Israel Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) Hello Folks,Gotta love those gem-like 1/48 Tamiya kits: the detail is excellent, the engineering is top notch, the build is completely hassle free. My only complaint is the solid headlamps.The kit was painted with custom mixed Tamiya acrylics using the salt technique, weathered with oils and pigments. 100% OOB. Cheers, Israel Edited January 1, 2017 by Israel 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambridge Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 i'm new to this place but there are people on this forum that can really make astonishing works. that paint/dust effect is just beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Lovely little model Israel. I really like the weathering effect. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israel Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Guys, thanks for your kind words. It's one of the most enjoyable kits I've ever built... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 The 'shrunk reality' force is strong with this one! Artist's eye and marvellous technique hand in hand. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israel Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 4 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: The 'shrunk reality' force is strong with this one! Artist's eye and marvellous technique hand in hand. Kind regards, Joachim Thanks again, Joachim. I highly recommend these 1/48 Tamiya kits. They're pure joy to build... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Very nice work Israel! Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Nice little kit there,very well finished and weathered Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That is fantastic, you've absolutely nailed the finish there . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs PlaStix Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 This has been extremely helpful to me to see just what can done with the kit, I can't really comment on it being a simple kit to build as it's been my first AFV, but I agree it has been enjoyable. I haven't the skill or facilities to create similar,fantastic, effects, but I wanted it to look fairly new. Thanks for sharing it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israel Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) Thanks, Mrs. PlaStix. You've done a great job with yours. Now I'm just gonna have to build an equally beaten up Zero for companion... Edited January 14, 2017 by Israel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Great work !! I did one last year and it wasn't nearly as weathered as yours is. All of my armor kits are 1/48 scale (mostly Tamiya) so I do try to pay particular attention to the 1/48 builds that are posted here. Maybe someday whenever my skills improve I'll try to do the intense weathering like yours is. Thanks for posting. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Incredible work, Sir! Looks like something come across a few years after the war on an island somewhere off on the fringe of a cratered airfield.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israel Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thank You Sir, much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinetree_fella Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Another thing of great beauty, I have started mine, if i can get it somewhere close to yours and Mrs P's I will be a happy wee Kiwi. Do you have any WiP photos Israel? I am looking for a slightly newer look than yours, back story will be a captured unit "adopted" by RNZAF and recently used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israel Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) Thanks, mate! Unfortunately I don't have any WIP photos, but I can write about the build if you're interested... Edited February 18, 2017 by Israel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinetree_fella Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I am interested in the paint work, including the dusty look 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The weathering is superb! Bravo!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israel Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) It went something like this: - The Paint: for airbrushing, I use (almost) exclusively Tamiya acrylics thinned with 95% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. Vallejo (thinned with tap water) is my preferred brand for brush painting. - The Color: usually I don't make a fuzz about the exact color. I just eyeball it, then mix and match till it looks (more or less) like the right color according to my references. Because of the scale effect, I tend to use a base color which is about 20-30% lighter than in it would be in reality. - The Painting: unlike most AFV modelers, I like to work in sub-assemblies. Because of the small size of the kit, I've departed from my usual approach and assembled it fully before painting. I'm also a big fan of color-modulation, especially when it comes to monochrome-schemes like this one. As far as I remember, the base color was XF-20 (medium grey) mixed with XF-23 (light blue), about 1:1 ratio. I've mixed some coarse and fine salt with a little bit of water and covered some parts of the running gear, the dozer blade and the hood (I think I've repeated this step a few times...) I've added some more XF-23 to the base color and sprayed the vertical surfaces. For the horizontal surfaces I've added some more blue, as well as some white to lighten up the parts where the natural light would fall. Then I've carefully removed the salt with a brush and kit the was ready for weathering. - The Weathering: I'm totally old-school when it comes to weathering. Despite all those fancy weathering products available nowadays, I stick to oil-paints and artist's chalks. The kit was filtered with a mixture of some kind of brown (cant' remember which one exactly) and black oil paints thinned with odorless turpentine to about to 1:10, applied to the whole kit with brush. To my humble opinion, matt surfaces absorb filters more uniquely then glossy ones, resulting in a more balanced appearance. After letting it dry, the kit received a coat of Future/Klear to seal and protect the work and prepare the surface for the pin-wash, which again was done using oil-paints, slightly darker and thicker (about 3:7) than the filter. To enhance the chipping-effect even further, I've applied some scratches with a very small pointed-brush using my ultimate chipping-color, Vallejo's "German Camo Black-Brown". Since I was after a dark-dusty appearance rather than a muddy-one, I've applied lightly the appropriate "home-brewed" pigments (artist's chalk) direct onto the lower parts of the kit (without any fixer), followed by a light coat of similarly-colored acrylic paint (which in turn, fixed the pigments) resulting in further enhancement of the dusting-effect (frankly, I think I've slightly exaggerated that part...). Finally, the kit received a coat of matt lacquer. I know, it's a lot of steps, but painting/weathering is my favorite part of the hobby and I think those slight differences do show their added benefit on the finished product, even when the kit is as small as this one (half of my palm). I've used similar techniques during this build: Edited February 19, 2017 by Israel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinetree_fella Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Thanks for all that, I am experimenting with those "fancy products" (well chipping fluid anyways) then I need to learn about Artists Chalks and where to buy them. This will be my first attempt at weathering so I am not expecting too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 very nice, great job on the scheme and weathering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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