Really nice, I like that.
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GERMAN RECCE TANK
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Kreighshoer
Active member
looks supah!
jose luis lopez
Member
That´s what I call a nice work!
I love the mud in the lower part and the colors you used to make the camo ... excellent!
I love the mud in the lower part and the colors you used to make the camo ... excellent!
AndyFettes
Master at Arms
Splendid !!!!!!!!!
reconron
Active member
Thanks for your kind replies friends!
The mud was done using:Alabastine [a plaster similar to Porion what Francois Verlinden used a lot back in the old days], real soil from the forrest,a bit of sand,pigments from MIG and other brands and ...used coffee grounds.
[why not use coffee in the mixture
]
I am planning to do some groundwork for my tankie,using also 'my coffee mixture'.[but that is for later on].
Greetings,Ron.
The mud was done using:Alabastine [a plaster similar to Porion what Francois Verlinden used a lot back in the old days], real soil from the forrest,a bit of sand,pigments from MIG and other brands and ...used coffee grounds.
[why not use coffee in the mixture
]I am planning to do some groundwork for my tankie,using also 'my coffee mixture'.[but that is for later on].
Greetings,Ron.
reconron
Active member
Hey Tim and everybody else,
I do take long coffee-breaks,don't I?
In fact I am not able to shoot some pictures at the time,I am waiting for some good daylight because inside pics. are just lousy with the camera I am using at the moment inside the house,have to do it outside.
That and the fact that I can only shoot pics in the weekend,on a normal working day it is too dark when I get home.
Please wait some more,...and I will return with my recce tankie!
Meanwhile some coffee-break music.[love it or hate it]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gwvqdXR3XnI
Greetings,Ron.
I do take long coffee-breaks,don't I?
In fact I am not able to shoot some pictures at the time,I am waiting for some good daylight because inside pics. are just lousy with the camera I am using at the moment inside the house,have to do it outside.
That and the fact that I can only shoot pics in the weekend,on a normal working day it is too dark when I get home.
Please wait some more,...and I will return with my recce tankie!
Meanwhile some coffee-break music.[love it or hate it]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gwvqdXR3XnI
Greetings,Ron.
reconron
Active member
Hi,everybody
Had some troubles but.....I am back on track.
Here you see the Friultracks.
some how I managed to add 1 track too many,and I CA-glued them,so I used debonder a drill and cutters,before I could get rid of the extra tracklink....what a waste of precious time!
Painting the tracks:Using Tamiya paints thinned with lacquerthinner to get the basic track colour.
I have used Humbrol scenic track colour in the past but I think it is no longer in production.[please correct me if I am wrong].
Gave my tracks a rusty ready to use MIG wash and used a graphite pencil on the trackparts that make contact with the ground.
Using the pencil and graphite powder applied with cottonswabs I gave the inside where the roadwheels make contact with the tracks a treatment, so it looks like polished steel.[no much rust there!]
When the tracks are fitted you will not see much of this.[.....but it is nice to know it's there,in my opinion]
Ofcourse you could sand away the paint,but the steel would look a bit brighter...it's a question of taste I guess.:idonno
My stash of pigments for soil/mud and dust and some other stuff I use for it.
The plastic bags are containing 2 kinds of real soil.
Together with coffee grounds and white glue I will give the tracks a treatment with this stuff.
That's it for now....I hope I will be able to post new stuff sooner then I did this time...but you know life can be a female dog.
Greetings,Ron.[who is glad to be back]
Had some troubles but.....I am back on track
Here you see the Friultracks.
some how I managed to add 1 track too many,and I CA-glued them,so I used debonder a drill and cutters,before I could get rid of the extra tracklink....what a waste of precious time!
Painting the tracks:Using Tamiya paints thinned with lacquerthinner to get the basic track colour.
I have used Humbrol scenic track colour in the past but I think it is no longer in production.[please correct me if I am wrong].
Gave my tracks a rusty ready to use MIG wash and used a graphite pencil on the trackparts that make contact with the ground.
Using the pencil and graphite powder applied with cottonswabs I gave the inside where the roadwheels make contact with the tracks a treatment, so it looks like polished steel.[no much rust there!]
When the tracks are fitted you will not see much of this.[.....but it is nice to know it's there,in my opinion]
Ofcourse you could sand away the paint,but the steel would look a bit brighter...it's a question of taste I guess.:idonno
My stash of pigments for soil/mud and dust and some other stuff I use for it.
