discussion El Alamein Sherman M4A1

[scottie3158]

Pete,
Cracking work following along.
Scottie

 

[Guest]

Pete,
Cracking work following along.
Scottie

Your always welcome aboard sir, and thank you.
Pete.

 

[Guest]

The trees look great. How do you make them?

Hi Norm.
The way I make them . The trunks are made from copper wire and covered in Das clay and textured. The palm leaves or fronds, copper wire for the stem with masking tape doubled over and cut to shape to make the leaves. The fruit will be cocnuts which are actually peppercorns and the hair under the lower leaves is the mesh of a dark scouring pad teased apart .
Pete.

 

[papa 695]

Well I've just seen this one Peter, and there is some serious work going into it it's all looking great so far. looking forward to the next update now.

 

[col68]

Nice work so far Peter I shall follow this build if you don't mind.

 

[Marcello]

nice work Peter. I missed the start but did some catch up to stay up-2-dated. Like the palm trees very much. looking forward to see how the trunk comes out.

 

[Guest]

Well I've just seen this one Peter, and there is some serious work going into it it's all looking great so far. looking forward to the next update now.

Cheers Ian it's not to serious I hope it's just fun :smiling4: .
Pete.:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Nice work so far Peter I shall follow this build if you don't mind.

Hi Colin, thanks and you are most welcome to tag along.
Pete:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

nice work Peter. I missed the start but did some catch up to stay up-2-dated. Like the palm trees very much. looking forward to see how the trunk comes out.

Cheers Marcello, I'm glad you like the palms.
Pete:smiling4:

 

[Guest]

Great build so far sir, and the palm tree leaves look perfect.

 

[SteveH]

So glad I "fell over" this one, Pete
Super work on the Sherman and PE
The figures do look good too, I have a Similar Allied North Africa set from MB for another project
it will be interesting to see how they paint up, as they look good built and with primer
Never tried to paint a camel before, it looks like you can splash the colour.
Hopefully better progress now the weather has calmed down?
Regards
Steve H

 

[bazers]

Great work Pete,
I have been looking for a camel in 1 72 scale but no luck so far.

 

[Guest]

Great work Pete,
I have been looking for a camel in 1 72 scale but no luck so far.

Hi Barry thank you :thumb2:

This may help hope so.

CAESAR SET 23 ARAB CAMEL RIDERS & BEDOUIN 1/72 Scale. Biblical Era.

Pete.

 

[Guest]

Great build so far sir, and the palm tree leaves look perfect.

Cheers Guy along way to go yet :smiling4:
Pete.

 

[Guest]

So glad I "fell over" this one, Pete
Super work on the Sherman and PE
The figures do look good too, I have a Similar Allied North Africa set from MB for another project
it will be interesting to see how they paint up, as they look good built and with primer
Never tried to paint a camel before, it looks like you can splash the colour.
Hopefully better progress now the weather has calmed down?
Regards
Steve H

Hi Steve thank you for dropping in, you mention I've primed my figures ? is that wrong ? please can you tell me, you know more about figures painting than I do help is always accepted.
Pete:thumb2:

 

[Jim R]

Hi Pete
Glad to be able to see this move forward. Lovely job so far. The extra detailing, particularly on the figures is excellent. I don't think I've seen a camel 'done' before - horses, dogs, cats, even bears but not a camel :smiling:
Jim

 

[bazers]

Hi Barry thank you :thumb2:

This may help hope so.

CAESAR SET 23 ARAB CAMEL RIDERS & BEDOUIN 1/72 Scale. Biblical Era.

Pete.

Thanks Pete never thought to try Hat models.

 

[Guest]

Blimey, you're on a roll Pete. The trees are looking great.

 

[Si Benson]

Hi Pete, Have just read through and I’m a caught up now.
This is going to be an impressive scene with all the crews, animals and trees!
Can’t wait to see this develop:thumb2:
Si

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete
Glad to be able to see this move forward. Lovely job so far. The extra detailing, particularly on the figures is excellent. I don't think I've seen a camel 'done' before - horses, dogs, cats, even bears but not a camel :smiling:
Jim

Hi Jim and thank you, if you see enough my stuff your see allsorts of things :smirk:.
Pete.