echen Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, echen said: Had another search but couldn't find it again. @Tail-Dragon @Longbow @Rob Pulham @Maddoxx77 Had yet another search. Have a gander at this. Edited December 1, 2022 by echen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, echen said: @Tail-Dragon @Longbow @Rob Pulham @Maddoxx77 Had yet another search. Have a gander at this. Great stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelscale Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 28/11/2022 at 21:22, Maddoxx77 said: It's slowly starting to look the part.... Tonight i did all the camo on the roadweels. Still hard to control the flow of the paintbrush. Now working with a 0,2mm needle and the pressure on 12 psi and a lightly thinned mixture of ammo mig acrylic paints. Still it clogs up from time to time. Maybe i'll have to try some other brand of thinner ( i use vallejo thinner and improver ) and i need to do more testing with the mixture. Tips and suggestions are more then welcome. However, i got it on and it looks descent to me. The colors are still a bit bright but with the weathering it should tone down a lot. I gave the whole model a coat of semigloss varnish to secure the decals and the paint. Next stop, detail painting. I'll keep you guys posted. Cheers! 👍👍👍 Have you tried MRP Acrylic Lacquer Paint? No thinning required. Shaky shaky the bottle, pop it in the airbrush, Pressure down to 8-12psi and off you go. Nice and accurate three tone German colours with the ability to spray really tight patterns.....and best of all, ZERO clogging 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Kelscale said: Have you tried MRP Acrylic Lacquer Paint? No thinning required. Shaky shaky the bottle, pop it in the airbrush, Pressure down to 8-12psi and off you go. Nice and accurate three tone German colours with the ability to spray really tight patterns.....and best of all, ZERO clogging Never tried MRP before. Worth giving it a go. Tnx for the tip 👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelscale Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Maddoxx77 said: Never tried MRP before. Worth giving it a go. Tnx for the tip 👍👍👍 The only thing that I found different is it does take a while to build up a good covering for base coating. A decent opacity takes a fair few coats. It does leave a beautifully smooth finish though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, Kelscale said: The only thing that I found different is it does take a while to build up a good covering for base coating. A decent opacity takes a fair few coats. It does leave a beautifully smooth finish though That would make it great for use in combination with preshading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 No progress on the Tiger but i want to share a proud father moment: my 13 year old son is building his first kit, a cybernetic hand now..... let's get him in to AFV's 😜 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Top lad. It looks like a reasonably complex kit too. Hope he enjoys it.👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Stef N. said: Top lad. It looks like a reasonably complex kit too. Hope he enjoys it.👍👍 Well, so far he does. It's a kit without glue. Most parts snap on and there is the occasional screw. But it's a lot of parts and a complete air system to move the fingers so it's certainly not easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Very cool! Please keep us up to date on his progress too @Maddoxx77! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 34 minutes ago, Gary Brantley said: Very cool! Please keep us up to date on his progress too @Maddoxx77! I will. I promise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 Finally i found some time to get some work done on the Tiger. The tracks are on. Love the look. they need a bit more work but so far i'm happy i bought the aftermarket tracks. did the detail painting of the tools and weapons. Still need some weathering. And i started the chipping fase. I will do all the chips with a brush so it will take a lot of time but looking at the top of the turret, i think it's the right way to do it. The roadmap is done so now i can fill the chips with a grey brown to add depth. Working in segments i will take my time to not mess it up. Still a lot of work to do but i really enjoy the proces and so far, the model and the picture i have in my mind are still the same. I'll keep you guys posted. Cheers! 👍👍👍 Btw, the cyborg hand of my son is finished. I will post pictures next time. He did a splendid job and the thing works great 😁 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Maynard Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 superb work @Maddoxx77 Really looks the part with the camo and chipping! 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josebagasteiz Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Very cool your Tiger!! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 After 3 days of chipping i'm finally done. I tried to keep it really subtle. No heavy damage this time. some last detailpainting left and then it's time for some enamels. I'll keep you guys posted. Cheers! 👍👍👍 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 This is looking really good. I suspect that heavily damaged Tigers were a bit rare unless the RAF/USAF found them. From what I've read it was more likely to be heavily damaged Shermans and Cromwells if Tigers were involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, echen said: This is looking really good. I suspect that heavily damaged Tigers were a bit rare unless the RAF/USAF found them. From what I've read it was more likely to be heavily damaged Shermans and Cromwells if Tigers were involved. I wanted to simulate user damage. Scratches from the tools and driving around a shot up inviroment. So no hitmarks and bullet holes. In my head this is before the attack around Villers-Bocage. When finished the crew is posing for a wehrmacht photographer. ( still have to paint 5 figures 😜 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 20 minutes ago, Maddoxx77 said: still have to paint 5 figures I've got shedloads of 1/72 figures to paint but haven't psyched myself up yet. I think you've been very successful in your damage level aim. Dropped tools and barging through rough country seems well represented here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 That is looking so fine @Maddoxx77! 🍺 You're doing some top work here! Ah, those figures so intimidate me. I know how amateurish the crew looks on my Panther tank after I painted them, and I haven't had any practice since then, 20 years or so. I'd like to sub-out the figure painting for my ARVN crew on the Bulldog if at possible. I know my own figure painting skills would diminish the effect I'm trying for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Gary Brantley said: I know my own figure painting skills would diminish the effect I'm trying for. @Gary Brantley All these negative waves, man! (Says pot to the kettle) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, echen said: @Gary Brantley All these negative waves, man! (Says pot to the kettle) 😁 I know, I know...mea culpa! The Bulldog is looking pretty good (he so humbly said ) and the crew won't if I paint them. ...again with the negative waves, man! Always with the negative waves... Edited December 13, 2022 by Gary Brantley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Gary Brantley said: 😁 I know, I know...mea culpa! The Bulldog is looking pretty good (he so humbly said ) and the crew won't if I paint them. ...again with the negative waves, man! Always with the negative waves... I find the videos from uncle nightshift on figure painting so helpfull. I was intimidated at first but in the end it is fun to do. With acrylic paints mistakes are pretty easy to correct. I always use a drop of retarder and a wet pallet so the paint stays more fluid and easier to manipulate. For the body's i use a small flat brush and i work with very thin acrylic paint building up layers like a glaze. All the details are done with a 3/0 brush. Just get in there and try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 All these positive waves! We can't lose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Finally i can bring some life into this model. I started with the panelliner to highlight all the nooks and cranies. It gives so much contrast. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Almost..... but not yet. I finished the weathering on the hull and turret. Some grime and rust. To tone the bright camo scheme down. Almost time to start with the weathering of the running gear. Some touch ups here and there but so far i'm pretty happy. Had a bit of a setback with the tracks. I noticed one track was 1 link too long so i had to take it off and remove 1 link. I decided to take both tracks of and do the first weathering stage on all the separate roadweels. Then i'll stick everything on for the second stage of dust and some ( light ) mud. For now i'll park this beauty and shift my attention to some figure painting. I'll keep you guys posted. Cheers! 👍👍👍 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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