Evening from Race Towers, of course with this fine weather where else did you expect me to be.
I've spent the last two afternoons sitting in the warm sun at the garden table with this little chap feeding away on mealworms. He and his female companion are getting tamer by the day. Unfortunately the Starlings have noticed the meal worms are trying to barge in, they won't come if I'm there, so the Black birds can eat as much as they like. The female is shown in the first photo, she's broken her right leg at some point but still flies but has a hard time on the ground.
On with the modelling .
Did a thin wash of a dark brown mixed with the green, once dry I added another lighter brown.
Once dry I sprayed a coat of AK 3RD GEN mixed varnish, glass and mat, as I haven't any semi . again when this was dry, a mixture of Vallejo white and some water washable white, mixed with a little thinners and water to give a very weak mix .
This was brushed on, then a dry brush used to remove a lot of it, wiping on kitchen roll as I went.
The bunker has had some more layers added to the roof to build up the curve, and the hole in the left hand side enlarged to allow the troops entry.
I also added to the side of the gun slit, with angled formboard, then filled with a fine filler .
Progress is being made, need to put some rebar in the new breakthrough hole as well.
Comments welcome, esp on the winter wash, as its a lot thinner than I would normally do and a different paint.
Thanks for looking in.
Dzhon.
Apologies if I'm wrong.
Rick H.
and as I said, wasn't sure myself that it was 'wrong', just looked 'strange'.
