edjbartos Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 54 minutes ago, Jasper dog said: Is it just me or do you appear to be really cracking through this build. More lovely pe work too, isn't that a .50 cal up front rather than a NSV? (I'm no expert in any way and happy to be corrected btw!) Looking good! Thanks Darryl, you’re right it does seem to be going quicker than normal, not sure why, maybe I’m just getting used to the way they build up and learned from previous mistakes. Regarding the gun you may very well be correct, I just assumed it was an NSV... really appreciate you looking in and commenting all the best Ed 46 minutes ago, Bertie Psmith said: Your PE is so tidy! (I’m glad to hear that it’s not always compulsory though!) The model looks more fascinating every time I call in. Thanks Bertie, it’s been a really nice model to make, you’ll enjoy yours when you get to it. Just got to do the tracks now then get onto the dozer blade which should be interesting.. all the best Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 29 minutes ago, edjbartos said: you’ll enjoy yours when you get to it There's one thing that will help me with that (and I'm not just saying this to flatter you), I don't have any sense of wanting to compete with your build. Mine will be considerably less tidy! 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Excellent detail work Ed, especially the MG shrouds. I'm assuming that they come as a flat piece, and that you have to roll it. Not something that I'v done before......or likely to. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bullbasket said: Excellent detail work Ed, especially the MG shrouds. I'm assuming that they come as a flat piece, and that you have to roll it. Not something that I'v done before......or likely to. John. Thanks John, the shrouds did indeed come as a flat piece PE, I just used a selection of drills and pressed against some high density foam until the correct form was made. It was actually easier than I thought it would be, I was quite surprised... all the best Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, edjbartos said: Thanks John, the shrouds did indeed come as a flat piece PE, I just used a selection of drills and pressed against some high density foam until the correct form was made. It was actually easier than I thought it would be, I was quite surprised... all the best Ed Thanks Ed. And one other thing that I meant to ask. Did you solder the joint? John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, Bullbasket said: Thanks Ed. And one other thing that I meant to ask. Did you solder the joint? John. Now come on John, I’m not that brave 🤣 The joins are right at the bottom and quite tight. I didn’t want to push my luck... Ed 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Hi there folks, It's been a while since I last updated this build, 5 months ago in fact. I have been busy with the M3/M4 group build which was great fun to do. So having to remind myself where I got to since last update. I finished assembling the MasterClub tracks which were nice to build. A photo showing the tracks and a little sub assembly showing the round headed resin pins. I added a touch of CA just underneath the heads to stop them coming away later on.... Here are a few photo's showing the tracks in position, that's really the basic work on the APC done now.... I then started to assemble the Dozer blade. This is a model in itself, really quite a lot of parts and assembly to do.... A few photo's with the Dozer blade fitted to the APC..... Next up is to start disassembling everything and masking off and start adding the primer. I bought some AK Real colours for the blue/grey SLA paint, I just need to work out the right mix and how best to do the chipping and weathering etc. I'll be back when I have more to show... All the best and thanks for looking in Ed 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo1966 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Thats looking great Ed. Looking forward to seeing it Blue! George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 This has been a very interesting build, but seeing it all assembled, it looks great. I like the look of those tracks. They seem to be very similar to Fruilmodel. Nice work Ed. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 7 hours ago, Geo1966 said: Thats looking great Ed. Looking forward to seeing it Blue! George Thank you George, I'm looking forward to painting it blue as well, it will be a bit different to the norm 5 hours ago, Bullbasket said: This has been a very interesting build, but seeing it all assembled, it looks great. I like the look of those tracks. They seem to be very similar to Fruilmodel. Nice work Ed. John. Thanks John, I have to say it definitely has been an interesting build, very different from other Miniart kit's that I have done. The tracks from Masterclub are great and easy to do, the resin pins work well but you do need a bit of CA under the head before pressing home. Also when the tracks are burnished the pins remain the same grey colour but a bit of paint on them sorts them all out. Unfortunately I can't compare to Fruils as I've never done any to compare, In fact this is only the second time that I have done metal tracks. all the best both of you , thanks for looking in and commenting Ed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Cracking work on this. I love the detail on the dozer blade and it should look epic once painted 👍 Look forward to seeing more 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Welcome back! And at a great stage - looking forward to seeing what you do with the paint job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 hours ago, StuartH said: Cracking work on this. I love the detail on the dozer blade and it should look epic once painted 👍 Look forward to seeing more 👏 1 hour ago, Model Mate said: Welcome back! And at a great stage - looking forward to seeing what you do with the paint job. Thank you both for your kind words, I'm really pleased with the way the build has progressed. Now I'm looking forward to the painting, especially the weathering on the dozer blade... