castlegaiden Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) Hello! My first armor build ... taking plenty of photos along the way. I'm trying to sort out the "order of operations" (e.g. assembly and painting), since I have build aircraft for the the last 20 years. I have to say that I am thoroughly enjoying the process and the build - I love scale model aircraft, but this is a breath of fresh air! I have started with the chassis and have all of the road wheel axles attached. I plan to assemble, prime and paint as much as I can with sub-assemblies. Since I have none of the colors for armor, I've done some research and have my Tamiya and Humbrol colors list more or less ironed out ... it's quite a bit of paint that I will need to get :-). Much of the model had injector molding sink marks and seams that needed to be filled in. I use water-based putty since it does not smell and it's easy to clean up! I have made a little more progress since these photos from a couple of weeks ago ... will continue to post more to get the fellow readers' feedback since I am still learning. Cheers! Brian www.TheScaleReview.com Edited May 4, 2014 by castlegaiden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ta152e Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Nice one. Stick with it, decent kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Hello everyone - long time, no post! Making progress on my very first armor model - the Alan 1/35 Marder II ... probably not the best choice for a first model, but having fun which is the main thing! Posted some more photos in the Model Cave forum as well http://modelcave.thescalereview.com/phpBB3//viewtopic.php… Brian www.thescalereview.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Making progress... I am pleased with how the hairspray chipping method is working so far Hope you like 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1drop Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Great start Brian, mind if I tag along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thanks Tommy - happy to have you along for the journey! Brian www.thescalereview.com http://modelcave.thescalereview.com/phpBB3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 what paint did you use under and over the hairspray? did it take a lot of scrubbing to remove it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Hi - sorry for the late reply! I used a thin wash of Tamiya XF-1 flat white, thinned down with a homebrew thinner (link to article on my site with ingredients --> http://www.thescalereview.com/2014/06/18/model-school-learn-to-make-your-own-homebrew-acrylic-thinner/ It did take quite amount of rubbing, more than I was expecting actually. To help speed things up, I dipped the stubbly brush in the thinner to soften the top layer of paint. I still need to experiment more with the timing and amount of hairspray. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Some more pics - making my way to the gun and gun shield! Really like the Eduard set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share Posted November 15, 2014 Some more progress pics of the main gun More photos on my site - www.thescalereview.com and Model Cave http://modelcave.thescalereview.com/phpBB3//viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8&p=1415#p1415 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Gun assembly complete More photos in the Model Cave - http://modelcave.thescalereview.com/phpBB3//viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8&p=1416#p1416 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlegaiden Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 some better photos ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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