Italin Armoured Car 1ZM

[Tim Marlow]

Loving that David. The tyre colour in particular is spot on :thumb2:

[David Lovell]

Dave,
Take a bow mate, that is very nice.

Looking very good Dave.
Pete

A very nice model, David, and the colour looks really spot on. :thumb2:
Andrea

David, Superb work.

David, Superb work.

Thanks all ,plus the likes ,put this one down with mr hobby aqueous haven't used it for a while totally forgot what a brilliant paint to use flawless sprays like a dream I can see the mig stuff going to the back of the queue. Once dry the whole thing was given a coat of VMS satin varnish put under a tupper ware type box as a dust cover and left to dry ,decals added with a little bit of setter (mr Hobby) decal softener was velajho then straight on with what ive been doingThis little kit is a good one not a great one saying that good fun to work on because of the separate panels/ sections you can come and go as you please not having to get bogged down if that makes sense. Have done a bit more since the pics were taken looking at the pics I dont think that there will be much in the way of dust or mud its busy enough without adding something else to look at . Its taken me some time but have really found less is more I used to try and fit a whole book of techniques on one little kit.
I cant recomend the VMS varnish enough absolutely brilliant fool proof check it out on YouTube then grab yourself some from John at the SMShop. I dont like to bandy brands about but I will if I feel they deserve the mention dont worry as some of you know I'm not afraid to put to the sword thoes that deserve it. Dave.

[outrunner]

Another mini masterpiece Dave.


Andy.

[Mark1]

I want one :smiling: :thumb2: in 1/35 mind! But yeah I want one.

[The Smythe Meister]

Fantastic Dave...
I love it... . Blimmin quick too!!
Andy

[rtfoe]

Very nicely done Dave...sat up at dawn and read the whole thread in one go. Would have been nice if it were a 1/35 kit available by the same brand...finish looked like it was.

Cheers,
Richard

[David Lovell]

I want one :smiling: :thumb2: in 1/35 mind! But yeah I want one.

Dive in ,unfortunately John doesn't stock copper state models they've a good selection of different WW1armoured cars in 35th but at just under fifty pounds I'd end up in the bed next to John if I had to part with that ,this one was only bought because of some birthday money even then I had to put a cricketers box down my pants to ease the pain of handing over twenty pounds plus its making me nauseous just thinking about it. Once this one is over I'll go back to my mostly sub twelve pound kits from the Ukraine that no one likes because they usually come with free badly fitting parts ,flash and lots of wait for it copper etch I love em. Dave

[JR]

David just found this, beautifully painted .
Love the finish , can see why you used those paints if it produces like that .

[David Lovell]

Very nicely done Dave...sat up at dawn and read the whole thread in one go. Would have been nice if it were a 1/35 kit available by the same brand...finish looked like it was.

Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard only half way but jogging along nicely, as I said to Mark copper state models do a good selection of WW1 armoured cars in 35th there was a excellent build review of one on the modeling news web site well worth a look. Dave

[David Lovell]

David just found this and thought was into a nice long build and the next page it's done ! And done beautifully.
Love the finish , can see why you used those paints if it does that .
Worthy of the ,

Very nice indeed , congratulations.:smiling3::nerd:

John please remove because if the management find out you've awarded this without READING the text you would have known im only halfway there (tut tut don't make me pm you on this topic). D

[JR]

John please remove because if the management find out you've awarded this without READING the text you would have known im only halfway there (tut tut don't make me pm you on this topic). D

Alterations done ! Sorry I was really impressed with the paintwork photos , just got carried away :smiling3::nerd:

[David Lovell]

Alterations done ! Sorry I was really impressed with the paintwork photos , just got carried away :smiling3::nerd:

I almost had to ring the bell you know what matron is like this hour of the morning. Not that I didn't appreciate your award just trying to keep you out of trouble. Dave

[JR]

I almost had to ring the bell you know what matron is like this hour of the morning. Not that I didn't appreciate your award just trying to keep you out of trouble. Dave

Thank you David, it is rather early and I've been up since 0430 !

[David Lovell]

Thank you David, it is rather early and I've been up since 0430 !

Tell me about it beat you there by a good half hour or so. Dave

[David Lovell]

Right people enough frivolity let's get back on track and mull over what we like doing best Monsieur Race mentioned me using the Mr Hobby Aqueous paints these along with the Tamiya acrylics for spraying are probably the best out there(tamiya and mr hobby lacquer are superb but a diffrent kettle)both brands thin superbly with both mr hobby and mr hobby self leveling thinner, though this time out I thinned with mr hobby aqueous thinner wich id been using to thin one shot primer and mig/ammo paints. Just thinners and the wind through your airbrush is all thats needed. Is it because they come in jars that make them unpopular not thoes impossible to mix properly dropper bottles I've seen it all from strapping them to a reciprocating saw to thoes things used in laboratories even ive got a nail varnish shaker I picked up from ebay for six or seven quid. Thoes jars it all came back to me lid off badger paint mixer(other brands avaliable)in spin it up for four or five seconds job done takes a bit longer but the end of a paint brush handle does the job as well. Is it because there's not the massively convenient library of authentic colours(I'm as guilty as the next man)to be had from mr hobby and tamiya though mr hobby does a lot of RLM? Colours and ive found two diffrent 4B0 's to use in the groupe build. I'm sure I stopped using them purely on the colour convenience factor nothing to do with the paint its self I can see mr mig going to the back of the queue like I said I'd truly forgotten how easy these are to use and the finish is superb. No alchemy needed just thinners and the wind through your airbrush. D