Modelling Monday

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Mon Sept 21 –  Started the week with a bit of masking on the Raumer S. I was originally going to follow the What if splinter camo paint scheme in the instructions. In the end they were used as inspiration only.

I had forgotten how long it takes to mask splinter camo so it seemed to take half the day to finish this. I set it up so that the Red brown was first which is mostly the sides and undersides.

This was followed by a green mostly on the top but some on the sides also.

I ran into some issues with painting the camo with a lot of leakage under the tape being my fault.

Fortunately with using Tamiya rattle can yellow as the base coat  most of these were able to be removed by either finger nail or Vallejo thinner and Q tips.

There was some yellow removed but just a few spots. A respray for some bits will be required next week. In the meantime the pads will be painted along with the exhaust pipes.

Sept 29 – mojo had departed after doing the first part of the repairs with the result that more hours were spent playing Baldurs Gate on my old PS2 than modelling.

Started my efforts with hand painting the pads as a bit of a palette cleanser.

Still got a few rounds to go on this as the inside of the pads need to be done as can be just seen on the upper middle wheel.

So at the end of of September I have somehow managed to finish four kits and be well along with the fifth.

Done and dusted ( so to speak)

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Yes the tank barn is finished. I did a lot more weathering than usual using a range of magazines/books to help. It’s not perfect but it is a step forward. The photos probably make some parts look a bit different to real life eg the rungs are muted in shininess compared to the photo.

A lot of time was spent fixing this with most of the problem being me but at least I had good advice from a friend!

I used a number of layers of oil paints, acrylics and scale model dust as my wife refers to weathering powders. I am happy with the results though there is improvement mostly by doing more layers as per most of the advice I read. 

As usual I relied on advice from my partner to arrive at the final look so it’s more weathered than I would usually do. I find it takes a while as I like to pause between layers to assess the look of it all.

So my modelling area is looking a bit messy now with lots of materials and references strewn around my garage workbench.

Whilst all this was being done I resprayed the Minenraumer. Vallejo’s rattle can German tank yellow is way too green in colour for my taste so back to the Tamiya version.

The spider has sat on the sideline but will be back up soon.

Hard to believe but that’s my fourth finished model for the year.