Dim_Thessalonica
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Thank you all for the comments.
8 hours ago, Geo1966 said:You've done a great job with this one Dimitris. My only criticism would be that the barrel looks brand new, like you forgot to weather it.
George
I tried George, but I was too gentle...😁
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Happy New Year to all Britmodeler.com friends!
Second armour posting for me here and first for 2023. It is the new 1/35 Italeri T-34/85 Korean War, painted as ex-JNA example during the Bosnian war. These tanks were already overused and really weathered, so I tried to represent mine as such, with chipping, pigments, washes and rust. The wheels are from Miniart, and I used the Star-decals sheet that includes these markings. Comments and questions welcomed.
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Dimitris
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Excellent! A great job Nenad. Hvala lepa!
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Remarkable weathering! Very realistic! Congrats!
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I like it a lot! Something different and rare!
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On 12/12/2022 at 8:40 PM, StephMarb said:
Amazing work! The tracks look spot on - how did you get them to look so metallic and heavy?
Hi Steph,
Thanks for the comments. For the tracks I followed very conventional techniques: an initial spray with NATO black, then spray diluted Rust color, then some brown weathering powder, and finally drybrushing with Gun Metal AK powder. For gluing the track links I used slow drying glue that allows time to conform the tracks on the wheels.
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Dimitrios
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Thank you! All comments are very encouraging. I will try to return with a new model soon!
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Great job! Plus M50 is my favorite variants of Sherman!
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Very nice pair! Painting, shadows, weathering, all great! Well done Francis.
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Thank you all for your nice comments!
I like the Miniart T-55s, and I may build a second one in the near future. It is not an issue of difficulty, just a matter of allocating more time for the more detailed assembly stage.
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I have been an airplane modeller for more than a decade, but the last few years I became an armour enthusiast too. That's my first post of a tank at Britmodeller.com, a model I finished a year ago. It is the 1/35 Miniart T-55A, in the colors of the Yugoslav Army as it operated in the late 1990s in Kosovo. It was the first Miniart kit I attempted to build. I was initially overwhelmed by the 800+ pieces and wondered if I manage to complete such a complex model. In the end though, it wasn't too difficult for me, I just had to spend a lot more time on cutting and gluing than on a regular kit. Moreover, to the company's credit, they quickly replaced a piece that I lost. For the painting scheme, I chose the complex four tone Serbian camouflage as shown on the kit box. Paints are from Gunze and Tamiya and the tank was weathered with various products. I also only added the antenna and ammo boxes in the place of the rear fuel tanks, as was the original in some photos I found.
Hope you like it.
Dimitrios
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On 11/3/2022 at 12:14 AM, 28ZComeback said:
Sorry to be late for the party, but where did you get your Royal Hellenic decals? Thank you Dimetry!
Sorry for the belated answer, I just saw your message. I ordered my decals from LM decals company in Greece. Meanwhile they have produced a dedicated sheet for Greek Ansons. You can check here:
https://lmdecals.gr/index.php/en/x-series-en/military-aircraft?start=30
Γιάννη, Davide, thanks for the messages.
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The MB151 version also! That’s great news. Always wanted to build a Greek Air Force Bloch! Or more...
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Thank you all for your comments. That’s a really old kit not very well known; it counts less that 30 pieces.
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Hi all,
I like floatplanes, I also like the ML-KNIL airplanes in the former Dutch East Indies. This Ryan STM-S2 is the very old Testors kit in 1/48 that needed a lot of work. Arguably the smallest 1/48 I have built. I decided not to use the pilot and co-pilot "figures" and to scratch-built the interior (seats, instrument panels, etc.) by plasti-card. I also did some necessary changes to depict the ML-KNIL version (e.g. the rudders on the floats, the pilots transparency, navigation lights). The rigging was quite a process. I used Xtracrylic paints and the decals are all from spares. Some post-shading and washing, and voila.
Hope you like it
Dimitrios K.
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On 10/19/2018 at 1:05 PM, Reddo said:
Hi I just found this kit in a bookshop last weekend but the instructions were missing. I could muddle through but is there a pdf anywhere of these as that would really help
Dim - What colour Tamiya paint did you use overall? And I love your treatment of the rust / joints on the floats - superb
Hi Reddo,
Sorry for the delayed answer and thanks for the comments. The basic colour I used for the upper sides was Tamiya XF-25 +around 10% a very light green, to add a bit of green hue. For the ribs, I post-shaded with the same mix lightened by Gunze C332. Under-surfaces it is AKAN mat aluminium 66000, which I find very convincing. Hope it helps.
Furbar57 thanks a lot.
303sqn, excellent video. I had seen photo instances, but not the full thing. Thanks.
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Dimitrios
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A very good kit perfectly rendered! The paint job is excellent, I like especially the undersides. I am not a Luftwaffe fan, I wish I could build it with other markings. Maybe a What-if?
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That’s top modeling! Congrats.
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Gaspatch would be an excellent choice indeed. I keep a couple of their Brownings for a future project. Looking forward to seeing your builts!
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Artie, Pete, thanks for the nice words.
18 hours ago, dnl42 said:Very nice work!!!
Indeed, she's a big girl! Did you use the Part PE set for it? Part also have PE sets to improve the gun.
Thanks a lot! I did buy the Part PE, but I ended up using it ….partly: the pilot and gunners' seats, a few things for the floats, and the cockpit floor, and a couple of others. The flat cockpit walls frames were used as a guide in order to make more realistic round ones from evergreen plastic. I did not use the parts for the gun. The "details vs mental health" ratio did not favor such endeavor. I also bought the Yahu instruments panel, very nice indeed.
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Thanks for the comments,
Hans, your question has already been answered: the asymmetrical wing markings were to deceive the enemy gunners.
For those of you who haven't heard about this kit before, well, it is an old (1980s I think) mold from a Polish firm called Spojnia. Since then it has been reissued many times by Mirage Hobby, in two boxes, one for the land-based, and one for the seaplane. As I said it is a basic kit, but for those who want more details there is a special photoetched fret from Part, and the instruction panel from Yahu.
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Hi everybody,
Just finished this nice seaplane. It is a Mirage Hobby kit that has been around for quite a while. I was in between making the land or the sea version, but in the end floats won. A simple kit, few parts count, but it does take some extra effort to build, especially the alignment of fuselage, support struts and floats. I used some photo-etched bits and pieces, and the Yahu instrument panel for Lublin R-XIII (funny brass color). A bit of scratch-build for lights and the cockpit. The model is finished with Tamiya and Akan paints, and Microscale Flat varnish. It has an impressive wing-span for its scale, almost the size of a Stuka. Comments, questions and critical observations all welcomed!
Dimitris K.
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Thank you all for your comments!
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Thank you all for your comments.
5 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said:Lovely work!
How did you weather the panel lines?
John, nothing special. It is old good panel wash with dark brown enamel. But the corrugated surfaces made it a bit difficult.
edit: add to this a light post-shading of random panels
3 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:Very nice! I just landed in Athens and will be in Thessaloniki this week too, so I just have to praise this model! Very nice :). An unusual subject in unusual marks (for the type).
Martin
I wish you a nice stay at my home city. Many great places to go out, if you have the time. Obviously, I m a proud Thessalonian, but the last years I live in France.
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T-34/85 Bosnian Serb - 1/35 Italeri
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Big thanks for all the comments!
It was a symbol used both by Krajina and Bosnian Serbs, there are many photos showing tanks and vehicles bearing this symbol. In my T-34/85 case it was more of a speculative artistic addition...