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Maddog Manufacturing 2014 Armor Production Line
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Duke Maddog
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Thanks Luiz!
Duke Maddog
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And now for another update....
For this week's updates, I think I'll start on the ground and take off from there. I'll start with all the German armor which all got decals and dark brown wash:
I didn't have any decals to add to this gun, so here it is with the brown wash:
Next, I added decals to the two T-90's which had also been washed:
Finally, a touch-up wash and some detail painting followed by a dullcoat:
I did the same for the other German vehicles and the two T-90's but didn't get the pics taken for some reason.
I then added the tracks to the StuH-42 and the Panzer IV. Now all that is left is to add all the detail parts as well as the wheel hubs which have all been painted and washed.
These two and the Morser 17 just need to be weathered and they are finished. The two T-90's just need one or two detail parts, their machine guns mounted and weathering done and they'll be finished. The Airfix Panzer IV just needs it's tracks, some details painted and weathering and it's done.
I lost one of the two tracks for the StuG IV late, so I'll add the wheel hubs and some detail parts to this before setting it aside until the second track appears. It'll probably be a few years with the way my luck is going.
Okay, that shows the first hour and a half of my day yesterday....
The second hour and a half can be seen in my Thread in Wesendorf Field!hyeah 
Well, that's about all I have for now in armor. I have gotten a bit more progress done on some Aircraft as well,, feel free to check them out in Wesendorf Field. Maybe next week I can report a few of these as finished. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
For this week's updates, I think I'll start on the ground and take off from there. I'll start with all the German armor which all got decals and dark brown wash:
I didn't have any decals to add to this gun, so here it is with the brown wash:
Next, I added decals to the two T-90's which had also been washed:
Finally, a touch-up wash and some detail painting followed by a dullcoat:
I did the same for the other German vehicles and the two T-90's but didn't get the pics taken for some reason.
I then added the tracks to the StuH-42 and the Panzer IV. Now all that is left is to add all the detail parts as well as the wheel hubs which have all been painted and washed.
These two and the Morser 17 just need to be weathered and they are finished. The two T-90's just need one or two detail parts, their machine guns mounted and weathering done and they'll be finished. The Airfix Panzer IV just needs it's tracks, some details painted and weathering and it's done.
I lost one of the two tracks for the StuG IV late, so I'll add the wheel hubs and some detail parts to this before setting it aside until the second track appears. It'll probably be a few years with the way my luck is going.
Okay, that shows the first hour and a half of my day yesterday....
The second hour and a half can be seen in my Thread in Wesendorf Field!
hyeah Well, that's about all I have for now in armor. I have gotten a bit more progress done on some Aircraft as well,, feel free to check them out in Wesendorf Field. Maybe next week I can report a few of these as finished. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks Luiz! The T=90 is Revell of Germany's offering. I got two, one to make Indian and the other Russian.
Duke, those are all looking great. I was a bit concerned when I saw the first pix of the Stug and PzIV because they all looked so shiny and new. Then I went farther along and saw that you did indeed slather on some flat clear to tone down the shine. Silly me for not thinking right away, but then I'm getting ready to go to work. How did you do the splotches on the Stug and the Pz? I want to try that on some of my own armor pieces.
Dave
Dave
Duke Maddog
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Thanks Dave! I appreciate the compliments. As for the splotches, go back a page or two and you'll see how I used Silly Putty to mask of the models before airbrushing the next color on to them. I've also used that technique on my Aardvark, Phantom, L-39 and the two T-90's. The artillery piece I free-handed due to the many tiny and delicate parts; as well as all the holes, nooks and crannies.
Stay tuned for more; I might even have pics to show later today...
Stay tuned for more; I might even have pics to show later today...
Duke: I've seen silly putty used as a mask in several car modeling magazines, so that ia not a problem. What I'm curious about is the splotches. Are they freehand by brush, or did you use a paper mask to do them with an airbrush or spray can? I want to try that on a couple pieces of German armor that I have.
Dave
Dave
Duke Maddog
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Are you referring to the ambush scheme? The little dots on that are made from the tip of a toothpick. I free-handed them on there using the toothpick.
Stay tuned, more to come...
