StuIG 33B {ST}

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
I'm with Ian. It may not be what you had in mind but I reckon it is far too good to go 'back in the cupboard'.
Jim

 

[MikeC]

Simon,
Not one thing wrong with that finish, now onto the finishing post.
Cheers
Mike

 

[SimonT]

Cheers Wouter - it didn't really turn out like I envisaged as it got left too long

Mick - thank you. It took quite a bit of rebuilding - the original build got up to 260+ photos

Si - thanks. 'best yet' and I wasn't really happy with it
The AK stuff works but don't leave it more than a day as it gets hard to remove the paint. Best would be to do all spraying in the morning and then spend the afternoon with a cocktail stick pulling bits off again

Ian - thank you for another positive vote I am never right sure about my painting 'skills' or lack thereof

Peter - didn't turn out like the 1:1 reference but I decided to do a little more work on it

Jim - cheers

Mike - thanks

It got a black/dark brown water based oil wash into all the nooks and crannies

Then I dropped it when it fell off the stick it was mounted on - oops. Well it is a rather heavy chunk of resin

I expected that to be project terminated but miraculously it survived the 6" fall onto my paints and wooden board without a scratch!

So I went on to paint the tracks and tow rope with VJ track primer followed by a rust pigment/X20 wash

The exhausts got the same treatment plus a sprinkle with more pigment dust - they will need further work once dry to tone things down a bit

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Simon,

Chipping and winter camo are very nice. Good thing this was taken out of the cupboard. Earlier images seem to give the hull a slightly lopped sided look but I guess it was the photo distortion. Better in later images.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[JR]

Simon.
There is nothing amiss with that winter wash, as we discussed some time ago the mixture was manly of white wash, applied in the field in a hurry. STAND AWAY

John

 

[SimonT]

Thanks Richard - no, not lopsided, must be just the angle of the photos

John - the paint is too hard to do any more wear so it will be staying as is


Knocked the rear stowage box off for the third time

No progress worthy of photos though

 

[RonGlass]

Your scratched whitewash camo looks great all the way around to me too Simon... my eyes keep getting drawn to the tracks, they really look the part, good job with the pigments !

 

[SimonT]

Cheers Ron

Tracks still need a rub with a pencil to put some metallic highlights on them

 

[Steve Jones]

Mr T

I have looked through a few pictures on the winter camo scheme and your interpretation does not look out of place at all. It may not have been achieved the way you wanted to but the end result is spot on

The tracks will look great with a little HB

Steve

 

[papa 695]

That looks great Simon, nothing wrong with it at all. Looking forward to more updates.

 

[scottie3158]

Simon,
Your skills and attention to detail knows no limits. I think your being to hard on your self the finish looks ok once it has had a few pin washes I think it will look good

 

[Fernando N]

Great looking reboot Simon.
Fantastic scratch-building as always and the white wash is very nice.
Good luck with the final weathering.

Fernando

 

[SimonT]

Steve, Ian, Scottie, Fernando - thank you one and all

 

[Lee.M]

Hi Simon

Looks good to me. Deserves a place on the front shelf. Pity the interior is hidden.

Regards Lee

 

[SimonT]

Cheers Lee - some of the interior can just about be seen through the rear hatches

 

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
That has turned out very well. Whitewash looks fine and the weathering is nice and realistic.
Jim