Well, here I am back with a rather large update. I've also worked on three aircraft that bare posted in Wesendorf Field.
After dealing with all the latest health issues; catching up on some work, and finally getting my life on a slightly more even keel, I managed to get quite a bit of time and productivity on the workbench...... and it wasn't even Hobby Day!
To start off, I finally got the basecoat on all the German armor I've had sitting around waiting for paint. Here's my StuH42:
My StuG IV:
My Airfix Panzer IV:
My Dragon Panzer IV:
And my German Morser 17:
After all those, I changed to Olive Drab to finally paint my little WWI Mack truck:
Wow, this is starting to look good!
I've since added the wheels, decaled it and weathered it and now it is done. Once I get my camera back next week, I'll shoot those pics to show it in the Armor Forums.
I also basecoated my Indian T-90 with a dark brown in preparation for a camouflage pattern:
Well, that silly putty technique was so fun and effective, I decided to try it out on a couple of my tanks.
I had already basecoated my Japanese Type 10 MBT with a dark green. Now all I needed was a dark brown.
So, I added the silly putty to the tank and shot the brown:
This time, I remembered to pull the silly putty off and shoot the resulting pics:
Nice!! I was surprised that something went so well for me! I have since decaled and weathered this tank, completing it along with the Mack truck. Once I get my camera back, I'll shoot this one too.
That went so well, that I applied some silly putty to my Indian T-90:
And shot on the sand colored paint....
...and I forgot to take another pic after taking off the putty.... I guess I was just too excited that this worked so well.
Anyway, moving along, I painted some of the details on my little M-119 howitzer for my US Army:
This was also completed with weathering recently. Pics will happen with the others.
And then I decided it was time to move on with the Dicker Max. Remember this?
I re-sanded this down, then re-painted it with a brush. I buffed it to a smooth sheen; exposing certain areas again, but I went ahead and assembled it completely sans wheels and tracks:
I will re-shoot another mist coat of dark grey on this and then try to modularize the color with a lighter grey... what I intended to do in the first place but I wasn't allowed to have a smooth coat in the beginning! Anyway.... I went ahead and assembled the wheels and tracks and painted them partially in preparation for mounting on this inexcusably difficult model:
Finally, just for fun, I played around with the two resin castings of a Sherman and StuG that were given to me by a friend and fellow AMPS member. I basecoated the StuG when I did the other German vehicles:
....and later on, to get rid of some extra dark brown; I shot some camo stripes on this little beastie:
The Sherman, however, took a little bit more to do. After basecoating it with the Olive Drab along with the Mack Truck, I shot a dark brown over the sandbags and wooden crates:
Later, I shot a tan coat over the sandbags and brushed it over the wooden crates:
Finally, I touched up the paint a bit and also painted the rest of the stowage. I then clearcoated, decaled (from the spares box), and then washed this down with another dark wash. Then I added a light, sandy wash to the top of the tank; as well as some weathering powders to the lower part of the tank and the running gear. The final touch was a gun barrel from the spares box. This little beastie is done:
This and the StuG are wargame pieces that will be added to my wargame armies later on, so these two don't count as finished models for my collection. They aren't a clean, refined casting so they are far from contest quality, but the Sherman was very helpful in experimenting with some wash and weathering techniques. And it does look quite well after all! I'll be doing something similar with the StuG, we'll see how it turn out.
Okay, that is the latest work I've been able to get done on my armor this past week. I hope you all enjoyed this latest tour of Maddog Manufacturing, Armaments Division. Once again, when I recover my camera, (it was left in my friend's car after returning from the San Diego model contest) I will take pics of my latest three completed models. Who knows? I may even have a couple more finished by then!
Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