Duke Maddog
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Well, I've managed to put in some good time in the Hobby Room this past week and was able to move along quite well. This week, I'm closer to finishing a few more models; hopefully I'll be able to do that by the end of the week.
Starting with my German WWII vehicles; I got the tracks on the little Airfix Panzer IV and completed the detail painting on this one. Now all that's left is the weathering:
Here is a comparison shot showing my Airfix Panzer IV next to my Dragon Panzer IV:
Next up is my StuG. This one has been weathered and detailed out; the only thing missing is the tracks. That's because one of the tracks went missing so this is as far as I can go on this until that other track appears:
Moving on, here is my Russian T-90 all completed, decaled, and detail painted. All that's left here is the weathering:
This is my Indian T-90 all decaled and final parts added. After this pic got taken, I painted up the machine gun and other details, so this one just needs to be weathered as well:
Now on to a couple of near-shelf queens that I'd been holding off on while I completed the others. This first one is a Trumpeter M-1 Panther mine clearing vehicle. It was a very fast assembly, and before I realized I hadn't taken any pics of this yet; I had shot the green basecoat on it:
This one has the option of making it with the mine rollers or the mine plow. I'll make this one with the mine plow since I already have an Army M-1 Abrams with the mine rollers.
Since I was shooting green on this Panther, I also pulled out my T-35 Landship to shoot some green on it too:
That's as far as I got on my armor so far.
Well, that brings me to the end of my account of my productive week this week. I was hoping to be a bit further along on some of these, but I'm happy with the progress I've made, including the work I did on my aircraft as seen in Wesendorf Field. Feel free to check it out over there. I hope you all enjoyed the show. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
Starting with my German WWII vehicles; I got the tracks on the little Airfix Panzer IV and completed the detail painting on this one. Now all that's left is the weathering:
Here is a comparison shot showing my Airfix Panzer IV next to my Dragon Panzer IV:
Next up is my StuG. This one has been weathered and detailed out; the only thing missing is the tracks. That's because one of the tracks went missing so this is as far as I can go on this until that other track appears:
Moving on, here is my Russian T-90 all completed, decaled, and detail painted. All that's left here is the weathering:
This is my Indian T-90 all decaled and final parts added. After this pic got taken, I painted up the machine gun and other details, so this one just needs to be weathered as well:
Now on to a couple of near-shelf queens that I'd been holding off on while I completed the others. This first one is a Trumpeter M-1 Panther mine clearing vehicle. It was a very fast assembly, and before I realized I hadn't taken any pics of this yet; I had shot the green basecoat on it:
This one has the option of making it with the mine rollers or the mine plow. I'll make this one with the mine plow since I already have an Army M-1 Abrams with the mine rollers.
Since I was shooting green on this Panther, I also pulled out my T-35 Landship to shoot some green on it too:
That's as far as I got on my armor so far.
Well, that brings me to the end of my account of my productive week this week. I was hoping to be a bit further along on some of these, but I'm happy with the progress I've made, including the work I did on my aircraft as seen in Wesendorf Field. Feel free to check it out over there. I hope you all enjoyed the show. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
This is my latest update showing everything I was able to get done this past week and a half.
I was working on just two more armor models hoping to get them finished by this time. I succeeded. You can see both of these in the Armor Forum, but for now, here's a few pics of them final work I did on these.
First off, I stripped off the paint from the upper hull of the Dicker Max. Now to try again on this:
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why this model has been so freakin' hard to paint!
Moving on to something more amenable, I painted the M-1 Panther II and even tried some color modulation on this:
Later on, I added the mine plow and several of the last detail parts to it:
After taking that pic, I noticed the two dimples still on the upper glacis plate and I knew I had to fill and sand them down. Out came the Mr. Surfacer 500 and after some sanding and polishing, this was the result:
You'll note that I also added the tracks by this time too.
Later on, I repainted the front of the model with the dark green basecoat; and then decided to modulate the color with a different green this time. After it was dry, I gave it decals and a dark brown wash:
Then wash was still a bit wet at the time I took this pic.
Once this was dry, I dullcoated this and weathered it, thus finishing it up. Again, feel free to check it out with my other finished armor in the Armor Forums.
