Tamiya M10 IIC Achilles
- Thread starter Mr Bowcat
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Hi Bob
Careful, painstaking work - really nice.
Jim
Careful, painstaking work - really nice.
Jim
Cheers guys. 
I realised after unmasking that I had made a mistake. The interior was primed with grey, and the exterior with black, so inside the turret is slighly lighter. However I think it will work to my advantage as presumably the outside would get dirtier, and it will help highlight the interior details somewhat.
I realised after unmasking that I had made a mistake. The interior was primed with grey, and the exterior with black, so inside the turret is slighly lighter. However I think it will work to my advantage as presumably the outside would get dirtier, and it will help highlight the interior details somewhat.
Cheers Steve.
Yes it was, particularly as none of the interior parts had fallen off. One thing I've noticed with Hataka paints (possibly all lacquers?) is that TET won't dissolve the paint like it does with acrylics. With the parts I've just added I had masked some areas of clear plastic where I could, and scraped paint where I couldn't to facilitate good bonds.
I will have to re-mask when I spray the matt coat later as I don't want to get any on my shiny brass. :tears-of-joy:
Yes it was, particularly as none of the interior parts had fallen off. One thing I've noticed with Hataka paints (possibly all lacquers?) is that TET won't dissolve the paint like it does with acrylics. With the parts I've just added I had masked some areas of clear plastic where I could, and scraped paint where I couldn't to facilitate good bonds.
I will have to re-mask when I spray the matt coat later as I don't want to get any on my shiny brass. :tears-of-joy:
Bob,
That is outstanding the paint work and detail is excellent.
That is outstanding the paint work and detail is excellent.
Cheers Paul.
G
I know it dissolves Mr Color & MRP lacquers. The quick setting one struggles a bit, seems to evaporate before it's had time to eat through the paint, but the regular one is generally OK.
Must be something extra in the Hataka making it more durable?
Cheers Andy, admittedly I was using extra thin so maybe next time I will use the regular and see how it gets on.
I started on the figures this weekend. Heads are done, I still struggle with these but I think I'm getting better. They should look OK from a distance anyway. :tears-of-joy:
I think I will put some smoke on the drivers goggles as they came out a bit more sparkly than I intended.
I also got the bodies painted up, glossed and washed. I will give these a dry brush in a lighter shade to pick up the highlights, matt coat them and finish painting the hands and hopefully they will then be ready to join their respective heads.
I started on the figures this weekend. Heads are done, I still struggle with these but I think I'm getting better. They should look OK from a distance anyway. :tears-of-joy:
I think I will put some smoke on the drivers goggles as they came out a bit more sparkly than I intended.
I also got the bodies painted up, glossed and washed. I will give these a dry brush in a lighter shade to pick up the highlights, matt coat them and finish painting the hands and hopefully they will then be ready to join their respective heads.
You struggle I wish I could get my figures to look that good mate.
Maybe I should have given him a dayglo tunic. :tears-of-joy:
Hi Bob
Figures are great. They will most certainly look the part.
Jim
Figures are great. They will most certainly look the part.
Jim
Cheers Jim.
Cheers Steve.
Thanks John.
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