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88mm FLAK 37 mit Behelfslafette
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panzerace007
Active member
FRANK,
Yeah Dude !! Seriously Great lookin Base !!
:drinks
Yeah Dude !! Seriously Great lookin Base !!
:drinks
Hello all !
This week saw not much action on the Flak front, but let me share it with you anyway.
To finish the base there was only one thing left to do: detailing the ammo crates and shells.
The AFV Club 88 mm brass shells are really top of the bill but to get a far more realistic look I kind of took the shine away by spraying them with matt varnish and then giving them a light wash. Dirtied them a little so they blended more into the groundwork.
The crates are also by AFV club and are paintied using Vallejo acrylics. They look much better than the ones provided in the Dragon kit.
Thanks to the excellent reference picture posted on this thread by Saùl Garcia, I was able to paint some of the shells looking anodized. I think it creates more interest to alter the appearance of the spent shell cases.
To get the anodized look I first primed them black and misted them with a warm light grey, matt varnish and a light wash, the same way as the brass ones
To highlight the details I drybrushed them with a mixture of light grey oil paint and Tamiya X-11 chrome silver.
The real ones:
Thanks again, Saùl !!!
And last but not least I have given This Charming Man a first coat of paint, hope to start the flesh parts next week!
Thank you for looking !!!
Regards,
Frank
This week saw not much action on the Flak front, but let me share it with you anyway.
To finish the base there was only one thing left to do: detailing the ammo crates and shells.
The AFV Club 88 mm brass shells are really top of the bill but to get a far more realistic look I kind of took the shine away by spraying them with matt varnish and then giving them a light wash. Dirtied them a little so they blended more into the groundwork.
The crates are also by AFV club and are paintied using Vallejo acrylics. They look much better than the ones provided in the Dragon kit.
Thanks to the excellent reference picture posted on this thread by Saùl Garcia, I was able to paint some of the shells looking anodized. I think it creates more interest to alter the appearance of the spent shell cases.
To get the anodized look I first primed them black and misted them with a warm light grey, matt varnish and a light wash, the same way as the brass ones
To highlight the details I drybrushed them with a mixture of light grey oil paint and Tamiya X-11 chrome silver.
The real ones:
Thanks again, Saùl !!!
And last but not least I have given This Charming Man a first coat of paint, hope to start the flesh parts next week!
Thank you for looking !!!
Regards,
Frank
It looks real good? Did you try to heat damage the edges of the spent shells? I sometimes do this with the brass shells before adding the photo-etched end caps. In some cases, I get nice color striations emulating heated metal while other times it does not change color at all.
Those anodized shells look the part!
Regards,
Those anodized shells look the part!
Regards,
I thought that you may have tried it and did not get results as sometimes happens to me.
Regards,
Regards,
Hi all,
After spending a long time with 'This Charming Man' I got tired of him and got back to painting the FLAK.
I decided to give it a faint green 'spiderweb' camo scheme. Here's a pic of the flak paint job before the real job of weathering
begins. Hope to be starting that stage soon.
Greetings,
Frank
After spending a long time with 'This Charming Man' I got tired of him and got back to painting the FLAK.
I decided to give it a faint green 'spiderweb' camo scheme. Here's a pic of the flak paint job before the real job of weathering
begins. Hope to be starting that stage soon.
Greetings,
Frank
Kreighshoer
Active member
good job! very good job indeed! ready for heavy duty weathering!
AndyFettes
Master at Arms
Well in that case thats the best looking piece of crap Ive ever seen !!!
I like the light camo application and wish to know what figures are going to be accompaying that 88 ?
if only I could spell accompayniying :S
I like the light camo application and wish to know what figures are going to be accompaying that 88 ?
if only I could spell accompayniying :S
Ron wrote:
I know Ron, but thanx anyway !
Frank
No wonder you guys are so good at this stuff, you're so damn hard on each other!
Love it Frank!
kryptosdaddy
Active member
I have the same kit- have yet to begin but I really like the hydraulic tubing and that shield on yours. Hopefully mine will turn out nearly this clean.
kryptosdaddy
Active member
I'm looking for that shield now- Aber has everything (3.7 mm ect) including barrels, but none for that sheild set for the 88 Flak 37- do you still have that Aber model #? Thanks CR
