tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49630163298793597252024-03-14T14:56:40.599+01:00Yet another plastic modellerPlastic scale models created by Jeroen VantroyenJeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.comBlogger354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-80170252908030018942021-05-03T15:41:00.004+02:002021-05-03T15:42:43.098+02:002 experiments for rusty tracks<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtS3jeXy7UwLm2fN2B4KeMahWjedhlNscatl9OsWUs4TtBYhrSCe7SQEllMrpnL1hWLzwhM6t4I9ag6gFAZ6gP0e6ICgEjs_XTXUvvha0O34SiwwFj8waaPRu6lDtEOIN89C-5vbxMY8/w400-h268/2021-05-03+03.JPG" style="display:none" />
<p>One of the things that always bothers me in my tank-models is the state of the tracks. I tried painting them grey mixed with steel for newer tracks, or covered them with mud to avoid/hide the issue altogether. This - and weathering in general - is the main reason why I consider none of my current tank-projects "finished".</p><p>Some time has passed, some Youtube videos were watched and some new products magically found their way to the bench. Time to bite the bullet, at least where tracks are concerned.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Lightly rusted tracks</h3><p>For the T-34, I wanted lightly rusted tracks. The tank in Skierniewice obviously has been painted over at some point, because none of the surfaces or parts that are particularly susceptible to wear and tear show any signs. Even the exhausts are pristine green, while they would be the first to lose the paint and start rusting.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2eFTQ3OxabEYZ55MJRKy7e5rHG7nXSQqQmFwANL9mPFP8-4ud1kkuawpCVCwXUs10vR2LTtbjobpl1ngD2SSSJd18Wg9fAr8RRctEY7Gm5XcTbEPwm7hZRuO8BRhboAqR7REhSdvfG4/s2048/2020-10-01+005.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2eFTQ3OxabEYZ55MJRKy7e5rHG7nXSQqQmFwANL9mPFP8-4ud1kkuawpCVCwXUs10vR2LTtbjobpl1ngD2SSSJd18Wg9fAr8RRctEY7Gm5XcTbEPwm7hZRuO8BRhboAqR7REhSdvfG4/w400-h268/2020-10-01+005.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only moderate rust stains on the tracks here</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIaDjD4NOm9xSqCJDfgIuV25BvIRMQy41Lba_7I_K8nT-WBou7ZuO3eK0o0EulMoDdxK6-KzY4VTAhx_UpeIbjun7J87PYCv-d_rytV27H8vlZa02lzv4aaLKEMfR7aEa_wOp20c4fb0/s1250/google-photos-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1250" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIaDjD4NOm9xSqCJDfgIuV25BvIRMQy41Lba_7I_K8nT-WBou7ZuO3eK0o0EulMoDdxK6-KzY4VTAhx_UpeIbjun7J87PYCv-d_rytV27H8vlZa02lzv4aaLKEMfR7aEa_wOp20c4fb0/w400-h272/google-photos-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No rust or wear-and-tear whatsoever on the exhausts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I painted the tracks dark grey and then used Ushi van der Rosten spray templates to add varying shades of rust stains. The result is what I was after.</div><div><br /></div><div>The process was complicated by 1) having already glued the tracks closed (stupid!) and 2) the guide horns on the inside, which prevented the spray templates from laying flat.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW5SiSZ1ji_0YEP62w-HXeoC03_cO8UWgnOwtXZ3KM7IcRdQ3GPMNJ7YCaqYPsTi3ZcC1zUwrlxRD2SjzDVs13qvlZv9ir36SEegETEIpYyN7Jw9r3tFw6ea5glt2vhjm87oDkCyZ490/s2048/2021-05-03+01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheW5SiSZ1ji_0YEP62w-HXeoC03_cO8UWgnOwtXZ3KM7IcRdQ3GPMNJ7YCaqYPsTi3ZcC1zUwrlxRD2SjzDVs13qvlZv9ir36SEegETEIpYyN7Jw9r3tFw6ea5glt2vhjm87oDkCyZ490/w400-h268/2021-05-03+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjINXIh6MgZnMTimH2XQxD-kPvR-Vdm-EPL0-XxY5wdAuOUJ894rQTnQ8EPb71zlsu3XQuxPDJCfcljhgesIOxOSgpPd6brOmEsJ82w-lwYZ98abxBpS-s43FwUqXX0fhPGXcL8TIUh68/s2048/2021-04-24+06.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjINXIh6MgZnMTimH2XQxD-kPvR-Vdm-EPL0-XxY5wdAuOUJ894rQTnQ8EPb71zlsu3XQuxPDJCfcljhgesIOxOSgpPd6brOmEsJ82w-lwYZ98abxBpS-s43FwUqXX0fhPGXcL8TIUh68/w400-h268/2021-04-24+06.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDO7Ch4o2-SRq6DJZly1DodgGPW0cJK7A4MgzoZE3UFBLTJlOgli6ylJJ092B3F1vzUWmz-Hlz8jGtMTGsTrmerVtnsC4WujIck1P9zaV0gugRSEjPJmaWX2L_4wI0LxmSU08wx6VvgU/s2048/2021-04-24+07.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDO7Ch4o2-SRq6DJZly1DodgGPW0cJK7A4MgzoZE3UFBLTJlOgli6ylJJ092B3F1vzUWmz-Hlz8jGtMTGsTrmerVtnsC4WujIck1P9zaV0gugRSEjPJmaWX2L_4wI0LxmSU08wx6VvgU/w400-h268/2021-04-24+07.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Heavily rusted tracks</h3><p>For the T55, I wanted heavily rusted tracks, indicative of a vehicle that hasn't moved in years (or decades).</p><p>For this, I purchased Lifecolor's set Dust and Rust, because I read only good things about them. Michael Rinaldi uses them and uncle Night Shift demonstrates his use in <a href="https://youtu.be/1fXGHx3yZcU?t=195" target="_blank">this video</a>, which explains it 10 times better than I can describe with words here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZFyZWuRmo_Sm7jA6gmuuXYuAcjzicN6d7A84oq4ZS7HiQMZRnRlnJQM2YN42fZkJkU2IM49DLGTYZRnZIt1yn3D_4d4H9JKMJaTcLp38Qf4etFCaFL_wMPYVdcaMyTuBy7jnwpfrZCc/s2048/2021-05-03+02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZFyZWuRmo_Sm7jA6gmuuXYuAcjzicN6d7A84oq4ZS7HiQMZRnRlnJQM2YN42fZkJkU2IM49DLGTYZRnZIt1yn3D_4d4H9JKMJaTcLp38Qf4etFCaFL_wMPYVdcaMyTuBy7jnwpfrZCc/w400-h268/2021-05-03+02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Lifecolor paint does indeed dry beautifully flat and the next layer can be done within 15 minutes. If you're like me and take a tv break in between and lose track of time, it can take a while longer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In a nutshell, I did the following (but do watch <a href="https://youtu.be/1fXGHx3yZcU?t=195" target="_blank">Night Shift's video</a> if you want to see details):<br />(paint is heavily thinned 20/80 with tap water)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 heavy layer of color #1, including speckles</li><li>several lighter layers of color #2, with speckles<br />With "lighter" I mean: not slapping it on to try and get full coverage, but apply sparingly and re-apply where needed after the first has dried.</li><li>1 light coat of #3, with speckles</li><li>1 extremely light (thinned 5/95) coat of #4, with "normal" speckles</li><li>another light coat of #3 to try to blend it all together</li><li>another round of speckles with #1<br /></li></ul><div>You can go back and forth between colours, adding layers until you have the desired result.</div><div>Here are a few snapshots.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCzJlh4lnjFwh8at5QiqGSD2B5Gy1TXfm8UBAOriLOuyhw6xnSoi4pks-_Kbxer57u2CIZB5mIjLWjwGYwItImB9YL_mXlfAC9Ih0XvXrSIkwLUwu15K-l7wklmICLmmsnXB8JjbkvFI/s2048/2021-05-01+02.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCzJlh4lnjFwh8at5QiqGSD2B5Gy1TXfm8UBAOriLOuyhw6xnSoi4pks-_Kbxer57u2CIZB5mIjLWjwGYwItImB9YL_mXlfAC9Ih0XvXrSIkwLUwu15K-l7wklmICLmmsnXB8JjbkvFI/s320/2021-05-01+02.JPEG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHFw08Ta1rsS1LJypDm5qSThDfYsewMXYAY3nQrGP_xvtuiB25eb-MDjUFLJV5XuWXEfa4oj3e9WGeyhjPZ9hyphenhyphenHdQhb7UWjq_ZdCTmllwDBP1v2ubVylS_opgfv6V476TRh2IZ8451Wc/s2048/2021-05-01+03.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHFw08Ta1rsS1LJypDm5qSThDfYsewMXYAY3nQrGP_xvtuiB25eb-MDjUFLJV5XuWXEfa4oj3e9WGeyhjPZ9hyphenhyphenHdQhb7UWjq_ZdCTmllwDBP1v2ubVylS_opgfv6V476TRh2IZ8451Wc/s320/2021-05-01+03.JPEG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFwwa9jn-7PBw8GXMW6O7aDW0qUdm0SXG6rgsrgTd-pYK9w6kaBeVx9ZEFKk8mEu-zZIqHkycB0_QwiPBnJS2NphfynAv_wBMC0Cv3hAtr6F0j282Msdk9_2THik5S9K7QLf58y5eLpU/s2048/2021-05-02+01.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFwwa9jn-7PBw8GXMW6O7aDW0qUdm0SXG6rgsrgTd-pYK9w6kaBeVx9ZEFKk8mEu-zZIqHkycB0_QwiPBnJS2NphfynAv_wBMC0Cv3hAtr6F0j282Msdk9_2THik5S9K7QLf58y5eLpU/s320/2021-05-02+01.JPEG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtS3jeXy7UwLm2fN2B4KeMahWjedhlNscatl9OsWUs4TtBYhrSCe7SQEllMrpnL1hWLzwhM6t4I9ag6gFAZ6gP0e6ICgEjs_XTXUvvha0O34SiwwFj8waaPRu6lDtEOIN89C-5vbxMY8/s2048/2021-05-03+03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtS3jeXy7UwLm2fN2B4KeMahWjedhlNscatl9OsWUs4TtBYhrSCe7SQEllMrpnL1hWLzwhM6t4I9ag6gFAZ6gP0e6ICgEjs_XTXUvvha0O34SiwwFj8waaPRu6lDtEOIN89C-5vbxMY8/w400-h268/2021-05-03+03.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-31318033630685147822021-05-02T10:19:00.001+02:002021-05-02T10:19:17.600+02:00BSG - Complete<p>The Galactica is now ready to join the two Viper sisters in the bookshelf. They'd have something to land on, if there wasn't a small difference in scale of a factor 60.</p><p><b><u>Kit:</u></b> Battlestar Galactica<br /><b><u>Scale:</u></b> 1/4105<br /><b><u>Manufacturer:</u></b> Moebius Models<br /><b><u>Price:</u></b> ~40 (can't remember exactly)<br /><b><u>Number of parts:</u></b> 69<br /><b><u>Time spent:</u></b> 15 hours<br /><b><u>Project completion time:</u></b> 1 year</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ISvCT0BvLmHTlUiZDJt1YWvXNFcWFc1DEmRAaF0iOY_a0HuDgWTyAw6dmlXDsmzyWuKDKXS43l-79MGO_OxZ4sngDCbWop_FsDn6BivJQyaKE6gMr2ocKwENhQn2beCyOUSfkpuxJQ0/s1613/2021-04-24+%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ISvCT0BvLmHTlUiZDJt1YWvXNFcWFc1DEmRAaF0iOY_a0HuDgWTyAw6dmlXDsmzyWuKDKXS43l-79MGO_OxZ4sngDCbWop_FsDn6BivJQyaKE6gMr2ocKwENhQn2beCyOUSfkpuxJQ0/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><p>I contemplated having a friend 3D print a few mini-vipers to put in the landing bay, but they would be too small to print. And my non-existing sculpting skills weren't up to the task.</p><p><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Paint:</b> (mostly Vallejo)<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>As usual the model was primed with AMMO One-shot primer (i.e. rebranded Stynylrez) as I no longer use the Vallejo primers.</li><li>Armour plating was randomly painted black, white and grey for contrast. (Dark seagreen and Pale grey blue, but it doesn't really matter)</li><li>Overcoated with a mix of lightgray and steel for a slightly metallic look.