Guy Armoured Car Mk. 1/1A

[Bertie McBoatface]

It's very tiny. Well done.

[Courageous]

On 11/24/2022 at 11:19 AM, Bertie McBoatface said:

It's very tiny. Well done.

Cheers Bertie and yes it is but it's bigger than a Vickers Mk.VI though.

Have been faffing about with the tiny DIY serial decal. As Pete @PeterB had suggested, I had bit of plasticard painted with the KG3 paint I used, scanned it, added the serial, blah-blah-blah and done a sample print. Although the serial was well defined, the background colour of KG3 was way off. I didn't know what went wrong and I don't know how to correct it, needs some investigation. But I have a fall-back position.

Part of the DIY decal route was finding out how big the serials were and that is 3 1/2 inches. I have an Xtradecal sheet containing 4, 6, 8 &10 inch white letters and numbers, so you can guess what I used? Yes the 4" decals, size does matter  but you're not going to see a scale 1/2" (0.16mm) here. I would've liked the spacing to be closer but I couldn't cut the decals out close enough. Decals have been sealed in, so I'll do a little weathering next.

 

Stuart

[PeterB]

Hi Stuart,

 

Whilst I find my DIY paint chips can be helpful, by the time they have gone through a scanner and then back to my bog standard inkjet printer. some of them change quite a bit. I usually end up playing about with them in a paint prog until I get something fairly close, and then touch in round the outside. Whatever, the ex Modeldecal  4"RAF Post War white serials/letters sheets that Hannants sell are a good standby!

 

Pete

Edited December 1, 2022 by PeterB

[CliffB]

Looking very nice - I do like small, armoured cars 

[Courageous]

Is it finished yet...

After sealing in the decals with a coat of varnish, a burnt umber oil was was applied and excess removed. A little dry-brushing and she was done. A suitable Milicast figure was painted with Vallejo paints and given a Nuln Oil wash. A little base was then done, the Guy mounted and a matt varnish applied.

Job Done.

Thanks for the help and comments.

 

Stuart

[Robert Stuart]

That looks very good Stuart; tiny, but excellent.

[CliffB]

Fabulous!

[edjbartos]

That looks very nice, the paint work is excellent, well done...

 

Ed

[IanC]

Superb little model and nicely presented. 

[Courageous]

@Robert Stuart @CliffB @edjbartos @IanC Cheers guys, much appreciated. These1/72-1/76 things are small, so I don't understand why they take so long to build...

 

Stuart

[Bullbasket]

Just had a look at this in the gallery and was most impressed. Very good work.

 

John.

[Bertie McBoatface]

A tiny gem!