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Hi everyone, an update on my SLA dozer. I have finally got onto the painting stage. After priming using Mig one shot grey primer I started to look at painting the SLA blue colour. This was when I encountered problems. The plan was to mix AK Real colours RC017 Pale blue and AK RC021 Pale grey. The paint is very thick which needs to be thinned, I didn't want to use their own thinner as it does smell a lot. I thought I could get away with Tamiya X-20A. At first it thinned ok and I could spray for a while, but then the air brush started to clog up and in no time the paint in the cup went very thick. It totally bunged everything up. In the end I had to strip the airbrush down, I use an Iwata HP-CS airbrush and the nozzle was totally blocked, I could not wash it out or scrape out with a fine brush, the only way to get rid of the blockage was to give the nozzle a couple of sprays of liquid reamer. Which did the trick in the end. So I went back onto acrylics and went through the paints that I have and started doing mixes to see If I could get close to the AK mix. I eventually found a mix that came really close. For my reference and If any one wants to know what I have used, Vallejo 71.108 Azure blue, 2 parts , Mig-0210 Grey blue, one part and Mig-224 Skyline blue, one part and then mixed with 4 parts thinner to give a nice free flowing mixture. Once dry I then mixed the same base mix but added white paint and sprayed on to give some highlights. Here's some photo's I have to say It is a bit weird painting an armoured vehicle blue when you are so used to green or sand based colours So that's the base coat done, now the weathering process starts. Next up is to seal with satin varnish, then start on the pin washing. I'm not going to be able to do any more work to this model for the next week or so due to family commitments, but will be back soon all the best and thanks for looking in.... Ed 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Very nice paint work Ed. Yep, blue is unusual for us to see but you have done it well and will be interesting to see how you handle the weathering on it. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo1966 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Looking good Ed, the blue turned out great. I have had similar problems when trying to thin other brand paints with Tamiya thinners. I think maybe tamiya thinners is only good for Tamiya paint. George 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 19 hours ago, Stef N. said: Very nice paint work Ed. Yep, blue is unusual for us to see but you have done it well and will be interesting to see how you handle the weathering on it. 👍 6 hours ago, Geo1966 said: Looking good Ed, the blue turned out great. I have had similar problems when trying to thin other brand paints with Tamiya thinners. I think maybe tamiya thinners is only good for Tamiya paint. George Thank you both, really appreciate you both commenting. I did read in a model magazine a while back that they had used X-20A with real colours and worked ok but not for me. Anyway I now have a super clean airbrush 😀 all the best Ed 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 Hello there folks, a little update on my progress so far. After the base coat I sprayed the model with a satin varnish, then proceeded doing a pin wash using Burnt Umber oil paint. I wanted to distress all the panels, so I applied small dots of oil paint, namely White, Yellow Ochre, Prussian Blue and Olive Green to small areas at a time then blended them all together. That's now the base for all the other work to follow from now on. I then added a matt varnish to seal everything and to give a good surface for all the other effects that I want to apply. Here are a few photo's So I can now continue with rust, scratches and other detail painting. I'll be back when I have more to show. all the best and as always, thanks for looking in. Ed 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I'm sorry Ed, I haven't looked in on this for ages. I have to say she's looking good. I think the outside will soon be looking every bit as startling as the inside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 13 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: I'm sorry Ed, I haven't looked in on this for ages. I have to say she's looking good. I think the outside will soon be looking every bit as startling as the inside. Many thanks Bertie, I appreciate you looking in and commenting. It’s coming along slowly, too many distractions at the moment. I’ve been interested in your wooden ship building, in fact I have one in mind for next year after I’ve done the armoured car group build. all the best skipper 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, edjbartos said: wooden ship building, in fact I have one in mind for next year after I’ve done the armoured car group build. That's interesting. I'd like to see your approach to the genre. Do you have a particular vessel in mind? The AC GB. I bought about four kits for that last year. It appals to me because it's armour without the track building nonsense. If anything can divert me from shipbuilding, that will be it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 52 minutes ago, Bertie McBoatface said: Do you have a particular vessel in mind? That's the one I'm thinking of... https://vanguardmodels.co.uk/product/saucy-jack-barking-well-smack/ for a little change. I've still got 8 Miniart kits to build 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, edjbartos said: That's the one I'm thinking of... https://vanguardmodels.co.uk/product/saucy-jack-barking-well-smack/ for a little change. I've still got 8 Miniart kits to build 🙂 Nice one. I think there's a build log in progress for one of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Looking very good. The burnt umber really complements the blue colour of the model 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 10 hours ago, StuartH said: Looking very good. The burnt umber really complements the blue colour of the model 👍 Many thanks Stuart, appreciate your comments Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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