1/35 Great Wall Hobby 12. 8 cm Pak 44 .

[Strenko J]

forgot to ask last time I posted..did you have to treat the foam board with anything before painting began?

[JR]

forgot to ask last time I posted..did you have to treat the foam board with anything before painting began?

No Joe, the first coat or two of the grey is just a cheap acrylic , used as a primer the just paint the rest with the washes etc as required. HTH.

[grumpa]

Just went through the hole thread from start to finish, please excuse my lateness.
Wonderful work so far John, keep it up Buddy :thumb2:

Jim.

[Guest]

Stunning work John.

[Si Benson]

Superb work John, your in your element when it comes to the building work :thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

Superb, John, just superb!
I was wondering, do you not have a problem with the foam board curling up after removing one layer of card?

[BattleshipBob]

Right load of cobblers

You have got this building lack off to a big T, fantastic John

[JR]

Just went through the hole thread from start to finish, please excuse my lateness.
Wonderful work so far John, keep it up Buddy :thumb2:

Jim.

Hi Jim, glad your enjoying it. No problem with being late ever .Thank you .

Stunning work John.

Thanks Andy.

Superb work John, your in your element when it comes to the building work :thumb2:

Think your right Si, it's the only time I really feel I know what I'm doing !

Superb, John, just superb!
I was wondering, do you not have a problem with the foam board curling up after removing one layer of card?

Thanks Neil. Yes it does try to curl, but I used to then stick another sheet to the paper side and counter it. This time I've found that placing heavy weights ( those steel bars about 150mm x 25 x 25. seem to cure it. Using another sheet of board seemed to be a rather expensive way,suppose I could have used a cheaper foam board and not Kappa for the back .
What do you do in this case ?

Right load of cobblers

You have got this building lack off to a big T, fantastic John

Right it is Bob:smiling3: as I said to Si it's the only time I know what I'm doing :nerd:
JOHN .

[adt70hk]

Great work again John.

ATB

Andrew

[rtfoe]

John, you have found the right material to work your magic on and making inroads with leaps and bounds. Very much like your cobble stones and brick work.

Cheers,
Richard

[Mini Me]

There you go JR.........out of the mouth of babes......your bricks and cobbles are a wonder! Rick H.

[JR]

Great work again John.

ATB

Andrew

Thanks Andrew.

John, you have found the right material to work your magic on and making inroads with leaps and bounds. Very much like your cobble stones and brick work.

Cheers,
Richard

Coming from someone with your skill Richard I'm chuffed . Thank you.

There you go JR.........out of the mouth of babes......your bricks and cobbles are a wonder! Rick H.

Thanks Rick, perhaps I should just do buildings !

John.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Using pigments for the mortar and between the cobbles is a clever idea and has worked well. The balsa wood framing is good. Do you have problems with the wood splitting when pinned?
Jim

[JR]

Hi John
Using pigments for the mortar and between the cobbles is a clever idea and has worked well. The balsa wood framing is good. Do you have problems with the wood splitting when pinned?
Jim

Hi Jim.
When the mortar mix dried in some places it was none existent, in others it is there. Still it gives a good variation with out trying :smiling3:.I'd use it again, had thought of soil from the garden. I have some dried and M/W 'd. Think it would need to be crushed again with a pestle and mortar. Some people have used coloured tile grout with success.
You have to be careful with the pins, these are new and quite sharp as I can testify
But being sharp they cause little splitting. Of course these sections are quite thin, that we'll make a difference.
HTH's

[outrunner]

Coming along nicely John, and I also can testify to the sharpness of model pins from when I used to build R/C aircraft using balsa. (ouch!)

Andy.