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[monica]

that would be a great idea punch and die set up.makes you wounder why not,

and about the only things you can find or get is a punch that dose coffee cards,were the 10th is

free,and they punch out,a 3/4 round,:rolleyes:

with the idea,s you came up with Richi im always very interested ,you never cease to amaze me

 

[Snowman]

Wow, that is a rather swanky hi tech solution, but a cool method of creating the leaves.:eek:

Quite ideal and not so fiddly.

 

[Richi72]

Thanks alot for the compliments you all,

So here's a small update, made some leaves in different tones and detailed them a little and pushed in some detail in the form.

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Then I started with the tree branches on the Stug put together from 2 different kinds, first some top pieces from a plant and glued some sea moose branches to it and fitted theme on the Stug.

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next up is painting the branches and put the leaves on and paint them with heavy diluted oils / acrylics.

then its on too the side plate armor. I decided, not to use all of them but lets see how it turns out.

Tanks for watching

Cheers Richi

 

[monica]

looks great just with that bit of different tones and detailed them a little,has just added so much more,

i real am liking this one, :D

real cannot wait to see how the old girl looks once the camo and skirts are on,

 

[Snowman]

I spotted these on ebay and thought they might interest you.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Telegraphic-pillar-with-4-insulators-Set-contains-2-pcs-/180479978294?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

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Around a fiver each, which ain't too bad...o_O

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Gavin,

will have a look at those.

Cheers Richi

 

[monica]

very nice find Gavin,ta also will have to look them up,

 

[Richi72]

Thanks for the compliments

Here's a small update on the leaves.

Gave the branches a little color.

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used the paper ones and I was not satisfied with the result (need to say I am very picky about those things).

So I had those pe plants and leaves stuff but not enough, but I read about Fimo deko gel a while ago on Calvin Tan's blog and tried it. He put a coat of Fimo on the Pe, heat it with the heat gun and peeled the Fimo of and reproduced a leaf.

So tried that and it worked but after 3 or 4 times the leaves broke from the spru. So i tried to make a silicone mold from it, well that seems to do it, but it didn't because the leaves are very thin so I put them on another piece of copper soldered them together and made a new mold, and that worked great.

But here are some pictures of creating the first mold, the result then the second mold and the result of that. But have a look at it yourself and tell me what you think

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Thanks for watching and as always comments are highly appreciated.

Cheers Richi

 

[tommy1drop]

Nice work Richi, really am enjoying following this build, picking up some great tips and ideas

 

[monica]

very nice Richi,i do like these ones as well,maybe could use some of both to mix them up a bit,

so that stuff Fimo,Liquid i have never seen or herd about,very nice find,and much eazy than using resin as well,

maybe I should look into were to get some along with the acrylic flow improver :rolleyes:

 

[Richi72]

Hello all and thanks for the compliments,

here's a small update on the Stug III, put on the side skirts, put on some damage, and painted them. After that, I put on the branches and detailed them some more. ( they are ready to receive the leaves).

Added the first layer of mud that is mixed out of some dark earth found in the garden and some diluted pva glue. Not that much while most of it probably has fallen of driving on concrete roads.

And that's all for now it's drying time.

Thanks for watching and any kind of comment is welcome.

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Thanks

Cheers Richi

 

[tommy1drop]

That Stug is absolutely perfect Richi

 

[Polux]

Great thread Richi.

Useful, entertained, amazing....genial in all the senses

 

[Alan 45]

That's a nice stug I like what you've done with the sheddies :D

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Guy's

So Alan what do you mean bei

sheddies

that word:rolleyes:

So here is a small update, put the first leaves on and made some pics not the best ones, but it shows what i have done. But there need to be a lot more leaves on the branches.

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Thanks for watching and remember comment of al kind are welcome.

Richi

 

[Deleted member 4203]

I originally thought the leaves would look out of place against the tank, but I was completely wrong! :eek: It looks so realistic and detailed! I think it looks absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to see what comes next :D

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Blair,

well I tried a couple of different mixes of the Fimo deko gel and threw them all together which made a nice mix and as the branches are drying out, the leaves are turning brown. But it took a while until I was satisfied:rolleyes:.

Richi

 

[Alan 45]

Thanks Guy'sSo Alan what do you mean bei

that word:rolleyes:

So here is a small update, put the first leaves on and made some pics not the best ones, but it shows what i have done. But there need to be a lot more leaves on the branches.

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Thanks for watching and remember comment of al kind are welcome.

Richi

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That stug is looking very cool I have one of these and this is the second this week it makes me want to build it but my mojo has gone on holiday

 

[Richi72]

ahh now i understand Alan thanks.

well you will get your mojo back.

I always look at some WWII movies and that works for me.

Cheers Richi

 

[Alan 45]

ahh now i understand Alan thanks.well you will get your mojo back.

I always look at some WWII movies and that works for me.

Cheers Richi

Cheers Richie I'm just doing little stuff at the moment to get it back it usually works but im a bit fed up still lol