BlackMax12 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Here is my first ever attempt at a whitewash scheme and this little Bronco Stug III is a good cheap subject. The Inspector General seems to like it. Big cat, small model. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I think that looks great, just needs a snowy base to finish it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Cracking finish, really like that - tabby tiger seems impressed with it too! Agree with Simon - a snowy base will set it off nicely! Excellent work! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Thanks guys All of my models end up being shelf queens as I have neither the skills or the room for mini-dioramas. I have to imagine they are in the appropriate setting. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Very nice indeed. I'm doing a Panther in a winter scheme. What method did you use on the white? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) Hi Pete It's a shameless theft of Andy's method on Andy's Hobby Headquarters Youtube video where he does a whitewash job on a 1/35 Panther. That video should be right up your alley. It was Dullcoat over paint job, then hairspray, then a light random coat of Tamiya Flat White with a little Buff added, then some scrubbing with water and an old toothbrush. A little bit of finger crossing and some anxiety involved too. I went back and lightly dusted some more white on some of the places where I got a little over eager with the brush. It seems like at first nothing is happening when you scrub then all of a sudden the paint starts to flake off and you have to slow down. Good luck with your camo scheme, look forward to seeing it. Lloyd Edited August 17, 2017 by BlackMax12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Like the way that turned out Lloyd. It's a pity that it wasn't a Tiger or Panther, as I'm sure there would have been a cat joke in there somewhere. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 John Just posted a Panther G in the RFI forum and forgot all about the darned cat!! I'm sure he's impressed after getting his pic on the web yesterday. I also tried one of those pics in black & white but that didn't turn out so great. Maybe too extreme a close up, still learning this dad-blasted camera. Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Look good, nicely done winter camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Thanks Chris Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Not a fan of most german armour,but stugs are cool.Well tidy model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Hi Lloyd, For a moment there I actually thought you'd nicked the photos of my StuG and re-posted them as yours. Then I realised that mine was a StuG III Ausf G and yours isn't. And that yours had better snow camo and weathering! A fantastic job on all counts. I really like the fact that you weathered the thing back to the metal in places before applying the whitewash and the final weathering. The whitewash over the already 'ruined' paintwork is something I have tried to do myself. My first attempt... with a Nashorn, was very successful until the penultimate treatment when the damp brush reacted with bicarb snow and stripped the damned thing back to bare plastic in big patches. I then spent an entire week stripping the whole model back to plastic and another week re-painting it, only for the same thing to happen again. I don't know what went on there, because my second attempt at snow camo on my StuG, worked out fine and yet I didn't do a thing different! So, I know what you mean about the fear of doing a snow camo! Again, you've done a fantastic job, Rearguards, Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 Thanks Badder For a first ever attempt at whitewash it turned out acceptable. That hairspray method is a bit intimidating but it seems to work. At least the Inspector General gave it a passing grade, and a lick or two. How do you get cat spit off a model, or is that more weathering??? The sandpaper tongue does a good job, on fur anyways not so much on plastic. He has to inspect everything, I still have an Abrams with 15 wheels as only Nemo knows where the 16th wheel went and he ain't telling. Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 Thanks Celt It's not too tidy, rather dirty and worn in spots and this is my first Stug of all the models I've built over the years. They are so butt-ugly I sort of like them too. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 33 minutes ago, BlackMax12 said: Thanks Celt It's not too tidy, rather dirty and worn in spots and this is my first Stug of all the models I've built over the years. They are so butt-ugly I sort of like them too. Lloyd The first time I became aware of a StuG, was seeing one in a diorama by Francois Verlinden in a Tamiya catalogue in about 79. I actually thought it was a fantastic looking AFV. After building my first last year and seeing those on here, I have to say I've fallen in love with them. Ugly, yes, but almost 'sci-fi' looking when compared to other AFV's, I think. Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 Badder I can't find your Stug on here. Can you re-post it so I can have a peek? Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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