So where'd they go?

[Guest]

Well...you have to start thinking about the Berlin one now...

Already on that one! A Tiger I, JS 2, and maybe a MiG ...

[eddiesolo]

Nice vignette Patrick, just sets off the build nicely.

Si

[Guest]

Great stuff Patrick! Great work in any scale and, like all the best dioramas, it tells a story.

[Guest]

Si & Doug, thank you both!

[Gern]

It's very nice the way you've turned a model kit into a story by using just a simple background.

[yak face]

Excellent work Patrick and in the small scale too. It looks like a 1/35 dio . Loving the weed (oops that sounds a bit dodgy!) great job , cheers tony

[Guest]

Dave & Tony thank you!

I'll probably be asking advice on 1/72 Soviet aircraft for next year's GB's!

[Guest]

Very nice Patrick. Nice bit if weathering especially as I am in learning mode. Any chance of a closer look at the weathering and how you went about it.

Like the faux type grass ery realistic.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Great work Patrick, this looks amazing.

[Guest]

Very nice Patrick. Nice bit if weathering especially as I am in learning mode. Any chance of a closer look at the weathering and how you went about it.Like the faux type grass ery realistic.

Laurie

Hi Laurie,

For close up pictures of the P3, you'd be best off looking at the completed build thread

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/revell-1-72-panzer-iii-ausf-m.28469/

As far as the weathering goes, I don't follow much of a set plan, it's quite ad-hoc!

I like to use oils for pin washes, and to add some tonal variation to the colours. I do this buy putting small dots (in this case, tiny dots!) of raw paint on the model & with a stiff brush I jab at the dots. This blends them & spreads them out evenly until you have a near translucent covering.

Chipping is done with a sponge & very small brush (00 & 000) and also with coloured pencils. A metallic sheen is obtained by rubbing areas & edges with an HB pencil.

That's it I think!

[Guest]

Thanks Patrick . Regret I missed your pictures of your earlier thread which are just right. It is only in the last couple of weeks that I have become interested in armour. Soon I will be starting on some Afganistan stuff so I am gathering as much information as possible. One of my problems being that there are no clubs in Jersey and therefore no direct real time tuition. In fact I have not seen one model, which is not mine, in the 4 years I have been model making.

Thanks for your time in giving an explanation.

Laurie

Regret

[Guest]

No problem Laurie! I've never seen another model in real life myself!

Whenever you start your Op Herrick ground stuff, we're all here to help