Ratch's 2018 perils with plastic
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Excellent, and you are certainly clocking up the completions ... and we are only just through the first week in Feb ...
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Beautiful NMF on the B-66
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Takom 1/35 M247 Sgt. York.
Takom 1/35 M247 Sgt. York.
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Thanks very much all, the Destroyer is a really simple, old-fashioned kit
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I repainted the intakes and I decided to use the kit tracks and firstly airbrushed them with Gun Metal followed by Sandy Brown. Over this I applied an umber wash.
I decided it may be best to fix the tracks onto the wheels using a thick cyanoacrylate. Tweezers were inserted between the mud guards and the tracks to hold them against the wheels as the glue set.
The model was mounted on a wooden plinth, upon which I spread a mix of Plaster of Paris, water, umber poster paint and earth scatter. This was roughed up and rough grass added in patches.
I have some tidying up to do. I'd like a second opinion on the black and yellow stripes that I had noted and whether tactical marking were likely, so not quite finished.
I decided it may be best to fix the tracks onto the wheels using a thick cyanoacrylate. Tweezers were inserted between the mud guards and the tracks to hold them against the wheels as the glue set.
The model was mounted on a wooden plinth, upon which I spread a mix of Plaster of Paris, water, umber poster paint and earth scatter. This was roughed up and rough grass added in patches.
I have some tidying up to do. I'd like a second opinion on the black and yellow stripes that I had noted and whether tactical marking were likely, so not quite finished.
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Well, you made the kit tracks work, Ratch and have a promising vignette shaping up. As to the tactical markings, I can't help I'm afraid.
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Splendid work on the B-66. The NMF came out great.
Sweet sag on the Crusader's tracks. Man, she is teeny! Looks spot on, on the base.
Sweet sag on the Crusader's tracks. Man, she is teeny! Looks spot on, on the base.
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Thanks all, I'm trying out Flickr - see how I get on with it...
Next up
DSC_0004 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr
DSC_0005 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr
Next up
DSC_0004 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr
DSC_0005 by Richard Linnell, on Flickr
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Nice, that is a proper bit of nostalgia ship modelling, Ratch. The art work on the Graf Spee box is one of my favourites. Why two kits though? are you building the GS and a sister ship?
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One will be full hull and the other waterlined - well, that's the plan
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Having just tuned in via the last post, and seen the word "waterlined" you instantly had my full attention.
This must be one of the few 1/600 ships that I have not yet tackled.
As for flickr I will be interested in how you get on with it. The one bit that narks me is how it puts the users name (from your account and registration login I guess) on every image you embed on forums
This must be one of the few 1/600 ships that I have not yet tackled.
As for flickr I will be interested in how you get on with it. The one bit that narks me is how it puts the users name (from your account and registration login I guess) on every image you embed on forums
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It does me too Chris Its a bit different to Picturetrail (which I've been using for more than ten years) and I may only use Flickr for my WIP initiallychrism wrote:As for flickr I will be interested in how you get on with it. The one bit that narks me is how it puts the users name (from your account and registration login I guess) on every image you embed on forums
I shall have to look for some unusual pictures of Spee
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I have never had a problem with the post image site direct on the forum. Just curious why others do not use it?
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Two Graf Spee? I hope they don't mean too much on your plate.....
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Where is it?PGAS wrote:I have never had a problem with the post image site direct on the forum. Just curious why others do not use it?
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GROANiggie wrote:Two Graf Spee? I hope they don't mean too much on your plate.....
I'll get me coat....
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