Completed ***** Ron's (and Grandson's) Disc Camouflaged Tamiya Panther Ausf. A.*****

[Guest]

Ron.
Is there no end to your talents ?
John

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps.
G.C. J. R. Dead Horse and Donkey Buyer (Ret) - Scale Models is stuffed full of talent - I'm now't special, just one of the happy throng watching and learning. But thanks none the less.

Now then young 'un we do the brown. Nice and steady and not too much paint - Dab and swirl, dab and swirl. We'Il let a couple of the dabs overlap the green.

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We might add some more later, but at least we now have a basic pattern painted on.

Giz the turret, then go and ask Granny to make us a brew. Grab a couple of Tunnocks while you're at it!

[Guest]

Pabblo.
Helping your grandson is about as good as it gets mate. One of mine removed some parts from the sprue and glued them , he's 8 .
343

[Mr Bowcat]

Ooh, the dreaded disk camo. Good job Ron. :thumb2:

[spanner570]

Sorry for the delay in replying but I've been away at a reunion with my rapid river slalom canoeing buddies from the '60's and '70's....A rather sedate affair! :face-with-head-bandage::flushed::sick:......:sleeping:

Thanks 343 and Bob.
Apparently, you can get disc masking, but where's the challenge in that? I prefer to suffer and sweat.

Right, we have now completed the initial spotifyingness. I'll see how it looks later. I think we'll add some more.
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It was at this point when I was feeling a bit of a smart a**e, my Grandson asked....."Why did they take all the stuff off the tank before they painted the circles?"
The answer was they probably didn't, they worked around such items and I was so carried away with the painting, I simply forgot!

He took great satisfaction in watching me scrape off the discs where they were not required. He then repainted to offending areas and stuck the various bits onto the tank. - Grandad 0 / Grandson 1


Anyway, I decided the tank needed dulling down a bit, so I let his nibs loose with a big flat brush and showed him how to cake the whole thing with a good coat of watered down dk. yellow wash.
"Leave it alone, don't fiddle once it's applied!"
"Granny, he's shouting at me!"

Here's the finished tank de-spotted and toned down a bit.

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I went on to explain how its nice to get the camo. to flow up the hull onto the turret. He approved but still had to tell of my blunder. The little snitch!
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Deffo. a few more discs needed, but for now and if I allow him, I'll let G.S. help with the base.....Coming up next.

Cheers all.
Ron

[Mickc1440]

Great work Ron and grandson, I can see a lot more models turning up on your doorstep, ".....granddad what can we do to this?"
Tunnocks? Top Granddad indeed :smiling2::smiling2:

[spanner570]

Thanks Mick.
He's rapidly approaching his teen years, so I thought I'd catch him before 'other distractions' come along and he looses interest in kit making!

[Steve Jones]

Looks like you are both having a lot of fun. Nice work on the disc camo.

[spanner570]

Looks like you are both having a lot of fun. Nice work on the disc camo.

Steve - It might read as though we are having fun. He's having a ball watching me sweat. But this disc camo. lark is bl**dy difficult!........:cold-sweat::upside:

[spanner570]

On to the base.
The little toe rag is now old enough to be shown how to use sharp tools, so I let him make the whole base. I marked, he cut.

Here is the initial build. Using a sharp point saw he cut the slabs of polystyrene to size and stuck them together. Then I marked out where to cut for the tank to slot in. He cut that out with a junior hacksaw blade. I then asked him to count his fingers - All present and correct!
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Next I showed him how to break bits off with his fingers to form the river bank. He then added some powder adhesive mixture to his handy work using a small paint scraper.

"You're being too fussy. Don't faff about, just sling it on!"
"Granny, he's shouting at me again!"

To finish off this stage I showed him how to squidge the tank into the stuff to get a nice fit around the hull where it sits in the water. Missing track sorted!
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Cheers.
Ron

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely, and an added bonus no fingers missing. Keep up the great work the both of you.

[Jim R]

Hi Ron.
Coming on a treat.
Genuinely great to see a young man doing something creative rather than sitting in front of a screen. As a retired teacher I can vouch for the huge benefits a child gets from using their leisure time well. Credit to you both.
Jim

[spanner570]

Thanks boys
Jim - I can but try to get him interested in further projects - I'll just have to wait and see.

We were like a well oiled machine and worked in perfect harmony.

Although we had fun time together, there was serious endeavor from both of us to do the best we could with our project.....:thumb2:


Thanks again for all your support chaps. We both appreciate your input. He thinks they are all fab! - And so do I!

Ron & G.S. (No.5)

[spanner570]

Here's a bit more.
I asked himself to go and get some dry dirt for the road - he came back with half a bucket load.

A quick coat of pva and the stuff sprinkled on - job done!
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I marked the wall out and he scribed it with a modelling knife. One or two wayward scratches, but he did well for a first attempt. All his fingers still intact! He then slurried on a coat of grey acrylics and this time he remembered not to fiddle, so no bo***cking.
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Ready for some paint and vegetation. I hoped my missus wouldn't catch him up on our flat roof hunting for 'Grass and reeds'. We just got away with it!

Cheers Ron & G.S.

[Jim R]

Hi Grandson and Ron
You are making a great job of this. I hope the lad reads the thread as he should be proud of what he is doing and the comments he is getting. Modelling the 'Ron Way' makes the hobby accessible to those without deep pockets. Wall and ground are coming on a treat.
Jim