Okay, now for my latest update. I didn't get anything done on Annie so much; I was trying instead to get caught up on other models that I had started before I got her. Here is what I was able to do so far this week...
I started out by filling some gaps and seams and adding the canopy to my little Czech plane:
Then I moved on to my armor. I started by shooting a basecoat over the three trucks and the Type 10 tank:
After they were dry, I painted the canvas roof on each one of the truck cabs:
While they were drying, I painted the chassis of the three trucks. I started with a flat black. When they were dry, I followed that with a dry-brush of steel and then a wash of Oily Black to get this result:
It's tough to see in this pic, but the result is quite impressive in person if I do say so myself.
Now I have at least one truck ready for clearcoat and decals. The other two need to be masked for their camouflage patterns.
Next I shot a basecoat on the Type 60 self-propelled gun carriage:
Later on I pulled out my Silly Putty to do the masking in preparation for the second camo color. Now she's ready for the next coat of paint:
Finally, I pulled out my Type 10 tank and completed the turret with almost all the detail parts. I left off the ones that would constantly break with handling:
Here it is sitting on the painted hull:
I also painted and dry-brushed the tracks for this so I could get them installed:
By then, the turret was dry enough for a shot of basecoat so I shot that too:
Once the tracks were dry, I added them to the main hull of the tank and then installed the outer roadwheels:
Later on I added the sides of the tank to complete the main body of it. Here it is all assembled and ready for masking for the second camo color:
Now all I have to do is mask off the tracks and wheels with some aluminum foil and apply the Silly Putty to this to paint the second color on it.
In between all that, I fiddled around with my Sleepy Hollow figure, sanding and filling and sanding and shaping and sanding and filling and.... you get the idea. Finally I felt that I'd gotten all the gaps and seams properly taken care of so I did some more detail work on this model.
First off I painted the base with a dark brown color; a Burnt Sienna if I recall. I also had to paint the pumpkins in a tan color or the orange I will use will not show up properly on the black primer color I shot earlier:
I had also painted the large tree that goes on the base but I didn't take a pic of it. I also shot a red over the inside of the Horseman's cape as directed in the instructions. I tried to make sure some of the black undercoat could still be made out as shadow:
I may try dry-brushing that with some lighter red later; as well as wash it with a dark brown color.
Speaking of painting red, I shot red on the vest of the Horseman since I couldn't find any acceptable maroon color. Afterward, I washed this with a dark brown wash to see if it darkens down the red while bringing out the shadows. Since I also had the tan out for the pumpkins, I added it to the face of the head as a basecoat. I think it is slowly coming along, but I may still fiddle with the colors some more:
Well, that is about all I did so far. This next week is going to be a long, busy one so I don't know when I'll get back to the bench. Until then, enjoy this tour and remember that comments are always welcome. Also, I just found out that the LEM where I host all these pics will be closing in a year and a half or so. Some of you were on there and because you haven't returned, it was felt that it was time to turn out the lights once the domain name comes due for renewal. I don't know what I'll do for a photo hosting gallery like that once it's gone. Photobucket can't handle all the pics I can put up; at least not for free. I cannot afford to pay for it. Anyway, I'm going to keep on going for a year until I run out of options and then maybe the Maddog Manufacturing tours will close down too. Anyway, enough of the depressing news. Thanks all for looking in everyone.
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