Dragon 1/35 Panzer IV Ausf D - Production version

Ray wrote:Told you not to fiddle with swords till you can handle the sheild

OI! I'm a Viking! Shush before I come by and use my broadsword!

Anyway's, the reason why I haven't tried to do any postshading is because I have been afraid of the airbrush.
But today I've been sitting and fiddeling with it and here is the result.






And what do you think of the pictures? I've took a box from Hobby Link Japan and did this to it.




Took about 4 minutes, but I need better lights and a dedicated place to have the box.

/Tiny

I work fast! I've added a highly thinned layer of the base color as Alex advised me!

Just to try to blend the postshading into the base color a bit.









I'm going to let the last layer dry completely before deciding if I need to add some more, otherwise the next step is to paint the tools and add a clear coat.

Thanks for looking

/Tiny

YOURE NOT JUST A BIG BODY YOUVE GOY A BIG BRAIN TOO.
YOU LISTRN GOOD AND YOU LEARN FAST
WELL DONE

Good boy

Excellent post shading Tiny....I think I might even have omitted the last layer it was pleasnat enough from what I can see in the pics...

Now move on to the next steps....

Dottore

You pulled it off, Joseph!!!! There's an old Maltese saying "If you first don't succeed, tray again" ..... if you still don't succeed than it's the government's fault!"

When I saw the model at the club I though you had an excellent spray finish. It was just lacking highlights. Like a true SSM member you went in, took the plunge and tried harder! And you achieved excellent results!!

Tiny, on day we will show you our modelling scares! After many years of modelling you will too bear the scares of a true modeller!

Great photo box as well ......... I'm tempted to try it out! I bet ray went in his garage to look for a box!

Regards
Noel

Thanks guys for the comments!

Question, should I lay down a layer of gloss varnish on it and then the decals followed by another layer of varnish?
Can I use acrylic for the varnish?

/Tiny

Mr Lundbach.....
My congratulations.....youv'e done it mate!!!!!! told u so !!!!!
Perseverance...hope I spelt that right
Sorry about your poor little finger.....
In nannu pec with a bionic ear bored stiff at home and another week to go....imma kemm jien pecluq u fit

Great work tiny, you took up my suggestion and succeeded, good for you, now go ahead and finish off this great model.

If youre using decals...(waterslide decals) you have to gloss (SSM brethren prefer Modelmaster Glosscote) then use a decal setter like Microset or even better Mr Mark Setter (or better still our SSM secret recipe)...and then you can use Mr Mark Softer or more of the SSM recipe so it snugs down onto the model. After everything dries you can seal with gloss again and ultimately matt things down with matt...

However I suggest you get hold of some dry rubs...I'm sure some of th AFV guys have some generic german crosses you can use...saves you time and varnishing and eliminates risk of the dreaded silvering of decals...

PS if you need anything of the products mentioned above I can give u some no poblem. Also I believe at the club there is some SSM setting solution in a jar...I might be wrong though....

Keep up the excellent work...

Dottore

Very nice job Joe , Keep it up Buddy

I've started painting all the small things.
And I've done some more post shading on the bastard.
I have photos, but it doesn't show that good (black on a grey background)

/Tiny

jojjemannen wrote:I've started painting all the small things.
And I've done some more post shading on the bastard.
I have photos, but it doesn't show that good (black on a grey background)

/Tiny

Out of curiousity Tiny, do you paint all the small things with a paintbrush or do you spray evrything

Ray wrote:

Out of curiousity Tiny, do you paint all the small things with a paintbrush or do you spray evrything

I mask everything down nice and tidy, spend around 6 hours to do that, then I spray for 2 minutes and let it dry.

ARE YOU CRAZY?! Using a paintbrush to do it

/TIny

He definately knows how to purge the brush

Dottore

jojjemannen wrote:

Ray wrote:

Out of curiousity Tiny, do you paint all the small things with a paintbrush or do you spray evrything

I mask everything down nice and tidy, spend around 6 hours to do that, then I spray for 2 minutes and let it dry.

ARE YOU CRAZY?! Using a paintbrush to do it

/TIny

that's great you think I'm crazy

Doc Roe will TESTIFY that I'm not

Why does the follow phenomenon occur?

I used x-22 with surgical spirit.



/Tiny

joe you used the wrong thinner. you should use isopropelene alcohol or water and not surgical spirit + you had too much thinner or a very high pressure

Noel Petroni wrote: There's an old Maltese saying "If you first don't succeed, tray again" ..... if you still don't succeed than it's the government's fault!"

With Noels & Alex word in my mind I proceeded to the bench and here is the result!




Next is decals and.. what else.. tracks and such.

/Tiny

Ok, I cough a snag when applying the decals.

As can be seen here, it all crooked and utterly crap! How can I repair this? paint it all over? Apply some Mr Mark Softener and try to pry it away?





/Tiny

Can't believe how much work you can get done on a Sunday.

I've got 4-5 projects running at the same time and today I have been able to paint (ruin that Panther) and do some constructing.

Ok, What I did was I put some oven cleaner on the turret and let it soak for roughly 15-20 minutes (the metal parts will melt if you leave it too long).

And here is the result.



I will probably go over it again to remove the last remnants of paint and then repaint it.

Thanks for looking!

/Tiny

dude, your hobby is paiting that panzer,over and over again...
eny way, good luck wit next atempt.

matilda wrote:dude, your hobby is paiting that panzer,over and over again...
eny way, good luck wit next atempt.

Dude, be quiet.. or I will tell your girlfriend that we are holding hands!






Tomorrow I'll put on a gloss coat of Tamiya (I am your student Alex, I will listen to anything that you tell me. Barely ) but i'm afraid that the turret is not as dark as the hull. The hull has a coat of gloss already.

@holding hands

Ok, I gave the model a burnt sienna wash and I went a head and gave the model a matt finish..

And now it got a nice nice white milky surface because what I used was X-21 that you are supposed to mix with any gloss color to make that matt.. So I've done it again

I will have to try to mix some X-22(Gloss) and X-21(flat base) to see if that turns matt...


I will go and keep baning my head against the wall!