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Now that is bad luck......
Tim’s Sd.Kfz 263 started Autumn 2014
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To be honest it just made me laugh…..my scratch skills are very rusty so revisiting them was a bonus….
Jim R
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Hi Tim
You found the kit door - I shouldn't laugh but .... The Carpet Monster put it inside when you were sleeping at night.
Scratched door looks fine.
Measuring using dividers is a great idea. Much better than trying to get my ruler into awkward places and then read it. I rather like the sanding board too. Like so many ideas it's obvious when you see it.
Jim
You found the kit door - I shouldn't laugh but .... The Carpet Monster put it inside when you were sleeping at night.
Scratched door looks fine.
Measuring using dividers is a great idea. Much better than trying to get my ruler into awkward places and then read it. I rather like the sanding board too. Like so many ideas it's obvious when you see it.
Jim
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Totally missed this one nice work so far and thanks for making this gb happen.
Worth a laugh Jim, I certainly did (when I stopped swearing)
The carpet monster is in for a shock when he tries to visit his stash though, I moved two years ago LOL…..Glad you liked the scratched door. I’ve used the divider trick for years and years, but have never seen it used elsewhere, so passed it on hoping someone would find it useful. Same with the sanding board. I like simple and obvious, suits my view on life LOL………..
Thanks for the support Peter. Glad you started the GB, this has been hanging around far too long!
"........it's always something."
Certainly is Paul
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Evening Tim,
That's always the way these things go. I don't worry about the carpet monster as I don't have any carpets. I worry about the other modelling problem that plagues the masses. It's calledMarlow's Murphy's Law.............The part flies or falls in the model. You turn it all around and upside down, shake the hell out of it and.........nothing moves or comes out.....Doesn't happen very often, but 
happens!!! Your story gave me a really good chuckle too my friend. Been there, done that and never got a T-shirt either....................
Prost
Allen (Ret.)
That's always the way these things go. I don't worry about the carpet monster as I don't have any carpets. I worry about the other modelling problem that plagues the masses. It's called
happens!!! Your story gave me a really good chuckle too my friend. Been there, done that and never got a T-shirt either....................Prost
Allen (Ret.)
Missed the start so apologies Tim .
Glad to see you write all over the instruction with ticks and notes. As for finding the hatch after all the effort and time, well it had to happen. Still shows you can still scratch well .
Must feel odd building something like this these days .
Glad to see you write all over the instruction with ticks and notes. As for finding the hatch after all the effort and time, well it had to happen. Still shows you can still scratch well .
Must feel odd building something like this these days .
Nothing to apologise for John. Yep, I always make notes on the instructions. It seems the logical place to do it. As to that hatch….I’m still amazed!
It does feel a little odd. I’d forgotten how awkward they are to hold. Mind you, they don’t all have this many bits sticking out….it’s like an armoured porcupine. I did “big” armour like this for a few years before I joined Milmod. By the time I joined that site i was mostly making 1/48 aircraft, then back on to the little guys. In between I have done large scale figures and busts, along with a couple of cars and motor bikes. What would feel really weird now is scratch building 4mm railways stuff. That’s something I haven’t done since I returned to the hobby seven years ago. I think this was the third or fourth kit I built after restarting modelling.
Thanks Mick.
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Very nice work so far Tim, I built the old Tamiya version many years ago, it lies in obscurity in the attic...poor thing.
I should take her out and spruce her up a bit and put her out, maybe over the winter.
I've always loved the big German "wheelers" from WW2 especially this one.
Will keep an eye on
Jim.
I should take her out and spruce her up a bit and put her out, maybe over the winter.
I've always loved the big German "wheelers" from WW2 especially this one.
Will keep an eye on
Jim.
Thanks Jim. I always liked the look of this version as well. It’s a great kit, but is actually quite fragile to work on because of the extensive surface detail. I’m almost at the end of the detail painting stage, and will have to weather it soon. I’m not going overboard with the dust though, so it will probably just get a light dusting of pastel chalks and some desert pigments.Very nice work so far Tim, I built the old Tamiya version many years ago, it lies in obscurity in the attic...poor thing.
