Catch up with PART NINE here
And finally we are getting there. I’ve just managed to get a black primer on this. This will allow me to pick out any areas that need further clean-up ( excess glue, areas that need smoother sanding etc ). I won’t be able to get photos up of the undercoated model for a day or so till all is dry. And I still have the running gear and schurzen to do. But this gives you an idea of how the finished beast will look ( left track is missing as I managed to pop two links apart putting it on so had to reglue it ).
Ignore the figures as they are still in the very early days where I am just working out poses, they will need a lot of rebuilding, resculpting, etc before they are ready to paint, but they filled in time over the last few days when I wasn’t able to get any painting done, as did making stowage bits for the wagon, principally a telescope on a wooden tripod ( old Tamiya artillery observation group set ) that had to have the legs hollowed out and assorted wingnuts etc added ( forgot to take a photo so will do that tomorrow ).
I also gave in and added the two fuel filler caps to the left side of the hull, and I’m going to leave off the centre schurzen panel on the left. In the photos I’ve tried juxtiposing the second from the back right with the second from the front left to give it a haphazard look but I don’t like it so they’ll be going back to their correct palce on the finished model.
So now it’s onto the painting, primer is on and I’ll tackle the final clean-up over the weekend, then it’s onto getting all the top coats, filters, washes and weathering done. So stay tuned.
hey, meant to say – what do you use for your undercoat – and black yes? I never used to undercoat, and have been using some spray on auto primer in gray that works a treat, although have never used anything else, and don’t want to use something weird that might ruin everything!!
But wish I had been priming 100 years ago!!
It might sound odd but I use a paint designed for painting things like pot-belly ovens. It has a very fine spray unlike a lot of sparay cans which put on too heavy a coat and it dries to a nice matt finish. I use black for two reasons, firstly because black shows up any flaws much more easily and I found white primers I was missing small scratches and glue blobs that then showed up with the darker topcoat, and secondly I use it as a preshade so when I spray the undersides of the fenders, turret etc I use a light topcoat and the black primer keeps it all looking darker. That way when I spray the whole thing gets a single darker than average coat, all the vertical surfaces get a second average oat, the horizontal upper surfaces get a thrid lighter coloured coat and then the edges and highest points get a final even lighter coat. Then the camo goers on and all that then gets pulled together with a single filter which starts things darkening back up to where I want the finished shade to be. The future/wash/dullcoat then finishes things at the final shade which will be significantly darker than the initial topcoats which is why the light shades are important to start with.
I’ll make an effort to cover each painting stage as I go on this one to show how the colour changes with each stage.
well, kudos to you at any rate, certainly in a league or two above my efforts, but I am sure on the enjoyment scale you would not be able to separate modelers who love this and have their wives shaking their heads at the loss of time involved!!
Haha, wives just don’t understand. But then I don’t understand the appeal of America’s Next Top Model or Glee. Or shoes. Or handbags.
wow, starting to come together something wicked – I love it. Makes the efforts of we amateurs pale in comparison – but still we box on because we love it!!
I certainly wouldn’t put myself in the expert bracket by a long shot. Just incredibly anally retentive when it comes to small detail. A lifetime in the arts to blame.