The other tank I finished up was my Russian T-35 Monstrosity. First off, they give no provision for being able to turn the turrets; they have to be glued in place. I didn't like that so I devised a way to make all my turrets turn. First of all, I thinned the plastic around the turret rings, then I glued plastic card discs to the bottom of the turrets, thus trapping them in place. Here you can see all the little discs holding my turrets to the main hull:
Some of the discs in front were getting caught between the upper and lower hulls, so I had to notch out the lower hull to make sure they could turn freely:
The rear discs didn't need this as the upper hull had enough play in it to allow freedom of movement.
Now all my turrets turn, as you can see in these next two pics:
Here it is after I'd finished adding all the last detail parts, the skirts and any touch ups to it.
Later I added some aftermarket decals I had since this didn't come with any. All those slab-sided skirts and multiple turrets just begged for some kind of markings so I just threw a few on that I thought looked good. I know they ain't accurate, but this does look a lot better with all those decals on it. After the decals, I washed it with the same brown wash I used on the Panther; dullcoated it and then weathered it to finish it off. You can see it on the Armor Forum with all my other finished armor.
Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome!
I was working on just two more armor models hoping to get them finished by this time. I succeeded. You can see both of these in the Armor Forum, but for now, here's a few pics of them final work I did on these.
First off, I stripped off the paint from the upper hull of the Dicker Max. Now to try again on this:
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why this model has been so freakin' hard to paint!
Moving on to something more amenable, I painted the M-1 Panther II and even tried some color modulation on this:
Later on, I added the mine plow and several of the last detail parts to it:
After taking that pic, I noticed the two dimples still on the upper glacis plate and I knew I had to fill and sand them down. Out came the Mr. Surfacer 500 and after some sanding and polishing, this was the result:
You'll note that I also added the tracks by this time too.
Later on, I repainted the front of the model with the dark green basecoat; and then decided to modulate the color with a different green this time. After it was dry, I gave it decals and a dark brown wash:
Then wash was still a bit wet at the time I took this pic.
Once this was dry, I dullcoated this and weathered it, thus finishing it up. Again, feel free to check it out with my other finished armor in the Armor Forums.
The other tank I finished up was my Russian T-35 Monstrosity. First off, they give no provision for being able to turn the turrets; they have to be glued in place. I didn't like that so I devised a way to make all my turrets turn. First of all, I thinned the plastic around the turret rings, then I glued plastic card discs to the bottom of the turrets, thus trapping them in place. Here you can see all the little discs holding my turrets to the main hull:
Some of the discs in front were getting caught between the upper and lower hulls, so I had to notch out the lower hull to make sure they could turn freely:
The rear discs didn't need this as the upper hull had enough play in it to allow freedom of movement.
Now all my turrets turn, as you can see in these next two pics:
Here it is after I'd finished adding all the last detail parts, the skirts and any touch ups to it.
Later I added some aftermarket decals I had since this didn't come with any. All those slab-sided skirts and multiple turrets just begged for some kind of markings so I just threw a few on that I thought looked good. I know they ain't accurate, but this does look a lot better with all those decals on it. After the decals, I washed it with the same brown wash I used on the Panther; dullcoated it and then weathered it to finish it off. You can see it on the Armor Forum with all my other finished armor.
Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome!
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks Luiz! I try to maintain production, but sometimes life just gets in the way.
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Duke Maddog
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Duke Maddog
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Okay, here's a small update on all the work I managed to get done on Friday and Saturday at Hobby Day. Hopefully I'll be able to improve on this during the week.
I'll start out with some of my newest armor I'm working on. This first one is a Mack truck I'm doing for a WWI Group Build somewhere else. In fact, I have several subjects here that are part of Group Builds somewhere else.
I thought I'd had some more pics of this truck but I guess I was so into this build that I only shot this one pic. Here it is almost fully assembled:
I also have a 1/72 scale FT-17 I'll be building to put in the back of this thing.
