psdavidson Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Allrighty Since I'm on a bit of a roll, and this was sitting close to the bench I thought I'd pop in a quick nostalgia build The Airfix (almost) SdKfz 234 It's one of the longer-term denizens of the stash (which only sprang into existence around 20 years back) This is to be an OOB build, same as in my yoof. I will not be correcting the Arifix errors Sprues 'n' decs Slap-it-together build will follow soon(ish) /P 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Looks good 14 hours ago, psdavidson said: Slap-it-together build will follow Take it, this will be an OOB build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Robert Stuart said: Take it, this will be an OOB build? It will indeed: On with the build ⏩ I did some clean up and drilled out the barrel to improve the look a bit. Hull assembly in progress The front armour on the gun barrel is too far forward. The instructions were vague Need to fix it Hull mostly done. Some of the parts fit is atrocious Nearly there, but there's a problem. I seem to have lost one of the wheel hubs A quick scratched replacement from some moulding offcuts I think Hans needs to see the doctor. 😷 That's a nasty looking protuberance And almost ready for primer. There's a few bits still in need of more scraping with a scalpel 🔪 More soon(ish) /P 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 17 hours ago, psdavidson said: more scraping with a scalpel 🔪 I don't recall doing much of that back in the old days 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 Allrighty 6 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: I don't recall doing much of that back in the old days Very true. Before I got a set of craft knives, mostly is was token scraping with emery boards or a nail file Anyhoo, in a day of firsts, I sprayed VMA panzer grey unthinned using my new Iwata HP-CS Then, I was about to get the blutack blobs on when I thought "hang on a mo" 💡 I got that Molotow liquid masking pen to try. May as well use it on this. No great loss if it doesnt work So Blobs of mask later, I sprayed VMA olive green Left that to dry for a bit then attempted to remove the masking It doesn't really want to lift 😧 Rubbing with blutack or a finger shifts some of it but is damaging the paint I'll leave the paint a bit longer to cure then try again with various things, otherwise, It'll be Plan B More soon(ish) /P 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, psdavidson said: It doesn't really want to lift 😧 EEK! I've had similar problems with masking fluids but I never found a remedy. sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Back to scraping ?? Still couldn’t be as bad as the time I got my bluetack and sculpey mixed up …….. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 A few years ago I ran out of Maskol and all I could get was Mig masking liquid. That was a real sod to get off so I have never used it again. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 5:36 PM, psdavidson said: It will indeed: On with the build ⏩ I did some clean up and drilled out the barrel to improve the look a bit. Hull assembly in progress The front armour on the gun barrel is too far forward. The instructions were vague Need to fix it Hull mostly done. Some of the parts fit is atrocious Nearly there, but there's a problem. I seem to have lost one of the wheel hubs A quick scratched replacement from some moulding offcuts I think Hans needs to see the doctor. 😷 That's a nasty looking protuberance And almost ready for primer. There's a few bits still in need of more scraping with a scalpel 🔪 More soon(ish) /P Nice to see another of these old clunkers. I think it looks good in Olive Drab. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 Allrighty 18 hours ago, PeterB said: I have never used it again. I'll run a few more experiments with the Molotow, but it wasn't for shifting off this model. I may end up feeling the same way Still, if I can empty and clean up the pen, it could be used for paint 1 hour ago, IanC said: I think it looks good in Olive Drab. Thanks. I thought so too, but since the Tamiya build will be just plain grey, I thought I'd mess around with plan B(lutack) Undercoated with something from VMA resembling Dunlkengelb then blobs and sausages applied and sprayed with Olivegrun Left to dry for a bit before daubing Copydex randonly After that had cured, I sprayed with Rotbraun Finally, stripped off all of the masking 'tain't too bad Now, the crew need to be painted like I would've done in the 70's More soon(ish) /P 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Top job on the multi colour scheme 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I agree, that scheme doesn't look bad at all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 1:20 PM, Bertie McBoatface said: I don't recall doing much of that back in the old days 🤣 And this really reminds me of my youth, building these 1/76 scale kits in an afternoon...Nice work on the camo. I have masking fluid. Used it once. It's tape, blu-tac, or nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Just tried some Vallejo masking fluid - looks similar to the Mig stuff but it actually seems to work as it rubbed off fairly easily. Not sure how it would cope with things like canopies/turrets with guns sticking out though as it is not always easy to get in the "rub" it off - being sort of rubber Maskol is easier I suspect, though I use tape for that sort of thing sometimes. Pete Edited November 26, 2022 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Thanks everyone For now, I'll stick with tape, Blutack and Copydex Anyhoo Gloss coated and ready for decals transfers Did a quick pin was in the some of the panel lines This could take ....errrr.... a while And stuck on I'll let the Decal Fix set, then a top coat to seal 'em in. I may try some oil weathering if I have time tomorrow Is it best to matt coat first? More soon(ish) /P 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Allrighty, I sprayed a matt coat on and let it dry then made some blobs of oils on the model Then I went over the blobs with a brush and some odourless thinners It needs to dry off More soon(ish) /P 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Allrighy I'm calling this one done Not sure about the weathering. I need to practise more Thanks again to everyone for looking Pics in the gallery soon(ish) /P 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Overall very nice, and I love the paint job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 That was a nice, quick build. The paint worked despite the adventures along the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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