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Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: May 30th, 2013, 1:01 pm
by PaulBradley
Silly boy - that's so he can shoot around corners......
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: May 30th, 2013, 7:46 pm
by Ian
Well I managed not to mess up the mottle too badly and the decals are now on.
Needs a wash and mattcote, tail wheel, aerial pole & wire and spinner adding. Nearly done!
Still need that Panzer though......
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 2nd, 2013, 9:53 am
by Ian
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 2nd, 2013, 5:25 pm
by splash
Nice work on the 109 it just shows you don't always need an air brush, the bases on the figures look good to.
Regards Splash
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 3rd, 2013, 10:41 am
by Ian
Thanks Splash. The bases are quite simple to do. Just put some PVA onto the base and dip in sand ( in this scale it needs to be quite fine sand). Once dry I gave it a coat of dark brown, then drybrushed with a tan colour and then again with magnolia. It actually is magnolia as I use emulsion paints. I have a tin of the 1.5 L tin of the brown and 2 testor pots of the tan. The magnolia was left over from some decorating. It's a cheap way of achieving a uniform set of bases - I use the same for my Warhammer models, as well as the scenery I have made for the game. This rock formation was painted using the same paints. (Ignore the bases on the figures, they have since been repainted.)
(If anyone is interested, this rock formation was carved out of a single piece of blue insulation foam and glued to a piece of left over wooden flooring.)
As for Stalingrad, I am at a standstill till I get the Panzer IV. Pay day Friday! Once it's built and in place, I can superglue the infantry in place and mattcote them.
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 4th, 2013, 4:41 am
by Clashcityrocker
Diorama looks good. I'm loving that rock formation though, that is seriously good.
Nigel
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 8th, 2013, 4:50 pm
by Ian
Thanks Nigel. I appreciate that.
A little progress. I bought the Pz IV today!
The turret is together already.
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 13th, 2013, 12:06 pm
by Ian
Progress is being made. I'm not looking forward to painting tyres on all those wheels.....
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 14th, 2013, 9:24 am
by Ian
Does anyone have any tips on tyre painting? From searching google it appears that the whole of the outer section of the wheels should be tyre with a small rim. Is it worth not bothering with the rim and just having it all tyre and trying to hide the rim with weathering?
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 18th, 2013, 2:13 pm
by Ian
No? OK.
A weekend of nights in the office had me mostly painting wheels. Lots and lots of wheels!
So it now stands like this.
Just going to leave them for a day or two to make sure they don't bend when I add the tracks.
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 18th, 2013, 11:09 pm
by Ratch
Looking good
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 18th, 2013, 11:35 pm
by omi
heres how i do tank wheels,
make your wheels, paint the wheel.
grab a cocktail stick and cut the point of one end or untill you can place the wheel on the end without it falling off.
now have your black or grey paint not too thin but not straight from the pot either.
slowly rotate your wheel on the cocktail stick and keep your brush still, a bit of practice and you'll fly through all the wheels.
like the dio by the way.
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 19th, 2013, 7:33 am
by Ian
Believe it or not, the tyres are painted. Revell Anthracite is very close to Humbrol 79, so it just looks like they aren't!
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 19th, 2013, 12:37 pm
by TomW
The diorama is looking the biz Ian, can't wait to see it at the show
Regards
Tom
Re: Airfix Stalingrad Battlefront
Posted: June 19th, 2013, 1:23 pm
by Ian
Thanks Tom. I'm proud of it so far. Just hope the Panzer come out like I want. Then, of course, there's the dangers involved in transport!