Mr.Smythe's Hetzer

[Dave Ward]

Hi Dave.... I'm interested to see how they go too.watched the build video on "Andy's Hobby Headquarters".... and he gave up with them,I think he just put too much of the lumpy bits on,which interfere

I found that with a T-90 mask by J's works - either you left a lot of bits off, used the mask, then had to paint the bits afterwards, or added all the bits, masked, then had to retouch all the areas where the mask had leaked! I came to a personal opinion that it would be better to hand paint, although, I'm not sure about digital, or pixel camouflage! With aircraft - no problems, with armour, it takes a lot of extra effort!
Dave

[The Smythe Meister]

I found that with a T-90 mask by J's works - either you left a lot of bits off, used the mask, then had to paint the bits afterwards, or added all the bits, masked, then had to retouch all the areas where the mask had leaked! I came to a personal opinion that it would be better to hand paint, although, I'm not sure about digital, or pixel camouflage! With aircraft - no problems, with armour, it takes a lot of extra effort!
Dave

Indeed Dave, exactly my thoughts...
.... I'm going to try the first approach that you mentioned :smiling3:

[The Smythe Meister]

Going well Andy. Nice looking little beastie…..

Cheers Tim...
.... Yep,I think they look pretty stylish

[The Smythe Meister]

... just as a taster.. I've done the wheels a little..

Obviously it's taking a while to do those blasted tracks!!,hence some wheels left off so far... But it's coming along eh?!!

[Graeme C.]

Nice start Andy, I built the early version a few years ago, it's a lovely kit. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with the masks, be interesting to see how they go.

[The Smythe Meister]

Thanks Guys..
Some progress to report..

...as I said,more stuff done..

Top stuffed into bottom,in preparation for the masks!! ..

Some Brown there.. not sure about these masks if I'm honest!! But we'll see...

However, we've gone this far,so we'll see

[KarlW]

I would have thought your experiences with TopNotch masks would of had you more than used to doing masked camo by now......

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Looking good It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

[The Smythe Meister]

I would have thought your experiences with TopNotch masks would of had you more than used to doing masked camo by now......

Yeah,kind of Karl,
But the Plane ones I've done have been Vinyl previously... These are more like the canopy mask stuff...
...... Probably be fine, I'm just always wary when trying different things for the first time

[The Smythe Meister]

So then, after the brown,this happened,....


As you can see,I decided to bolster the mask in certain areas with White Tac,(I'm not convinced about the quality of "seal" with these masks), maybe too late to save leakage on the Yellow,but we'll see
Now the Green applied ..

... Hmmm, it's been good fun actually, couldn't wait to see the results,but expected the worse!....



Well,as I suspected, there's been some bleed going on,but to be honest,not as bad as I was expecting. I can live with that, nothing that some patching up,and weathering, can't cure.
All in all, I'm thinking it's quite a good base to move forward with,and I won't have to start from scratch

[Si Benson]

Good evening Mr Smiffffff,
Well seeing that camo go on was a bit exciting to watch from here in the back seats!

They always look in ya face at this stage of camo but I Reckon it looks smashing and it will look even better with some muck and stuff dotted about.
keep it coming squire

[Scratchbuilder]

Andy,
Just caught up on your build, stop criticising yourself, it looks good from here. Give the paint a rub down with a bit of printer paper, yes, printer paper, it will do the same job as 1000 grit. Looking forward to more on the build.
Mike.

[papa 695]

So then, after the brown,this happened,....
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As you can see,I decided to bolster the mask in certain areas with White Tac,(I'm not convinced about the quality of "seal" with these masks), maybe too late to save leakage on the Yellow,but we'll see :smiling3:
Now the Green applied ..
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... Hmmm, it's been good fun actually, couldn't wait to see the results,but expected the worse!....
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Well,as I suspected, there's been some bleed going on,but to be honest,not as bad as I was expecting. :smiling3: I can live with that, nothing that some patching up,and weathering, can't cure.
All in all, I'm thinking it's quite a good base to move forward with,and I won't have to start from scratch :smiling3:

Just seen this one Andy, some nice work. As for the paint bleed, next time when you put the mask on, spray the same colour you've just masked, and that should stop the next colour bleeding through.

[adt70hk]

Looking very good indeed Andy!!

No complaints from me at all!!

[Lee Drennen]

Nice updates looking good I’m in for this one I’ve have a few of these in different scales so I’m paying close attention Mr. Smiff.