The plastic bags are containing 2 kinds of real soil.
Together with coffee grounds and white glue I will give the tracks a treatment with this stuff.
That's it for now....I hope I will be able to post new stuff sooner then I did this time...but you know life can be a female dog.
Greetings,Ron.[who is glad to be back]
reconron
Active member
Hi everybody,
Here some spare tracks work;
First I wanted to be my spare tracks made brand new,..after maintance they gave my recce tank spare tracks right out of the productionplant,
So I gave them a flat black base coat and then a very thin coat of Humbrol metal coat Gunmetal 27004 and polished it very light......very light otherwise you get them as very shiny polished metal,and that was not where I am going for....
But I had a change of plans.
You often see in wartime photo's,spare track links made up from new tracks,old rusty tracks and tracks that are painted in the tanks base colour,'Panzer Yellow'in this case.
So I gave them a treatment.....
Hope you like it so far,next time a little work on the vehicle it self...[if I got some available time...]
Greetings,Ron.
Here some spare tracks work;
First I wanted to be my spare tracks made brand new,..after maintance they gave my recce tank spare tracks right out of the productionplant,
So I gave them a flat black base coat and then a very thin coat of Humbrol metal coat Gunmetal 27004 and polished it very light......very light otherwise you get them as very shiny polished metal,and that was not where I am going for....
But I had a change of plans.
You often see in wartime photo's,spare track links made up from new tracks,old rusty tracks and tracks that are painted in the tanks base colour,'Panzer Yellow'in this case.
So I gave them a treatment.....
Hope you like it so far,next time a little work on the vehicle it self...[if I got some available time...]
Greetings,Ron.
Hey Ron,
This looks like it has the makings of something special!
Impressive!
Bob
This looks like it has the makings of something special!
Impressive!
Bob
reconron
Active member
Hi friends,
Got time to take pictures today outside...So here we go again....
The right side
The left side[bad pic.]and some cheap Dutch exportbeer[Mrs.Recons stash]
The wooden jackblock[is that correct Enghlish?]
Used vallejo paint for the wood,some light washes.
And again Humbrol Metalcoat 27003 for the metal.
Someone didn't clean the shovel,...done with a pigment and coffeegrounds mixture.
Weathered frontside.
Still have to do some paintpatch up.
And yes still have to remove te piece of paper from the driversvissionblock...
More tools...done with...the same stuff as for the jackblock.
You know the drill by now,I guess.
Back side,..The dust/mud is going to be more dark[that's for later].
The cable will get darker also[later].
In real life the cable was fixed with straps on the round plate.My reccetankiecrew lost there straps.
Sometimes crews with experience hang there cables on the hooks on the back or frontside of the tank,to win some time if they had to be towed away in case of troubles.
[My crew are veterans!]
Another look at the weathered wheels,the camouflagepaint still a bit vissable...
And a heavy weathered enginedeck.
More to come....I am really not ready yet,
Have to tone down the bright metal colour on the sprockets and MANY other things...
Thanks for looking.............I will come back...:woohoo:
Greetings,Ron.
Got time to take pictures today outside...So here we go again....
The right side
The left side[bad pic.]and some cheap Dutch exportbeer[Mrs.Recons stash]
The wooden jackblock[is that correct Enghlish?]
Used vallejo paint for the wood,some light washes.
And again Humbrol Metalcoat 27003 for the metal.
Someone didn't clean the shovel,...done with a pigment and coffeegrounds mixture.
Weathered frontside.
Still have to do some paintpatch up.
And yes still have to remove te piece of paper from the driversvissionblock...
More tools...done with...the same stuff as for the jackblock.
You know the drill by now,I guess.
Back side,..The dust/mud is going to be more dark[that's for later].
The cable will get darker also[later].
In real life the cable was fixed with straps on the round plate.My reccetankiecrew lost there straps.
Sometimes crews with experience hang there cables on the hooks on the back or frontside of the tank,to win some time if they had to be towed away in case of troubles.
[My crew are veterans!]
Another look at the weathered wheels,the camouflagepaint still a bit vissable...
And a heavy weathered enginedeck.
More to come....I am really not ready yet,
Have to tone down the bright metal colour on the sprockets and MANY other things...
Thanks for looking.............I will come back...:woohoo:
Greetings,Ron.
