Hope the crapintheback is dry fit or it'll be a b----r to paint. Looks great though. PaulE
SimonT - 1/35 Miniart Dingo - Rons Recon GB
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Cheers Si
Thanks Neil - the trick is thatrope is last to be painted
Paul - thanks. Stowage is all fixed in place. Only loose bits are steering wheel, Bren, passenger seat and the wheels
Still no paint
added a tin hat
and a couple of Duro haversacks
now it is ready for paint
Thanks Neil - the trick is thatrope is last to be painted
Paul - thanks. Stowage is all fixed in place. Only loose bits are steering wheel, Bren, passenger seat and the wheels
Still no paint
added a tin hat
and a couple of Duro haversacks
now it is ready for paint
scottie3158
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Simon,
Lovely work mate bring on the paint
Lovely work mate bring on the paint
Jim R
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Hi Simon
Very nice, detailed build. As Paul says it will be awkward to paint but I tend to prefer that rather than trying to fix ready painted parts in place with glue marks and the resulting touch ups. Paint before next year
?
Jim
Very nice, detailed build. As Paul says it will be awkward to paint but I tend to prefer that rather than trying to fix ready painted parts in place with glue marks and the resulting touch ups. Paint before next year
?Jim
Scottie / Jim - primed this morning with AK black so should be ready for a base coat
Same here Jim - with it all fitted I know there will not be issues later and although it makes painting tricky it should be ok in the end
Same here Jim - with it all fitted I know there will not be issues later and although it makes painting tricky it should be ok in the end
Si - thanks. Think I have nearly got the hang of Duro
Fanfare please, we have paint
Don't have many specific British paints so used my AK Africa Corps modulation set - it's sand coloured
During painting my non too stable airbrush holder decided to topple over and land on the main body of the vehicle, breaking off the right side window
Luckily it was a clean break at the hinges so no real damage done
A bit of superglue and it is now fixed back on
Fanfare please, we have paint
Don't have many specific British paints so used my AK Africa Corps modulation set - it's sand coloured
During painting my non too stable airbrush holder decided to topple over and land on the main body of the vehicle, breaking off the right side window
Luckily it was a clean break at the hinges so no real damage done
A bit of superglue and it is now fixed back on
Steve Jones
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Da dada da da daaaaaaaa
Nice start on the wet stuff Mr T. Sorry to hear about the mishap. Any excuse to keep building during the painting stages LOL
Nice start on the wet stuff Mr T. Sorry to hear about the mishap. Any excuse to keep building during the painting stages LOL
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Got some great coverage regardless. PaulE
The gloss varnish didn't work too well - having had good results with AK ultra matt I went with their ultra gloss
It didn't spray at all well and ended up with a lumpy finish that remained tacky even after a week
stripping it was not really an option as it would destroy all the details so I decided to push on and see what happens
so I added the decals
since I am not trying to replicate a specific vehicle I changed the number - cut off the last digit and replaced it with one from one of the other schemes
for anyone building one of these the right rear arch decal is too large - should really fit below the rear light so needs a little of the red trimming off
unfortunately I couldn't get it off again so had to slice the corner off in place to get it to fit around the light
I took a chance and used some of the Mig decal solution - last time I tried it it destroyed the decals, this time it seemed to be ok so it must depend on how good the decals are
left them to dry for the day and then gave them a coat of Tamiya x22 gloss - should have stuck with that in the first place as it sprayed nicely as usual
I will leave it for a few days and see if it is worth continuing.......
It didn't spray at all well and ended up with a lumpy finish that remained tacky even after a week
stripping it was not really an option as it would destroy all the details so I decided to push on and see what happens
so I added the decals
since I am not trying to replicate a specific vehicle I changed the number - cut off the last digit and replaced it with one from one of the other schemes
for anyone building one of these the right rear arch decal is too large - should really fit below the rear light so needs a little of the red trimming off
unfortunately I couldn't get it off again so had to slice the corner off in place to get it to fit around the light
I took a chance and used some of the Mig decal solution - last time I tried it it destroyed the decals, this time it seemed to be ok so it must depend on how good the decals are
left them to dry for the day and then gave them a coat of Tamiya x22 gloss - should have stuck with that in the first place as it sprayed nicely as usual
I will leave it for a few days and see if it is worth continuing.......
scottie3158
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Simon
Looks good your getting the hang of this painting lark
Looks good your getting the hang of this painting lark
Simon, I've had the same problem with those varnishes, after cleaning out the a/b of small lumps of varnish I strained the next cupful, much better. Definitely seems to clog in lumps when it's left even after a good shake.
Jim R
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Hi Simon
Glad it has come good in the end. I have more trouble with gloss varnish than anything else through the AB. I must have half a dozen makes and still can't be sure of a result. I've settled on Hannants Xtracrylic at the moment. I have never used X22 as a varnish. I just use it to add to Tamiya matt to make it satin.
Anyway your little 'canine' is looking very good.
Jim
Glad it has come good in the end. I have more trouble with gloss varnish than anything else through the AB. I must have half a dozen makes and still can't be sure of a result. I've settled on Hannants Xtracrylic at the moment. I have never used X22 as a varnish. I just use it to add to Tamiya matt to make it satin.
Anyway your little 'canine' is looking very good.
Jim
managed some detail painting on the Dingo
found that the Miniart instructions don't appear to give any detail painting information, just the overall external colour scheme sheet - not so great
Anyway some of the parts have been blocked in:
tyres done with Tamiya rubber black
packs and helmet done with Tamiya khaki
seats and head pads done with red brown
crate with flat earth
captured jerrycans with dark yellow
shovel handle with buff and the blade with black rubber
the hydraulic pipes that I added to the suspension - black rubber
all need more work but it's a start