Steve Jones
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You have excelled yourself on this project Mr T. There is so much to luv about this build. Figures are great to watch coming together Beautiful craftmanship all round
SimonT - 1/35 Tamiya Sdkfz.223
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Jim R
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Hi Simon
Details and more details. I like the protective light cages. Looking forward to the figures. Seems a good way to get poses just as you want. Sensible to use heads, hands and feet as they are probably harder to sculpt than clothing.
Jim
Details and more details. I like the protective light cages. Looking forward to the figures. Seems a good way to get poses just as you want. Sensible to use heads, hands and feet as they are probably harder to sculpt than clothing.
Jim
Cheers Steve - figures will be interesting. I've started quite a few over the years but not completed many and it's been a while since the last one
Hi Jim - thanks. Yes, free rein to position them to mimic the reference photos rather than cut'n'shut of modifying kit parts but then I have to sculpt everything else so more work overall.
Hornet heads are great and way better than anything I can make. The boots and stumpy hands help keep things in the right proportions, at least that is the idea
John - made me chuckle
Not much done to report on
Last figure armature has been loosely assembled now as per the other two
Made a start on stowage
box made for the front left mudguard based on reference photo
There seems to have been quite a variety of racks and boxes added by crews - rather than depicting a particular vehicle I have just used a random mixture of things seen in photos
a rather fuzzy tarp draped around the aerial support (takes ages to sculpt them fuzzy like that
)
not sure I like how it turned out - may get binned and attempted again
Hi Jim - thanks. Yes, free rein to position them to mimic the reference photos rather than cut'n'shut of modifying kit parts but then I have to sculpt everything else so more work overall.
Hornet heads are great and way better than anything I can make. The boots and stumpy hands help keep things in the right proportions, at least that is the idea
John - made me chuckle
Not much done to report on
Last figure armature has been loosely assembled now as per the other two
Made a start on stowage
box made for the front left mudguard based on reference photo
There seems to have been quite a variety of racks and boxes added by crews - rather than depicting a particular vehicle I have just used a random mixture of things seen in photos
a rather fuzzy tarp draped around the aerial support (takes ages to sculpt them fuzzy like that
)not sure I like how it turned out - may get binned and attempted again
Still didn't like that tarp so off it came
another one went on the front over the jerrycans
added the rope around the front bumper
added a length of chain and the ever present bucket to the rear - bucket pinched from a Tamiya half track
helmet from the kit - chiselled out the insides and added a headband inside from micro strip
looks like the chin strap has broken as I took the picture - it was ok a few seconds before
a bit of rectification required there
made some new stowage for the rear
CA'd bloke 1 together and made a start on posing him - needs a bit of fine tuning
another one went on the front over the jerrycans
added the rope around the front bumper
added a length of chain and the ever present bucket to the rear - bucket pinched from a Tamiya half track
helmet from the kit - chiselled out the insides and added a headband inside from micro strip
looks like the chin strap has broken as I took the picture - it was ok a few seconds before
a bit of rectification required there
made some new stowage for the rear
CA'd bloke 1 together and made a start on posing him - needs a bit of fine tuning
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
If you have a spare bit of the green stuff, an overhanging rag in the bucket might look good. Lovely update as always Mr T
Steve - good idea
John - oh no, the bucket of shame
having got a bit lazy last night just attaching the bucket as it came off the sprue I was quite rightly taken to task by John
so.....
soaked it in Tammy cement until it came loose and then prised the chain out of it
pulled off and binned the handle then pared it down on the inside with a blade and thinned the rim
since it was now in pieces I distressed the surface with a micro file to create a dented look
made a couple of handle mounts from copper sheet with 0.5mm holes for the handle and CA'd them to the rim
made a new handle from 0.5mm steel wire - the spring of the wire holds the ends through the mount holes
hung the bucket back on the hook and put the chain inside - the weight caused the bucket to tilt nicely so CA'd everything in place
mixed up a small piece of Duro and rolled it out wafer thin - cut the edges off to form a square rag then used a rubber tipped sculpting tool to push it in to the bucket and shape it
hopefully it is no longer the bucket of shame and will pass inspection
John - oh no, the bucket of shame
having got a bit lazy last night just attaching the bucket as it came off the sprue I was quite rightly taken to task by John
so.....
soaked it in Tammy cement until it came loose and then prised the chain out of it
pulled off and binned the handle then pared it down on the inside with a blade and thinned the rim
since it was now in pieces I distressed the surface with a micro file to create a dented look
made a couple of handle mounts from copper sheet with 0.5mm holes for the handle and CA'd them to the rim
made a new handle from 0.5mm steel wire - the spring of the wire holds the ends through the mount holes
hung the bucket back on the hook and put the chain inside - the weight caused the bucket to tilt nicely so CA'd everything in place
mixed up a small piece of Duro and rolled it out wafer thin - cut the edges off to form a square rag then used a rubber tipped sculpting tool to push it in to the bucket and shape it
hopefully it is no longer the bucket of shame and will pass inspection
rtfoe
SMF Supporter
You're suppose to restrain yourself...what are friends for.Steve - good idea
John - oh no, the bucket of shame
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having got a bit lazy last night just attaching the bucket as it came off the sprue I was quite rightly taken to task by John
so.....
