Mike,
All the fine detail is a testament to your skills.
All the fine detail is a testament to your skills.
Damn! Almost criminal to add paint. Almost
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Scottie,
Paul,
Steve
Jack
Andy,
Many thanks for your comments, welcome all the time.
Steve, Eyes still working independently, can now look in five directions at once while juggling two scalpels and a pair of tweezers.....
Jack, But paint we must....
Mike.
Paul,
Steve
Jack
Andy,
Many thanks for your comments, welcome all the time.
Steve, Eyes still working independently, can now look in five directions at once while juggling two scalpels and a pair of tweezers.....
Jack, But paint we must....
Mike.
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Still got the turret to do yet.....
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Update,
The cable reel has been finished and added - next Surface Primer......
Cheers,
Mike.
The cable reel has been finished and added - next Surface Primer......
Cheers,
Mike.
That's it, I give up!!!
Mike, that is truly amazing. I only begin to imagine what it will look like once finished!
Keep up the good work.
ATB
Andrew
Mike, that is truly amazing. I only begin to imagine what it will look like once finished!
Keep up the good work.
ATB
Andrew
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Update,
The hull is now in surface primer, Vallejo Russian Green 73.609. BUT! when comparing it to current British Armour colours it could form the base colour and work from there. What do you think?
Mike.
The hull is now in surface primer, Vallejo Russian Green 73.609. BUT! when comparing it to current British Armour colours it could form the base colour and work from there. What do you think?
Mike.
Looks good enough for British Army green to me Mike.
Pete
Pete
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Steve
I think once you have a coat of satin varnish on the top it should react the same as any other acrylic, after all we are just adding paint to paint - I will experiment in the near future.
Mike.
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Update,
So work has commenced on the turret, and the first order of the day was to replace the turret casting numbers/info.
Looks better in scale than in the blow up here. Figures are 1.5mm and 1mm in height.
Next it was the turn of the turret top rear and all those lift up lids. The amount of Challenger 2 models that we see and the details are missed and the holes left as gaping chasms.....
So I started with making the loops that are on the lid and then the bodywork so that a padlock can be used to secure them...
You can just make them out, made from a copper wire strand from electrical cable and wound around a 1mm bit of brass rod the resulting 'spring was then c/a'd to a bit of scrap 15thou card and then cut into double loops and cut into strips and added to the openings.
The 'details' for the viewable areas were made from odd parts of lead wire, 'T' handles spare from an etch set and the head of a pin for the rounded filler cap.
Once in place it does not look too bad, just the others to furnish next.
Cheers,
Mike.
So work has commenced on the turret, and the first order of the day was to replace the turret casting numbers/info.
Looks better in scale than in the blow up here. Figures are 1.5mm and 1mm in height.
Next it was the turn of the turret top rear and all those lift up lids. The amount of Challenger 2 models that we see and the details are missed and the holes left as gaping chasms.....
So I started with making the loops that are on the lid and then the bodywork so that a padlock can be used to secure them...
You can just make them out, made from a copper wire strand from electrical cable and wound around a 1mm bit of brass rod the resulting 'spring was then c/a'd to a bit of scrap 15thou card and then cut into double loops and cut into strips and added to the openings.
The 'details' for the viewable areas were made from odd parts of lead wire, 'T' handles spare from an etch set and the head of a pin for the rounded filler cap.
Once in place it does not look too bad, just the others to furnish next.
Cheers,
Mike.
Hi Mike
Very impressive skills. Looks superb.
Jim
Very impressive skills. Looks superb.
Jim
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