Duke Maddog
Well-known member
How interesting Ed, yesterday was decal day for me. Today was finishing day and making more progress day.
I started out with trying to get everything done that was so close to the finish line already. That meant, for starters; my ships were getting decals. The Spru-can was first. I got the remainder of her decals on the hull:
Here she is sporting her new name:
Next I did the same for the USS Virginia:
Here's a better shot from above showing all the decals on the deck:
Gee, gotta fix my white balance....
Moving on, I shot some yellow on the little Czech plane. Now I need to find some decals for this little bird:
I also shot the Alclad on my Mustang. For once, it went on like it's supposed to the first time:
Later I masked off the nose to paint on the black anti glare panel. For some reason, my black just doesn't want to spray right no matter how much I thin it down or adjust the air pressure:
I smoothed it out a little with some thinner. I'll be able to buff this smooth more easily now:
Next I worked on some armor as well. The interior of my Diamond T truck is now done; I can assemble the rest of this now:
Since I was decaling my ships, I figured, let's get the armor done too. First up, my T-90 tank:
Later, I gave it a dark brown wash overall, and a black wash on the engine deck meshes; then I shot the dullcoat over it:
I noticed that frosting on the tank after awhile, so I think some of the wash in the deepest crevices was still wet. I'd thought I'd given it enough time to dry, but apparently not. That was fixed by shooting another dullcoat over this; all the frosting went away.
Moving on, I also decaled my LAV-25. This one had an interesting 'extra' on the decal sheet so I added it to this model to make it "Bertha". I had to guess where to put the decals as I had no instruction sheet to follow. I did use one of my previously finished LAV's as a guide:
This one then got a dullcoat as well:
I also washed and dullcoated my two artillery pieces while I was at it:
It doesn't really show up well in these pics, if at all.
Finally, there was one more armor model that I applied decals to. First though, I had to go on the AMPS Review site to get the decal guide that my friend Robert put in the review he did:
Granted, some of the wrong decals were applied, but they are all in the correct places! Here's the first decals on the gun carriage itself:
Then I applied the decals to the two carriers. You'll note that the bumper decals are far too long. I think Dragon did that on purpose:
I added Solvaset to these and let them set for a it, then I went back and trimmed the bumper decals. First though, I fixed the pivot plate under the gun itself:
Now you can see the bumper decals after I trimmed them off:
Just for fun, I put this whole beast together and shot a pic:
Okay, after all that was done, I went ahead and finished several of these all up. Finally I can post some finished models!!! You can see the finished models in the ships and armor pages of these boards.
Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
I started out with trying to get everything done that was so close to the finish line already. That meant, for starters; my ships were getting decals. The Spru-can was first. I got the remainder of her decals on the hull:
Here she is sporting her new name:
Next I did the same for the USS Virginia:
Here's a better shot from above showing all the decals on the deck:
Gee, gotta fix my white balance....
Moving on, I shot some yellow on the little Czech plane. Now I need to find some decals for this little bird:
I also shot the Alclad on my Mustang. For once, it went on like it's supposed to the first time:
Later I masked off the nose to paint on the black anti glare panel. For some reason, my black just doesn't want to spray right no matter how much I thin it down or adjust the air pressure:
I smoothed it out a little with some thinner. I'll be able to buff this smooth more easily now:
Next I worked on some armor as well. The interior of my Diamond T truck is now done; I can assemble the rest of this now:
Since I was decaling my ships, I figured, let's get the armor done too. First up, my T-90 tank:
Later, I gave it a dark brown wash overall, and a black wash on the engine deck meshes; then I shot the dullcoat over it:
I noticed that frosting on the tank after awhile, so I think some of the wash in the deepest crevices was still wet. I'd thought I'd given it enough time to dry, but apparently not. That was fixed by shooting another dullcoat over this; all the frosting went away.
Moving on, I also decaled my LAV-25. This one had an interesting 'extra' on the decal sheet so I added it to this model to make it "Bertha". I had to guess where to put the decals as I had no instruction sheet to follow. I did use one of my previously finished LAV's as a guide:
This one then got a dullcoat as well:
I also washed and dullcoated my two artillery pieces while I was at it:
It doesn't really show up well in these pics, if at all.
Finally, there was one more armor model that I applied decals to. First though, I had to go on the AMPS Review site to get the decal guide that my friend Robert put in the review he did:
Granted, some of the wrong decals were applied, but they are all in the correct places! Here's the first decals on the gun carriage itself:
Then I applied the decals to the two carriers. You'll note that the bumper decals are far too long. I think Dragon did that on purpose:
I added Solvaset to these and let them set for a it, then I went back and trimmed the bumper decals. First though, I fixed the pivot plate under the gun itself:
Now you can see the bumper decals after I trimmed them off:
Just for fun, I put this whole beast together and shot a pic:
Okay, after all that was done, I went ahead and finished several of these all up. Finally I can post some finished models!!! You can see the finished models in the ships and armor pages of these boards.
Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
and with extreme sun fade GSB "could' turn that color. Who's to say? :idonno
