M60A2 PATTON

[135engineer]

Yes im gona use blue tac on this because it is stffer than silly putty and I can flatten it out and exacto cut the shapes I want and then apply it

 

[135engineer]

blue tac is on the areas where we want to retain the olive color

Since we are doing a winter theme merdc white is the next color because white is easier to cover that other darker colors

 

[helios]

Interesting.

Winter camo should be pretty cool. Can't wait to see it.






And sorry about the pun...it just kinda happened. On second thought...no I'm not. :laugh:

 

[135engineer]

Now the next layer of tac to retain the white areas

Blue tac comes off

 

[135engineer]

Now to finish off the winter merdc The black is hand painted . I use a black grey to do this . So now we have a winter merdc in a little more than a hour of bench time

It is a rather fast kinda simplified sbs but hopefully it helps those who want to do a merdc theme

 

[jknaus]

WOW. Very nicely done
James

 

[135engineer]

Thanks james :salute

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Now we're cooking with gas! Nice paintwork!

 

[Swordsman]

Swordsman I love to use lacquers as well. The trick is to use very light coats it will even work in high humidity. The secret to a good lacquer shine is to use a gloss base coat. I have a side project and if enough people want too see it I will do a sbs on shooting a chrome finish you can see your reflection in.

Kewl I just ordered some transparent Candy Apple Red, I have a MM silver metallic spray paint ready to spray my '61 Galaxy ...

 

[Swordsman]

Nice paint job Dude !!! ... On the winter merdc was, that a brush or paint pen ?? I've been think of trying one of those ...

 

[helios]

That turned out awesome! :woohoo:

I may have to get some of that stuff and experiment with it on an aircraft...

 

[Duke Maddog]

Looking good! I can appreciate why you like the blu-tack better. I like the Silly Putty myself because of it's flexibility in getting into tight areas. I do the same thing with my three-tone camo patterns. You can see mine if you look back far enough on the "What's on the Workbench" Thread.

Thanks for the step-by-step! I'm glad I'm doing it right after seeing this.

 

[moon puppy]

Wooo dude! :dude

 

[135engineer]

Thanks Guys yall are too kind. But since you have encouraged me I will keep the sbs coming on different topics. I tend to do things a little differently and a bit simpler. I also plan on coming back to the bergepanther this weekend and doing some molding and casting so stay tuned Im gona pull a couple tricks with the base work.

 

[135engineer]

Gerry. I used a 00 sable brush . The trick is to keep the brush full of paint.

 

[135engineer]

Got two coats of allclad gloss on in preparation for the next step. I don't usually do a gloss but in order to preserve the color integrity its necessary this time

 

[135engineer]

For those who wanted a natural metal sbs . It is posted in the finish forum . Thanks for looking hope it helps. Questions ?

 

[Hippy Ed]

:captain :drool :drool Dude!!

 

[135engineer]

Thanks Ed. Don't encourage me too much. Its like feeding a stray dog . Pretty soon you give em a name then you going to the vet getting their shots ...... we can pass on the neutering part. Next thing you know your building a model house in the back yard . Then you never get rid of them. LOL :yipee

 

[Duke Maddog]

Great job Engineer! The tanks is looking great! I'll go check out the SBS a little later today.