German Ingenuity 39(H) 10.5cm LeFH18(Sf) auf Geschutzwagen

[BattleshipBob]

Whats German for, god damn ugly!

[Guest]

:tears-of-joy: Sounds like I nearly got it Scottie and Jakko...shooting wagon=gun vehicle.

Close enough to get the approximate meaning, true. BTW, “to shoot” is schießen (note: <ß>, or “Eszett”, is equivalent to ss, but not perfectly interchangeable with it).

Whats German for, god damn ugly!

Literally? Gottverdammt hässlich — though that doesn’t really sound to me like a native German-speaker would actually put it that way.

[rtfoe]

Hi, well back to the Gottverdammt hässlich wagon :smiling3:

I did another pass of dark yellow to the wheels and boggies with the airbrush...



After the base coat of dark yellow I did some heavy masking to color in the brown and green camo...



Results will come later...wasn't very happy so repainted. this will be shown too when I get the images up and loaded.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

This is totally awesome Richard. Whatever the name of the vehicle is doesn't matter, just so long as it has DB's on the number plate. Looking forward to seeing how the camo comes out. Terrific work sir

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Great work as always.

[rtfoe]

Hi and thanks guys...

Steve, I didn't like the results of the masking so I did a once over with the airbrush...still don't like it.
Scottie, not so great when I'm still fiddling with the camo. :disappointed2:



Perhaps I'm not a sharp edge guy but I have to push myself to do it if it has to look correct. The dark yellow has rubbed off in some places contrasting with the gun.



The wheels only got a ghosting of paint and will need another pass to define the edges. As you can see the gun still needs camo.



Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Although I've painted the dark yellow, it's still not what I want...



Here's just to show the gun barrels has been painted with the camo.



The pattern was carefully aligned between the gun shield, the armored structure and the gun.



Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

Nice alignment. What is the look that you are after?

[Guest]

Richard,
If you need not quite sharp edges, first mark out your shape on a piece of card, I always keep the card that comes with the Eduard etch. Cut out your pattern, roll some masking tape into a tube shape and use this to hold the card to the model side and spray on the card and not the model to start with, this will give you a sharper but also a soft edge. If you cannot understand what I am aiming at pm me and I will do you a short demo, I am spraying this week so you will not be wasting my time.
Cheers, Mike.

[Steve Jones]

Top tip Mike. Will try that one. Have you ever tried doing this for disc camo? Would be a lot easier to punch holes in cardboard and make a template that way.

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Despite your dissatisfaction with the camo I think it is looking good. As has already been said your work is always well planned and very neat.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Thanks guys for your input and concern,

Steve & Mike, I am familiar with the card/paper masking method which works very well for hard/soft edges on planes. I just wanted to try the putty method to see if I could achieve the same results. I find the cut paper method much easier...well what I found out is with the putty I could do corrections easier in small places. Always something to learn with experimentation.

Jim, I know what you mean as I've seen most models stopping at this stage but I tend to want to push the envelop on this to see how far I can go without mucking it up. I'm trying to de-toy this ugly little thing if you know what I mean. :smiling2:

Steve, the look I'm after is half of half, something like this...still needs work with the filters...



Hard and soft...should have used the cut card in the first place but this was achieve with putty/blu-tac.



There was an ejector pin mark on the top recuperator which I missed and have puttied over and repainted. There is still a trace of it. In the first picture above it's still not painted over. If you look closely at the sights you'll see I've drilled out the eye piece.



Enhanced the radio slightly with wires which I'm not sure if they're correctly slotted and scratched headphones with wire and rod discs...just part of the lived in look that I have added.



Filters have made the camo less stark and I have retraced the streak marks subtly and post modulation.





Next tracks will get treatment of mud and rust...

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

I think it looks great Richard :smiling3:.

[Steve Jones]

Very nice Richard. Luving the additions

[rtfoe]

Thanks Ralph and Steve ...at least I'm getting somewhere. :smiling2:

I had a great time today mucking with the tracks. It's been a long time since I played with dirt...make believe dirt and getting all messy. So different from the constraints of aircraft weathering.



I mixed up a batch of cement/caulking, Tamiya black and Khaki Drab with a healthy pinch of static grass and sloched it between the track treads, hull and a bit on the running gear.



Added some rust from AK and steel for the treads. Steel was also applied to the rim of the road wheels from contact with the track teeth. I should photograph agaist a white background as the rust isn't showing through.
It still needs oil leaks and grease stains...some chipping and scrapes as well.

Applying the decals...just sanded them down after a varnish coat.

Cheers,
Richard