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I've never tried the salt chipping method Ian, preferring the longer, yet more controlled brush method so I'll be very interested in how your one turns out.

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Well a bit more progress.

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To start with it is now very green!
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A half an hour with a hard toothbrush and the paint with the salt under it is gone. More or less...View attachment 78601

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next sprinkle of salt is now drying ready for the camouflage to go on....
The hatches have been stuck on as well. Dont panic, I have only used liquid masking. A rather good way of sticking things down so they can be easily removed again.

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Look no further Francesco. Its going quite well Polux

Right then, The camouflage has been free handed. The destructions only show one side of the tank, so the other side is worked out from the back and front views....

I'll let this dry until tomorrow then attack it with the trusty toothbrush. I might even have to dig out the wire brush!:eek:

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Looking at the top view I might need to adjust the green at the rear of the turret.... ?
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Wire brush.. just sounds over the top for a plastic model :smiling3: Nice work Ian, following the build and enjoying your work
 
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I like this free hand camouflage Ian.

My inttention was leave the Sherman for a while, but looking your thread... :rolleyes:

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very nice work Ian,thank you for showing us the paint chipping using salt, i have read about it, but never seen it done :rolleyes:

the camouflage, trued out well being hand painted and looks , like a nice blend were the 2 colors meet as well, soft so to say,

great work look forward to next post
 

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Thanks guys and dolls.

I am now contemplating a black and white demarcation band between the green and the sand. I will have to see how steady the hands are later. A few cups of coffee should help! LOL

The markings and the ID numbers might be a bit of a challenge....

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I chickened out on the black/white demarcation line. There is just not enough coffee in the world at the moment!

It is now scrubbed off and apart from some very fine powdered salt that has become a part of the paint (!) and I have scratched it up a bit to get to bare metal here and there.

The decals have been put on. All five of them! They went on last night, and has had loads of micro sol put on. Today they got "abused" with a fibreglass pencil to weather them in to match the paint.

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I am now at a place called "Just how rusty do I want to make this".

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Looking good Ian, especially the paint chipping, coming along very nicely ;)
 

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wow Ian, that has turned out so well in my eyes she is great,the weathering is spot on and seen some hard days work

have to ask have never seen or herd off a fibreglass pencil ? ;) i can see what it dose and looks good,
 
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I really like this chipping effect Ian!

You are doing an excellent work, all the model looks perfect.

You will apply some filter or wash before paint others effects or weathering...?

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Thanks chaps.

Monica, The fibreglass pencil is also known as a burnishing pen and is normally used for cleaning metal with before soldering. I think John had them in the shop. I know that model railway suppliers also sell them. Basically it is a pencil that instead of graphite has a bunch of hard glass fibre strands. A handy tool but watch out for the fibres they DO stick in your fingers and are hard to get out.

Polux: You don't think its weathered enough? lol. Neither did I!

So I dug out the oil paints....A couple or three hours later I have gotten this far.

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I will let this settle over night and have another look at her tomorrow. See if I can find a bit more that needs sorting.

I have even 'popped' a couple of rivets.... Might do a couple more...

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thank you Ian, i will have alook for one , looks like a very useful thing to have about,

oh wow each time i see her she has ha more off a hiding,and looks terrific
 
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Yep! Terrific rusty model :eek:

Looking very good Ian, I really like it!!

Not, I think is weathering enough ;) but....

I'm obstinate as a mule :P , I said because, a filter would join the colors creating a subtler and homogeneous effect....:oops:

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Thanks glad that you like it. So far..... :smiling:

Now about these rubber band tracks. I am really not impressed with them and what I want to do with them... I will have to get hold of some individual link tracks!

So whats the difference between a filter and a wash?

Next trick will be with Vallejo powder pigments..... Have I said that these can be airbrushed.... :eek:

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