Tim’s Airfix 1/35 Austin K2/Y Ambulance .

[Valeron]

Blue tack and coffee shop stirrers are live savers for me.

It's all looking very good Tim and and I can see it taking shape already

[Tim Marlow]

Blue tack and coffee shop stirrers are live savers for me.

It's all looking very good Tim and and I can see it taking shape already

Cheers Mike, they are my most used tools i think…..

[Tim Marlow]

Moved on a bit again. Internals pretty much done for the back end….


…..and here’s one a bit closer……

Stretchers are only placed at the moment, I’ll glue them in before assembly.
Quite pleased with the dusty and worn effect. The floor needs a little dust on the Lino to tone it down and the light switch needs painting. Window will go in when the cab is done.
Panel lining was done with Vallejo game wash sepia diluted about 60/40 with water and with a drop of added flow improver. I moistened the surface first with water then flowed it in. The water stops it drying too fast and minimises coffee staining tide marks. Works for streaking as well.
Cab next then assembly….

[The Smythe Meister]

Loving that paint effect there Tim..
...... Looking superb

[Jim R]

That looks very good Tim. "Just enough but not too much" - exactly right.

[Tim Marlow]

Loving that paint effect there Tim..
...... Looking superb :smiling3:

Cheers Andy. Finally got the hang of doing this with acrylics. It’s relatively easy with oils but takes ages to dry so is a lot slower.

[Tim Marlow]

That looks very good Tim. "Just enough but not too much" - exactly right.

Cheers Jim. Just a touch of dust on the floor I think, then it’s done.

[Mark1]

Looks good Tim i prefer acrylics for washes and stuff,they work quite well when you get the hang of them.

[Tim Marlow]

Looks good Tim i prefer acrylics for washes and stuff,they work quite well when you get the hang of them.

Thanks Mark. Still learning how to best use them to be honest. Got straight brush painting, tints, washes, and layer techniques nailed, but some of this special ops stuff is still in the experimental phase. Can’t get them to work well for drybrushing yet……they just dry too quickly on the brush…..perhaps a job for drying retarder? I might practice on the chassis where it won’t be seen.

[Mark1]

Yeah you need to work pretty quick when drybrushing and constantly reapply to the brush but ive never used enamels to compare. I did try enamel pinwashes for bit but couldnt get on with them, just ended up with a model that was sticky for a week after lol.

[Mickc1440]

Great work Tim, nice looking kit

[Tim Marlow]

Yeah you need to work pretty quick when drybrushing and constantly reapply to the brush but ive never used enamels to compare. I did try enamel pinwashes for bit but couldnt get on with them, just ended up with a model that was sticky for a week after lol.

I’ve never got on with enamel pin washes either. The pigment is a bit coarse and the solvent is too aggressive. The marketed washes are very smelly as well.
At the moment I find Drybrushing with enamels much easier than with acrylics. It gives a far superior finish when done right. The secret is to use to pure pigment from the bottom of the tin, not diluted paint. Any thinners on the brush and it just smears. It also needs to be done over a matt surface.
Oils are even easier. They have much finer pigment. Leave the oils on a piece of cardboard for a while to leach out excess oil and then use a dry brush (no thinners) to apply. They dry overnight and are matt in my experience.
Oil pin washes work well as well. Make them up using something like Sansodor odourless thinner. You can streak any excess down the model and they have an open working time measured in hours. The down side is drying time again….it can take a day or so.

[Tim Marlow]

Great work Tim, nice looking kit

Cheers Mick. Everything on show there is in the kit. I’ve added nothing so far. I can see a couple of areas I might embellish a little in the bonnet area, but not much to be honest. I don’t have any British desert kit I can add either, so she will be pretty much OOB when I’ve finished.

[colin m]

Good work Tim, the stretchers look nicely used.

[Tim Marlow]

Good work Tim, the stretchers look nicely used.

Thanks Colin, that was just what I was going for :thumb2: Varied the base colours to add variety as well. I thought they wouldn’t necessarily all be the same age or batch.