Andrew's 1/35 North Africa Vignette (SimonT Tribute GB)

[Graeme C.]

The pre-shade has come out nicely Andrew, the wheels look ok too, you don't need a big difference in shades.

[scottie3158]

Andrew the paint looks very good.

[Guest]

Fine AB work Andrew. The pre-shading has worked a treat.

[adt70hk]

The pre-shade has come out nicely Andrew, the wheels look ok too, you don't need a big difference in shades.

Andrew the paint looks very good.

Fine AB work Andrew. The pre-shading has worked a treat.

Thanks gents, your support is much appreciated.

ATB.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So fired up our digital SLR (once the battery had been charged) and had a quick play around with the settings, to try and get some better shots.

The below are not perfect but are much closer to the true colour than before, if a touch on the dark side, and so give a much better impression of how close the two colours are.

ACW as usual.

ATB.

Andrew

PS the white stuff you can see under the engine grills is kitchen roll to catch the worst of the main coats as I sprayed it on.

[scottie3158]

Andrew,
The paint job looks great.

[adt70hk]

Andrew,
The paint job looks great.

Thanks Paul. Much appreciated. It's come out ok on the whole.

ATB.

Andrew

[Steve Jones]

Well done Andrew. Great build and a nice start with the base coats. Bring on the dust!

[adt70hk]

Well done Andrew. Great build and a nice start with the base coats. Bring on the dust!

Steve

Apologies - completely missed your comment, so a very belated thank you!

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So this has stalled a bit due to a lack of time, although I did manage to get some done last week.

I thought I'd have a go at chipping not having it done before. I used a technique demonstrated by Martin Kovac aka Night Shift (vid below):

• Use a lighter paint and sponge to great some lighter marks.
• Paint some dark grey inside the bigger marks to represent where it's got to the bare steel.
• Very faint enamel rust tones on some of the larger chips.
• Most importantly of all - if you're new to the technique, practice where it's not visible!!

Having come across a picture of a Pz IIF in North Africa, with very worn front road wheels I thought I'd have a go at that too - although I have not gone as extreme as the real life thing as I was bit nervous!

Finally I gave the exhaust some rust treatment. The black around the top you'll see is yet another first - as it's the first time I've used pigments.....

ACW as usual.

ATB

Andrew

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I had create my own enamel rust tone. It's a bit heavy in places but as a first attempt I think it actually looks pretty good - all things considered.

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As you can see very worn road wheels....

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Some of my versions.....in hindsight my 'less is more' approach left it less obvious than I intended but you live and learn....

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The exhaust....the mesh cover actually doesn't look quite this red in real life and still has some of the dark yellow base coat visible....I also struggled to get a consistent colour in the photos, so apologies....

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[Si Benson]

Well done Andrew, I like how this is progressing :smiling4:

I quite often use the area underneath to try out weathering or varnish on :thumb2:.

[Lee Drennen]

Andrew. The Exhaust looks very impressive

[Tim Marlow]

Looks good Andrew. I’ve used this technique myself, but I stole it from Mike Rinaldi :thumb2:
If I may, there are a couple of wrinkles that can improve the effect.....
You can refine the chips a little by putting on the light chips with a sponge, then using a lighter rust shade painted inside them to mimic new rust. After that paint darker spots inside some of the new rust with either dark rust or base coat rust. This will mimic old rust and break up the uniformity a bit.
The other improvement is to group the rust spots a little more. If they are too evenly spaced it doesn’t quite read correctly.

[adt70hk]

Well done Andrew, I like how this is progressing :smiling4:

I quite often use the area underneath to try out weathering or varnish on :thumb2:.

Thank you Si, coming from you I'll take that as a compliment. As for the underside, as it will be glued to the base at some point, it seemed the obvious place to have an experiment

Andrew. The Exhaust looks very impressive

Lee, thank you very much. It actually looks even better in real life - but isn't hat always the way! :sad-face:

Looks good Andrew. I’ve used this technique myself, but I stole it from Mike Rinaldi :thumb2:
If I may, there are a couple of wrinkles that can improve the effect.....
You can refine the chips a little by putting on the light chips with a sponge, then using a lighter rust shade painted inside them to mimic new rust. After that paint darker spots inside some of the new rust with either dark rust or base coat rust. This will mimic old rust and break up the uniformity a bit.
The other improvement is to group the rust spots a little more. If they are too evenly spaced it doesn’t quite read correctly.

Tim

You 'may' indeed.....and so thank you very much for the tips. I'll give that a try on the next sets.

Thanks again gents.

All the best.

Andrew

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
I'm liking what I see :thumb2:
Jim