this is my latest. this is a resin model of the french laffly amd80 armoured car. the model is from des resins and is a very very good kit. the fit is equal to if not superior to most commercial plastic kits around and the detail is fine and accurate. the kit went together without any major problems and additional detail needed was minimal
ASSEMBLY
the model was primed using plasticote sandable grey primer straight from the can. i use this type of sprey as i find it sprays evenly and thin it also gives me a strong etched surface to work on.
next the model was given a rough overall slightly metallic dark brownish grey irregulal coating and lowlights in black with enamel paints. i havnt used enemels for a long time and forgot how much they smelled. the running board was also painted in a wood tone colour. i used enamels so that i will not have to seal the model with matt since some areas, notably running board and hatches, etc are to be given the hairsprey technique together with latex masking for scratches and weathering, the underside was given a browner tone .
after applying hairsprey with airbrush i started layering thin coats of tamiya nato green acrylic, than using darkened base colour to create shadows and lightned base colour to creat highlights
next the scribble camouflage was applied using acrylic i do have some oversprey but this will almost certainly be unnoticed once weathering is applied, so no need to go into all the trouble of cleaning up the said overspray.
finished scratching the model gave it a light satin coat and added decal. once dry i will apply my decal concoction to remove silvering film and the worst part of it all wait until everything is bone dry
wheels, m.g. and unditching faschine are only temporarily placed
ASSEMBLY
the model was primed using plasticote sandable grey primer straight from the can. i use this type of sprey as i find it sprays evenly and thin it also gives me a strong etched surface to work on.
next the model was given a rough overall slightly metallic dark brownish grey irregulal coating and lowlights in black with enamel paints. i havnt used enemels for a long time and forgot how much they smelled. the running board was also painted in a wood tone colour. i used enamels so that i will not have to seal the model with matt since some areas, notably running board and hatches, etc are to be given the hairsprey technique together with latex masking for scratches and weathering, the underside was given a browner tone .
after applying hairsprey with airbrush i started layering thin coats of tamiya nato green acrylic, than using darkened base colour to create shadows and lightned base colour to creat highlights
next the scribble camouflage was applied using acrylic i do have some oversprey but this will almost certainly be unnoticed once weathering is applied, so no need to go into all the trouble of cleaning up the said overspray.
finished scratching the model gave it a light satin coat and added decal. once dry i will apply my decal concoction to remove silvering film and the worst part of it all wait until everything is bone dry
wheels, m.g. and unditching faschine are only temporarily placed
