Misterfriend Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I'm in! Better late than never so here goes.I'm doing the Hobby Boss 1/48 T-34/85 in North Korean markings. This will be my first armour build since I was a teenager, which is some time ago, if my memory serves me correctly.The kit comes with a ton of interior detail, I'm half expecting to find a kitchen sink on the sprues somewhere. Unfortunately I really want to model it with hatches down and so I'm not going to be ustilising all that gorgeous detail. It feels slightly sacrilegious to not take advantage of all the work HB have put into the kit but there it is! I will be making the engine compartment as that will be slightly visible through the mesh covers that they supply.For markings I will be making stencils to spray the 3 digit number code that they have on the turret. The kit does come with a set of numbers that would work for this but I want to try and make my own, as my mother in-law got me a Silhouette cutting machine, that I am itching to try out on a sheet of Tamiya Tape. Also going to try making some masks for the wheels to make them a little less painful to paint.So far I've only got as far as washing the parts. And reading the instructions, I thought I'd give that a go for once as there's a lot of them! Trying to work out what bits can be ignored inside without affecting the structure.To get in the mood i just finished reading Roger Baker's account of his experience as a USMC tanker in Korea. Nice little read with some great pictures and sketches that he did out there. The only downside is the pictures are a bit grainy as they are printed on regular paper and not as photo inserts on quality paper.cheersSegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Welcome aboard Segan. There's still plenty of time left so I'm sure you'll finish it. Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Little bit of progress. Getting the internal structure together before I zip it up. The detail is amazing but I'm still not doing it with open hatches! So far everything seems to be fitting together very nicely. Also started on the wheels. I wanted to start these early to get them out of the way. They have very fine tread pattern molded on but they also all have a mould seam that needs sanding off so it's goodbye to the tread pattern! Cheers Segan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 The wheel paint shop is open for business! Went for a 50/50 mix of NATO Black and German Gray for the tyres. Going to work on the masks today and then get some green on them cheers Segan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 This was first attempt at cutting Tamiya masking sheet using the Silhouette cutting machine, not got the settings quite right but it'll do for this. Did the first batch and they worked rather well. Using Model Master Russian Armour Green. I'll have these done in no time! cheers Segan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 I have been making a bit of progress, honest! It doesn't look much but the top half of the hull alone has over 60 pieces! Also I decided to add a bit of texture to the turret as it should have quite a distinct cast texture to it. I brushed on a little Tenax and then hit it with a wire brush, still finessing it but I think it will look nice under a coat of paint. Cheers Segan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shermaniac Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 It's coming along nicely though - keep going 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Main construction is finally finished!! She is primed and ready for a lick of paint, a little bit of green seems me thinks. Cheers Segan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm going to be doing this tank i found on the interwebs, minus the rather ugly hole in the turret. Cleaning up the image thus I should be able to make a pretty good stencil for the turret number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Nice job Segan, and that stencil-making machine has piqued my interest too... Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Great build so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks Chaps! Nice job Segan, and that stencil-making machine has piqued my interest too... Cheers, Stew I'm still experimenting with it but I think for large serial numbers and roundels etc it will make pretty good masks. Not sure how fine i can go yet. Also it can cut pretty complicated shapes into thin sheet styrene which I think will come in very handy too. The software is a little clunky and unfortunately it doesn't allow you to cut and paste from Photoshop or Illustrator but you can open images up in it and as long as they are nice and contrasty it will trace round them, I ended up finding a few tutorials on YouTube as it has a few little quirks! Cheers Segan Cheers Segan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterfriend Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Work and life things got in the way of this one, another project for KUTA at the end of the year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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