Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Ditto. It's been a joy watching this come together Alistair. Good luck with the wet stuff
Saddam’s Brolly
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Si, Steve, Jakko- most kind of you chaps!
I broke it all down for paint, and mounted all the bits on sticks. I PVA’d the hull to a stand made out of an old CD stacker so I didn’t have to handle it again too:
Ready to prime...
...primed! Now we’re in stealth mode...
According to my main reference (a build in Rinaldi’s Tankart 3 book), the base colour is a straight 1:1 mix of XF1 white and XF15 flesh, which gives a sort of Iraqi B&Q magnolia:
You can make out where the black primer has acted as a preshade in this view. The gun & wheels got the treatment too:
I sprayed the wheels using a mask, so the rubber tyres stayed in the primer colour.
Next episode...weathering!
Alistair☠️
I broke it all down for paint, and mounted all the bits on sticks. I PVA’d the hull to a stand made out of an old CD stacker so I didn’t have to handle it again too:
Ready to prime...
...primed! Now we’re in stealth mode...
According to my main reference (a build in Rinaldi’s Tankart 3 book), the base colour is a straight 1:1 mix of XF1 white and XF15 flesh, which gives a sort of Iraqi B&Q magnolia:
You can make out where the black primer has acted as a preshade in this view. The gun & wheels got the treatment too:
I sprayed the wheels using a mask, so the rubber tyres stayed in the primer colour.
Next episode...weathering!
Alistair☠️
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Niiiice!
Ok then, time for the next chapter...paint & weathering!
I used a sponge to dab on some scratches around the hull behind the running gear, as a couple of pics I’d seen of these vehicles indicated that the tracks either rubbed on the hull during running, or threw up a lot of crap that scoured the paintwork:
I also used some Liquid pigments Colonial Sand to cake some sand & dust around the suspension. Next up, I used the Fruils tracks to wear away the paint on the horns of the metal sprockets to get a more authentic wear pattern (enhanced with a bit of scalpel scraping too):
After adding the rest of the running gear, I gave the hull a pin wash with dark brown enamel wash:
In the next instalment, chipping, pigments and stains!
Thanks for looking,
Alistair☠️
I used a sponge to dab on some scratches around the hull behind the running gear, as a couple of pics I’d seen of these vehicles indicated that the tracks either rubbed on the hull during running, or threw up a lot of crap that scoured the paintwork:
I also used some Liquid pigments Colonial Sand to cake some sand & dust around the suspension. Next up, I used the Fruils tracks to wear away the paint on the horns of the metal sprockets to get a more authentic wear pattern (enhanced with a bit of scalpel scraping too):
After adding the rest of the running gear, I gave the hull a pin wash with dark brown enamel wash:
In the next instalment, chipping, pigments and stains!
Thanks for looking,
Alistair☠️
scottie3158
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Al,
Just caught up with this again. Stunning work on all the additions and paint work.
Just caught up with this again. Stunning work on all the additions and paint work.
Jim R
SMF Supporter
Hi Alistair
That paint job looks great and the black base was a really successful idea. Love the scratches/wear caused by the tracks. Attention to detail like that makes this extra special.
Jim
That paint job looks great and the black base was a really successful idea. Love the scratches/wear caused by the tracks. Attention to detail like that makes this extra special.
Jim
Tony- watching from afar? We’re in the same city! 
Jim- you know how addictive that detailing can get!
Scottie, Steven- many thanks gents!
Pushing on then...
I used a couple of AK enamel washes to create streaks and a bit of rusting. Seeing as the hulls of these vehicles are predominantly Aluminium, the rust can only really be present on the steelwork, but water runoff can streak rust down the sides:
I also scraped a black pastel chalk with a blade to get diesel soot for the exhaust flaps. After some reflection (and a bit of advice from another moggle) I decided the streaks were a bit heavy-handed, so I toned them down with a little thinner:
Obviously, the armament required similar treatment:
I sponge-chipped the ammo cans with a little aluminium, and burnished the seat pans with some pencil graphite dust. I took the view that the guns would not have been assiduously maintained leading up to the fall of Baghdad, so they got a light rust wash too.
More soon- thanks for looking chaps!
Alistair☠️
Jim- you know how addictive that detailing can get!
Scottie, Steven- many thanks gents!
Pushing on then...
I used a couple of AK enamel washes to create streaks and a bit of rusting. Seeing as the hulls of these vehicles are predominantly Aluminium, the rust can only really be present on the steelwork, but water runoff can streak rust down the sides:
I also scraped a black pastel chalk with a blade to get diesel soot for the exhaust flaps. After some reflection (and a bit of advice from another moggle) I decided the streaks were a bit heavy-handed, so I toned them down with a little thinner:
Obviously, the armament required similar treatment:
I sponge-chipped the ammo cans with a little aluminium, and burnished the seat pans with some pencil graphite dust. I took the view that the guns would not have been assiduously maintained leading up to the fall of Baghdad, so they got a light rust wash too.
More soon- thanks for looking chaps!
