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[monica]

ta Steve, i will have a look at that ,all ways looking for a better way to do things,

[tr1ckey66]

Great work Richi.

I see you've filled the MG aperture in the Saukopf mantlet - should be easy enough to restore the paintwork.

The foliage looks really promising to me and you've done extremely well to get the plotter to cut such small pieces. I think with a bit of variation in the colour of the leaves it will really look the part and look great on the Stug.

Cheers

P

I use EZ wire for aircraft aerials etc should be perfect for the cables although it won't have any sag. I think John stocks it in the shop or a product very similar.

[Richi72]

I used "knitting-in elastic",

Thanks Steve, that's a good one, did't think about that one, will see if my local sewing shop has something like that.

Thanks Paul, yep paint work is already restored. Still experimenting on the foliage first time i try to do it like this. I had a look at the EZ wire but it is really difficult to get here, in Germany so as soon John has it in the shop i will get me some. In the mean time i will try to get some knitting in elastic to see how that works.

Thanks again Guy's and Girl for the input and compliments and comments really appreciate that.

Cheers Richi

[Guest]

Wow, this is amazing!

[Guest]

Hi, What did you use to cut the leaves? ive looked for ages to find a suitable leaf paper cutter but they are always over scale.

[Richi72]

Hi Hobbes,

I know what you mean, haven't found it jet either, but I used a Plotter called Summa 120D to cut those leaves.

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Bought it in a garage sale 8 / 9 years ago for making drawings and cutouts for my RC planes,

but now I use it to cut Plastic and paper and masking foil.

Cheers Richi

[monica]

it dose look big,and i did not know that a plotter could cut,

I can see a small enterprise coming up,Richi,s scale leave,s lol,

ever if i could buy one i would never be able to drive it,ops:

not good with tech thing,s and even other PC,

[Richi72]

Hi Moni,

it is rather big, i can cut as wide as 120cm and about 30 meters long.

But not all of the leaves are flawless but 8 out of 10 are usable but that's ok.

got some 160 grams A4 white paper that i could try.

so your interested?

Cheers Richi

[Guest]

Never seen/heard of plotters before. I was hoping it was a punch and die set up. I ended up contacting some manufacturers in the craft market to see if they would produce some leaf cutters suitable for 1/35. One company went as far as making a demo model - a basic punch with a range of different leaf heads that could be swapped over. It needed some refinement but I thought it had potential. Sadly the company didn't.

[Richi72]

No Sorry its a cutting plotter, but it also can be used for drawings and vinyl cutting, it would be cool though and if it was a punch and die I would definitely buy one.

I can only offer you to cut some out of white paper and send them over.

Cheers Richi

[monica]

that would be a great idea punch and die set up.makes you wounder why not,

and about the only things you can find or get is a punch that dose coffee cards,were the 10th is

free,and they punch out,a 3/4 round,

with the idea,s you came up with Richi im always very interested ,you never cease to amaze me

[Snowman]

Wow, that is a rather swanky hi tech solution, but a cool method of creating the leaves.

Quite ideal and not so fiddly.

[Richi72]

Thanks alot for the compliments you all,

So here's a small update, made some leaves in different tones and detailed them a little and pushed in some detail in the form.

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Then I started with the tree branches on the Stug put together from 2 different kinds, first some top pieces from a plant and glued some sea moose branches to it and fitted theme on the Stug.

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next up is painting the branches and put the leaves on and paint them with heavy diluted oils / acrylics.

then its on too the side plate armor. I decided, not to use all of them but lets see how it turns out.

Tanks for watching

Cheers Richi

[monica]

looks great just with that bit of different tones and detailed them a little,has just added so much more,

i real am liking this one,

real cannot wait to see how the old girl looks once the camo and skirts are on,

[Snowman]

I spotted these on ebay and thought they might interest you.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Telegraphic-pillar-with-4-insulators-Set-contains-2-pcs-/180479978294?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

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Around a fiver each, which ain't too bad...o_O