</li><li>Insignia red for the stripes</li><li>Gold for the base</li></ul><p></p><p><b><u>Other products:</u></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Alclad II klear kote. Last time I use this, as it's difficult to spray and switching to MRP clears seems a better solution.</li><li>AMMO shader "starship filth"</li><li>AMMO panel line wash (black)<br /></li></ul><div><b><u>Findings/issues</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>A must-have for any sci-fi model builder. Assembly is easy, without issues (or if there were any, they were so minor, I've forgotten them). The forward facing antenna broke off during the last painting stage. Be careful with that.</div><div><br /></div><div>The cannons could do with a higher detail replacement, but I'm not one to use aftermarket stuff unless really needed.</div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5rY1mQ-kyNIUt0RQYmzYJTD9QZPhIM4UGHC3vmF6CQDv-gl7HfXFItkT_TgD-O3GU-Ry1a3x9SeZjnV3zwPLbx5M-jSKaBE0IW_Dlq7VyroN40UuwyQg30oTqXrhuK4t12qit0dBwzo/s1613/2021-04-24+%25285%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5rY1mQ-kyNIUt0RQYmzYJTD9QZPhIM4UGHC3vmF6CQDv-gl7HfXFItkT_TgD-O3GU-Ry1a3x9SeZjnV3zwPLbx5M-jSKaBE0IW_Dlq7VyroN40UuwyQg30oTqXrhuK4t12qit0dBwzo/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrAJckd0K2GlaB3rT7sADGIoDqtjXGD9UtyW6TpqC3I6-BWyArfjhQ9MZMyHQTDo8a_vBWSJLmnS4rwdMc3SFAqNiWv5ijQnbJX9V4NpbASJ8N-Q1RKle5-EGMvxZwblyKTykSdJhwDI/s1613/2021-04-24+%25286%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrAJckd0K2GlaB3rT7sADGIoDqtjXGD9UtyW6TpqC3I6-BWyArfjhQ9MZMyHQTDo8a_vBWSJLmnS4rwdMc3SFAqNiWv5ijQnbJX9V4NpbASJ8N-Q1RKle5-EGMvxZwblyKTykSdJhwDI/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoktkbwEbkwzoUrty0V1vsRR0Glrh2tn-I8ZEOChHQKnH0-n_39-m7I93zIy5HYsf5KZ9eb0ZtniTsS7F1q8BCzvrSdnHSxYf5h4pk4pyH0ALBJ9-yECveeFvZwlWgB-evUVItipJrbxI/s1613/2021-04-24+%25287%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoktkbwEbkwzoUrty0V1vsRR0Glrh2tn-I8ZEOChHQKnH0-n_39-m7I93zIy5HYsf5KZ9eb0ZtniTsS7F1q8BCzvrSdnHSxYf5h4pk4pyH0ALBJ9-yECveeFvZwlWgB-evUVItipJrbxI/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%25287%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZ5sfHcTNv1YGgJthm6xrWjn3aIeNIcdQNaGGGLcmwGK-WeLUqxx645b58lM3B8gLHFzZfPXE1gYuIqwCHlGr02HZjF8KWfnUqLzcVavp78-I_12Co0ZucVWJ850GKKFxZTILDzgO6jg/s1613/2021-04-24+%25288%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZ5sfHcTNv1YGgJthm6xrWjn3aIeNIcdQNaGGGLcmwGK-WeLUqxx645b58lM3B8gLHFzZfPXE1gYuIqwCHlGr02HZjF8KWfnUqLzcVavp78-I_12Co0ZucVWJ850GKKFxZTILDzgO6jg/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%25288%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZf6JyI2ohyVFxS1s9Z8eWN0l4tfFAdr0uD-BriN18xGpIhPuEfz494GcNZUxMVmOkaJoxXYyYSnrtgpF_ikc_0keN0Z2cCZAoAFM3RC8OtjrcX-b3iNsWNNC3WP3yDlG5fjZ_VqxDKXc/s1613/2021-04-24+%25289%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZf6JyI2ohyVFxS1s9Z8eWN0l4tfFAdr0uD-BriN18xGpIhPuEfz494GcNZUxMVmOkaJoxXYyYSnrtgpF_ikc_0keN0Z2cCZAoAFM3RC8OtjrcX-b3iNsWNNC3WP3yDlG5fjZ_VqxDKXc/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%25289%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCCjVOoZzbuzll5rrIsKC_xXDjWR-Kjvpx7Vsm3OUbsRoAR-IFLUSdBr6wZTJdoXXoxcncitHE-BEE98FMjgGnc8RubbzLHS_O-QHWQM0bfcNot1NA3YTbBWcReTKHjuoelaU2ig3BSU/s1613/2021-04-24+%252810%2529.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCCjVOoZzbuzll5rrIsKC_xXDjWR-Kjvpx7Vsm3OUbsRoAR-IFLUSdBr6wZTJdoXXoxcncitHE-BEE98FMjgGnc8RubbzLHS_O-QHWQM0bfcNot1NA3YTbBWcReTKHjuoelaU2ig3BSU/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%252810%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-47710718981320199332021-05-01T18:55:00.002+02:002021-05-01T18:55:26.019+02:00Weathering with AMMO Shaders<p>Just around the time I wanted to start dirtying up the Battlestar Galactica (and the T-55, see lower), I saw a video by Mig Jimenez about the "Shaders" product line.</p>
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<p>It looked to be a (supposedly) easier technique than using oils - which would have been my original approach - but I liked what I saw and decided to give it a go. I needed to order some stuff anyway and at 2-3 euro per shader, I wasn't going to break the bank.</p><p>For quick reference, here's a before and after picture.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAuorTrSfnPEmA3HGAh1qviMYYBANmRWTrQ8R76m3wT9X_V9iHaDR08YuGcCTxDIjv-YX9Trvox8-34aBG5JCc6h2CAstMYxI183MXqFVTaLsfq1V4zIFqO8sfndPZSNOiTHHVy2AQPA/s1613/2020-07-25+002.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAuorTrSfnPEmA3HGAh1qviMYYBANmRWTrQ8R76m3wT9X_V9iHaDR08YuGcCTxDIjv-YX9Trvox8-34aBG5JCc6h2CAstMYxI183MXqFVTaLsfq1V4zIFqO8sfndPZSNOiTHHVy2AQPA/w400-h268/2020-07-25+002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0eA38vv1hyItg_Q8oRRM58WvKE_q7tswUdHmOsbPUx3X92IklRz00wRwZb8iC6anbaXomTfn0klw97HBYk_KOG3PuSvQE9eEBmuPnyogeOxwEMmDTfl2qyj18X61N_Mhz4egOJlzH2w/s1440/2021-03-13+002.JPEG"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0eA38vv1hyItg_Q8oRRM58WvKE_q7tswUdHmOsbPUx3X92IklRz00wRwZb8iC6anbaXomTfn0klw97HBYk_KOG3PuSvQE9eEBmuPnyogeOxwEMmDTfl2qyj18X61N_Mhz4egOJlzH2w/w400-h300/2021-03-13+002.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I started with "starship filth", but it didn't apply as easily as the video had made it seem. The Galactica was varnished with a semi-gloss (i.e. satin) and while my trigger-control on the airbrush is now more controlled than in the past - partly made easier by having a new and better airbrush - the water-based shader did have a tendency to spider away at times. It's easily removed with a paper towel (or finger if you're too lazy to get one, like me) but still a nuisance.</div><div><br /></div><div>On a piece of paper, I could control it 100% for ultra-thin hairlines from a distance of just 1 centimeter, but on the model (too smooth?) I couldn't manage anything smaller than a millimeter because I had to stay too far from the surface to avoid spidering.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tip-dry also reared it's ugly head for the first time in years, but it remained tolerable.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some more detailed pictures. The effect is subtle in some places, more pronounced in others. Mostly visible on the armour plating (especially around the round decal) and in the center of the engine pods (Can we call these nacelles? Or is that restricted to Star Trek?)</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknBHdeTgxaU_R-oSg_C0lp5_DS0K4KWshk_ydoxz9_CCtCykUk75uKEnjpHHWnCQGxGbTPTgRkEE64DBF4h1h_VuRj4o_ceEncLhrOqKeDLxJrzwihvj1oQrsl4VHJ6szPGSKfYcwEUw/s1440/2021-03-13+003.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknBHdeTgxaU_R-oSg_C0lp5_DS0K4KWshk_ydoxz9_CCtCykUk75uKEnjpHHWnCQGxGbTPTgRkEE64DBF4h1h_VuRj4o_ceEncLhrOqKeDLxJrzwihvj1oQrsl4VHJ6szPGSKfYcwEUw/w400-h300/2021-03-13+003.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji384iBeQ-9FizCLjE7rr1iI61T3kQqw39r2ncMIvB_sItzqKKxiKD-0NzaZZHpPBEYr5THK4ttqOUFTuQ3xZG8OPPlOB2aRgHxe4WiPMPwvTAZ6KdBnqD4JrPsANYj5bfBw_UnphVJ_k/s1440/2021-03-13+004.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji384iBeQ-9FizCLjE7rr1iI61T3kQqw39r2ncMIvB_sItzqKKxiKD-0NzaZZHpPBEYr5THK4ttqOUFTuQ3xZG8OPPlOB2aRgHxe4WiPMPwvTAZ6KdBnqD4JrPsANYj5bfBw_UnphVJ_k/w400-h300/2021-03-13+004.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8TmUWq2uz5yK_e6PO-4jY9NdCKYjAiGHLa7nSpZBMovT-f4-WGYYtC3UgtWrF_gbed6GGQNHdebOIsWNMU0bNCkyB1bV3F3q3-nFWVVYF_LiZNl1GAFJgBCq77YDQhFCPZquk4NB7eA/s1440/2021-03-13+005.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8TmUWq2uz5yK_e6PO-4jY9NdCKYjAiGHLa7nSpZBMovT-f4-WGYYtC3UgtWrF_gbed6GGQNHdebOIsWNMU0bNCkyB1bV3F3q3-nFWVVYF_LiZNl1GAFJgBCq77YDQhFCPZquk4NB7eA/w400-h300/2021-03-13+005.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After the shader, I wanted the panel lines to pop a little more, so I went over the entire model with a dark panel line wash.<br />I think I should have sealed in the shader with varnish (or just waited longer for it to fully cure), because here and there the wash "re-activated" the shader (I know that's not the right word). But the resulting smudges were actually ok to look at.</div><div><br /></div><div>The following pictures have panel line wash on the right, nothing yet on the left.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillaCeuiUeVgSkJ6HVUWZ7gwq7DHQ2tnhTH5TAfJ3Dmb2WvRwdtO_oB-5-e3VHTrF-T5dIMaI7Nr5INS9D4B8kVga76u130JkMhTe7zKQAXAtB3W9dNg0Ix006VNMrdQgx-xRk6LSBgP4/s1440/2021-03-14+003.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillaCeuiUeVgSkJ6HVUWZ7gwq7DHQ2tnhTH5TAfJ3Dmb2WvRwdtO_oB-5-e3VHTrF-T5dIMaI7Nr5INS9D4B8kVga76u130JkMhTe7zKQAXAtB3W9dNg0Ix006VNMrdQgx-xRk6LSBgP4/s320/2021-03-14+003.JPEG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9b5KYIzWwXWgThpRGR9D6fXNIVcYwMDA295xthlB1dfJ2ceQfYviCtuhgmiI00IthyphenhyphenC0sSwDsNAyWO9ENs1DV07yPSo7WniH4C7M0NNkUoimL79opKDRJvQZo9XjYwT1ZFfKs1nK7-I/s1440/2021-03-14+001.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9b5KYIzWwXWgThpRGR9D6fXNIVcYwMDA295xthlB1dfJ2ceQfYviCtuhgmiI00IthyphenhyphenC0sSwDsNAyWO9ENs1DV07yPSo7WniH4C7M0NNkUoimL79opKDRJvQZo9XjYwT1ZFfKs1nK7-I/s320/2021-03-14+001.JPEG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, the T-55 had been sitting on a shelf for a long time and the decals had discoloured. I tried lightly sanding, but the discolouration is on the inside and sanding only "weathered" the decal in a way I didn't like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPNpNNNJkCFTdBTmcEP6Q2FQTUASSUxlyk8X7uNCNOKnxgMYtbG_m-eMF1DDb0TUZVh2C5FgVTkbj9XFqp_wBww2am8UcPOLpjudd3-w-dL8VKVpnjHwQFE22fWVRgHTkhHnXriBc1ro/s1440/2021-04-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPNpNNNJkCFTdBTmcEP6Q2FQTUASSUxlyk8X7uNCNOKnxgMYtbG_m-eMF1DDb0TUZVh2C5FgVTkbj9XFqp_wBww2am8UcPOLpjudd3-w-dL8VKVpnjHwQFE22fWVRgHTkhHnXriBc1ro/w300-h400/2021-04-02.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I picked a light rust shader to start. I first varnished it with a matte varnish, hoping that a more matte layer would be better to avoid spidering, but when I went in extremely close to the model, trying for very thin rust-streaks, spiders were back and again I couldn't manage the hairlines I desired.