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

[Lee Drennen]

High quality work here Richard

[rtfoe]

Thanks Lee. Haven't done this kind of weathering for a while. Very therapeutic.

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Some lovely detailing and great painting this is turning into a thing of beauty from its ugly duckling origins.

[BattleshipBob]

Very nice indeed Richard

[Guest]

Lovely work Richard. I think the camo pattern looks spot on. I was watching an episode of 'The World at War the other day and saw some spray camouflaged German vehicles that looked like they'd been done by the neighbourhood hooligans - very quickly done and rough. It's also something I've seen on ME262s and it's always stuck me that if a modeller did the same they'd be laughed out of the room.

[Guest]

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...

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

Cheers,
Richard

Richard,
Good for you for trying it out, I would be happy with that finish.
Cheers, Mike.

[Steve Jones]

Lovely work Richard. I think the camo pattern looks spot on. I was watching an episode of 'The World at War the other day and saw some spray camouflaged German vehicles that looked like they'd been done by the neighbourhood hooligans - very quickly done and rough. It's also something I've seen on ME262s and it's always stuck me that if a modeller did the same they'd be laughed out of the room.

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I totally agree Peter. Many camo patterns were done in the field. The soldiers were literally given a pot of paint and a brush and told to do the best they could. There are some really bad camo schemes that you just would not want on your model. I like to go for the factory applied camo schemes which are more pleasing to the eye. However tracking down the details is a lot harder.

[Guest]

if a modeller did the same they'd be laughed out of the room.

About 15 years ago, I was told I was “very brave” for painting this model the way I did:

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That’s to say, to replicate a finish I saw in photographs of real Leopards on winter exercise. As I recall, I even copied parts of the pattern directly from a photo, then improvised the rest in the same style.

[Steve Jones]

Richard seen putting the final touches to his camo pattern :smiling5:

[Wookie2486]

Richard,

amazing I have just caught up. You are certainly turning this into a thing of beauty.

Marty

[Neil Merryweather]

Richard seen putting the final touches to his camo pattern :smiling5:

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just goes to show that beauty is not the purpose of camouflage................

[Guest]

Richard seen putting the final touches to his camo pattern :smiling5:

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We now also know how the gravy turned out for dinner.....

[stillp]

Richard seen putting the final touches to his camo pattern :smiling5:

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Looks to me as if he's emptying the crew's chamber pot.
Pete

[rtfoe]

oh boy so many replies and lovely comments plus one or two larks, :tears-of-joy: Thanks guys.

Scottie, a swan she will not be but near enough. :smiling3:
Bob, indeed I'm also surprising myself having been on planes for so long.
Peter, Yes I have come across some really creative and jaring camos. It's not surprising they're not often copied.
Mike, good thing about armour modelling is you can cover or improvise with weathering and layers of paint. :smiling2:
Steve, some of these guys are Da Vinci's...have you seen the eagle paint scheme on a Hind helicopter that was replicated on a kit that won best show at Monson a while back. It was hand painted and I've seen it close up...blardy good.

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Jakko, yup, brave you were. The underlying paint job on the kit though already showed it professionally done. looks good even with the jaring slosh work of white.
Steve, if you look closely you'll see that I've signatured on the right hand corner of the 250. :tears-of-joy:
Martyn, glad you could catch up.
Neil, touche
Mike, a touch of nasty humour...are you referring to pre or post dinner :tears-of-joy:
Pete, so it's post dinner art :tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Phew! that took some time to reply...

Ok...using some post dinner medium I proceeded with chipping and rust to the body work applied just like Steve showed capturing me at work...



The grime has not set in yet...there are more layers of muck and post dinner medium to add...





But this is it so far...had to leave the room, just couldn't take the smell :tears-of-joy: ..... of the turps.

Cheers,
Richard