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Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles
Afternoon all. :) I pushed on again this weekend and got the turret interior finished. The shells were quite tricky and involved some delicate masking, but I'm mostly pleased with how they came out.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Vallejo Model Air metallics
Hi guys, I found a bottle of Model Air brass in my paint drawer, I think I bought it to do the bolt heads on the inside of a Bradley a couple of years ago. I want to try airbrushing it but never used this brand for spraying before. What do I need to know regarding thinning it to airbrush...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: painting chit chat.
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Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles
Good morning chaps. :) I got quite a lot done this weekend. First up was weathering the interior of the hull which was done with a wash of starship filth and some pigments. Then I got the shells/racks painted up and installed. I decided to use AK True Metal for the brass which turned into a bit...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #28
- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles
Cheer gents. :) Paul, Bob & Steve, good to have you along Alistair, thanks for the pics. The shells in the turret look amazing, are they painted plastic or actual brass? Alan, in Alistair's defence he did ask about posting the pics and I asked him to do so. From what I have seen of his work...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #19
- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles
Hi Guys, I decided to break one of my Chrimbo pressies out of the stash over the weekend, I've been looking forward to this one. The US provided M10's to the British army during WW2 on the lend lease program. The British, finding the 3" gun rather puny up-gunned them with the fearsome 17...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Hobbyboss Finnish T-50 1/35
Hi Guys, I just finished building this for a GB on another forum so thought I would share some pics. There was only ever one T-50 in Finnish service (R-110 "Niki"), captured in 1941 at Äänislinna/Petrozavodskand and used until 25th June 1944 at which point it broke down and was returned to the...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Armoured Vehicles
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Chrome, off or on?
Like the other guys, I'm generally an advocate of strip the chrome with bleach and re-paint. Having said that, I recently built an F50 from Tamiya, the chrome on the wheels wasn't that bad so I just gave a light spray over with smoke and I think they came out OK, pic below has the original...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #9
- Forum: Weathering.
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Halftrack.... what!!!!... no figures!!!!!
Yep, did this on mu StuG III build and it worked very well. I used the inside core from picture wire which while fairly thin was still stiff enough to hold the sag. You might need to relieve the inner edge of the wheel to give the wire some space, but literally a couple of swipes with a file is...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #10
- Forum: General Modelling chat
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army" (Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB)
Hi guys, First off many thanks to Bob for running the GB, I'm starting to understand "Stug Life". :) So, on with the pics. I don't normally name my builds, but this one's called "Let slip the dogs of War". It's early August 1944, the Karelian Isthmus. During a lull in fighting against the...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Group builds 2017 on
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Evening chaps. :) I've been working on the base some more. I finished painting the rocks over the weekend and I'm quite pleased for a first attempt, they look reasonably rock like. Tonight got the grass and litter down, and plugged in some trees. I might actually leave it at that. I'm...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Evening chaps. :smiling3: I got to work on the base, which is a bit of ply. First up I added some blobs of air drying clay to add some topography, and also some plaster of Paris rocks I made ages ago but haven't used yet. Next up I covered it with thinned PVA glue and sprinkled it liberally...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #66
- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Cheers gents. :) I got most of the weathering done this weekend. This build is based on the Continuation War of July/August 1944, so I've kept it more dirty and dusty with dry mud. I might still give it a pigment scrub at the end, but I'll get the base done first so I can tie it all together...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Evening all. :) I've managed to get a bit done on this over the last few days. I started by attaching the stowage box, extinguisher, jack block and drivers armour shield, then gave everything a gloss coat and added the decals. Then I turned my attention to the tracks and spare tracks and...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Latest Acquisitions (2019)
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Evening chaps. :) I managed to get a little bit more done before clearing the bench/dinner table ahead of tomorrow's turkey. I finished painting the bits that needed camo, the wheel hubs, logs, jack block and tracks.- Mr Bowcat
- Post #34
- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Today's top tip
Don't get Tamiya acrylic thinned with MLT in your eye. It hurts, a lot! Scroll down for pic, unless you're squeamish about eyes.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: painting chit chat.
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Cheers Steve. :) I just want to get better at faces, I have certainly improved since by early attempts but know I can do better with some practice. So for the last few days I have been getting the camo down. If this was German tri camo I would have just freehanded it with the Airbrush, but the...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #18
- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Morning all. :) I've been a bit under the weather recently so not much Stug building has occurred, although I did manage to get the figures painted. My plan for 2020 is to get better at figures, it's an area I struggle with, particularly the eyes. In retrospect I wish I hadn't tried to paint...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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W&N Series 7 brushes
Morning all. :) I'm looking to get a couple of Series 7 brushes (probably a 0 and a 1) to help me get better at figures. However I notice that these come in a standard and miniature flavour, which appear to have a shorter tip. Which type do users of these brushes prefer? Thanks, B- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Figure building related chat.
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