</div><div><br /></div><div>I settled for what I could achieve and went around the model in a way I hope will look realistic, assuming weld seams would be more susceptible to rusting than flat surfaces.</div><div><br /></div><div>If I give shaders another go on a future model, I'll try a flat varnish first to see if I can achieve the detailed control I would like.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will be using oils to add darker rust details later.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF8f_8ehVXhuF_ntAh_-8RnzIrnRBXelIF4pCAz9r_7e3nGj5z9Ul96dzR9Tj4oqJFEELHhFrOG1YO8Ujvv2yR9k82NIG6PoBtxEVy_S_ivMRURXSapOW_AfflSewFg8VTlmJ33QtjRo/s1613/2021-04-24+%252813%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaF8f_8ehVXhuF_ntAh_-8RnzIrnRBXelIF4pCAz9r_7e3nGj5z9Ul96dzR9Tj4oqJFEELHhFrOG1YO8Ujvv2yR9k82NIG6PoBtxEVy_S_ivMRURXSapOW_AfflSewFg8VTlmJ33QtjRo/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%252813%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOkqyeA28zh3VBpPfk0YGaSzavvVGRYQ5IYRdXUd9NFRPrN0w5Ln_EUVX8NI5AzfbbIAyxU7TtmlTs17H5Td4G2TfnV_ZCewjNzC9SqWQFc45Ih3_XyeRgPGpuFGIfwuE-FEaZ59GbGI/s1613/2021-04-24+%252814%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOkqyeA28zh3VBpPfk0YGaSzavvVGRYQ5IYRdXUd9NFRPrN0w5Ln_EUVX8NI5AzfbbIAyxU7TtmlTs17H5Td4G2TfnV_ZCewjNzC9SqWQFc45Ih3_XyeRgPGpuFGIfwuE-FEaZ59GbGI/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%252814%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIgZFhewrNKdZ7F80vSGBAMsOvLK5mErEoT0MmcLV9IJx8vrMT63hts1KUsMjBXElVXU04FcQw7oHeJEaJK1QoJNdJ54dFpfyht2A4HqelntkHzjPCKFk0bvDXe9y03PVd4wXr7fSIBo/s1613/2021-04-24+%252815%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIgZFhewrNKdZ7F80vSGBAMsOvLK5mErEoT0MmcLV9IJx8vrMT63hts1KUsMjBXElVXU04FcQw7oHeJEaJK1QoJNdJ54dFpfyht2A4HqelntkHzjPCKFk0bvDXe9y03PVd4wXr7fSIBo/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%252815%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQJaUkQTgASyc8RexXpGtlOEbbZ_av13-23zcqaiHmRp47BtMyWr6hZh_3jw5D9NyjaihoPRIchzfovnV906JO2naw7i-XhmMVKeksA0ylEtszD-DFDFx0M31qDo20HFkJ1cpPGE8OIU/s1613/2021-04-24+%252816%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1613" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQJaUkQTgASyc8RexXpGtlOEbbZ_av13-23zcqaiHmRp47BtMyWr6hZh_3jw5D9NyjaihoPRIchzfovnV906JO2naw7i-XhmMVKeksA0ylEtszD-DFDFx0M31qDo20HFkJ1cpPGE8OIU/w400-h268/2021-04-24+%252816%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-23575898751450402182021-04-25T12:14:00.002+02:002021-04-25T12:15:49.600+02:00Update to email subscriptions<p>Hello loyal fans and followers,</p><p>Google has kindly informed me that the Feedburner-subscriptions will be phased out in a few months. 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<p>After that, you will still receive the old Feedburner notifications. You can choose to unsubscribe from that in the footer of each email or you can just ignore them until it stops sending somewhere in june.</p><p>Bye</p>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0Wondelgem, 9032 Ghent, Belgium51.090500899999988 3.716065722.780267063821142 -31.4401843 79.400734736178833 38.8723157tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-7261100556194549502021-04-24T09:34:00.003+02:002021-04-24T09:34:35.679+02:00T-34/85 - scratchbuilding the base<p>The base for the T-34 would need to be scratch built. I had some thick styrene sheet leftover from the (as yet unfinished) Challenger project, that I now used for building a few (oddly shaped) boxes.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DiU-I8-9PiAB9OT9ym2tNVXeH0PZAVmJBEIF00F7bUhpSeLNPOtKnMReFgkvng8qtL4vpQVPLne9fV0HhdjC5QNkotE40Qb7q90j0CrzwodAdDs7UZga5_5pttslvc_hCyYxGgAH1z4/w400-h268/2021-04-22+01.JPG" style="display: none;" /></p>
<p>I reinforced everything with scrap sprue to make it sturdier. After all, this is a ~30 ton tank!<br />The tendency to build things too sturdy is a genetic trait I inherited from my maternal grandfather, who tended to build anything (pigeon loft, garden shed, ...) on concrete slabs where a few wooden poles might also have sufficed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoup1l7Xomf41LBgkOwXGpYjGLVCr_QW1oBo85vRFC3QDk6dwPOIV_jVTuzxBSR23urVd1ddLCHRCH5Xqsew2uL2CE8kb9uw0h3mBZIs-wQIzl2Usqcb8qyfEIeNwz0oVbZeAp53-sLY/s1936/2021-04-13.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoup1l7Xomf41LBgkOwXGpYjGLVCr_QW1oBo85vRFC3QDk6dwPOIV_jVTuzxBSR23urVd1ddLCHRCH5Xqsew2uL2CE8kb9uw0h3mBZIs-wQIzl2Usqcb8qyfEIeNwz0oVbZeAp53-sLY/w400-h268/2021-04-13.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nIV2HTTjvdzfj0u0fwvMuO7sfErGcvbQJSDGGP3bFKgPc3D4ONoH5Pe8hxI4KlIt7MwFdZBSVVpEObuw_M5eQYRrz4B7pRtyGMyQv-vxW8vXdeb1F0_zTokLDdXQZUGu3I3Ss9R-75A/s1936/2021-04-14+01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nIV2HTTjvdzfj0u0fwvMuO7sfErGcvbQJSDGGP3bFKgPc3D4ONoH5Pe8hxI4KlIt7MwFdZBSVVpEObuw_M5eQYRrz4B7pRtyGMyQv-vxW8vXdeb1F0_zTokLDdXQZUGu3I3Ss9R-75A/w400-h268/2021-04-14+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0C4HziVZFibOdQ7CsfxtB9pcygRPIoOzV-qc7QPPQ6hZgje_bXK0Amk8sBDhUyZNvEZzURspQFEwa-lTeH7Q5JBFP5OGntyqTWQKue1mnwQPWYci3R95vRnJRiXHTtbjkBd4DOguDeW8/s1936/2021-04-15+03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0C4HziVZFibOdQ7CsfxtB9pcygRPIoOzV-qc7QPPQ6hZgje_bXK0Amk8sBDhUyZNvEZzURspQFEwa-lTeH7Q5JBFP5OGntyqTWQKue1mnwQPWYci3R95vRnJRiXHTtbjkBd4DOguDeW8/w400-h268/2021-04-15+03.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The stone texture paper is a convenience product by Tamiya, called "Stone paving B" (<a href="https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87165_87169/index.htm" target="_blank">link</a>), found online in many webshops.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTWbY8qjGc-2DjWdPUm271Yk8w90pqjy2URAmP9m3mX7xj9NNll_VBOa1WKvmOiCsFmSpb70LXPWyO01T3m75B8g5gMv6_K24Heaexj6E-psTlpV95zt7q3UhkBuen3wmlf3sxg6nSpo/s1936/2021-04-21+01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTWbY8qjGc-2DjWdPUm271Yk8w90pqjy2URAmP9m3mX7xj9NNll_VBOa1WKvmOiCsFmSpb70LXPWyO01T3m75B8g5gMv6_K24Heaexj6E-psTlpV95zt7q3UhkBuen3wmlf3sxg6nSpo/w400-h268/2021-04-21+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>If you've been around for my previous projects (especially the 2 Merkava's), you know I've experimented with sand texture before (<a href="http://jvtroyen.blogspot.com/2016/03/merkava-anti-slip-surface.html" target="_blank">here</a> and more successfully <a href="http://jvtroyen.blogspot.com/2016/05/merkava-anti-slip-finished.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://jvtroyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/merkava-little-side-project.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div>This time I tried it with Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda). I mixed it with Vallejo Grey primer (since I don't use the bottle for anything else anymore) and thinned with water to varying degrees. It did not like being applied with a brush on the extremely smooth styrene.<br />The best result (left on the picture) is the heavily thinned variety. The water evaporates, the primer keeps it together and to the plastic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTVe_PDgPLJLjNHUyzhNkuPSqLjgwXoKzr4qAZq45UuYKcH3-Gk1sEBeuhXZpQz2Gd0M6flUHx4x83K1MJiOe41Mfuxun4a87nD_dy3hLL-BoS8RtMY0aBXGeDeBBGtAI4iD1PZoKYyI/s1936/2021-04-21+02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRTVe_PDgPLJLjNHUyzhNkuPSqLjgwXoKzr4qAZq45UuYKcH3-Gk1sEBeuhXZpQz2Gd0M6flUHx4x83K1MJiOe41Mfuxun4a87nD_dy3hLL-BoS8RtMY0aBXGeDeBBGtAI4iD1PZoKYyI/w400-h268/2021-04-21+02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The resulting look is okay-ish for simulated concrete, but on the grainy side, especially compared to the original thing. It's almost good for concrete on a 1/1 scale, less so for 1/35.</div><div>However, I've decided against starting over.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DiU-I8-9PiAB9OT9ym2tNVXeH0PZAVmJBEIF00F7bUhpSeLNPOtKnMReFgkvng8qtL4vpQVPLne9fV0HhdjC5QNkotE40Qb7q90j0CrzwodAdDs7UZga5_5pttslvc_hCyYxGgAH1z4/s1936/2021-04-22+01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DiU-I8-9PiAB9OT9ym2tNVXeH0PZAVmJBEIF00F7bUhpSeLNPOtKnMReFgkvng8qtL4vpQVPLne9fV0HhdjC5QNkotE40Qb7q90j0CrzwodAdDs7UZga5_5pttslvc_hCyYxGgAH1z4/w400-h268/2021-04-22+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_hhEXs5u_Lo8JKlY6HTxvML6Evos5gMrArM7B8mPvUbMBZWbllbCKbWaT-vxq-vD_zdo5tFO8_Af1cm19NjR-p3bv5tw68K6SI7SsviAeD1iEqBjBla0mRXXpPZ9clKtS5D5YRyZYPE/s1936/2021-04-22+03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_hhEXs5u_Lo8JKlY6HTxvML6Evos5gMrArM7B8mPvUbMBZWbllbCKbWaT-vxq-vD_zdo5tFO8_Af1cm19NjR-p3bv5tw68K6SI7SsviAeD1iEqBjBla0mRXXpPZ9clKtS5D5YRyZYPE/w400-h268/2021-04-22+03.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Time to put some paint on the tank.</p><p><b><u>Update (1 day later):</u></b></p><p>I ended up unhappy with the courseness of the concrete after all and decided to try sanding it. Careful at first, because I didn't want to end up with bare plastic again, but the concrete is really sturdy and it turned out to require some serious elbow grease.</p><p>But the result is much more to my liking. #fixthatshit</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSbA13aysIdMntzhS0VHyTNcE5WyiNjKxm6BqZeuZTKVIPG9y4O0_ocTAeC8_HJXldAsKdCyJ8qbwXqiUE0vaRF2N0jJ5sC2v09ysILSG_Ad6vW5GDCPeiJj2PsN8y1i1n8D9VEtxcho/s1936/2021-04-23+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSbA13aysIdMntzhS0VHyTNcE5WyiNjKxm6BqZeuZTKVIPG9y4O0_ocTAeC8_HJXldAsKdCyJ8qbwXqiUE0vaRF2N0jJ5sC2v09ysILSG_Ad6vW5GDCPeiJj2PsN8y1i1n8D9VEtxcho/w400-h268/2021-04-23+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3Oxjb19vSV4FK-pPjd-wsWNCecam4fteAhROM9JCdnc0RMWljZapBzlAtSimr5erCVIco-VIycSL2TFAPED_ZAhhjIugADExcpcG3UIipkiqc8DZqrvPg1_hwjWkACEz8ekFg2ZnWzI/s1936/2021-04-23+04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3Oxjb19vSV4FK-pPjd-wsWNCecam4fteAhROM9JCdnc0RMWljZapBzlAtSimr5erCVIco-VIycSL2TFAPED_ZAhhjIugADExcpcG3UIipkiqc8DZqrvPg1_hwjWkACEz8ekFg2ZnWzI/w400-h268/2021-04-23+04.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5ScjNLUxf7bZufLLXhHQ1HX-x-t-NiM0XZLBoDFt8JwClrYtFMtEqFIUtcdh-Se9tu1lLLJ5KNuj7EPTFmDBjx6Nl1x-zlDtTlFNKLQUr_jVxPnCG3eJhkA9Fcg6-_OgL4LEB65KSuI/s1936/2021-04-23+05.