Alfashark Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 More scope to dirty it up a bit with the pink too. Get a look at some of the Tornados in theater back then and someone like you could have a field day with the weathering... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I don't know anything about weathering planes. I've seen plane modellers paint all the panel gaps black before the top coat to deepen them but given how much history it's got that might not be possible. Youtube is your friend. I wasn't going to do any models for a bit but I've started another one. I'm hopeless. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Comes down to where and how they were operated... The Tonkas and Jags got a quick smearing of Desert Pink and then got throw into the desert at Mach fuck, down in the weeds with a lot of grit in the air so they got sandblasted on all the leading edges/pointy bits. Some of the chaps over your way use a Pledge furniture polish sealant, watered down with thinners and wash the whole thing with it which can bring out panel lines with just the right amount of depth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I'd never realised how political model building is. There's so many "right" and "wrong" ways of doing things. I started a bit of a row on the model forum with the amount of weathering & rust on my Bergepanther. They'll shit themselves when they see the next one. There's also some big thing about "modulation" of paint colour on panels. So a bit darker at the edges where angles meet. It's too bloody complicated for me and they all seem to get their knickers in a twist about how much/little/right/wrong it is. I can see a rage quit happening on there although they are very nice. Stupid models. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Amen! Best to ask for thoughts and examples on, then make your own mind up and don't ever show them the finished results... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 At least the goons from the IPMS branch I was in - And it was a small branch, no more than about 10 of us - Were fucking brilliant at doing their own thing and realising that not everyone could or would go that deep down the detail hole. One of them, just to try it out, masked and painted every individual panel on a 1/72 model to get something like the effect of polished aluminium. Took him forever and while it did look impressive, he reckoned he'd never do it again just to get that 99% right look that some other cunt (likely from one of the forums you've mentioned) to still pick holes in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I almost offered one bloke "some form of physical altercation" ( copyright @dane ) when he started going on about something but everyone else told him to stop it so it was fine. They're almost as bad as the " Oh, I wish I was as good as you" type comments which are just impossible to answer without sounding patronising. Just practice and copy the things you like. Idiots. If I jack the model forum in it'll just be you monkeys that I internet with. *sigh* 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Kit bashing. That usually upsets them - Finding leftover bits/spares/variant components from a kit and butchering an already fucked build just for the hell of it. That winds them right up and the actual build is quite fun and you're not really restricted to doing anything remotely right. Once I dig out my kit crates and find my tools, that's what I'll be doing. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarolsHusband Posted April 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2022 Yeah, there's one guy who built a "what if" rare German halftrack that had somehow got back to the US after the war and then was used as logging vehicle in Canada after being butchered & tiger striped. It looked mint but you could hear the gritted teeth in some of the comments. Hang on, I'll find a pic..... Think he must have striped it after. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarolsHusband Posted March 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2023 Four pages back & 11 months later. I don't think you fullahs are taking this thread entirely seriously. Lucky for you, there's always an old Pom around when you don't need one. Latest (and only) offering from Studio De Shuzz in the past year. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 You do a fantastic job there CH. Check out this fella on instagram for some cool car models he does a lovely job of adding patina to (I'm sure there's others on there but this is just one that the bots found for me) https://www.instagram.com/sandlundart/# 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I should really give a patina'd 1/24 car kit a bash. I'm quite a fan of cars, and indeed patina. I was going to do that 59 Caddy but it threw up more issues than solutions. I'll do one soon. just so I don't get banned for going off topic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 @Lord Gruntfuttock, @Indiana_Jones & @igor. This is where I dumped my 1/35 gluey fingered clumsiness. Not 1/24 but TBH the thread was dead on its arse anyway and still is by the looks of it. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Jones Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 5 hours ago, CarolsHusband said: @Lord Gruntfuttock, @Indiana_Jones & @igor. This is where I dumped my 1/35 gluey fingered clumsiness. Not 1/24 but TBH the thread was dead on its arse anyway and still is by the looks of it. Cheers mate, some great work in here. I'll no doubt pick your brains, as well as others later on. Keen to give weathering a go on this Sturmgeschütz, having never done it before. On that note, how does one achieve the beaten panel look? especially on the front covers of the tracks. Assuming it's a case of heating up the panel and bending it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 @Indiana_Jones how much did you score the tamiya spray setup for? I'm keen on one, not just for models but also little jobs in workshop. I figure there's possibly clones available on aliexpress but not yet looked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolsHusband Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 20 minutes ago, Indiana_Jones said: Cheers mate, some great work in here. I'll no doubt pick your brains, as well as others later on. Keen to give weathering a go on this Sturmgeschütz, having never done it before. On that note, how does one achieve the beaten panel look? especially on the front covers of the tracks. Assuming it's a case of heating up the panel and bending it? Heat's a bit risky, unless you have a controllable source. Hair dryer to soften it up a bit ? Candles usually end in melted plastic which looks nothing like bent armour. Also, removing a bit of the thickness will ease shaping. There is a lot of photoetched parts available to replace stuff like guards & the skirts along the side. Plastic can't really be molded thin enough. It's a bottomless pit. Looking forward to seeing how it goes. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Jones Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 10 minutes ago, yoeddynz said: @Indiana_Jones how much did you score the tamiya spray setup for? I'm keen on one, not just for models but also little jobs in workshop. I figure there's possibly clones available on aliexpress but not yet looked. I got mine for $125 from trademe (secondhand), I think they're around $230ish new, but don't come with an AC adaptor (fucking stupid imo), closer to $300 with them from what I can see (local suppliers). Here's one for sale at the moment: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/toys-models/models/tools-supplies/listing/4336839387 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarolsHusband Posted November 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2023 Time to resurrect the only thread I'm any good at... Now the evenings have gone dark, I've got a chance for a bit of glue sniffing again. Hobby Boss M4 High Speed Tractor. 1/35 Scale. Looks like this IRL... Made a start on the running gear, gonna paint it before assembly. Also, to demonstrate why one should " read & understand the instructions fully before commencing construction", plasticard support for cab floor as some monkey chopped the mounting tabs off. Ejection marks in the hull should really be filled too before much longer. I'm going to try & make this one nicely weathered rather than fucked. How's that Stug going @Indiana_Jones ? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Spotted in a FB group... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Jones Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 9 hours ago, CarolsHusband said: How's that Stug going @Indiana_Jones ? Some progress, but not as much as i would've liked. Getting back into it tonight. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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