Great work Alan really like the damage on this and the weathering top job
Rommel gives Patton a bloody nose
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Top notch job Alan, paintwork is exemplary, and that base is spot on. Is it a plaster moulding?
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Firstly great build very nicely done, how did you manage to do the side damage so well?
Guys and gal I appreciate it 
Hi john no it's not a moulding it's just a piece of shaped MDF with polyfiler on top and stones from the garden and some crushed up mortar from between the paving slabs that I've got to redo\ said:
David I used a fine grinding tool on my drill to make the plastic thinner so I could push and bend the plastic instead of heating it\ said:
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Ta ever so for the info\ said:David I used a fine grinding tool on my drill to make the plastic thinner so I could push and bend the plastic instead of heating it
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This is genius! Now I know how I'm going forward with my M3 lee…!\ said:David I used a fine grinding tool on my drill to make the plastic thinner so I could push and bend the plastic instead of heating it
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Sounds an odd compliment, I know, but thats the most realistic hole I've seen!
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Very nice!
How do you do the damage and shell holes?
How do you do the damage and shell holes?
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Very nice indeed Alan. The shading on the panel work is superb. Tried this and found it very difficult.
Laurie
Laurie
Hi Jason thanks , I offset the wheels a little so they looked crooked , I left off other pieces and bent some stuff with a pair of pliers\ said:
The shell hit was done by a grinding tool on my drill at slow speed , you just thin an area moving gently back and fourth and checking every so often until you can see daylight through it then you just poke a hole with a needle file to get the desired effect
It does take a bit of time to get used to the method laurie , all I did with this one was use a little brush with a bit of oil lamp black on it and just put it around the rivets then just rubbed it off with a clean dry brush until it faded , then I left it to dry and gave the rivets and edges a dry brush of tan acrylic to make the detail stand out\ said:
I hope this helps , it took me about six months of practice to workout
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Cheers, Iv wanted to do something like that but was unsure of the result. After all a crappy paintjob can be re-done but a hole in the hull would need a lot more work. I do have a few un-important models i could test something like this.\ said:Hi Jason thanks , I offset the wheels a little so they looked crooked , I left off other pieces and bent some stuff with a pair of pliers
The shell hit was done by a grinding tool on my drill at slow speed , you just thin an area moving gently back and fourth and checking every so often until you can see daylight through it then you just poke a hole with a needle file to get the desired effect
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Good job iv got some very cheap Italeri models (humvee, trailer and fuel tank trailer) i can practice on then\ said:
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