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5ScjNLUxf7bZufLLXhHQ1HX-x-t-NiM0XZLBoDFt8JwClrYtFMtEqFIUtcdh-Se9tu1lLLJ5KNuj7EPTFmDBjx6Nl1x-zlDtTlFNKLQUr_jVxPnCG3eJhkA9Fcg6-_OgL4LEB65KSuI/w400-h268/2021-04-23+05.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-72932160503527252942021-04-23T13:29:00.004+02:002021-04-23T13:29:52.026+02:00T-34/85 - assembly<p>Assembly of this kit is a breeze. It went so fast, I forgot to take intermediary pictures.</p><p>Note the battery symbols on the inside bottom. Many Tamiya kits have provisions for motorization, but I have yet to see a motor kit, nor do I trust they would be very durable.</p><p>This kit even comes with a track-tensioning system (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp4j9Y9L6jie44iZroCb99A" target="_blank">Chieftain</a> reference, if this means nothing to you). I improvised a cover for the nut, so it wouldn't fall off when accidentally screwed too far loose once it's closed up. (loosening the nut actually helps when trying to put on the rubber tracks after painting)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLdz4q1sjP2gHTbhvrpwNKzdX1JvYM0LdNKE4ptonZH3ebQ2FPrfZFu2dpUFvNa-uxTKxOpVJcD5FRAsvF7Fl5JHbvlnx39EYJi69nLjjclTU-6hhRbvFuWnTfbgFfvo3ckmG9lzgz_0/s1936/2021-04-11.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLdz4q1sjP2gHTbhvrpwNKzdX1JvYM0LdNKE4ptonZH3ebQ2FPrfZFu2dpUFvNa-uxTKxOpVJcD5FRAsvF7Fl5JHbvlnx39EYJi69nLjjclTU-6hhRbvFuWnTfbgFfvo3ckmG9lzgz_0/w400-h268/2021-04-11.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There are a number of parts that do not appear on the kit that DO appear on the tank I'm portraying.</div><div>Things of note:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>(photo 1) added protective housing around the hole in the engine cover. I <b>think</b> it houses a convoy light, or at least I think I saw this in episode 3 of the tank-men and their dog.</li><li>(photo 2) added covered electrical leads for the (absent) smoke generators</li><li>(photo 2) added brackets to the back of the turret. These were used for strapping down stowage.<br />They turned out a little out of scale, but I'm hoping this effect will be lessened once painted.</li><li>(photo 3) added what I can only think are lifting or towing eyes to the front (as per reference photo on the actual tank)</li><li>(photo 4) closed the gaping holes under the fenders. Since the model will be raised and has no side skirts, the (lack of) interior would be visible. You could actually see through to the other side.</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FdQVwW4XueUpFsQhb_-o0cNxK9BaueITk8D56J6NSSpe1wiPvZj_6DkQ3xVZ2Z6d20nGvo6OmHwbvtpSFhfcApu1xY60xpaygDS3uZNnOZAcpN_eaRj2t9k0jkEIRG55qwnMtKbYY4E/s1936/2021-04-15+07.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FdQVwW4XueUpFsQhb_-o0cNxK9BaueITk8D56J6NSSpe1wiPvZj_6DkQ3xVZ2Z6d20nGvo6OmHwbvtpSFhfcApu1xY60xpaygDS3uZNnOZAcpN_eaRj2t9k0jkEIRG55qwnMtKbYY4E/w400-h268/2021-04-15+07.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwn2ND_Dwa6pGKdQZUTi-fYAUd8KYsgVtng4ScSKh5hE7RpDMN3Cb-G2SopcBLPRkVRh1QcXF8qmMiYGQcxIV2XfurURo5jz1QlzQKHts_4nZk65Rv-h6fzX0NUZwD0_iUEVFhwAdC5w/s1936/2021-04-19+01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwn2ND_Dwa6pGKdQZUTi-fYAUd8KYsgVtng4ScSKh5hE7RpDMN3Cb-G2SopcBLPRkVRh1QcXF8qmMiYGQcxIV2XfurURo5jz1QlzQKHts_4nZk65Rv-h6fzX0NUZwD0_iUEVFhwAdC5w/w400-h268/2021-04-19+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptvpTwdNZ9TOFJ-M4ZH2aaDHs2iGl5SOv2B0d2ZwXjdzLqzHdATsWAUkv-DPsEFvF8HgwCj8b1e7UHxULhspTnv31VAE0QTVmeeKu19ioSKnCe8fhiktUv3dK-GT2jiXcYQe9JdE0A3Y/s1936/2021-04-19+02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptvpTwdNZ9TOFJ-M4ZH2aaDHs2iGl5SOv2B0d2ZwXjdzLqzHdATsWAUkv-DPsEFvF8HgwCj8b1e7UHxULhspTnv31VAE0QTVmeeKu19ioSKnCe8fhiktUv3dK-GT2jiXcYQe9JdE0A3Y/w400-h268/2021-04-19+02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrqsdfrajd7UliyY2zq6kFcd9UkiUIiQCUfeedRPnsNo3mu8y5jwNt0ZEECgkRbD5CoINl5n99GHDp1e2vrk2Gq5oqxmmigsEEakwKEacgOu9KaxvOLcMCPyWrLFZ5RiJGOPJMEWw9JU/s1936/2021-04-19+03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrqsdfrajd7UliyY2zq6kFcd9UkiUIiQCUfeedRPnsNo3mu8y5jwNt0ZEECgkRbD5CoINl5n99GHDp1e2vrk2Gq5oqxmmigsEEakwKEacgOu9KaxvOLcMCPyWrLFZ5RiJGOPJMEWw9JU/w400-h268/2021-04-19+03.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Now that construction is almost finished, I noticed the kit has the wrong kind of wheels for the tank I'm portraying. It has the wheels with 12 holes for evacuating mud or snow, the kit has the old-style closed wheels. <div>As I'm not usually inclined to pay more for a replacement set for a few parts than I paid for the entire kit to begin with, I'll probably just go ahead with the "wrong" wheels. Everyone who notices, I'll just bribe with a beer.</div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-34292452466627967582021-04-22T14:16:00.002+02:002021-04-22T14:27:06.484+02:00T-34/85 war memorial in Skierniewice<div>In September last year, I went for my first (and only) trip for 2020 to Skierniewice (PL), which is my SO's hometown. Imagine my (pleasant) surprise to be shown around town and stumble upon a T-34.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tracesofwar.com/upload/9973181120150150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://www.tracesofwar.com/upload/9973181120150150.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a T-34/85 (the version with the bigger gun) and serves as a memorial to the liberation by the Red Army on january 28, 1945. The plaque used to contain the names of the Russian crewmembers, but was removed a few years ago after some controverse.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometime in March, I suddenly decided to build this model, as it appears on the picture today. I found a 1/35 version by Tamiya which looked the part. The rest would be built from scratch.</div><div><br /></div><div>In preparing to expand my knowledge about the T-34, I purchased the Haynes manual and at the same time just happened to stumble upon the documentary "Tanks : Evolution of a legend" which touches on the subject.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://d32ptomnhiuevv.cloudfront.net/en-gb/sites/default/files/product_jackets/Haynes-H6094-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="629" height="400" src="https://d32ptomnhiuevv.cloudfront.net/en-gb/sites/default/files/product_jackets/Haynes-H6094-cover.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div>The T-34 in Skierniewice is locally referred to as "Rudy", which is a reference to the name of the T-34 in the 1966 Polish black-and-white tv-series "Czterej pancerni i pies" (Four Tank-Men and a Dog).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/8pzk9kpTURBXy8xZjljNGY5OTQ4Mzk4MmE2YmE1NTIwZmM1NjZiZjA2YS5qcGeTlQMAJ80D6M0CMpMFzQMUzQG8kwmmYTc0Y2M4BoGhMAE/kadr-z-serialu-czterej-pancerni-i-pies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="788" height="225" src="https://ocdn.eu/pulscms-transforms/1/8pzk9kpTURBXy8xZjljNGY5OTQ4Mzk4MmE2YmE1NTIwZmM1NjZiZjA2YS5qcGeTlQMAJ80D6M0CMpMFzQMUzQG8kwmmYTc0Y2M4BoGhMAE/kadr-z-serialu-czterej-pancerni-i-pies.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have since started watching this series (can be found on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdWPjMROMZl-YTdwtkdxjW7MBBiGxEuC5" target="_blank">Youtube</a>) and it's very enjoyable (with subtitles). Some seriousness, some slapstick moments and enough tank-footage for the tank-afficionado.<div><br /></div><div>The model kit itself is of good quality and I was happy to find the turret already had a cast texture, so I wouldn't have to try and mimic this myself.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgot5n2Y6QjnvY5f4wv7GdmARlW6XBVy_r1h8fMi9tya-vL6uz30CfoUfjtpT0Z2JieBFN2HsyKzgvwbSSwBsf5YRGVGBJAq0UZwWrfGazXyRxCm4MWCWDDoUCbm53I4Ul19iVCg2sMKpE/s1936/2021-04-10+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgot5n2Y6QjnvY5f4wv7GdmARlW6XBVy_r1h8fMi9tya-vL6uz30CfoUfjtpT0Z2JieBFN2HsyKzgvwbSSwBsf5YRGVGBJAq0UZwWrfGazXyRxCm4MWCWDDoUCbm53I4Ul19iVCg2sMKpE/w400-h268/2021-04-10+01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWsUrTJj_Z2IGKtoBkb0iO4J9YTMUJGazx5fIUTEPW1wtAoc8lEVqBe7jKLEdsb_URTMWtdnfSrmnjA4wYfWEaTrdJPmOKYRlWy9NlTkrl5wQw_gd3-hYxOlwCd7YzNVLqTJRBe2aMhU/s1936/2021-04-10+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWsUrTJj_Z2IGKtoBkb0iO4J9YTMUJGazx5fIUTEPW1wtAoc8lEVqBe7jKLEdsb_URTMWtdnfSrmnjA4wYfWEaTrdJPmOKYRlWy9NlTkrl5wQw_gd3-hYxOlwCd7YzNVLqTJRBe2aMhU/w400-h268/2021-04-10+02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-24148569807429542542020-09-14T08:26:00.003+02:002020-09-14T08:26:40.484+02:00Wolfpack - triple build<p>My team at work went through another namechange and is now called Wolfpack, after the WWII submarine naval tactic.</p><p>I'm not a boat-guy, since I prefer tanks primarily and airplanes (perhaps illustrated by the stalled build of the <a href="http://jvtroyen.blogspot.com/search/label/USS%20Missouri" target="_blank">USS Missouri</a>), but this change inspired me to learn more about submarines, their development, technology and tactics.</p><p>This in turn led to the inspiration for building my own Wolfpack, potentially for display at work. It would help for the team identity and potentially serve as a conversation starter. (If not, I still found an excuse to build something and mention it at work)</p><div>What I really wanted was a 1/72 Type VII, but it's HUGE, rather expensive and I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it justice. Classic "I'll try to first build up my skill with a small one"-excuse.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2KDClQzPGOGvAO53RhO3XCttMr_0glYcVRDNOuWc-vlSRVGgD3qbpLhyphenhyphenVaKsWL_Qaaxiw2lLrl5jdPy9Yj3KADxZk8hz-uGR3QAhW5cDkXNL2vlz2VShUWcojDQuZ8uosYYUKvU0Ooo/s1936/2020-08-30+001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2KDClQzPGOGvAO53RhO3XCttMr_0glYcVRDNOuWc-vlSRVGgD3qbpLhyphenhyphenVaKsWL_Qaaxiw2lLrl5jdPy9Yj3KADxZk8hz-uGR3QAhW5cDkXNL2vlz2VShUWcojDQuZ8uosYYUKvU0Ooo/w400-h268/2020-08-30+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I bought a mix of 1/144 German U-boats at the nearest (online) hobbyshop, together with some more MRP colours and other supplies. </div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Weird wolfpack?