alex wence de leon
Master at Arms
little BIG man
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All Righty ... What's on the bench today?
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alex wence de leon
Master at Arms
Tamiya 1/35 DKW NZ 350cc.
Tankbuilder
Active member
Well, I`m working on a small 8.5`x 6.75`diorama base just forthe fun of building it. I`m not sure what`s goin to go on it yet. Here are few images.
The slightly green tinge is regular moss ground up to an ultra-fine powder in mky small electric coffee bean grinder.
I added this 1/35 scale Jeep just to show scale.
Cheers
The slightly green tinge is regular moss ground up to an ultra-fine powder in mky small electric coffee bean grinder.
I added this 1/35 scale Jeep just to show scale.
Cheers
Tankbuilder
Active member
Here's the same base with a bit of coarse moss ground to a finer size.
The 1/35 scale Jeep again to show the scale.
I removed some small dead branches from a tree in the park. It turned out that some of those small branches were hoolw. I thought they'd make a fantastic hollow log or broken fallen tree.
The 1/35 scale Jeep again to show the scale.
I removed some small dead branches from a tree in the park. It turned out that some of those small branches were hoolw. I thought they'd make a fantastic hollow log or broken fallen tree.
Alex doing Armor? Do tell 
Looks swell Peter
Looks swell Peter
alex wence de leon
Master at Arms
Get ready!
helios
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Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Brilliant work Alex! Way to go!
Tankbuilder, that base is amazing! Fantastic!
Tankbuilder, that base is amazing! Fantastic!
Tankbuilder
Active member
Thanks Duke. I found that by grinding the regular moss into different sizes and textures really makes a dfifference. The ultra-fine powder moss Is fantastic for simulating the fine moss growth you see on the sides of many trees or on the edges of the ruts on dirt roads or trails.
Cheers from Peter
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Looking good Mats! I like it.
It's been awhile, but over the course if the last few weeks I've been able to get more done a little bit at a time. Only recently I've been able to get some airbrushing done.
Okay, let me start with some of my aircraft and helicopters.
I shot a coat of OD over my Dragonfly, only to find that one of the grid patterns on the wing root wasn't fully filled in:
So I filled it some more, sanded it, smoothed it out and then re-shot the OD green. Looks better now:
While I had the OD green out, I shot the two helicopters, first the Israeli Army one...
... and then the US Army one:
Finally, after a clearcoat I was able to apply the decals to the two Cobras:
US Army:
For the Israeli Army Cobra, I needed to remove the landing skids, so I took them off and applied the decals:
That snake decal was really hard to do. I also noticed that I need to remove that emergency triangle there. I had moved it to get the snake decal on and forgot to move it back into place.
Moving on, I also added a grey basecoat to the F-15E Strike Eagle using Euro Dark Grey first. Then I tried to modulate the color with Gunship Grey but it didn't look good. So, I tried to tone it down and blend it all with a misting of Neutral Grey. I might just have to re-do this whole plane as it doesn't look good at all:
The inside of the tail is not black; that is a shadow. This pic taken in a different locations hows that more effectively; as well as how bad the rest of this looks:
That is all I got done with my aircraft. I had also tried painting up the engine to the Monkeemobile. I'm not quite done; there's more I want to do to this:
Moving on, I had also painted my little FWD 3-ton ammo carrier when I had the OD out. Now to mask this and paint the camo pattern on this:
After that I couldn't do much more so I started a short-run Russian fuel truck from Military Wheels. First was the engine and radiator:
Next I did the upper cab, followed by the lower part:
I dry-fit these together to see how they fit. You can see now how short-run this really is:
After this I added my Mr. Surfacer 500 to this:
Gonna try sanding that later.
I started the chassis but didn't get very far at all:
Got tired of that and started the tank. It also had a rough assembly that I'll have to fix:
Oh well, it was only a $3.00 kit....
That's all I have for now, comments are welcome. Thanks for looking in.
It's been awhile, but over the course if the last few weeks I've been able to get more done a little bit at a time. Only recently I've been able to get some airbrushing done.
Okay, let me start with some of my aircraft and helicopters.
I shot a coat of OD over my Dragonfly, only to find that one of the grid patterns on the wing root wasn't fully filled in:
So I filled it some more, sanded it, smoothed it out and then re-shot the OD green. Looks better now:
While I had the OD green out, I shot the two helicopters, first the Israeli Army one...
... and then the US Army one:
Finally, after a clearcoat I was able to apply the decals to the two Cobras:
US Army:
For the Israeli Army Cobra, I needed to remove the landing skids, so I took them off and applied the decals:
That snake decal was really hard to do. I also noticed that I need to remove that emergency triangle there. I had moved it to get the snake decal on and forgot to move it back into place.
Moving on, I also added a grey basecoat to the F-15E Strike Eagle using Euro Dark Grey first. Then I tried to modulate the color with Gunship Grey but it didn't look good. So, I tried to tone it down and blend it all with a misting of Neutral Grey. I might just have to re-do this whole plane as it doesn't look good at all:
The inside of the tail is not black; that is a shadow. This pic taken in a different locations hows that more effectively; as well as how bad the rest of this looks:
That is all I got done with my aircraft. I had also tried painting up the engine to the Monkeemobile. I'm not quite done; there's more I want to do to this:
Moving on, I had also painted my little FWD 3-ton ammo carrier when I had the OD out. Now to mask this and paint the camo pattern on this:
After that I couldn't do much more so I started a short-run Russian fuel truck from Military Wheels. First was the engine and radiator:
Next I did the upper cab, followed by the lower part:
I dry-fit these together to see how they fit. You can see now how short-run this really is:
After this I added my Mr. Surfacer 500 to this:
Gonna try sanding that later.
I started the chassis but didn't get very far at all:
Got tired of that and started the tank. It also had a rough assembly that I'll have to fix:
Oh well, it was only a $3.00 kit....
That's all I have for now, comments are welcome. Thanks for looking in.
I see your pattern Paddyall coming along well MD, I.m trying to find a theme in your builds but it escapes me
Actually i went from a motorcycle to a F4u to a Ferrari so i cant talk
Its called "things Paddy likes"
I agree! It looks different! I can picture it barreling along a road with the riders hanging on!!
Nice cobras too! Is the F=15 going to be salvageable?
:huh:
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks everyone for the great replies. I appreciate them very much.
I don't really have a theme myself so as SA Dave says, my theme is "what catches my fancy at the time" building. It is certainly more fun that way. Besides, having such a variety like you do; keeps all the builds fresh.
Thanks guys! I also love the little ammo carrier. What fun! The F-15 will easily be salvageable. I'll get to it later.
Thanks again guys. Stay tuned, more to come hopefully soon.
all coming along well MD, I.m trying to find a theme in your builds but it escapes me
Actually i went from a motorcycle to a F4u to a Ferrari so i cant talk
I don't really have a theme myself so as SA Dave says, my theme is "what catches my fancy at the time" building. It is certainly more fun that way. Besides, having such a variety like you do; keeps all the builds fresh.
Thanks guys! I also love the little ammo carrier. What fun! The F-15 will easily be salvageable. I'll get to it later.
Thanks again guys. Stay tuned, more to come hopefully soon.
That's amazing!
