Andrew's 1/35 North Africa Vignette (SimonT Tribute GB)

[Graeme C.]

Nice finish Andrew, looks like a typical desert war tank, loaded with everything the crew might conceivably need.

[Strenko J]

Fantastic finish Andrew..

[adt70hk]

Certainly has come out well Andrew. Really like the finish you've achieved on that tarp in the center of the photo.Perfection in my mind.

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John

Thanks for the feedback and support.

On the tarp - coming from you I'll take that as real compliment. I didn't want to say anything at the time but it was favourite too. It was the highlight colour I was struggling with and then had a look at the Airfix paints I got when I came back to the hobby and their Dark Earth (29 I think) jumped out. A shade or two lighter than the base but not too light.

Thanks again.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Nice finish Andrew, looks like a typical desert war tank, loaded with everything the crew might conceivably need.

Fantastic finish Andrew..

Graeme, Jo

Thanks very much for the support. For once I'm looking at something and thinking could I have done better? I don't think I could for my first 1/35 kit.

Thanks again.

Andrew

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work Andrew, you must be very happy !!

[adt70hk]

Lovely work Andrew, you must be very happy !!

Thanks Bob, I really am.

Next up figures though.......:cold-sweat: :fearful: :cold-sweat:

Thanks as always for stopping by.

Andrew

[Si Benson]

Morning Andrew,
You should be very pleased with yourself on your first 1:35 build. You’ve put thought and effort into the build and it shows clearly.
A very well done from me :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

Morning Andrew,
You should be very pleased with yourself on your first 1:35 build. You’ve put thought and effort into the build and it shows clearly.
A very well done from me :thumb2:

Thanks Si, very much appreciated coming from someone of your abilities I was worried about the final wash to dust it up a bit but it turned out exactly how I wanted.

Thanks again.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Good morning all

So I've been very slowly plodding on with the figures this week.

I'll be using the ones from the box and the radio/tent set I got. I know they won't be the best given their age (almost as old as me....) but I've already spent a small fortune on PE, individual link tracks and dodgy stowage, so I'll have to make do. Besides this will be my first attempt at 1/35 figures, so no point spending a small fortune on decent figures only for me to ruin them.....

Moulding was not exactly great - not unsurprisingly - with seam mark lines around the full circumference of the figures plus some ejector pin marks in unhelpful places on four of them.

They're now assembled but I still have to fill the PIN marks and shoulder joins on a couple of them, as well as still needing to tidy up a couple judging by the photos below.

ATB.

Andrew


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Rather a motley bunch I think you'll agree......

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[Mini Me]

No doubt, there was a tube of putty included to fill all those holes .......never seen so many on anything this small. Have fun with these Andy......will you be posting a separate thread on painting these? :thumb2: Rick H.

[adt70hk]

No doubt, there was a tube of putty included to fill all those holes .......never seen so many on anything this small. Have fun with these Andy......will you be posting a separate thread on painting these? :thumb2: Rick H.

Hi Rick

It would have been nice if they had supplied a tube of wouldn't it! :smiling2: As for a separate thread I don't think my skills are up to it...

Thanks for stopping by.

Andrew

[JayCee]

Quite a nice crew! Tamiya haven't done their homework though. These seem to be in action poses, although the wearing of shorts in the front line was forbidden. Just imagine a sudden allied advance caught the rear area unawares and job done!! Look forward to seeing the paint go on.
P.S. The Pz 2 is very good.
John.

[adt70hk]

Quite a nice crew! Tamiya haven't done their homework though. These seem to be in action poses, although the wearing of shorts in the front line was forbidden. Just imagine a sudden allied advance caught the rear area unawares and job done!! Look forward to seeing the paint go on.
P.S. The Pz 2 is very good.
John.

Thanks John for the feedback on the Pz II much appreciated. As for the shorts I'll have to pretend this lot were a bit on the rebellious side!!

ATB.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Morning all

So I had a go at filling in the sink marks, first time I've done this on figures and generally happy with how it went.

I filled in the holes, let it dry and then gently smoothed the plastic putty way with a brush and warm water. One of the figures was more easy to clean up as the sink mark was not too deep - in that case I shaved the edge down with a blade and then smoothed in fully back by painting some poly glue - but on that one I had to fill in the shoulder joint.

As always the camera has revealed a couple of places where I need to smooth the putty out a bit more. Next up is a coat of primer, which will no doubt bring out other things I missed..... :fearful:

All the best.

Andrew


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