'New' Tamiya Marder M

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Looking mighty fine mate.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Scottie much appreciated

Bob

 

[JR]

Morning Mr StuG.

Enjoyably watching this from the back as the front seats were all taken by other Rabbel members.
Now I must take notes as I think I have this in my stash, not going to look as sitting in bed having tea and toast !
Keep it coming .

 

[BattleshipBob]

No bacon and egg washed down with russki vodka!!!

Its a nice kit but a few ejector spots

 

[BattleshipBob]

Now under two thin layers of dark yellow, have tried to leave red showing in the gun compartment too add wear and tear?? Wheel and gun done, next stop is the green and brown stripes and weathering on the gun







Have pigments on order to weather up the hull, suspension etc

bob

 

[Si Benson]

Lovely painting Bob
What paints are you using?

 

[BattleshipBob]

Vallejo Si, only needs a touch of thinner. Never really tried anything else sprayed at 15 psi and lower for the compartment

bob

 

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That's a lovely paint finish I wish I could get that using Vallejo

 

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Scottie, i use those cheap plastic shot glasses to mix the paint with vallejo thinner, good stir and spray at 20 psi or a lot lower for close up.

On the course i did as was told to put my finger on the outside of the glass, let the paint flow up the side, if you cannot see your finger its too thick or see it clearly too thin, works for me.

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Scottie, i use those cheap plastic shot glasses to mix the paint with vallejo thinner, good stir and spray at 20 psi or a lot lower for close up.

On the course i did as was told to put my finger on the outside of the glass, let the paint flow up the side, if you cannot see your finger its too thick or see it clearly too thin, works for me.

Thanks Bob that sounds like good advice will give it ago.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Back to the Marder, cleaned up the paint splatter and will hide some of it with streaks and grime etc, its now had two thin coats of Vallejo satin varnish, the gun and shield are not correctly fitted so are loose






Painted and weathered the ammo bins, did chips and a pencil to show bare metal, again chips as bit too big, bugger!!


a big queue forming for weathering lol

ta bob

 

[Steve Jones]

Well done Bob. Wonderful work. The paint surface looks clean and smooth. Hope all goes well with the pin washes.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks again Steve, must post that chq lol

it looks good so hoping a good base for the weathering assault

bob

 

[BattleshipBob]

Afternoon

Started the weathering, added decals and pin washes. hoping to make the gun look a bit manky and dirt on the rivets etc.






Can see some more cleaning up needs to be done, camera never lies lol

after the extra clean up, interiors, filters and exhaust

bob

 

[MikeC]

Morning Mr StuG.

Enjoyably watching this from the back as the front seats were all taken by other Rabbel members.
Now I must take notes as I think I have this in my stash, not going to look as sitting in bed having tea and toast !
Keep it coming .

Tea and toast, tea and toast, I do hope you are not one of these retirees that lay in bed till 09.00 every day - I do.

 

[MikeC]

Good grief..... that is fantastic work with the paint, it really is. No overfilling of the 'holes', that is superb. I wish i could get the same results - pressure up - pressure down - to thin - too thick......
Looking forward to the end result - a job well done.
Mike.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Wow, thanks Mike. Very much appreciated. Would never have thought it was that good!

Next step is to fit the ammo boxs which are painted, chipped and washed ready. Paint and add radio as well.Then mud worn floor etc with grime streaks on the inside walls. Never done a interior so time like the present!!

 

[Steve Jones]

Very impressive Bob. Looking forward to seeing how the detail painting goes.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Many thanks Steve (again) !

Been working on the interior, added the ammo racks, radio etc , added pin wash and more on the floor to hopefully represent dirt on the tread plate.

will leave to dry and look at pigments next, then add the gun

 

[MikeC]

Bob,
Nothing wrong with your build at all, If I have one comment it is that it does not look like a Stug .
Cheers, Mike.