soaked it in Tammy cement until it came loose and then prised the chain out of it
pulled off and binned the handle then pared it down on the inside with a blade and thinned the rim
since it was now in pieces I distressed the surface with a micro file to create a dented look
made a couple of handle mounts from copper sheet with 0.5mm holes for the handle and CA'd them to the rim
made a new handle from 0.5mm steel wire - the spring of the wire holds the ends through the mount holes
hung the bucket back on the hook and put the chain inside - the weight caused the bucket to tilt nicely so CA'd everything in place
mixed up a small piece of Duro and rolled it out wafer thin - cut the edges off to form a square rag then used a rubber tipped sculpting tool to push it in to the bucket and shape it
hopefully it is no longer the bucket of shame and will pass inspection
Cheers,
Richard
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Niiiiiiice!
Morning Simon.
There are buckets and there are buckets , that is a BUCKET of distinction.
Looks perfect , far more in keeping with your normally approach to a build .
There are buckets and there are buckets , that is a BUCKET of distinction.
Looks perfect , far more in keeping with your normally approach to a build .
Not much to show tonight - couldn't be bothered due to heat
It is just too hot for me - just after midnight and still 26degC - anything above 20 and I just start to dissolve
going by reference photos it was common practice to hang water bottles on the side of the hull
the kit would have you just stick them straight to the hull - not great
the real bottles had a small spring clip fastened to the strap on the rear. This allowed them to be clipped to the D rings on the bread bag or in this case on to a piece of rope strung across the side of the vehicle
tried bending some clips but they proved to be just too small so I resorted to using two links from a piece of Aber etch chain
the two links were twisted 90deg to each other, CA'd to the back of the water bottle and then strung on some nylon thread
the thread was then tied to the jerrycan rack and the aerial mount and stiffened with a little CA to stop it flopping about
It is just too hot for me - just after midnight and still 26degC - anything above 20 and I just start to dissolve
going by reference photos it was common practice to hang water bottles on the side of the hull
the kit would have you just stick them straight to the hull - not great
the real bottles had a small spring clip fastened to the strap on the rear. This allowed them to be clipped to the D rings on the bread bag or in this case on to a piece of rope strung across the side of the vehicle
tried bending some clips but they proved to be just too small so I resorted to using two links from a piece of Aber etch chain
the two links were twisted 90deg to each other, CA'd to the back of the water bottle and then strung on some nylon thread
the thread was then tied to the jerrycan rack and the aerial mount and stiffened with a little CA to stop it flopping about
Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
I know that feeling!!
Nice work on the bottles. I wish you all the best fine painting that lot.
Fantastic detail going on here Si...gotta find me some of that DURO stuff and hopefully master it’s use like you have. Keep it coming
Jim R
SMF Supporter
Hi Simon
Jim
Now that is dedication - clever way of doing it. Looks good. Quite common to see stuff just "placed" onto vehicles with no visible means of support. Shame 'cause it never looks right.
Jim
Steve, John, Paul, Joe, Jim - thank you all
Not 100% Jim but looks the part and better than just sticking them to the hull. At least this way I got them on the 'rope' (actually super strong, none fluffy, nylon thread) so they could hang naturally
finally got around to assembling the basic mannequins and sorting out poses
I then made a start on fleshing them out using Magic Sculp
even though I have various commercial sculpting tools I still find my homemade one works best for this stage
made from a large paperclip and a chunky section of sprue CA'd together and faired in with Duro
one end is now a curved spatula shape
the other is filed into a knife shape
Not 100% Jim but looks the part and better than just sticking them to the hull. At least this way I got them on the 'rope' (actually super strong, none fluffy, nylon thread) so they could hang naturally
finally got around to assembling the basic mannequins and sorting out poses
I then made a start on fleshing them out using Magic Sculp
even though I have various commercial sculpting tools I still find my homemade one works best for this stage
made from a large paperclip and a chunky section of sprue CA'd together and faired in with Duro
one end is now a curved spatula shape
the other is filed into a knife shape
Jim R
SMF Supporter
Morning Simon
Bucket looks good now. Nice of John to keep you on your toes - we really can't let you get lazy in your old age
Figures are coming on nicely. I suppose the cling film is just to stop the putty sticking when getting the figures to "place" naturally. Little sculpting tool looks useful.
Jim
Bucket looks good now. Nice of John to keep you on your toes - we really can't let you get lazy in your old age
Figures are coming on nicely. I suppose the cling film is just to stop the putty sticking when getting the figures to "place" naturally. Little sculpting tool looks useful.
Jim
Excuse us Wise One.Morning Simon
Bucket looks good now. Nice of John to keep you on your toes - we really can't let you get lazy in your old age
Figures are coming on nicely. I suppose the cling film is just to stop the putty sticking when getting the figures to "place" naturally. Little sculpting tool looks useful.
Jim
Yes Jim, I was shocked to see the state of that bucket, I'm putting it down to the heat, quite unlike Himself to offer that. Only noticed it because he has trained me so well .