</h2><div>Ok, I do realize that this specific combination of U-boats is unlikely to have made up a wolfpack at one point or another, but I've checked some facts:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>of the 20 Type II B commissioned, 6 survived until the end of the war, when they were scuttled on may 2nd, 1945.</li><li>568 Type VII C were commissioned between 40-45, so any one of those was on active duty.</li><li>63 were build of the type XXIII late-war (44-45). They were a coastal submarine, also serving in the Mediterranean. They entered the war as early as june 1944.</li></ul></div><div>The type XXIII's earliest commission date forces my wolfpack back to the last 6 to 10 months of the war, knowing full well that the golden era of the wolfpacks was pre-1943. </div><div>Still, with 6 Type II B's still afloat and plenty of Type VII C's to go around there's enough to make this a plausible group.</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Construction</h2><div>I only realized afterward that the Type VII is a LOT bigger than the Type II and XXIII, but it doesn't really matter.</div><div>Part count is also hugely different, so I'll start the smaller two and work my way up. They don't have many parts. Basically, they have a 2 or 3 part hull, some diving planes, rudders and antennae/masts and that's it. Should be a straightforward build. (The Type VII will take longer)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQBlsih2LzdqtrjZL6S6sDIgUqmsjVqKnqjAt9CAEFYOrODiPiXJmAA3DiC3ALnqhdmWzDsz2m5WzvPKp1WQoO5vUVJLHp7w4YGu3VedYnzTKeswyibKwV_GZJpSVh6X8UhpC7xL4z9E/s1936/2020-09-02+001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQBlsih2LzdqtrjZL6S6sDIgUqmsjVqKnqjAt9CAEFYOrODiPiXJmAA3DiC3ALnqhdmWzDsz2m5WzvPKp1WQoO5vUVJLHp7w4YGu3VedYnzTKeswyibKwV_GZJpSVh6X8UhpC7xL4z9E/w400-h268/2020-09-02+001.jpg" title="Type II B" width="400" /></a><br />Type II B sprue, not much there</div><div><br /></div><div>And in 1/144, some details are teeny tiny and a real challenge to assemble. The deck canon consist of 4 parts, all very fragile.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISBiDJItT74GuC9G1Dp1tlZcygpd8invkPTf-iZ1TOXLvUdkx3dEo6HZ5l1Y2vTUT8wQZeH-lDW9HKXjw9sKbLi-tMxBLWfSgFiWEQsccP0mOWMUFqqQ8-V97quVey0-m3ASugMfKwAg/s1936/2020-09-02+002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISBiDJItT74GuC9G1Dp1tlZcygpd8invkPTf-iZ1TOXLvUdkx3dEo6HZ5l1Y2vTUT8wQZeH-lDW9HKXjw9sKbLi-tMxBLWfSgFiWEQsccP0mOWMUFqqQ8-V97quVey0-m3ASugMfKwAg/w400-h268/2020-09-02+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-35618890853134656772020-09-13T08:25:00.002+02:002020-09-13T08:25:37.443+02:00Challenger - Painting<p>A new airbrush, new paint, either we'll be reaching new levels of airbrush mastery or new levels of frustration.</p><p>The first try with MRP paint was a very satisfying experience, paint-wise. The Aztec airbrush still leaks after a few minutes, especially with these hyper-thinned paints.</p><p>BUT: now I have a NEW airbrush, an Iwata HP-C Plus, which came highly recommended. I probably should have bought this years ago, but a combination of being a cheap bastard and a lot of self-doubt kept me from it. As a matter of fact, it kept me from the bench for almost two years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfwr0brRMvOHE8QNB-_vpMUfOHldfJfDnLl1gCaD0s9fb3m0AHYehhXkM7h65LvPZoprMTtd41KWdNXENh1KStFbOQ0tw4SfILDS3qVb8kM-QV_Kz5M6hRY_U6qcOL6f20EYWwAtzoPs/s960/airbrush+iwata+hp-c+plus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCfwr0brRMvOHE8QNB-_vpMUfOHldfJfDnLl1gCaD0s9fb3m0AHYehhXkM7h65LvPZoprMTtd41KWdNXENh1KStFbOQ0tw4SfILDS3qVb8kM-QV_Kz5M6hRY_U6qcOL6f20EYWwAtzoPs/w400-h400/airbrush+iwata+hp-c+plus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Challenger II now has a nice coat of Olive Drab. MRP is a dream to work with and the smell isn't half as bad as I had feared.<div>I'll post these 2 pictures, just because of the huge difference lighting makes on the color in a photo.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4jVVpUjrIH8wExWl8_rTQPAbi03Zyg0GRQX1YK7IT7pjhwUzppLuClhymbtlXdhvk-6UZ6tawmawR82cC5Nsv6KFv1DtHRby82Z5X9XJHbfSrkDHXKxI53XT9EZBH8QZVx6DBkiPmnA/s1936/2020-08-16+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4jVVpUjrIH8wExWl8_rTQPAbi03Zyg0GRQX1YK7IT7pjhwUzppLuClhymbtlXdhvk-6UZ6tawmawR82cC5Nsv6KFv1DtHRby82Z5X9XJHbfSrkDHXKxI53XT9EZBH8QZVx6DBkiPmnA/w400-h268/2020-08-16+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryH7ghmku1A-okpx7j-VosJuO6ZWULIcx4Lv6P08gcXLkEiBn4JO5PkbKMcBL6aJStrk-03gGLc-P4hovaDkNKB_luX2vumn9Ke7adkReanqdCVWQ-ZaNV58ZQmp0hih3NDp78_y_HCM/s1936/2020-08-16+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryH7ghmku1A-okpx7j-VosJuO6ZWULIcx4Lv6P08gcXLkEiBn4JO5PkbKMcBL6aJStrk-03gGLc-P4hovaDkNKB_luX2vumn9Ke7adkReanqdCVWQ-ZaNV58ZQmp0hih3NDp78_y_HCM/w400-h268/2020-08-16+003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Out come the thrustworthy silly putty and Tamiya tape to mask this cow's spots. (I jokingly called it a green cow and now the thought is stuck in my head)</div><div><br /></div><div>On the front half, I masked off all surface area to be kept green. </div><div>On the back half, I only used putty to mark the spots. Not having to mask the entire surface would save time in masking and be an exercise in airbrush control. Up to a point, this was succesfull, but I did get some overspray around the edges of the putty. They were easily touched up again with some OD, but it's a constant reminder that patience is not my strongest point.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next time (I might give the <a href="http://jvtroyen.blogspot.com/search/label/Panzerj%C3%A4gerwagen" target="_blank">Panzerjägerwagen</a> another try), I'll try to do it freehand without any masking at all, but in the end the extra time taken in airbrushing ever so slowly might take longer than the time needed to do some basic masking.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY2W67TaJ3Iwseus4YXZtsSXZsAdEOlKajdHQJgTN88HYr3FIaU36i-qTF2SA22oxXnz3kfZbrmqmZFozyxtKuNUaR3HAA1kKC8X5PxNwmDAo4hFNUtOnFu7uAdrltOGaZWYh0BxLBQU/s1936/2020-08-22+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY2W67TaJ3Iwseus4YXZtsSXZsAdEOlKajdHQJgTN88HYr3FIaU36i-qTF2SA22oxXnz3kfZbrmqmZFozyxtKuNUaR3HAA1kKC8X5PxNwmDAo4hFNUtOnFu7uAdrltOGaZWYh0BxLBQU/w400-h268/2020-08-22+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFplYgAg5rVtg9ccBLBeVsxRZc_f9VE26nCihEyjCC3P4xYBrVY5b2hhjQdYhSglav9IZTZ9gxZzY3dIRrreXA9eP_xxmgqzesfr3HMsV0hMUHPkbkunGZUHVK4IUqAo7mHyQ-OCQC6c/s1936/2020-09-08+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFplYgAg5rVtg9ccBLBeVsxRZc_f9VE26nCihEyjCC3P4xYBrVY5b2hhjQdYhSglav9IZTZ9gxZzY3dIRrreXA9eP_xxmgqzesfr3HMsV0hMUHPkbkunGZUHVK4IUqAo7mHyQ-OCQC6c/w400-h268/2020-09-08+006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR2PP3Jafea242fiAwqmOwxYyoOwQaG-QOEY7-MGEsDX2iuwqIDIUATb3ijRL43x6qiDqUGPTXns6RiTR77FxdlHI1X9-lR73oc-uOrQtPaMIHwgv71nI0EJKGRJwzqU3H3sUfqaLwn8/s1936/2020-09-13+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoR2PP3Jafea242fiAwqmOwxYyoOwQaG-QOEY7-MGEsDX2iuwqIDIUATb3ijRL43x6qiDqUGPTXns6RiTR77FxdlHI1X9-lR73oc-uOrQtPaMIHwgv71nI0EJKGRJwzqU3H3sUfqaLwn8/w400-h268/2020-09-13+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-11182237328160717352020-08-21T12:19:00.005+02:002020-09-13T08:17:03.906+02:00Airbrushing update - Mister Paint<p>I tend to "occasionally" grumble about airbrushing not going the way I want it, but it's been a long time since I truly updated on any change or progress.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Thinner = better!</h2><p>For the last few sessions, I had to thin the paint really heavily so I could mist on fine layers of paint to build up to a certain effect. I experienced less issues than normal, except for one NEW problem. (keep reading)</p><p>Now, you know I mainly use Vallejo Model Air (which is already frowned upon by many) and I thought I was already thinning the paint enough (who really knows the consistency of 2% milk anyway), but clearly thinner than usual was better. (By no means, I hold any credence to spraying this from the bottle as some seem to be able)</p><p>With the paint this thin, I could paint for almost half an hour, during which I did 3 colour switches. Only after the 4th colour (yellow), I could clearly see that it was contaminated with the previous (black) colour, so something went wrong.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Thinner = leaky?</h2><p>It was at this point - stepping away from the model - that I noticed my fingers were also black and - as a matter of fact - the entire airbrush was black.</p><p>I took it apart, cleaned it thoroughly and set up for the next session, which followed roughly the same pattern. The Aztek paintbrush leaks with this superthin paint, just when I though I had found the correct consistency of said paint.</p><p>If I remove the nozzle, the thread is not painted, so that's not where the paint is getting through. I can only deduce that the paint is finding it's way through the "plunger"-thingie that moves the needle (Aztek has a very unique design) and into the body of the brush. Since the body consists of 2 halves just press-fitting together, the paint leaks out through the seam. (see picture where the paint oozes out ever so slowly).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G1MS86mxkE3bnHthW7KFzEGLEKBRrFu7Q6dbdAt-JJjped9vBFKNxBvJaIqSUs6Qs4sJtYmBKr6UGbOhBQWgg58Z9ciIEiuOkIRyDn4kidk6kYeb8kW_tnA3B_ZbUiZK4wf1guox5h8/s350/aztek-leaks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8G1MS86mxkE3bnHthW7KFzEGLEKBRrFu7Q6dbdAt-JJjped9vBFKNxBvJaIqSUs6Qs4sJtYmBKr6UGbOhBQWgg58Z9ciIEiuOkIRyDn4kidk6kYeb8kW_tnA3B_ZbUiZK4wf1guox5h8/s0/aztek-leaks.jpg" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">Maybe I'm missing a seal somewhere ...