!!Looks fun Andy. They are tiny though, the one at Bovington seems only about shoulder high. The guy at the back on the box art must be about twelve
Jakko, thanks for the multiple posts and all the info, very interesting stuff
Hi John,yes, looks pretty claustrophobic to me.....think I'd struggle just getting through the hatches!!
Allen, the masks do look very interesting.... both looking forward to them,and apprehensive about them in equal measures!!
Jim,as above really..... but I'm determined to take them on.
........ TBC......
Hi Andrew,tis a nice kit to build
Yeah it is Karl. I've done that type of tracks once before on a Trumpeter KV1, not my favourite,but,as you say, less hassle than individual links and fruits.
Nice one Mick,good to have you along
Totally agree Tony.... there's something about the look of these type of things
Certainly Scottie! So am I actually!!
..... TBC.......
Hi Dave.... I'm interested to see how they go too.watched the build video on "Andy's Hobby Headquarters".... and he gave up with them,I think he just put too much of the lumpy bits on,which interfered with them
HA!! .....Nice progress , however the bench is looking far too sparse , needs cluttering up a bit
It never lasts long Tony.... that more to your liking?!!
I haven't done any 3 colour camo for a LONG time Colin,so fingers crossed!
Cheers Andrew.... much more progress will be posted up this evening
Hi Alan, thanks very much, good to see you look in.
Ok, just a small update until later,checked to make sure all wheels touched the ground....
... and they do!!
The engineering of this kit is top notch,the main gun assembly especially,it needs a bit of care but really does fit together like a glove...
All has now been primed and given a coat of Dark Yellow....
... and the wheels have been "dirtied up" a little....
.... until tonight then......
... and they do!!
The engineering of this kit is top notch,the main gun assembly especially,it needs a bit of care but really does fit together like a glove...
All has now been primed and given a coat of Dark Yellow....
... and the wheels have been "dirtied up" a little....
.... until tonight then......
Going well Andy. Nice looking little beastie…..Ok, just a small update until later,checked to make sure all wheels touched the ground....
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... and they do!!
The engineering of this kit is top notch,the main gun assembly especially,it needs a bit of care but really does fit together like a glove...
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All has now been primed and given a coat of Dark Yellow....
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... and the wheels have been "dirtied up" a little....
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.... until tonight then......
I found that with a T-90 mask by J's works - either you left a lot of bits off, used the mask, then had to paint the bits afterwards, or added all the bits, masked, then had to retouch all the areas where the mask had leaked! I came to a personal opinion that it would be better to hand paint, although, I'm not sure about digital, or pixel camouflage! With aircraft - no problems, with armour, it takes a lot of extra effort!
Dave
Indeed Dave, exactly my thoughts...
.... I'm going to try the first approach that you mentioned
... just as a taster.. I've done the wheels a little..
Obviously it's taking a while to do those blasted tracks!!,hence some wheels left off so far... But it's coming along eh?!!
Obviously it's taking a while to do those blasted tracks!!,hence some wheels left off so far... But it's coming along eh?!!
I would have thought your experiences with TopNotch masks would of had you more than used to doing masked camo by now......
scottie3158
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Andy,
Looking good It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
Looking good It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
Yeah,kind of Karl,
But the Plane ones I've done have been Vinyl previously... These are more like the canopy mask stuff...
...... Probably be fine, I'm just always wary when trying different things for the first time
So then, after the brown,this happened,....
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 ..
... Hmmm, it's been good fun actually, couldn't wait to see the results,but expected the worse!....
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
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 ..
... Hmmm, it's been good fun actually, couldn't wait to see the results,but expected the worse!....
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