Revell M113 A1

[Guest]

Ahh righto, I've seen silvering mentioned but didn't know what it was - cheers

[eddiesolo]

Thanks for the kind words,even though it looks nothing like how I wanted it I really enjoyed it.If you want a laugh,here is the interior.A truly shocking display of how not to do it



@ Gern thanks for the tip with decals,never knew about that one

Cheers, Mick

Nothing to laugh about Mick, there is nothing wrong with that interior. Again you are being your own worse critic. Break it down: the floor looks spot on, great use of colours to give a worn, dusty/rusty feel to it, maybe slightly overdone as I would have left some green. Benches: good use of colour to produce the fabric effect, only thing to add here would be some very slight wear on the bench edges to simulate wear from legs, packs etc. Central seats: look good, maybe slightly overdone in wear, green colour with wear on seat section and edges. Fire extinguisher: Looks pillar-boxy with splodges on, maybe just edging wear again to tone down. All these items come with time and practise, overall you have made a very credible and well painted model that just needs tweaking. As I said before, you are too hard on yourself, it looks good and you should be very proud of it, I would be.

Si

[monica]

great build Mick, dont be that hard on your shelf it turned out very well,like the weathering and over all paint job, and ever the floor turned out well,

keep up the good work, and remember we all have your owe style

look forward to your next one

Moni

[The Migrant]

I'm with the others – that's a very creditable first armor model, I'd been modelling for years before I even dared to weather a kit, and believe me it looked much, much worse than yours.

Hate to say it but I tried dry brushing on the lower hull on the front - it looked that bad that I had to cover it in mud

Dry brushing needs only a hint of paint on the brush. I usually dip the brush in the paint and then repeatedly wipe it off on a rag, until there's no paint visible on the bristles or the rag – then I wipe it a few more times. Dry brushing then leaves only the lightest trace of paint on the model which is what you want, just to highlight raised details and edges.

[geegad]

yours is looking superb right colour the same as i painted mine ive put some pics on here hope you dont mind.

i use foil on the seat to get the worn look

and silvering to combat that once the base colour is done lay down a few layers of a gloss coat that will stop that and also protect your base colour for weathering

hope this helps buddy

[geegad]

and i forgot to add top build for your first amour build mine went in the bin when i glued the entire thing to the desk when doing the tracks..

[Guest]

Thanks again for the words of encouragement.

@ geegad - I bought the kit after seeing your fantastic build.That really is something for me to aim for,I must have looked at it more than a dozen times.

Great attention to detail with superb weathering,the exact opposite of what I achieved

I enjoyed building it even if it didn't turn out anything like I envisaged but hopefully I'm learning and the next one will turn out a little better

Thanks again, Mick

[geegad]

and thats what this is all about enjoying your self and you have done a superb job on yours dont knock your self and as you said its your first build at that rate i will be learning off you too soon..just enjoy and learn i still am doing both look forward to your next build mick

john

[Guest]

That looks really good, i hope my first and second attempts look half as good as that!

[Guest]

All this needs is a good drybrush to bring out and push back some details. I use a blackwash on the whole vehicle and then drybrush color over it. Then I go over it another couple times with different colors to bring out whatever effects Im going for.

[Guest]

Sorry the wife was yappin in my ear , I forgot to say that for a first attempt its damn good!

[grumpa]

I myself was in the doldrums for about 20 years, only started serious building again about 3 or 4 years ago. Gave a bit of a tutorial on washing and dry brushing in my "Duster AAASPG" thread in


"completed armored veh" forum, I made a mention of it then my friend Amos asked for more details so I went on a rant. Hope you find it helpful, something about a "Help" section coming up we'll see , maybe I'll post another on that subject in near future in it's proper place. Build looks good IMO for being so long out of it Just stay at it eventually all will come together for you I'm sure.....Cheers Jim

[takeslousyphotos]

That's a cracking build Mick ........... Don't be putting yourself down. This hobby is one damn great learning curve for all of us ....... All any of us can do is strive to get the next build better ........ I'll look forward to your next one Matey.


Peter

[Guest]

Mick this is very, very nice well done.

[papa 695]

Don't know how I missed this one the first time around great work