This is the Zvezda Topol I started for another Group Build somewhere else. I decided to ease into this by building the rocket casing first:
After that, I felt a bit more motivated to work on the chassis. It seemed a pretty easy; if tedious bit of work:
Then it came time to assemble all the axles. This is where I had loads of problems since so many of the pieces looked too similar; the numbered pieces that then instructions said were supposed to go together were the wrong combinations that didn't fit right, and the rest didn't seem to have enough pieces for the necessary number of assemblies! Eventually, I managed to get the proper axles assembled and installed in the places that the instruction sheet said they were supposed to go:
That was after having ripped apart most of my assemblies and having to rebuild them to the proper assemblies. By this time, I was too fed up with this to go on, so I moved on.
I decided next to do a few 'simple' models of some artillery. I say 'simple', because they were anything but! These are some of the ACE artillery pieces I decided to go ahead and build.
This first one is my ML-20 152mm artillery piece I started. I assembled the gun, the main chassis, and some of the small detail parts. Now all I have to is finish the rest of the detail parts and then I can paint this one:
This is another Russian heavy artillery piece I started. I only got the main gun assembled and the chassis before I ran out of time. I hope to get more done on this soon:
Another ACE gun I decided to build was the little British 2pdr gun. I started building the gun and chassis first. This is one tiny little gun as evidenced by the Exacto blade I left in the pic:
Next I built the main carriage for this little gun. This was one delicate assembly:
Later when it was more dry, I took a pic of this gun sitting all together. This little beastie is ready for paint:
That's about it for my latest work in armor. I hope you enjoyed this trip. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in; comments are welcome!
I'll start out with some of my newest armor I'm working on. This first one is a Mack truck I'm doing for a WWI Group Build somewhere else. In fact, I have several subjects here that are part of Group Builds somewhere else.
I thought I'd had some more pics of this truck but I guess I was so into this build that I only shot this one pic. Here it is almost fully assembled:
I also have a 1/72 scale FT-17 I'll be building to put in the back of this thing.
This is the Zvezda Topol I started for another Group Build somewhere else. I decided to ease into this by building the rocket casing first:
After that, I felt a bit more motivated to work on the chassis. It seemed a pretty easy; if tedious bit of work:
Then it came time to assemble all the axles. This is where I had loads of problems since so many of the pieces looked too similar; the numbered pieces that then instructions said were supposed to go together were the wrong combinations that didn't fit right, and the rest didn't seem to have enough pieces for the necessary number of assemblies! Eventually, I managed to get the proper axles assembled and installed in the places that the instruction sheet said they were supposed to go:
That was after having ripped apart most of my assemblies and having to rebuild them to the proper assemblies. By this time, I was too fed up with this to go on, so I moved on.
I decided next to do a few 'simple' models of some artillery. I say 'simple', because they were anything but! These are some of the ACE artillery pieces I decided to go ahead and build.
This first one is my ML-20 152mm artillery piece I started. I assembled the gun, the main chassis, and some of the small detail parts. Now all I have to is finish the rest of the detail parts and then I can paint this one:
This is another Russian heavy artillery piece I started. I only got the main gun assembled and the chassis before I ran out of time. I hope to get more done on this soon:
Another ACE gun I decided to build was the little British 2pdr gun. I started building the gun and chassis first. This is one tiny little gun as evidenced by the Exacto blade I left in the pic:
Next I built the main carriage for this little gun. This was one delicate assembly:
Later when it was more dry, I took a pic of this gun sitting all together. This little beastie is ready for paint:
That's about it for my latest work in armor. I hope you enjoyed this trip. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in; comments are welcome!
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Okay, this is a small update for now. I went through my workbench and continued to work on some more of the models that have been sitting for too long.
Starting with this one: This is the Opel Blitz Staff bus that I broke some time ago. I managed to glue back the rear leaf springs and add the main axle to it. I also re-set one of the front wheels which had glued a little too high:
Next, I decided to get some paint on this Dicker Max once and for all. I succeeded...finally:
I thought of going back and trying to modulate the color, but I said to myself "fuggeddaboutit"! I've had enough trouble with this thing, time to just finish it!
On another DG I saw some excellent artillery pieces so I felt it was time to start building the stack of guns I had lying around. I added a few minor little detail pieces to the British 2-lb gun but I didn't take any pics because you really can't tell what pieces I added so if you want to see that gun, it's on the previous post.
This next one is a Russian 100mm anti-tank gun that I managed to get the main carriage built for:
It's looking a bit tired, but it is only test-fit together. I'm waiting for it to dry before I move on.
