Carius Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Looks excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Nice work on the cupola, I also took watchers advice and filed down the join. But need to put a bit of filler in as I got a bit carried away in one area, your barrel looks good with a coat of paint. The kits barrel has a very faint seam along the top and bottom which need a light sanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Very nice Stix, very sharp detail on the turret. Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, Carius said: Looks excellent Thank you! 22 hours ago, Ozzy said: Nice work on the cupola, I also took watchers advice and filed down the join. But need to put a bit of filler in as I got a bit carried away in one area, your barrel looks good with a coat of paint. The kits barrel has a very faint seam along the top and bottom which need a light sanding. Thank you Ozzy but I didn't manage to disguise it completely. It is still faintly visible. I think it's because I was attempting to do while it was attached to the turret - which made it more difficult to get at. I reckon it would have easier with the cupola separate. I'm hoping it will look better once there's some camo colours and weathering over it! With regards the barrel - it is a nice but I'm sure you'll be able to get rid of the seams on yours. I'm going to keep the two part barrel from this kit and check it alongside the barrel in the Dragon Panther kit. I haven't really looked through the Dragon box properly yet. 7 hours ago, Ripaman said: Very nice Stix, very sharp detail on the turret. Regards Richard Hi Richard and thank you. The detail does seem good on this kit and I'm hoping it will show up well under the paintwork, washes and weathering. I may try and get some dry-brushing done tonight. Kind regards, Stix Edited February 14, 2017 by PlaStix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Lovely as always Stix, can't get over how smoothly you lay down paint! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 On 15/02/2017 at 1:04 AM, Sgt.Squarehead said: Lovely as always Stix, can't get over how smoothly you lay down paint! Hi Sarge and thank you. Over the past few days I seem to have been doing bits and pieces on both my current builds. The Panther turret parts have had a wash of Revell's Gunship Grey, followed by a targeted wash of Revell's Anthracite in and around the detail and then I gave it all a dry-brushing of a lightened version of the base coat: I have also done some more painting on the tools and I'll take some photos when I get chance. The next main job will be to do the camouflage painting across everything. Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 39 minutes ago, PlaStix said: ..... and then I gave it all a dry-brushing of a lightened version of the base coat: Is this how you achieve the highlighting Stix? Works wonders if so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 He looks soft and very uniform ..., cheers Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjim Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) Looking Fabulous Stix Coming along nicely Sir ! I really like the colour is it brush painted ? Just had to check , it IS brush painted ! most impressive ,very smooth . Edited February 19, 2017 by sonofjim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Looking extremely good Stix, your hairy stick work complements the crisp looking model beautifully. Once again great craftmanship, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 4 hours ago, Gremlin56 said: Looking extremely good Stix, your hairy stick work complements the crisp looking model beautifully. Once again great craftmanship, WHAT HE SAID!! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Nice going Stix, looking forward to the camouflage scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Your bush painting skills are absolutely brilliant Stix just makes detail pop Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 2/19/2017 at 7:35 PM, wimbledon99 said: Is this how you achieve the highlighting Stix? Works wonders if so Hi Nigel. Yes, the process I used here - several thinned layers of acrylic paint (of the base colour) applied by wide flat brush, followed by an overall thin wash of Revell's Gunship Grey, next a targeted wash of Revell's Anthracite, applied with a fine pointed brush around raised detail or into recessed detail and finally a dry-brushing of a lightened version of the base coat is how I do all of my AFVs. As long as the detail is fairly sharp in the first place it does seem to be shown off quite well. On 2/19/2017 at 7:36 PM, FrancisGL said: He looks soft and very uniform ..., cheers Stix Thank you Francis. I am always a bit more nervous about doing the wider, plain, flat areas as there's nothing obvious for the dry-brushing to catch. On 2/19/2017 at 9:01 PM, sonofjim said: Looking Fabulous Stix Coming along nicely Sir ! I really like the colour is it brush painted ? Just had to check , it IS brush painted ! most impressive ,very smooth . Thank you Jim. Yes all my models are brush painted as I don't own, or have anywhere to use, an airbrush. In the past I have used the odd rattle-can paints to do something when I was short on time but I find it too nerve-wracking! I much prefer painting with brushes. On 2/20/2017 at 7:26 AM, Gremlin56 said: Looking extremely good Stix, your hairy stick work complements the crisp looking model beautifully. Once again great craftmanship, You are are way too kind Julian, but thank you! On 2/20/2017 at 11:32 AM, Hamden said: WHAT HE SAID!! Roger Thank you too Roger! On 2/20/2017 at 0:34 PM, Ozzy said: Nice going Stix, looking forward to the camouflage scheme. Thank you Ozzy and I may start some camouflage painting tomorrow. On 2/20/2017 at 5:48 PM, Ripaman said: Your bush painting skills are absolutely brilliant Stix just makes detail pop Regards Richard Thank you very much Richard. I haven't had chance to do anything on this during the evenings this week so I'm hoping I can get something, possibly the camouflage painting, done over the next couple of days. It's the weekend tomorrow!! Kind regards, Stix 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Good work on the turret, the paint job looks fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Bravo Stix, I have embarked on an armour build and went looking for inspiration. Well I found it! I am shamelessly stealing most of your techniques. The tracks look great, the hull looks great. In short, it looks great! Regards, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 24/02/2017 at 0:32 PM, BerndM said: Good work on the turret, the paint job looks fantastic. Thank you very much Bernd. Are we likely to see any of your builds in the near future? On 24/02/2017 at 9:23 PM, Kahunaminor said: Bravo Stix, I have embarked on an armour build and went looking for inspiration. Well I found it! I am shamelessly stealing most of your techniques. The tracks look great, the hull looks great. In short, it looks great! Regards, Hi Kent and that's very kind of you - thank you! I have been doing bits and pieces on this kit but nothing major so I thought I would include a photo of all the parts at this stage before they are assembled: Yesterday I was intending to start getting the camo colours on but I discovered I'd run out of one of the colours I need so I'm going to try and pick some up this week. I did join the deck to the lower hull and did a test fit of the gun to the turret and the turret to the hull. At this stage I thought it might be fun to show you the two kits I'm working on at the moment side-by-side: The kit in front is the 1/72 T-64 I'm building in the NATO vs Warsaw Pact GB. A couple more: Hopefully I'll get some paint this week. Comments and suggestions welcome. Kind regards, Stix 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The missing panels are really effective Stix. Both models are coming along superbly. Great seeing them side by side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 They both look fantastic, the panther looks good without any colour. I wish I had fixed the tracks before adding the upper hull, however I didn't glue the sprockets this allowed me to jiggle the tracks on, are you going to use the crewman that's standing up? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Both very nice builds Stix, a Panther with full skirts look somewhat wrong in my eyes. And small scale AFVs are just sweet, good work ! For BerndM modelling just have a look here, mate The build has seen some further progress after my last post so more soon . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nice models, I'll wait to see him with all his painting ... Cheers Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It's getting there and looking really good. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjim Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Looking very nice Stix I'm finding myself increasingly tempted by one of these . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Those two do look very good Stix Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Nice progress on the Panther and the "pint-sized" 64 is magic too, really good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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