Academy 1/35 R.O.K. K-9 Thunder

[Iron Mike]

Looking good, Joe!

Sorta reminds me of something...

 

[jknaus]

Very cool. Now thats a really big gun.
James

 

[Leopard2]

Thx Guys. It is a big gun indeed but the PzH 2000 is actually bigger.

Joe

 

[Sherman 18]

Man your knocking that out!

 

[Leopard2]

Man your knocking that out!

Yeah, now that I dont have to worry about review builds my Mojo came back in a hurry. And on that note a little update. I got everything primed and started painting of the wheels. So I hope that I can start throwing the camo paint on by this weekend.

Joe

 

[SA Dave]

Looking just MEAN and BIG!!!

 

[Leopard2]

The last 3 days I played with silly putty like a madman. Now I am ready for the last coat of paint. It is one thing to use silly putty on mostly flat surfaces but a different story when you have all kinds of edges, corner, over hangs etc. I will probably have to do quite a few touch-ups. Nice thing is that not every Howitzer in Korean service is painted the same way so that leaves some room for artistic freedom . Anyway, here are some pics before the final coat of paint.

Joe

 

[Sherman 18]

 

[Leopard2]

Thanks Sherman. Well I got all 4 colors on but I am not happy. I ended up with a lot of spots that need touch-ups. Way more than I anticipated.Oh well, life has to go on. Other than that I am pretty happy with the outcome so far.

Joe

 

[Iron Mike]

Aside from needing to touch up some places, the colors and pattern look good, Joe.

 

[Leopard2]

I am slow moving on this one. Finally I got the tracks painted. First I painted the tracks with Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth and then I applied AK Interactive's Track wash (Thx for the Tip, Mike). I must say, that stuff really does the trick. Next I applied Bragdon Powder Dust to the running surface of the tracks and finishing with Tamiya XF-69 NATO Black for the rubber pads.

Joe

 

[Iron Mike]

Always glad to help. :drinks

 

[Leopard2]

Btw, I am getting ready to order more stuff from AK. Unfortunately they are out half the stuff I want .

 

[SA Dave]

I am slow moving on this one. Finally I got the tracks painted. First I painted the tracks with Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth and then I applied AK Interactive's Track wash (Thx for the Tip, Mike). I must say, that stuff really does the trick. Next I applied Bragdon Powder Dust to the running surface of the tracks and finishing with Tamiya XF-69 NATO Black for the rubber pads.

Joe

That AK stuff looks mighty fine How easy is it to use?

 

[Leopard2]

Very easy...just shake the bottle and then brush it on.just takes a while to dry since its enamel based.

 

[Leopard2]

So I finally getting close for finishing her up. Next will be a coat of future, decals, wash, flat coat and then filter and some weathering and she should be done.So I must say that I am not to happy with the paint outcome. Need to work on the silly putty skill a little more.

Joe

 

[Iron Mike]

Add some filters and see how you like it then.

 

[Leopard2]

I added a filter, not sure I like it. I think I should have gloss coated first, then decals, wash, flat coat and filter last.

Joe

 

[Leopard2]

FINISHED: Academy 1/35 R.O.K. K-9 Thunder

She is done.

 

[moon puppy]

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