Gern's bug

[Guest]

Looking great Dave

[Gern]

A little bit more done.

I just added a few grooves to the joints for detail. I used Halfords Plastic Filler Primer as an undercoat. It covers very well and makes the filler the same colour as the rest - which some primers don't do.

Four brushed coats of Vallejo Flames of War Deep Yellow (I swear I can TASTE yellow while I'm using it!) and some blobs of white tack for masking, then a sprayed top coat of Model Air Matt Black. I used rattle can Humbrol Matt Varnish to help dull it down a little more and then a coat of Klear on the upper shell to add a bit of shine.

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I'll be doing the body using the same paints and techniques.

Gern

[Gern]

I've only just noticed the guy had painted the markings on the wrong side of the rear nearside leg! Shows just how observant I am.

Gern

[spanner570]

This is looking one mean beasty Dave....Nice work.

I couldn't help notice the post you sent on my Marines build was sent around 1.00am this morning and one on here at 4.02am........You stay up all night?!

[Guest]

Seems like Dave's a member of the insomniacs society like me Ron

Looking good Dave, I must admit I didn't see the error with the leg either.

Looking forward to the next update.

[Gern]

This is looking one mean beasty Dave....Nice work.I couldn't help notice the post you sent on my Marines build was sent around 1.00am this morning and one on here at 4.02am........You stay up all night?!

I don't got nothin' better to do Ron - verbal abuse aside of course!

I'm still looking for gainful employment so if the fancy takes I stay up late. The world is apparently made up of larks and owls. I'm a natural owl.

Gern

[spanner570]

A lot of folks couldn't give a hoot!

My coat is on and I'm on my way, stage left......

[Gern]

Hey Ian/John! What are the chances of a clicky button for a groan? Seems to me we get LOTS of chances to use one!

Gern

[Ian M]

Looking much better now Dave.

Ian M

[Gern]

OK. I got the painting done on my Bug.

I'm pleased with the way it's turned out - and how quickly! I'll be starting on the dio next. If that works out OK, I'll need to make a few changes to this so I'm not calling it finished just yet.

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Gern

PS I have to grip this tight when I pick it up 'cos it's heavy and that's causing some of the paint to rub off. I'll do the touching up when I'm finally ready to set it on the dio.

[papa 695]

Looking very good Dave

[Gern]

I'm not doing owt else at the moment so I thought I'd post a few more pics.

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Gern

[Gern]

Now for the other half of my dio.

I'm building this with just one of the figures to go with my bug. Before the purists start commenting on the different scales - trust me. I got a story to go along with it.

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As you can see from the sprue shots, this is nicely detailed and well made. There is very little flash and just a few mould lines to be cleaned up. They even drilled out the M/G barrel and front lenses of the binoculars!

The only fly in the ointment is that the instructions are all in Japanese. Fortunately, the diagrams look well detailed so construction shouldn't be a problem. There are colour pictures for the paint schemes but I'll be choosing my own.

Gern

[eddiesolo]

Looks a good...insane model your building Gern. This is gonna be a real mix-match awesome build when done.

Si

[Guest]

They look different scales Dave .... Hope you've got a good story to go along with it. .....

...... Sorry couldn't resist that

This looks very very interesting ..... Set to it young man.