</span></h3><div><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7D2FPXwBLkzzAmsbf7jF7r2L-27ciyUIBniXChUkcoxP0U-yzV5CBdwFsv_1LdM4-SwhWLHvochh9stEb34hK1luPOKCUuW63uvIdoPKnTUCxM05nClI5qjVzt3N9ynoEUNFXP57K1KE/s624/missing-a-seal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="624" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7D2FPXwBLkzzAmsbf7jF7r2L-27ciyUIBniXChUkcoxP0U-yzV5CBdwFsv_1LdM4-SwhWLHvochh9stEb34hK1luPOKCUuW63uvIdoPKnTUCxM05nClI5qjVzt3N9ynoEUNFXP57K1KE/w319-h205/missing-a-seal.jpg" width="319" /></a></div></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Friendly advice</h2><p>I went on a rant on Facebook, finally convinced that I needed a new and better airbrush. The reason I hadn't taken that step until now is because the Aztek was "good enough", I didn't want to spend the bucks on it and a major factor may also have been analysis paralysis, not even knowing which one I should choose anyway.</p><p>The group helped to calm my tense nerves and convinced me not only to buy a new Airbrush, but also to try out a different paint, because "I would not regret it". The choice here seemed to unanimously go towards MRP or Mister Paint.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Mister paint = awesome!</h2><p>I found MRP available in 1 online shop that is relatively close, so I bough just 2 colours, to try it out on the Challenger.</p><p>They arrived quickly. I noticed the hyper-thinned state of it and gave it a try. IT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE!</p><p>It sprays fantastic. I do not need to worry about overthinning the paint so it isn't paint anymore. I feared it would take longer to dry and would take a gazillion of layers to fully cover a subject, but the paint dries in front of your eyes, just by the flow of the airbrush. The thinner evaporates within seconds, so I can go over it for a second and third layer and so on.</p><p>The only drawback I can figure - if really forced to - is that a bottle of highly thinned paint runs out a lot quicker than a bottle of a thicker paint that you need to thin yourself. Strictly speaking, that means you get less surface covered for the same price, making MRP more expensive. But it's totally worth it.<br />Also - to put it in perspective - I used the better half of the OD (olive drab) bottle on a complete 1/35 tank. It's not like I needed an extra bottle.</p><p>Of course, the Aztek is still a leaky bucket, but I know that's not the paint's fault.</p><p>New airbrush coming in 5, 4, 3, 2 ... 1 week.</p>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-78753686997089543112020-07-31T12:58:00.000+02:002020-07-31T12:58:00.521+02:00Challenger - Cut itFrom the beginning, the plan was to cut the Challenger in half, to be used as book-ends. I tried first with a dremel (Proxxon actually), but the angle was too awkward to successfully cut straight. Besides, I've never been able to cut straight anyway.<div><br /></div><div>One way to cut perfectly straight is with a hacksaw, which made short work of the hull.</div><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtaDFcYx6pzCHUSHYaTA4VIYy-TDaRMDjsz1qoQzbWMeMS9-zkpXZhS2PXeBBm4ooQMgHoads1NcHAGh4RouBPT5kVE2qzVCw2C4GV7Z8KupPqqphM85blEVhwfn-ktWdwAjSAY9MmUU/s1936/2020-06-27+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtaDFcYx6pzCHUSHYaTA4VIYy-TDaRMDjsz1qoQzbWMeMS9-zkpXZhS2PXeBBm4ooQMgHoads1NcHAGh4RouBPT5kVE2qzVCw2C4GV7Z8KupPqqphM85blEVhwfn-ktWdwAjSAY9MmUU/w400-h268/2020-06-27+003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>More clamps required to force the top and half together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU514WJc69tFJdxWcy1yJ4UkOmLmraeZo11hxwX5tQxIU22-I3tgEMKSDrcO-Z1xaXtLOcxXI0KTFeUfV_axnjQYe8xo6Yq-JAJ_hyePNRak9aO-jhzJykIHEGT84bmoXhTOVUHybEDs/s1936/2020-06-27+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU514WJc69tFJdxWcy1yJ4UkOmLmraeZo11hxwX5tQxIU22-I3tgEMKSDrcO-Z1xaXtLOcxXI0KTFeUfV_axnjQYe8xo6Yq-JAJ_hyePNRak9aO-jhzJykIHEGT84bmoXhTOVUHybEDs/w400-h268/2020-06-27+007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I used 1mm styrene sheet to close the halves.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP9NF2EftXpgtfUatIEShr0fAT6n1qulyBr4yLx8RfHB6fydQLsXKAKrsnZneNDvUR-UpKMn8FMeiJws8cjt8GeT23l0a0TIYh9CKJDz7AmWlUFLDUK_3vexxNRN88Kqgw6Gxi1kJcTY/s1936/2020-07-05+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP9NF2EftXpgtfUatIEShr0fAT6n1qulyBr4yLx8RfHB6fydQLsXKAKrsnZneNDvUR-UpKMn8FMeiJws8cjt8GeT23l0a0TIYh9CKJDz7AmWlUFLDUK_3vexxNRN88Kqgw6Gxi1kJcTY/w400-h268/2020-07-05+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Filled the interior with Chinchilla sand, which I had lying around since my experiments with <a href="http://jvtroyen.blogspot.com/2016/05/merkava-anti-slip-finished.html" target="_blank">anti-slip surfaces</a> on the Merkava's. Added diluted white glue to keep the sand in place. 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I hope it's enough to keep the books in place.</div><div>Primed in black, it's now ready to receive the first layer of paint, which will be the first time I'm trying out MRP.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3KPfMLF_1oz1pBBILDF8fuPs0jzkH0uUpWDvBZtaZ3CZTD6u_tyoQfjs1BoZJ6i3llaTZsIY3ZMtUgmpdl2R0Ur5NYh8A9Q7b593YFsypqau0VO2I1W0DyXd5mfLl18Gemb_D3xU0qY/s1936/2020-07-15+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3KPfMLF_1oz1pBBILDF8fuPs0jzkH0uUpWDvBZtaZ3CZTD6u_tyoQfjs1BoZJ6i3llaTZsIY3ZMtUgmpdl2R0Ur5NYh8A9Q7b593YFsypqau0VO2I1W0DyXd5mfLl18Gemb_D3xU0qY/w400-h268/2020-07-15+004.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrd4AB3PiiIqQZvPJOVXceuejBy-YSfvPlqumm25L4xLxP6EVAzVXkUZn12B8T1RLQbJj7r_mdx9tTeHMSrTVhyysJO9tOcdB-DPMA95IYukjiYqxgEwUOA3EqGA1Qxk9HPOGqbxiy90/s1936/2020-07-18+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrd4AB3PiiIqQZvPJOVXceuejBy-YSfvPlqumm25L4xLxP6EVAzVXkUZn12B8T1RLQbJj7r_mdx9tTeHMSrTVhyysJO9tOcdB-DPMA95IYukjiYqxgEwUOA3EqGA1Qxk9HPOGqbxiy90/w400-h268/2020-07-18+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-20212084439605991772020-07-30T11:32:00.000+02:002020-07-30T11:32:21.465+02:00Challenger - Challenging constructionWell, I think Trumpeter really took this tank's name to heart and was considerate enough to make building it an actual challenge.<div><br /></div><div>Ejector marks are EVERYWHERE. I haven't seen it this bad EVER. It must be related to quality of the plastic, or timing of the ejection or ... I dunno, but it's terrible. Many are on the inside, which is fine, if they need to be anywhere, but why would you place 5 ejector pins on such small pieces? </div><div>It must have been an engineering challenge just to put so many ejector pins in one mould.</div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily I starting using my own sprue goo recently, so at least we can try to work with this.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb31m2fTrz42F2KzTNPER0elVsflYhnhBsvRefokgK5eiqppHVIz5cSKzvOhpeABZSQbIsGLM7d1j2SWJ6dRslBU7yuuUFaiiBncCqr9F4YGWCpvZV1YcIxr4WHfstb_JEQdnqhredys/s1936/2020-06-22+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb31m2fTrz42F2KzTNPER0elVsflYhnhBsvRefokgK5eiqppHVIz5cSKzvOhpeABZSQbIsGLM7d1j2SWJ6dRslBU7yuuUFaiiBncCqr9F4YGWCpvZV1YcIxr4WHfstb_JEQdnqhredys/w400-h268/2020-06-22+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Sprue attachment points are very thick right up close to the part, so removing them is an exercise in patience and skill.</div><div><br /></div><div>Locator tabs weren't a big priority in this kit. The boxes all around the turret simply do not fit, tabs or not. Most important thing to look out for is that at least the top and visible side fits somewhat nicely. The inside/underside can have a 2 mm gap for all I care, as long as it's not visible.</div><div><br /></div><div>At multiple points during the build, I really couldn't see why some tiny parts are separate. It feels like most of them are only there to increase the part count.<br />The 16 hinges for the engine covers really needn't be separate. At least the 16 grab handles would require slide moulding, so I understand them being separate, but they sure are TINY and combined with the huge attachment points, hard to clean up and easy to break. </div><div><br /></div><div>Hull halves also do not fit very nicely together, but with these big parts, the flex on the plastic will allow you to force them in place, and let the glue do it's magic.</div><div>Clamps and vices to the rescue!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtTkY2_7cFC51-bkWwd1NjxPJjZUeP0timjIM9cFWUlh1ZHmd4lMuTD0Y3AelYepHgmDfz1Gl3WtoVCoP3LQHuXYC_e6nYhx6H7ZiYzCnQTP7wAujVcBnGNv-lJt0qvSuZ8Ce3yRa79k/s1936/2020-06-25+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtTkY2_7cFC51-bkWwd1NjxPJjZUeP0timjIM9cFWUlh1ZHmd4lMuTD0Y3AelYepHgmDfz1Gl3WtoVCoP3LQHuXYC_e6nYhx6H7ZiYzCnQTP7wAujVcBnGNv-lJt0qvSuZ8Ce3yRa79k/w400-h268/2020-06-25+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkjPLftb7SOkzNBmWnBY69UGnnLDZHRzVsgTgwvH-QDaD9D0eCDlXuU07-P8MZpJIlWRHfYn8aUj-rr-19NXNjkpee3T15pFtbcqNaqaUGIg-6xj2nqHUbGyQh6RgCP2wud7cRrN5K1E/s1936/2020-06-26+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkjPLftb7SOkzNBmWnBY69UGnnLDZHRzVsgTgwvH-QDaD9D0eCDlXuU07-P8MZpJIlWRHfYn8aUj-rr-19NXNjkpee3T15pFtbcqNaqaUGIg-6xj2nqHUbGyQh6RgCP2wud7cRrN5K1E/w400-h268/2020-06-26+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The rearview-mirrors are a disaster. When installed, the turret can only turn with the main gun fully elevated. I'm assuming they are retractable on the real tank?</div><div>The thingies holding up the mirror are very thin and broke off when breathing in their vicinity. I tried re-inforcing with sprue goo, which worked fine, but I forgot to account for my clumsiness. I've removed both now. I may (or may not) add them back later with steel wire, but they'll probably bend or break later when used in the book closet anyway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSn6GmkbA28oirjRpcQmjlDEV7HPJ_PuC8JnPXlXheKxn1Yyj-lA6B4vuPMKLV9QkjHyzRUaSVG_KDoN-CdJnlt0dlupSl-nlNrJYW8tReNUiz2QXZdhXZjsj2pycfZkai61vEtbIA7NI/s1936/2020-06-26+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSn6GmkbA28oirjRpcQmjlDEV7HPJ_PuC8JnPXlXheKxn1Yyj-lA6B4vuPMKLV9QkjHyzRUaSVG_KDoN-CdJnlt0dlupSl-nlNrJYW8tReNUiz2QXZdhXZjsj2pycfZkai61vEtbIA7NI/w400-h268/2020-06-26+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXR7VFaLlVOGeeZsSGWYPWOlZs0uhVY9yqJfuUgcTGWfv6vzdf_8MovVn3SD-1ICacEDdvRkwlZN_UkcDH9w2xd9EiGhdetRJ0HT7beQys1-iGsLMoH1KLasgRAEm1bejJdEX3__KHwQQ/s1936/2020-06-26+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXR7VFaLlVOGeeZsSGWYPWOlZs0uhVY9yqJfuUgcTGWfv6vzdf_8MovVn3SD-1ICacEDdvRkwlZN_UkcDH9w2xd9EiGhdetRJ0HT7beQys1-iGsLMoH1KLasgRAEm1bejJdEX3__KHwQQ/w400-h268/2020-06-26+003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-14274839927896377992020-07-26T14:52:00.001+02:002020-07-26T14:53:29.645+02:00BSG - Painting<div>Finishing assembly of the Galactica was easy and fast. There aren't too many pieces and they fit together very well.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've left the model in separate sub-assemblies, as that makes painting a little easier. The assemblies fit together well and, more importantly, well hidden. The locator tabs are big, sturdy and sandwiched deep between the parts, by which I mean it'll be easy to apply ample glue and not see it being squished out from in between. </div>