I should take her out and spruce her up a bit and put her out, maybe over the winter.
I've always loved the big German "wheelers" from WW2 especially this one.
Will keep an eye on
Jim.
Not posted on this for a while because I had a bad RA flare and couldn’t model for a couple of weeks. Still, onwards and upwards…..I have now completed the detail painting and done a bit of grubbing up with pastel chalks…..
….and these are the bits that fell off……
Some of the pictures show the effect more clear than others….
This thing is too fragile for much more dusty work…..I’m not using pastels or pigment underneath because it simply isn’t visible when she’s on the shelf. I’ll probably just complete the assembly now and call that it!
Hope you like it, nearly there now and hopefully not that long before she’s all done……
….and these are the bits that fell off……
Some of the pictures show the effect more clear than others….
This thing is too fragile for much more dusty work…..I’m not using pastels or pigment underneath because it simply isn’t visible when she’s on the shelf. I’ll probably just complete the assembly now and call that it!
Hope you like it, nearly there now and hopefully not that long before she’s all done……
Oh, and I will finish the metal bits as well…..if you see anything I’ve missed please sing out!
Finally finished the big pig…….
That’s the all around shots. The finish has been bleached out a little, so I took some close ups to try and show the finish I got in a little more detail…
Shows it a little better I think. It also shows that the replacement hatch door fits in pretty well.
Over all, I’m quite happy with her now. I can see bits that could be improved, but I got fed up sticking bits back on LOL….I’ve also lost a bit of my weathering technique skills because I haven’t used them for quite a while.
Hope she passes muster!
Thanks to this GB, it got her over the line after so many years……back to my comfort zone now……
That’s the all around shots. The finish has been bleached out a little, so I took some close ups to try and show the finish I got in a little more detail…
Shows it a little better I think. It also shows that the replacement hatch door fits in pretty well.
Over all, I’m quite happy with her now. I can see bits that could be improved, but I got fed up sticking bits back on LOL….I’ve also lost a bit of my weathering technique skills because I haven’t used them for quite a while.
Hope she passes muster!
Thanks to this GB, it got her over the line after so many years……back to my comfort zone now……
Strikes me that some might be interested in what I’ve used to finish her….
basically I completed the basic paint in Matt varnish, then broke out these things….
Pastel chalks…..great for varying a finish as they subtly tint a Matt surface……not so good if you handle your stuff a lot though, they wear off and subsequent varnishes can obliterate them. Very fine textured, they stick well to Matt finishes…..the fine Emery paper is used to grind them up before use.
Cares weathering powders…..I’ve had these since Pontius was a pilot, bought well back in my railway days at least twenty five years ago….……they were around many years before Mig et al reinvented the wheel. They are coarser than the pastels, but not huge grained like the modern pigments. It means they are more in scale for dust and rust effects. They also stick well to a Matt surface so don’t need additional fixative unless you are going to handle your toys a lot….unfortunately I don’t think they are still in production anymore…..
I do have modern Mig pigments, but save them for really heavy deposits….
Hope this is of interest….
basically I completed the basic paint in Matt varnish, then broke out these things….
Pastel chalks…..great for varying a finish as they subtly tint a Matt surface……not so good if you handle your stuff a lot though, they wear off and subsequent varnishes can obliterate them. Very fine textured, they stick well to Matt finishes…..the fine Emery paper is used to grind them up before use.
Cares weathering powders…..I’ve had these since Pontius was a pilot, bought well back in my railway days at least twenty five years ago….……they were around many years before Mig et al reinvented the wheel. They are coarser than the pastels, but not huge grained like the modern pigments. It means they are more in scale for dust and rust effects. They also stick well to a Matt surface so don’t need additional fixative unless you are going to handle your toys a lot….unfortunately I don’t think they are still in production anymore…..
I do have modern Mig pigments, but save them for really heavy deposits….
Hope this is of interest….
I've looked into getting some pastels before and was told to get a metal fine tea strainer to 'grind' down the pastels into a powder. I've used pastels before for exhaust stains but as you say. It can become 'lost' when a varnish is applied.