Somewhere in North Africa

[john i am]

Great Alan nice looking well and I wish for another update soon

[monica]

well ,well that looks great,

[Richi72]

Great job so far Alan,


love how the well turned out, excellent, great job, can wait to see the next update on the house

[Guest]

WELL that looks very cool.


scott

[bazers]

Well well well, thats come out great how was the pizza

[Alan 45]

Cheers guys and gal I'm pleased you like it


Next up is the Tilly

[Alan 45]

I've actually got a bit done on the Tilly , I just wanted to show some of the detail on this kit , I decided to put the plastic tracks on this one and not the vynal tracks , they don't fit very well but seeing as the majority of the track is covered it's not too big a problem[ATTACH]111395.IPB[/ATTACH]

[grumpa]

That's why I hate indy tracks, but your's look fine from here. shame all of that work should be covered up, that's why I hate "skirts and such" on tanks I mean Oh and your well came out very well JIm.

[monica]

looks good Alan,and what nice detail as well,as Jim said its a shame most is covered ,

[Robert1968]

Hi Alan


I just took another look at your desert theme and it's really inspiring me to build a desert of my own. I have a couple of apc in mind possibly truck stop but to collate info I may tap you for some ideas if that's ok


Regards


Robert

[Alan 45]

That's why I hate indy tracks, but your's look fine from here. shame all of that work should be covered up, that's why I hate "skirts and such" on tanks I mean Oh and your well came out very well JIm.

This is my first time with plastic tracks Jim and tbh their not all seperate links, around the wheels they are but have long strips top and bottom , the other side is a two mm gap in the top track but coincidentally its hidden behind the skirt so it's not a problem

looks good Alan,and what nice detail as well,as Jim said its a shame most is covered ,

yeah it is a pain to have it all covered up and it's not like you can leave the skirts off as I don't have the figures to make it look like it's under repair, that would have been a nice touch

Hi Alan
I just took another look at your desert theme and it's really inspiring me to build a desert of my own. I have a couple of apc in mind possibly truck stop but to collate info I may tap you for some ideas if that's ok


Regards


Robert

go for it Rob it's not that difficult some use baking soda for the sandy ground and that's fine in 1/72 but in 1/35 it's a bit too fine to look realistic enough as you don't get a variation in texture , it's best to get something and crush it up then sieve it to get a nice powder , that goes down first then and a mixture of what's left over in different places or just scattered around the board , takes a bit of work but comes out looking good

[Alan 45]

I've painted and weathered the hull of the Tilly now using oil burnt umber wash and an oil burnt umber neat , I wanted to show how long this has been in the field so it's pretty heavily weathered [ATTACH]111678.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Guest]

Very nice Alan! It has a worn look without being ott - did you highlight the engine etc with drybrushing?

[Alan 45]

Very nice Alan! It has a worn look without being ott - did you highlight the engine etc with drybrushing?

Cheers Patrick , yes I did dry brush the engine section, there's an uneven surface to a lot of the surface which makes it great for dry brushing and due to the lighter colours being similar it didn't matter if I went over the edge a little bit


Thanks for your comment I appreciate it

[Richi72]

Great job Alan really like the weathering you did here it looks very realistic, well done.


Cheers Richi