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<div><br /></div><div>I'm not a huge fan of the decals so far. They become brittle very fast and were a pain to position somewhat correctly. The most visible part of them is at both ends, where you want the strips to be perfectly center on the bay entrance. Doing so, moves other parts of the decal over the gap where the top half of the pylon will be glued.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPj6xEeDvDAeK8yN-A81rLt8dUpMy2OU5e69zg1sl71uYSxVwDRiUrQ2c9U_5n-sH65fuuYFq6OrjBXHatIe2dC7LYNi2RRP5NrYosPvmG2x2LGFHJouMgbc-4j04_MVJWCUnbkeJwhQ/s1936/2020-06-12+001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPj6xEeDvDAeK8yN-A81rLt8dUpMy2OU5e69zg1sl71uYSxVwDRiUrQ2c9U_5n-sH65fuuYFq6OrjBXHatIe2dC7LYNi2RRP5NrYosPvmG2x2LGFHJouMgbc-4j04_MVJWCUnbkeJwhQ/w400-h268/2020-06-12+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I primed the model black, then sprayed all armour panelling white, added dark-grey highlights on them and light grey highlights on more of the black parts.</div><div><br /></div><div>The idea was to go over it with a fine mist of grey until the build up was to my satisfaction. It was only a partial success, as the trick to successfully airbrushing highly thinned grey still eludes me most of the time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Painting the base gold/black was an exercise in patience as well.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyUJH7GDu23TClzRgkwZ4OdwurqfAsqn3HLlXsQ10bUE04_BNJphfzVTPkcMZXu-q6GW10dSVEn14pawh727WPd1L63DLAQ5OckSrNgSx2qWrXP0tj9Y3Su7JY5Z8foQzkBbwisZPfjI/s1936/2020-07-21+001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyUJH7GDu23TClzRgkwZ4OdwurqfAsqn3HLlXsQ10bUE04_BNJphfzVTPkcMZXu-q6GW10dSVEn14pawh727WPd1L63DLAQ5OckSrNgSx2qWrXP0tj9Y3Su7JY5Z8foQzkBbwisZPfjI/w400-h268/2020-07-21+001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26Wwy21lsMzy8Wcg6-nGv5BrXjOMuMbkbvDnX7k0cM9yQQbZrC-hzVeGfzwlElSaclYDvqy4kwfT_VAQS5U5PGr192Aof-auUeyaTUVTiCNoD3N6NvR1E2tmndrg1yiT29XYtYra-RpU/s1936/2020-07-25+002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26Wwy21lsMzy8Wcg6-nGv5BrXjOMuMbkbvDnX7k0cM9yQQbZrC-hzVeGfzwlElSaclYDvqy4kwfT_VAQS5U5PGr192Aof-auUeyaTUVTiCNoD3N6NvR1E2tmndrg1yiT29XYtYra-RpU/w400-h268/2020-07-25+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ptJ1isHWTu6NCvqva7vrKSzsbEtknTuDRTOtX5n1R7HVhT2gk377nY4ruJI78hhvu9JTJkCT3HpIkutrGqeXwmPWbLbBSFWTZa3ShmL6ux6sYzgv9VlQAstni8BrNlf0mURw8YwlG30/s1936/2020-07-25+003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1936" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ptJ1isHWTu6NCvqva7vrKSzsbEtknTuDRTOtX5n1R7HVhT2gk377nY4ruJI78hhvu9JTJkCT3HpIkutrGqeXwmPWbLbBSFWTZa3ShmL6ux6sYzgv9VlQAstni8BrNlf0mURw8YwlG30/w400-h268/2020-07-25+003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-90207428116533895892020-07-25T13:31:00.001+02:002020-07-25T13:31:12.735+02:00PL-01 - As good as doneI'm going to call this one done, for now.<br />
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What I mean by that is that I want to do some post-treatment with oils to give it a slightly more faded or dusty look. I'm hesitant to start this process and distracted by other builds and lack of time and motivation. Just a short hiatus.<br />
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The lighting effect is ... ok, but not 100% as I had envisioned it. From certain angles it's fine, from other angles it appears overdone. But I guess that's the whole idea of artificially adding a light effect? I dunno ...<br />
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I don't like ordering a bottle of glue for 5 euro and spending almost twice as much on shipping, so I ordered two(!) bottles and the cheapest 1/35 scale tank I could find - that was still somewhat decent - because I've been playing with an idea.<br />
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When looking for cheap model kits, there's a lot of choice, but a looot of junk. On one of my local suppliers' webshops, I found Trumpeter's Challenger II (kit 00308) in the second-hand section, so the decision was made. It looks to be a decent model, is of an actually interesting subject and I'll be doing it in a two-tone camouflage, which is still a bit of a learning curve, so we'll be having fun, learning a bit and being "creative" in the mean time.</div>
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There are several techniques and an insane amount of videos on this topic. Because the base-coat was already there, pre-shading wasn't an option, so I decided to go over certain spots with a lighter version of the base-coat and others with a darker. I guess this technically qualifies it as post-shading.<br />
When it's all done, I will also try with oils to see how easy that would be to achieve the same result.<br />
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The trick here is to go very slow, with translucent layers, and build up an effect. That means highly thinning your paint before you spray. In the past I experienced issues with just thinning paint in a ratio of e.g. 10:1 (10 parts thinner to 1 part paint), where it would either not spray properly from my airbrush, or too quickly or the paint would spider.<br />
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Not sure why I suddenly decided to start it, but I think with the Falcon finished and the PL-01 entering the decalling stage, I felt the itch to start something new.<br />
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This should be a simple and straightforward build. I'm not going to bother super-detailing between the armoured ribs, like some peope tend to do. I'm also not going to convert the starboard pylon to a museum, as portrayed in the series. I guess I'll be building here in an earlier stage of her career.<br />
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There aren't that many parts, which is not unusual for Sci-Fi kits. There's roughly 60 parts and the cannons make up a large portion of them.<br />
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Decal-wise, there's also not much. 3 times the name Galactica, a logo for on the back and 2 long decals for the inside of the pylons, which will mostly be invisible. But they're a very nice tough.<br />
The kit includes a sturdy metal rod to hold het up above the display stand.<br />
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The inside of all parts are rife with stubs from the sprue-pooring process. While lucky they're on the INside, they need to be removed to be able to close evertyhing up.</div>
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<br />Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-46141029916601454652020-06-12T11:39:00.001+02:002020-06-12T21:23:55.046+02:00PL-01 - Sprue Goo to the rescueYou know how you learn from your past mistakes, the hard way so to speak, but after so many years of doing the same thing you learn to avoid those? Well, *I* don't, at least not where scale models are concerned.<br />
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I know you're supposed to fit twice, glue once. I know when dry-fitting the 2 halves of the turret around the gun it needed some force to close the gap. But still I went ahead thinking I could do it.<br />
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I closed the rear of the turret, glued it and let harden.<br />
Then I closed the right side with a lot of force and clamps, glued it and let harden.<br />
And then there was no way to close the left side, not even close to it. There was a gap of at least 2 millimeter. By pushing extremely hard, I could get them to touch, but no amount of clamps, tape, whatever could hold it in place. It was also very awkwardly located to put a vice on it.<br />
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In hindsight, I know exactly what I should have done. I should have made the holes where the gun fits in just a little bigger, but it was too late. <br />
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So I decided to #fixThatShit and put putty in the gap, but my tube of Tamiya Basic Putty had almost dried up. I thinned it with TET (Tamiya Extra Thin cement) and got it back to a working state. I then slathered it copiously over the gap.<br />
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I like to put tape alongside the gap I'm trying to fill. I remove it after about an hour, when the putty has had some time to set, but has not yet hardened. The tape prevents too much plastic from being affected, removing it early prevents the putty breaking off as opposed to removing the tape too late.<br />
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When fully cured, I gently started sanding the putty into shape, but because of the turret design it needed to end in a point and the putty was just too soft or something. It sands away too easily.<br />
