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It's so purty it brings a tear to my eye. Great stuff Tony ! B) Mike

Re: Prayer Request Thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Mike

Well there is one pic in the Concord book ( Stalin's Heavy Tanks - 1941/45 ) of two of these bad boys in the snow with heavy whitewash. It's the only pic of these with the heavy whitewash. After the initial dry brush session, it has a good bit of green bleeding through. Since these shots were...

Re: MrT'S M48A3"JUNGLE BUSTER""UPDATE 10" That's a beautiful tank. Mike

Re: DML JSU-122 White Russian..... Here we go.. At this point, the chalk is dry. It only takes a few minutes. If I used alcohol instead of water.....faster drying time?? More lab work. I used a dry brush to scrub the brush marks and "fade the whitewash". I...

I've used CA glue, needle and thread with good results. A short dowel rod with a piece of paper clip wire for the screwdriver method. Heats faster, more control. B)

I can't wait for the next episode.... :bgrin Mike

Welcome aboard Alberto ! :bgrin Mike

The guy who wrote the article stated you seal it with a thin coat of Model Master acryl clearcoat. It will diminish the effect a bit. This is normal, when dry, add more whitewash and seal again. Repeat till you are happy with it. The scrubbing I did on the Brummbar was with a dry stiff bristle...

Tom, Thats the page I'm on, not making it look like sloppy modeling. The real stuff, put on with mops,rags,brushes or whatever at hand should have that sloppy look. The pastel chalk in pic 2 is the square artists pastel, NOT the oil pastels. There is a difference. I used a x-acto blade to...

Need to put the Cold to the Steel. Trying a couple ideas on a test kit before the 122 gets it. I'm giving this the whitewash treatment, but going the pastel chalk route. Not to keen with the hairspray technique for this one. Looking more for that washed/worn look. Pics from lab... pic 1 -...

Awhile back I had the same issue with a 2 1/2 ton I had built for my uncle who was Nam. What shade O.D.? He told me in his unit they used what they had to thin the paint. ( stateside he worked in custom car paint business ) He told me they used gasoline on one job. When the sun hit it, it took...

Why that brings a tear to my eye..... :bgrin Mike

You've read my mind to the letter. B) The hunt goes on....

I looked at the Bronco kit, its the Canadian version so I would need to change the mount, wheels and remove the shields. Azimut makes a US version that runs about $80 USD -( ouch ). Thought I'd look for the Italeri to start.

Gunfighter needs another gun. Looking for an Italeri # 6458 Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun. Father-in-law was a gunner in 557th AAA. I need to build Paps gun. :bgrin Mike

I'll second James on the rescribe. Then again, the countersink method would work perfect. :hmmm What scale is this bird?

Only thing better than a well done SPG is four of them. :bgrin Thoughts and prayers for the fingers. Mike

Re: trumpeter kv-2 " Gee Wally, those fenders look swell! " :bgrin Did you heat and bend them?

I've used strips of foil, masking tape,or paper with good results. I use a razor blade and straight edge on a piece of glass to get a nice clean cut.