T-18 / MS1 another 1/35 Russian Tank

[JR]

Stunning!

Thanks Steve.

Managed to get paint on the newer models, including thew white washable camo. Had sprayed earlier the chipping left it to dry then put on the 4bo and the white camo
The figures have been moving on, finding the right shaped arms is fun from a box full, only one problem here not all seem to be the same size scale wise, a couple of arms in the box of the arms look as if they came from giants:smiling3:

The Silver Birch have had a little more white applied, and are now waiting for some Jarvis scatter to arrive









Three of the figures will have shovels, i've put their hats further to the back of their heads, as if they have pushed them back as they worked.
The original fit was pretty dire , just sort of perched onto .So drilling and carving was needed.

Thanks for looking in .

John.

[scottie3158]

John,
Great work on the trees mate they really look the part.

[JR]

John,
Great work on the trees mate they really look the part.

Cheers Paul. Checked all my tubs and found out I had plenty of green and no Autumn colours for the foliage, now on order.

[Steve Jones]

Awesome work mate. Just had some Jarvis spring leaves arrive for the Panther. Very impressed

[Jim R]

Hi John
Trees are nice and tree like :thumb2: As for the dio it is looking great. You certainly have a flair for that part of modelling.
Hope your eye has stopped giving you problems.
Jim

[Guest]

Hi John great work on the trees and Dio is taking shape very nicely, this is part of your builds that I like the best. As Jim has asked how is vision now.
Pete :thumb2: .

[Si Benson]

Morning John,

latest set of pictures look brilliant, both tanks looking really rather good:thumb2:


Dont envy them tankers digging that out:tired:

[Guest]

Bloomin' lovely. The birch trees are amazing.

[spanner570]

All coming together very nicely 453.
Top work!
570

[JR]

Awesome work mate. Just had some Jarvis spring leaves arrive for the Panther. Very impressed

Thanks Steve, yes I think the Jarvis stuff is good, on some trees I now use the scatter. It's in the post so hopefully will arrive tomorrow.

Hi John
Trees are nice and tree like :thumb2: As for the dio it is looking great. You certainly have a flair for that part of modelling.
Hope your eye has stopped giving you problems.
Jim

Hi Jim, yes the eye is a lot better, think to much use using a screen for too long.
Always being reminded to blink more when you use a screen or TV.
I've always enjoyed doing the dio, allows a lot of artistic licence and creativity.

Hi John great work on the trees and Dio is taking shape very nicely, this is part of your builds that I like the best. As Jim has asked how is vision now.
Pete :thumb2: .

Thanks Pete, glad you enjoy this part as well.
All well vision wise, plenty of eye wash when they fit feels tired and gritty , rest as I mentioned to Jim.

Morning John,

latest set of pictures look brilliant, both tanks looking really rather good:thumb2:


Dont envy them tankers digging that out:tired:

Me neither Si, been there, knee deep in thick boggy mud, not my idea of fun, though the staff at Borden thought it would do us well to learn .:smiling2:
Quite pleased with the paint and winter white. Copied as the drawing in Tank Encyclopaedia, well as near :smiling:.

Bloomin' lovely. The birch trees are amazing.

Hi Peter, thanks , will have to bend the branches down a little to give a better look when the leaves are on .

All coming together very nicely 453.
Top work!
570

570.
Thank you cheque as usual to your off shore account :smiling2::smiling2:

To day I finished the dried garden soil in the MV, two bursts of 4 minutes on high to kill any bacteria and bugs lurking the soil.
An interesting way of getting soil to the right size is to put a handful into a wide bowl, fill with water and move the bowl in a circular motion, this causes the soil to flow to the bottom our side edge of the bowl, you can allow some of the water to flow o ut as you move the bowl.
Once the first water is removed, still very muddy, I leave the remaining to settle over night. Then pour gently the remaining water nearly out. By this time the mud has clouded the remaining water again , so it's left for another night .
Eventually there is a clear amount of water left, this can be slowly and carefully poured away.
What your left with is the smallest granules of soil, but still wet,this is then put into a large flat plant saucer 12 inch and left in the warm to dry out fully. Once this done it goes into a smaller cream tub and is MV'd as above .
Also to day I tried out the oil brushers from AK seem ok, but still ended up using some rust coloured Pinnacle brand(made in the UK ) pigments. These brushes will take time to master, so the more use the better.
Hopefully will post some photos tomorrow.
Thanks for the comments.

John .

[Steve Jones]

Thanks for the update mate. Looking forward to seeing the photos

[stillp]

Hi Jim, yes the eye is a lot better, think to much use using a screen for too long.
Always being reminded to blink more when you use a screen or TV.

Best tip I had was to look at something further away every few seconds, so you're not focussing at the same distance for a long time.
Pete

[JR]

Best tip I had was to look at something further away every few seconds, so you're not focussing at the same distance for a long time.
Pete

Thanks Peter, will try to remember that.

[JR]

Evening all.

As promised to the shouts of "Oh he's remembered damn "





The first tank had been abandoned in the boggy soil.
The latest model has arrived to help dig it out.





Some paint added to the soil, to give it a Kursk colour.


Been in the MW again, as the paint had been added to some water, then mixed into the soil.
This will be the main colour around where the tank has sunk in. Will try to lighten up the other as it is spread onto the road and back ground area where the trees will go .

The Jarvis scattered arrived to day so will have a great day playing tomorrow.:smiling2::nerd:


John

[Mini Me]

Yes JR, the soil does look rather "Kursky"! Your Ruskie droids are looking the bomb. Will be nice once you get the landscape up to snuff.
Cheers, Rick H.