discussion Meng 1/35 Whippet

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Looking good mate.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Nice looking kit, which you have made a great job off
Petrr

 

[Allen Dewire]

Dang Scratchy,

This baby is coming along really fine Andy!!! A real credit to your skills and the tracks look great too.....

I hear music in the background. It's a song from Devo and they're singing about your build...……."Whippet, Whippet Good. DoDoDoDoDo, Crack that Whip, DoDoDoDoDo"...…………………………...I'll get my coat...……………..

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul & Peter.

Allen, thanks, but you're as mad as a box of frogs :smiling5:

 

[Allen Dewire]

Allen, thanks, but you're as mad as a box of frogs :smiling5:

I know Scratchy, somebody in the Rabble has to be……………...

I found some figures to man the Whippet too. They have flame resistant uniforms and helmets,


Door found...…………………...

 

[Tim Marlow]

Bill and Ben, the acid years......when they really liked a little weed!
Seriously though, useful primer on face painting that picture, the areas needing highlights show up really well :thumb2:

 

[Steve Jones]

Loving the camo and the banter. Keep up the great work Andy

 

[Guest]

It seems I'm getting through my SdKfz 232 for the GB a bit quickly so I've shelved it for now and done a bit more on this.

Added a dark brown oil wash/filter to try and tone the colours down a bit and start to dirty it up. It's getting there but I'll probably give it another go over when this eventually dries. I still need to get my head around pin washes for making the rivets and other small details stand out but I'm sure I'll get something to work eventually.

 

[Guest]

Looking very good, though I’m not sure plastic jerrycans should be on a 1918 tank

 

[Guest]

lol, hence the silver chipping to try and pretend they are metal :smiling5:

 

[Guest]

Finished off the stowage and threw it in the back



When they commandeered this tank and repainted it, those clever Germans also managed to add some lashing brackets without puncturing the fuel tank



Which enabled them to carry even more home comforts.

 

[Guest]

The fuel tank is separate anyway, the armour plating just sits around it, so no reason at all why they couldn’t have added those brackets easily.

 

[Guest]

That's it, final straw. I've suffered your attitude since the first day I joined this forum. Either constant nit picking of insignificant details or the patronising comments.

You are certainly much better at this lark than I am, as are most of the members here, but I don't need you trying to ruin my enjoyment of this hobby any longer.

 

[Guest]

My apologies if I’ve offended you, but I don’t mean the things I say as nitpicking or criticising your choices, let alone wanting to ruin your enjoyment. With my previous post above, I merely intended to offer an explanation for how the handles could be there on the real tank, despite there being a fuel tank in the front behind those plates.

I certainly don’t mean to put your efforts down or to claim I’m better at it than you — from what I’ve seen, you’re almost certainly a lot better at much of this than I am, especially the painting. Thing is, I’ve got quite extensive background knowledge on military vehicles, and tend to make comments based on that, but without meaning to say you have to do it like it was done in real life. It’s your model, not mine.