discussion Bowcat's Tamiya SU-76M 1/35

[Mr Bowcat]

This weekend I have mostly been painting. Going to varnish tonight.

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[Guest]

Very nice paintwork.

 

[Guest]

I will echo that, nice paintwork, which brand of paint have you used, only asking as it`s turned out very nice

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Stylnrex(sp?) primer and Tamiya top coat. It's a recipe for 4B0 that I've used before. After the first coat I added a little yellow and hit the centre of the panels again.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip Bob

 

[Mr Bowcat]

It's all coming together now, just a little more weathering to go.

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[Guest]

That really looks wonderful.

I am learning so much from the builders on here and that tip of adding some yellow paint in to touch in the centres of the panels is very helpful.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Tony.

 

[col68]

Nice work Bob.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Colin.

 

[Guest]

Excellent work Bob, really liking the mud under the fenders mate, this really is coming along a treat.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Tommy, it's getting there.

 

[Guest]

After several hours work, I got the ammo racks finished, including multiple bends in 31 tiny pieces to make the clips.

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Is that the PE bending rig or C3P0's piano its leaning on?

Nice job with the PE. Only used it once on a Me110. Its fiddly to say the least!

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Yep, that's me bender. Damn glad I bought it as well.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

I forgot to take pics of the last steps, but it basically entailed fitting the last few parts, installing the crew and giving it a pigment scrub for a dusty look.

Pic and completed build thread here: http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/completed-bowcats-tamiya-su-76m-spg.29169/.