British 6-Pound Anti-Tank Gun

[ShaunJ25]

 

Hi

 

This is my Tamiya 1/35 British 6-Pounder Anti-Tank Gun.

 

This is mostly complete but I was curious to see what suggestions you would have. I still need to put a matte varnish over the gun so it isnt as shiny and I would like to find something else to use as the camo netting. I do plan to get some sand bags and put them infront of the gun too. Its hard to see in the pictures but I have used some washes on it too.

 

Any suggestions, comments are greatly appreciated.

 

Sorry if the images are a bit blurry.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

 

Shaun

 

[Ozzy]

Nice vingette Shaun, you could try cutting foil from wine bottles to produce scrim for the cam net.

[ShaunJ25]

14 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

Nice vingette Shaun, you could try cutting foil from wine bottles to produce scrim for the cam net.

Thank you. I would like to find some netting that is a little more dense but thats a good idea

[Ozzy]

I think AFV club do various coloured cam nets, a little tighter weave.

[ShaunJ25]

12 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

I think AFV club do various coloured cam nets, a little tighter weave.

Ah yeah so they do, it looks pretty good. Thanks a lot

[ShaunJ25]

Now avec sandbags (mock-up - unpainted, not yet glued)  

 

 

 

 

[ShaunJ25]

So I have a question for you all. Rounded or square sandbag arrangement? Let me know what you think

 

 

 

[bull-nut]

I think the rounded embrasure looks better.

One thought on the sand bags, I've never been a fan of injection sandbags, they look to rigid for my tastes. I would suggest you check out TheTerrainTutor on YouTube. He has a great video that shows how to make just this kind of setup out of miliput or air drying clay.

Edited August 19, 2017 by bull-nut

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Ive used both rolled gauze and cheesecloth for camouflage netting dyed with watercolor paint. I like the idea of heavy foil like that for scrim. I like the round layout on the bags but i agree plastic sand bags dont look right to my eye. 

Edited August 20, 2017 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[Kris B]

I used the toiled paper to do the sand bags. One of the leaf I rolled and flattered. Then I chopped them for small sections and using the strip of another one I wrapped them and on one end use piece of string. That how they looks. 

 

[vindicareassassin]

Rounded layout by far.

 

I use surgical gauze for cam net just set it in place with thinned pva, let it dry and paint it whatever colour.

 

 

ATB

 

Sean

[ShaunJ25]

On 19/08/2017 at 22:22, bull-nut said:

I think the rounded embrasure looks better.

One thought on the sand bags, I've never been a fan of injection sandbags, they look to rigid for my tastes. I would suggest you check out TheTerrainTutor on YouTube. He has a great video that shows how to make just this kind of setup out of miliput or air drying clay.

Thanks for your comment. I agree that they do look too rigid so next time I will try clay but once they have been painted and weathered a bit I think they will look alright

[ShaunJ25]

On 20/08/2017 at 01:35, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Ive used both rolled gauze and cheesecloth for camouflage netting dyed with watercolor paint. I like the idea of heavy foil like that for scrim. I like the round layout on the bags but i agree plastic sand bags dont look right to my eye. 

Thats a good idea with the rolled gauze and cheesecloth, I'll have a look into it but I was thinking about just buying some 1/35 scale camo netting as they will have the leaves on them etc

[ShaunJ25]

On 20/08/2017 at 10:13, Kris B said:

 

Lil' update  So the sandbag wall is built and painted. I am sorry to those who said I should do circular but I decided to go square simply because the sandbags are solid and when they are placed in a circular shape they leave big gaps whereas you dont get this with a square shape. I tried to use some washes to make it a bit less monotone and add some depth which is hard to see in the pictures but I need to work on them some more anyway. (Also wish I had removed the moulding seam lines before I painted them  ) Also now has barbed wire   

 

 

 

I have also build a new little shelf thing for my models to sit on which I am pretty proud of  I have added some LED's to the underside as the shelf would create a shadow which hides the models below, so now they stand out a lot more  

 

 

 

Thanks for looking  Also big thank you to those who have followed this thread  

Edited August 29, 2017 by ShaunJ25