Tamiya 1/35 PBR (pibber)

[Allen Dewire]

Hey Andy, as long as you're having fun, that's what matters! Our weather has been really good and warm to boot. As for being retired, I at least try to play at the table everyday. Some days, things go well, and others, they just go down the loo!!!...

I wish you all the best in your career endeavors my friend and I hope you find something that is personally satisfying and will make you happy too...

Prost
Allen

[Waspie]

Sorry Allen, I do seem to be on a roll right now lol

I've still not gotten myself a job as I'm contemplating a total change of career, so I have a lot of free time on my hands. With the weather being so bad recently I spend most of my day in the shed, modelling.

Heaven only knows how our retired members fare!

In my case badly. SWMBO has embarked on a massive upgrade programme to the house and as usual - snags and more snags.
Lost most of my work area to storing 'stuff' from the house.
Your doing enough for both of buddy. :smiling5:

Edited to add, nice choice. Echo's of Apocalypse Now. One of my all time favourite movies.

[Andy T]

One of the options is for hull red below the waterline. Since I had some Tamiya from a job lot I decided to use that:



While that was drying I sprayed the bits & bobs in some of the many versions of olive drab I have, to give variety:



I painted the radar dome in the optional grey and detail painted the fire extinguisher & life ring:



Terrible picture but the canvas "roof" was done in a desaturated khaki:



The hull was dry by now so I masked it up and started the main painting. I'm using the Mr Color modulation set so I gave everything a coat from the shadow bottle. I can use this as a foundation to build up the highlights & variation, at least knowing there's some colour all over:

[Mickc1440]

That’s a lovely smooth finish Andy

[Nicko]

Just had a good old catch-up Andy. Lovely work.....

Nick

[Guest]

Think I'll just stand Andy as your definitely on a roll .
Remember one of these being done before some time ago on here or in the " other place".
Looking good , some neat looking paintwork on the fire extinguisher & life ring.:thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

Bloody ell !!:astonished:...
.. you're a building machine mate!!:anguished:.... haven't had a chance to look in for a while and you've done all THIS?!! :rolling:
Looking excellent buddy,loving it

[Andy T]

Thanks all.

It's a surprisingly large model that took quite a bit of paint. At least I have an even base coat down all over and can break it down into smaller sections now.

[Jim R]

Great progress. Lots of separate sub assemblies to paint. I think the thing I dislike most is a model where there are lots of pre-painted parts to fit. Nice to see the figures fit OK. Paint job is looking good.

[Waspie]

One of the options is for hull red below the waterline. Since I had some Tamiya from a job lot I decided to use that:

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While that was drying I sprayed the bits & bobs in some of the many versions of olive drab I have, to give variety:

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I painted the radar dome in the optional grey and detail painted the fire extinguisher & life ring:

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Terrible picture but the canvas "roof" was done in a desaturated khaki:

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The hull was dry by now so I masked it up and started the main painting. I'm using the Mr Color modulation set so I gave everything a coat from the shadow bottle. I can use this as a foundation to build up the highlights & variation, at least knowing there's some colour all over:

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That would pass Admirals Inspection! :thumb2:

[Andy T]

Thanks Jim & Doug.

Yes, the final assembly bit isn't my favourite either but with this being quite "open", with no defined interior & exterior, I don't think I have much choice.

[Andy T]

Well, the wife and I have both succumbed to the latest flavour of covid so I've not felt like doing much, but I've powered on a bit.

I still need to sort a more neutral background for my pictures so here's a couple on black & white. Shows how much difference it makes!





The cockpit area is now painted up, just needs a bit more work then I can fit it into place for final weathering:



And the figures received some primer and an airbrushed coat of a base flesh colour:

[andy55]

Looking good, doing a nice job on it. Nice to see Tamiya still have good detailing on their models.

[Guest]

I still need to sort a more neutral background for my pictures so here's a couple on black & white.

You seem to be using some kind of carpet for the black background, right? If I may give a minor tip here: for the file size of the pictures, a plain background with no texture will be far better JPEG compression doesn’t like small, irregular textures — they add a lot of bytes to the file size.

[Guest]

Andy , that 3rd photo is absolutely top class. The shading is perfect . What paints are you using ?