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Post by beowulf Tue 01 Jan 2019, 5:35 pm

building this for a braille scale armour GB elsewhere

Airfix King Tiger

heres the contents of the box


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Post by RetiredMike Wed 02 Jan 2019, 4:13 pm

Ah, challenging the New Year with braille scale. Good Luck.

I always wondered if someone building those Airfix kits actually use the paints provided.
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Post by GaryDainton Wed 02 Jan 2019, 5:00 pm

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Post by beowulf Wed 02 Jan 2019, 7:01 pm

RetiredMike wrote:Ah, challenging the New Year with braille scale. Good Luck.

I always wondered if someone building those Airfix kits actually use the paints provided.

funny enough, on the same forum that im doing this for a 'little armour GB', in a couple of months there is a 'starter kit GB'..........any kit by any maker that includes the glue, paint and brush in the box......and you are only allowed to use whats in the box!........no primer, no kleer, no filler..........only tools allowed are a knife, a sanding stick and masking tape.....im planning on either a Me109 or a Cutty Sark clipper ship

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Post by beowulf Fri 04 Jan 2019, 9:03 pm

going together rather quickly.....hope to get some paint on it tomorrow

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Post by GaryDainton Sat 05 Jan 2019, 9:48 am

The amount of detail they get into these is amazing, looks great.
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Post by Mr Hirakawa Sat 05 Jan 2019, 10:21 am

I'm trying to be a bit more diverse by looking in on here. Ooh, look at all those wheels. I might try something like this in the near future.
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Post by beowulf Sat 05 Jan 2019, 10:28 am

Mr Hirakawa wrote:I'm trying to be a bit more diverse by looking in on here. Ooh, look at all those wheels. I might try something like this in the near future.

so many wheels cos the germans came up with a torsion bar suspension system which was compact by interweaving the road wheels, still simpler than earlier german tanks but still a pain when it came to maintainance
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Post by KatsZenJammer Mon 07 Jan 2019, 3:40 am

I'm always stunned by the amount of detail crammed into these teeny little models. Nice progress.
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Post by RetiredMike Mon 07 Jan 2019, 3:32 pm

Yes, the detail looks very good. And it's nice to see they hollowed out the tip of the gun barrel.
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Post by beowulf Mon 07 Jan 2019, 8:42 pm

sorry for dodgy pic

current state of play.....

been painted, glossed ready for decals and a black wash, which is why its shiny...still getting used to new airbrush but i think it will sort it self out when it gets a wash and matt coat

not going to try to paint the tools........first cos my eye/hand steadiness aint good enough in this scale.......secondly from what ive read they wouldnt have removed the tools, just sprayed over the top, if they were doing it in the field


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Post by GaryDainton Tue 08 Jan 2019, 11:45 am

Looks great Paul, lovely cammo pattern.
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Post by RetiredMike Tue 08 Jan 2019, 3:23 pm

Nice.
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Post by beowulf Fri 11 Jan 2019, 8:32 pm

black enamel wash didnt go as planned, left it looking a bit 'grubby' which might not be a bad thing

had a matt clear coat on top which has toned it all down

next step is the tracks and some mud

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Post by GaryDainton Sat 12 Jan 2019, 11:10 am

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Post by Nipponrookie Sat 12 Jan 2019, 11:36 am

That is some fine work on a very small scale. The paint scheme looks great.
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Post by beowulf Sun 13 Jan 2019, 12:46 pm

and finished........
more pics in the finished thread
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