Alistair☠️
Up to your usual standards. Beautyiful scratchery. PaulE
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Nice to see you using reference photos for your weathering work. It certainly is coming along a treat. Great stuff
Jim R
SMF Supporter
Hi Alistair
Seriously good stuff going on. Weathering can make or break a model. Your's is realistic, reflects the conditions and is 'in scale'.
Jim
Seriously good stuff going on. Weathering can make or break a model. Your's is realistic, reflects the conditions and is 'in scale'.
Jim
Paul, Steve, Jim- thanks guys!
Time for the next instalment then gents...weathering continued!
I used my standard sponge-chipping method on this thing, using a combination of Russian Green (the colour it would have been supplied in), black-brown and a little aluminium to add scratches and chips on the corners and raised parts. I then scraped the tip of a 2B pencil with a scalpel to get a pile of graphite dust, which I then used to burnish more of the working parts, such as the hinges, handles and hatches:
The tracks got a clean in acetone, and then a dunking in this burnishing fluid (other brands are available):
I then used a bit of wet ‘n dry to scuff the cleats and guide horns to show a little wear:
to be continued...
Time for the next instalment then gents...weathering continued!
I used my standard sponge-chipping method on this thing, using a combination of Russian Green (the colour it would have been supplied in), black-brown and a little aluminium to add scratches and chips on the corners and raised parts. I then scraped the tip of a 2B pencil with a scalpel to get a pile of graphite dust, which I then used to burnish more of the working parts, such as the hinges, handles and hatches:
The tracks got a clean in acetone, and then a dunking in this burnishing fluid (other brands are available):
I then used a bit of wet ‘n dry to scuff the cleats and guide horns to show a little wear:
to be continued...
...continued...
Time to put it all together then! Here it is in weathered form:
Next instalment will start the diorama setting...
Thanks for looking chaps,
Alistair☠️
Time to put it all together then! Here it is in weathered form:
Next instalment will start the diorama setting...
Thanks for looking chaps,
Alistair☠️
scottie3158
SMF Supporter
Bones,
Hats off Sir, that is a cracking build.
Hats off Sir, that is a cracking build.
Scottie, Mike- thanks awfully chaps! Means a great deal to get such support from mogglers of your calibre
Ok then, having spent a few months building the “Brolly”, it was time to give her some context. I decided on a side street in Baghdad, being guarded by a US Marine, having been abandoned by Militia as the US Forces occupied the city. First off was a small base, which I coated in tile grout, primed and then painted in various toast-shades of oil paint:
The cinderblock wall was made out of a polystyrene pizza base, as were the kerbstones. Next up, I decided on an olive tree to lurk behind the wall, made from a bit of tree root and sea foam foliage:
Whenever I see footage of the Iraq War, I am always struck by how much filth is strewn about. I appreciate that public services were probably somewhat disrupted during the war though. I decided I fancied including a rubbish heap in the corner of the scene, and collated some resin rubbish, a Meng dumpster and a bit of homemade crap:
It becomes obvious why someone would throw away a mattress here:
The figure was an old one from Mig Productions, and depicts a Marine in a MOPP suit (Method of Protective Posture, a frankly idiotic mnemonic), the US version of NBC gear, which the advance forces were ordered to wear in case Saddam deployed his arsenal of WMDs (ha!). By all accounts it was hideous to wear in the Iraqi heat. Of course, they were in forest camouflage, not desert.
His arms didn’t fit all that well, and he was missing the tips of his finger & thumb, so I made good with green stuff. His M16 needed a new barrel & a strap too:
Next instalment: painting the little man!
Alistair☠️
Ok then, having spent a few months building the “Brolly”, it was time to give her some context. I decided on a side street in Baghdad, being guarded by a US Marine, having been abandoned by Militia as the US Forces occupied the city. First off was a small base, which I coated in tile grout, primed and then painted in various toast-shades of oil paint:
The cinderblock wall was made out of a polystyrene pizza base, as were the kerbstones. Next up, I decided on an olive tree to lurk behind the wall, made from a bit of tree root and sea foam foliage:
Whenever I see footage of the Iraq War, I am always struck by how much filth is strewn about. I appreciate that public services were probably somewhat disrupted during the war though. I decided I fancied including a rubbish heap in the corner of the scene, and collated some resin rubbish, a Meng dumpster and a bit of homemade crap:
It becomes obvious why someone would throw away a mattress here:
The figure was an old one from Mig Productions, and depicts a Marine in a MOPP suit (Method of Protective Posture, a frankly idiotic mnemonic), the US version of NBC gear, which the advance forces were ordered to wear in case Saddam deployed his arsenal of WMDs (ha!). By all accounts it was hideous to wear in the Iraqi heat. Of course, they were in forest camouflage, not desert.
His arms didn’t fit all that well, and he was missing the tips of his finger & thumb, so I made good with green stuff. His M16 needed a new barrel & a strap too:
Next instalment: painting the little man!
Alistair☠️
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Slight correction: Mission Oriented Protective Posture, which is not any less idiotic, though. They make decent raincoats if you want one with moderate insulation and don’t mind the rain running down your neck and into the coat.
Will this Marine be wearing the old type of woodland or the newer MARPAT? I’m not sure which they used early on in Iraq.