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I also found that thinning the putty with TET has eaten away where the plastic was at it's thinnest, making a bad situation even worse.<br />
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In the past, I have read about people making their own filler (mostly referred to as "Sprue Goo"), by dissolving left-over sprue in TET, making a gooey plastic mess. Because it's the same plastic as the kit, it bonds really well, hardens perfectly and sands just as well as a normal plastic part would.<br />
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I put some TET in an empty glass(!) bottle and added strips of white styrene I had left over. Becasue the strips where extremely thin (0.13mm or 0.005") they dissolved fully within mere hours, instead of the recommended 24 hours if you chuck in sprue pieces of 0.5 cm or bigger.<br />
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I applied my home-made filler with a toothpick. It was a bit too thick for use with a brush, but thick means it's easy to put a blob and count on it to stay in place (more or less).<br />
In any case, you have control over the thickness by adding more TET or more styrene. When not too thick and applied sparingly or in multiple layers, it levels perfectly, which is an added bonus.<br />
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After about 16 hours, I tried gently sanding the plastic, but it was still a little malleable. It was after all a 3-4 mm blob, so needed more time to cure. After 24 hours extra, it was rock hard.<br />
It was then easily sanded into shape and after priming and painting, I was very happy with the result.<br />
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In close-up, you still see some trace of it, but I'm calling it a success anyway.<br />
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<br />Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-78848422568596523322020-06-06T14:32:00.001+02:002020-06-06T14:32:19.925+02:00Movie : Panfilov's 28 men<h2 style="text-align: left;">28 панфиловцев</h2><div>I saw the trailer for this movie years ago and made a mental note to keep an eye out for it once it got released. My mental note capacity has declined over the years, so I lost track of it until last night.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a Russian crowd-funded movie, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's a B movie or worse. It's an excellent war-movie that I very much enjoyed watching. As far as "enjoy" is an acceptable word for watching people die in a war.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's about a company of Russian soldiers, in November 1941, tasked to stop the German tanks advance to Moscow. They're to achieve this at all costs, and with limited resources.</div><div>Realistic scenes, good acting. The tanks (Panzer III and IV as far as I could see at a glance) were well presented, there was a good eye for detail and strategy. The German dialog isn't subtitled, but this does not detract from understanding what's happening (it's not much and most of it can be followed with a basic understanding of German).</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a shame more movies of this caliber don't reach our theaters, television or even streaming services. Just last year, I enjoyed <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8820590/" target="_blank">T-34</a> almost equally.</div><div><br /></div><div>The full movie is available on Youtube (with English subtitles), although that's probably a blatant copyright infringement. I don't know if Russian law is different. It's been there since October 2018, so good chance it'll stay.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8suNNyaZqMU" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-53109480322656707942020-05-21T10:23:00.000+02:002020-05-21T10:23:59.429+02:00PL-01 - A very bland basecoatThe PL-01 has received it's basecoat, which is basically also the final coat.<br />
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Because the result looks very bland, I want to go a step further. I've always struggled to avoid monochromaticity, although I find the word itself simply fascinating. It's worth 30 points in Scrabble, NOT counting any multipliers.<br />
It's easier when you have some kind of camouflage scheme, but harder - I think - on a single-colour object, especially when it's a big flat surface.<br />
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My inspiration for colour modulation comes from Mig Jimenez. Not that he has the pattent on the technique, but he explains it nicely in <a href="https://www.migjimenez.com/img/cms/PDF/StepbyStep_Grey-Scale.pdf" target="_blank">this short how-to</a>, even though I will only apply a variation of it. I also have a DVD where it is explained, but 10 years later, I'm sure there's a ton of similar stuff on Youtube now.<br />
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In the picture below, taken with simple daylight coming from the window behind, it is clear that panels 1, 2 and 3 appear to have a different shade of the base coat. I will be trying to artificially enhance this for a better result. Or make it worse, who knows.<br />
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I took the model outside for some exaggerated examples, so I can study which panels catch more of the sun's rays than others. Wish me luck!<br />
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<br />Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-48478517361340660682020-05-20T08:37:00.000+02:002020-05-20T08:37:37.989+02:00PL-01 - Transparent partsI like using liquid latex for masking weird shapes. Today, I masked the lenses and what-nots on the transparent pieces.<br />
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My go-to Humbrol Maskol hadn't been used in many years and the entire bottle had turned to rubber (go figure!). Buying Maskol online (or something resembling it) always costs you more shipping costs than the actual product is worth, but the local party shop also has liquid latex, albeit for a different application. The shop clerk was interested to see the result :-).<br />
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<i>I have - in the mean time - replenished my Maskol supply from a model train store I just happened to pass in Aachen (Germany).</i><br />
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Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-14555957611845882632020-05-19T11:13:00.000+02:002020-05-19T11:13:08.331+02:00PL-01 - rubber partsThe PL-01 will be one big blob of the same colour. There are no pioneer tools or spare track-links on the outside, because it wants a low profile.<br />
For some tonal variation, I painted the rubber part of the road-wheels and the rubber track-pads on all the tracks .... well, rubber, of course. (Vallejo Panzer Aces 306 - Dark rubber)<br />
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It's a tedious job, and the contrast with the base colour isn't very high. What's worse, most of it will be completely invisible under the sideskirts.<br />
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However, if I don't paint them, I'll always feel like something's missing.<br />
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<br />Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-9917426403646559442020-05-18T08:11:00.000+02:002020-05-18T08:11:52.780+02:00PL-01 - Track assemblyTakom's PL-01 comes with link-and-length tracks, which I usually find annoying as hell. You need to glue them all together on top of the road-wheels, but then it becomes harder to properly paint the tracks and said road wheels separately.<br />
If you paint everything in advance, glueing the individual links is next to impossible without compromising your paint job.<br />
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Takom was very nice to provide an assembly jig (the black track-shaped pieces on the picture below).<br />
They double up as alignment-tool for the road-wheel arms (how considerate) AND assembly jig for the tracks. The plastic is of course made from something that will NOT react to the glue with which you are assembling the tracks.<br />
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<br />Jeroen Vantroyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052190226256172786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963016329879359725.post-61667944880712540382020-05-17T17:32:00.003+02:002020-05-17T17:32:57.277+02:00Falcon - Finished!Now that all the decals are in place, it was a simple matter of installing the fuel tanks, missiles and canopy.<br />
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I'm very happy with the result. I intended to place it inside a small display case on a strip of tarmac, but that will be a different project.<br />
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<b><u>Kit:</u></b> F-16 MLu (Mid-Life upgrade)<br />
<b><u>Scale:</u></b> 1/72<br />
<b><u>Manufacturer:</u></b> Revell (#04612)<br />
<b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Price:</b> around €10 (second-hand)<br />
<b><u>Number of parts:</u></b> 98<br />
<b><u>Time spent:</u></b> 18 hours<br />
<b><u>Project completion time:</u></b> exactly 1 year<br />
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<li>Black primer</li>
<li>Pale grey blue (71.046) - belly</li>
<li>Intermediate blue (71.005) - topside (partial)</li>
<li>Various shades of grey (lost track)</li>
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<li>Alclad II klear kote (semi-gloss before decals and matte afterwards)</li>
<li>Formula '560' Canopy glue (for glueing transparent parts)</li>
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It was a pretty straightforward build, no fit issues that I recall. The small antennae at the rear tend to "disappear" but that's just my clumsiness.</div>
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It would have been finished a year ago had it not been for me losing interest in applying 200 decals.</div>
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