Andrew's wife's 1st model - 1/72 IBG Pz IIIa - should I apply a filter?

[Si Benson]

Hi Andrew,
looks like Mrs Andrew is pretty nifty with the airbrush! Well done that man woman :thumb2:

[Guest]

Great stuff. Now you can concentrate on building and sublet the spraying to her :smiling5:

Her trigger action in particular was very nice and controlled and soooooooo much better than my ham-fisted efforts when I first picked up and AB.

She sounds better than I still am lol. It's still very much a surprise every time I pull the trigger as to how much going to come out :smiling5:

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So we decided to add some brown camo as per the instructions and after having got confirmation online as follows:

"On 19 July 1937, it was ordered to change the camouflage pattern to Dunkelbraun Nr. 45 (dark brown) and Dunkelgrau Nr. 46 (dark
gray), with feathered edges. Vehicles already painted in the Buntfarbenanstrich were not to be painted in the new pattern, unless they
were to be re-painted anyway."
Source panzerworld.com/german-armor-camouflage

I think you'll agree it came out ok for her first effort.

ACW as usual.

ATB

Andrew



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[monica]

good on her,so glad to see it,job well done :smiling:

[prichrd1]

I think you'll agree it came out [COLOR=rgb(209, 72, 65)]ok[/COLOR] for her first effort.

OK?? OK?? is that all you can say? :rolling:

That's an excellent result, first model built, first time using airbrush ?
(That was a practice run with the undercoat).:thumb2::thumb2:

Spent most of my modelling trying to get that kind of result!

Now for the tricky part - a little weathering perhaps??

Paul.
:smiling2:

[Guest]

You got to hand it to the good lady Andrew she's damned good .:thumb2:

[Mini Me]

I like that!!! Way better than my first attempt. :thumb2:
Rick H.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice job. Better than my first attempt as well!

[yak face]

Great job mrs andrew , youre a natural , cheers tony

[boatman]

I like that!!! Way better than my first attempt. :thumb2:
Rick H.

Same here I dint do a good job got the shakes on the first an last attempt as I borrowed a friend A/B an I though It was rubbish so Andrew your good lady is good :thumb2:
chris

[adt70hk]

good on her,so glad to see it,job well done :smiling:

OK?? OK?? is that all you can say? :rolling:

That's an excellent result, first model built, first time using airbrush ?

(That was a practice run with the undercoat).:thumb2::thumb2:

Spent most of my modelling trying to get that kind of result!

Now for the tricky part - a little weathering perhaps??

Paul.

:smiling2:

You got to hand it to the good lady Andrew she's damned good .:thumb2:

I like that!!! Way better than my first attempt. :thumb2:

Rick H.

Nice job. Better than my first attempt as well!

Great job mrs andrew , youre a natural , cheers tony

Same here I dint do a good job got the shakes on the first an last attempt as I borrowed a friend A/B an I though It was rubbish so Andrew your good lady is good :thumb2:

chris

All

Thanks for the great feedback and for the support I'll make sure she reads the comments later!

Paul - You are probably right about my 'OK' above but you have to understand that I have made understatement something of an art form! In fact if they allowed pictures in dictionaries you would just see my face against the entry!! I will therefore try and be more effusive in my praise of her efforts in future posts!! :smiling: Next up before weathering is painting the tools and tracks.

Thanks again all for taking the time to respond.

Yours

Andrew

[prichrd1]

I have made understatement something of an art form!

Ah yes I know how that goes - first it's a model - then it's the bench - then the stash!!
Need me to go on???? :flushed: :smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:

Paul.
:smiling2:

[scottie3158]

Nicely done

[adt70hk]

Thanks Paul. Much of appreciated. I'll make sure I pass your comments on.

ATB

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So at some point in the process I was thinking of applying a lighter grey filter to lighten the tank up a bit as the base colour is a bit on the dark side and also to blend the brown and grey a bit better.

I've only done a couple of times and so am still very much learning about them and how they behave.

Am I on the right lines or would another approach be better?

Thanks always in advance for your ideas.

ATB

Andrew