phalinmegob is gonna have a go at a tank,god help me

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Nice job on the building and surrounding cobbles so far Andrew iam goint to try making some molds myself in a week or so thanks to your advice.

scott

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there is a noticble difference on the moulded part because it is on the inside of the vac sheet,not as much detail which stands out more now that i have given it a coat of paint but i will live with it,will put a new pic up tomorrow so you can see what i mean.the cobbles are more rounded and have larger gaps in between them but that was to be expected .

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a few update pictures, cracking on with the base now,anybody know how to make 1:35 scale boxes of veg and fruit ? and a toilet bowl

why does my mobile phone change the colour of pictures on its own?

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not sure what to do with the back yet,probably just cover it in grass.

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anybody know how to make 1:35 scale boxes of veg and fruit ?

Matchsticks, lollypop-sticks for the boxes and plastiscene/modeling clay for the fruit.

[Ian M]

Coming along well Andrew. What mobile do you have. It might just be that you can set it to auto white balance. Or if it has a flash, set it so the flash always fires. That will cure the colour and the shaky hand problem.

Ian M

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Andrew mate this is looking good, question what color did you use to paint your cobbles they look good?

scott

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Looking forward to seeing this one finished Andrew, great job on the cobbles.

Looking really good!

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cobbles were painted using revell "greenish grey" lightened with white followed by a very heavy wash (accidently spilt the jar) of black oil paint thinned with white spirit. never made a wash before and was made up with how it turned out, was petrified when i spilt it all and thought i had ruined the whole thing . the main thing i have noticed is that the white spirit seemed to open up some the thin joints, does white spirit attack the plastic ?

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just realised its not white spirit but turpentine substitute. few more progress pics,now i am really getting carried away.

knew i would find a use for that crappy games workshop green stuff

turn it into fruit and veg ! balsa wood fruit boxes.

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the finished effect,almost a shame to shove a tank in the way,but the locals are going to need to be doing something.

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[Ian M]

That's looking fine so far. If some one buys ten sack of spuds his buggered though. LOL

Ian M

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could not think of anything else to do with the sand bags except turn them into spud bags but dont worry ,i have some ready to be stacked alongside the wall.

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This is coming along superbly Andrew , love the fruit and veg bits , don`t worry about the tank covering a lot of details , we know its there and being a diorama its nice to find bits of detail hidden here and there that are not the focal points brings the whole thing to life .

Keep up the good work

Richy

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Andrew this is coming along very nice indeed, you'll be finished yours before i can come up with a dio for mine....... i know it's not a race Lol good work mate lovely fruit and veg.:clap:

scott

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right guys, a couple of questions i need answering (having never built a tank before). 1. are the road wheels glued in place on the suspension arms because they have little rubber grommets thingies inside them or are they held on by friction .2 assemble whole tank first or paint bits first.

3. i am struggling with tamiyas instructions as they dont seem as clear as the stuff i am normally used to and seem very vague in places but insructions say that all road wheels must be level on ground when put together but as i am going to have the tank on a not so level dio i presume it would be ok when i put the wheels on to follow the contour of the ground rather than flat,will tracks still go ok?........sorry its a long winded one.

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I'm not exactly a museum - class model builder but I hope the below helps....

1 if they have a grommet, it's a standard Tamiya poly cap and will hold the wheel/stub axle in place for you, yet allow wheel rotation if have assembled as per instructions and not got glue in the wrong places (ask me how I know this...)

2 I would leave things like stowage off and paint seperately, tools, boxes etc, EXCEPT if painted the same colour as the tank. The disadvantage of painting then attaching is that you have to work hard not to get glue spots on the finish. Naturally attaching then painting would eliminate this, but make detail painting more difficult. Play to your strengths when deciding this one mate.

3 when fixing wheels in position, fix them as if they were in the tank's final position, otherwise it will look unnatural, as you correctly identified.

HTH

Stuart