This next one is another Russian gun, this time an artillery piece for indirect fire. It uses the same gun on the SU-152, so I'm guessing this is where they got it for that monster AFV. I got the main carriage built and this gun mounted on it; all that's left is adding all the small detailed parts before I paint it:
Finally, when it comes to the guns at least, I started this Russian 85mm anti-aircraft gun. I started with the barrel and added the only other two pieces that go on it:
I also drilled out the barrel. Then I built the carriage. This is now ready for paint:
Now I just need to build the gun mount on this and she's ready to go.
The last project I worked on is this little Mack truck. I got the underside painted with Oily Black:
...before I flipped it over to paint the cab and the bed in Olive Green:
Now I just have to detail that; dry-brush some silver underneath and then decal and weather it. I wanted to start the little FT-17 that a friend had given me for my birthday, but I couldn't find the little beastie. I'll keep looking though.
Okay, that's all I have for now. Like I said, small update, but I hope to have more to show this weekend. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Starting with this one: This is the Opel Blitz Staff bus that I broke some time ago. I managed to glue back the rear leaf springs and add the main axle to it. I also re-set one of the front wheels which had glued a little too high:
Next, I decided to get some paint on this Dicker Max once and for all. I succeeded...finally:
I thought of going back and trying to modulate the color, but I said to myself "fuggeddaboutit"! I've had enough trouble with this thing, time to just finish it!
On another DG I saw some excellent artillery pieces so I felt it was time to start building the stack of guns I had lying around. I added a few minor little detail pieces to the British 2-lb gun but I didn't take any pics because you really can't tell what pieces I added so if you want to see that gun, it's on the previous post.
This next one is a Russian 100mm anti-tank gun that I managed to get the main carriage built for:
It's looking a bit tired, but it is only test-fit together. I'm waiting for it to dry before I move on.
This next one is another Russian gun, this time an artillery piece for indirect fire. It uses the same gun on the SU-152, so I'm guessing this is where they got it for that monster AFV. I got the main carriage built and this gun mounted on it; all that's left is adding all the small detailed parts before I paint it:
Finally, when it comes to the guns at least, I started this Russian 85mm anti-aircraft gun. I started with the barrel and added the only other two pieces that go on it:
I also drilled out the barrel. Then I built the carriage. This is now ready for paint:
Now I just need to build the gun mount on this and she's ready to go.
The last project I worked on is this little Mack truck. I got the underside painted with Oily Black:
...before I flipped it over to paint the cab and the bed in Olive Green:
Now I just have to detail that; dry-brush some silver underneath and then decal and weather it. I wanted to start the little FT-17 that a friend had given me for my birthday, but I couldn't find the little beastie. I'll keep looking though.
Okay, that's all I have for now. Like I said, small update, but I hope to have more to show this weekend. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks James and Sherman! Here's a little more progress for today...
I was told that the bus axle was in the wrong place, so I fixed that up:
Later on I dusted it up and then re-attached the drive shaft and then added the body. I now have a bus again!
I also added some weathering to my Dicker Max's tracks before adding them to the model. here it is waiting for clear coat and decals before I dull it down and dirty it up.... a little:
While I had the steel out and was dry-brushing the tracks on the Dicker Max, I figured it was also time to dry-brush the steel on the chassis underneath my Mack truck:
That truck is almost done. I should have it close to decal time in no time.
Armor wasn't all I worked on. Feel free to check out the Wesendorf Field to see the progress (or not) that I made on several aircraft.
Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
I was told that the bus axle was in the wrong place, so I fixed that up:
Later on I dusted it up and then re-attached the drive shaft and then added the body. I now have a bus again!
I also added some weathering to my Dicker Max's tracks before adding them to the model. here it is waiting for clear coat and decals before I dull it down and dirty it up.... a little:
While I had the steel out and was dry-brushing the tracks on the Dicker Max, I figured it was also time to dry-brush the steel on the chassis underneath my Mack truck:
That truck is almost done. I should have it close to decal time in no time.
Armor wasn't all I worked on. Feel free to check out the Wesendorf Field to see the progress (or not) that I made on several aircraft.
Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
