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PolishGI · Post by **PolishGI** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:09 am

Nice camo job on the 96B Ben. Would there me anyway to use a pin vise and drill a new hole in front of the hatch? And then fill in the stock/rear hole?

Hoth, the guns look great. Get going on the backlog! Lol

Thanks redleg.

Thank you Guroburov.

Burt, they are! Lol I have two models, one is a narrow model while the other is a little big wider. Painted them a base coat, dried, and then glued on a nice layer of dirt. Driedâ€¦ and then sealed it with dullcote. I think these will work. Its more of a marker than an actual representation. But I think it fits the bill and you know what it is when you see it.

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:32 am

BurtWolf, Guroburov, Redleg and PolishGi,

Thanks for the compliment on my artillery. I am glad to get them this far. I need to clear coat, then do a wash, which I have never done before, and then seal them with a dull coat.. LOL.. then I have the ones in the travel position to do.

Cavdog, great looking camo. Love the green and sand colored camo. I did some BMP-3s, T-90s, and GAZ Tigers in that camo pattern. Love it.

Finally the backlog.. I am doing my best to crank them out. Right now I am painting tires... lots and lots of tires. Tires on LAVs.. Tires on Humvees.. Tires on tanks.. Lots and lots of tires... Did I mention I was painting tires.. Ugh..

To all the rest who have posted recently. Keep it going. A lot of very inspirations work has been put up to fuel my desire.. PolishGI.. OMG on your stuff. very nice. I have to say, getting back into painting has helped lower my stress level as of late.. My daily eye twitch has been almost non existent. I have made it an almost daily routine to just paint something. No matter how small or how big. just do something. Hope all of you are doing well through this tuff time and keep on painting.

BenfromBrooklyn · Post by **BenfromBrooklyn** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:39 am

PolishGI wrote:Nice camo job on the 96B Ben. Would there me anyway to use a pin vise and drill a new hole in front of the hatch? And then fill in the stock/rear hole?

I am sure you could, but it's a little beyond my ability. I'm content to leave it rearward facing, as most pictures on in the internet have it in that position. It seems logical. It's not supposed to be used that often, so keep it tucked out of the way.

BurtWolf · Post by **BurtWolf** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:17 am

Polish - had no idea that was 3D printer! Cool work! I would love to get one and produce all sorts of stowage kit for the various WW2 vehicles - or maybe that small fiddly stuff takes a really expensive printer...

Hoth - Agree, the pandemic work at home thing has allowed me to paint almost every day, just a little bit. Gotten my groove back a little and really enjoying it.

Ben - good work, interesting paint job!

Latest work includes airborne jeeps ala Arnhem (darn it I forgot to trim their helmets so they look like pickelhaube) and some 25 pounders... and a couple stray dog hairs to boot haha

BurtWolf · Post by **BurtWolf** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:19 am

Hoth - I think you will find washes easy to work with and well worth it. Just putting washed and unwashed side by side and the difference is remarkable. I know I use too much but I love slathering my minis in it ...

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:22 am

Holy Bow Burt! Those jeeps look amazing!

shawno · Post by **shawno** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:40 am

I agree, they look awesome!

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:14 pm

Burtwolf,

Thanks for the encouragement. Many people have told me how easy it is. I am not even sure why I find it so scary.. LOL. I did it once with some tigers without sealing them. It gave the tank a more dirty look because I did not reapply base coat on the flat surfaces. Not saying it looked bad, just not sure if its what I wanted. So next will be trying to put a clear coat of enamel and use an acrylic wash. I think that is the method CavDog uses.

Will try it soon. I need to finish off my pieces and in some cases, that is all I have to do.

PolishGI · Post by **PolishGI** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:00 pm

Hoth_902 wrote:BurtWolf, Guroburov, Redleg and PolishGi,

Thanks for the compliment on my artillery. I am glad to get them this far. I need to clear coat, then do a wash, which I have never done before, and then seal them with a dull coat.. LOL.. then I have the ones in the travel position to do.

With the wash and if its your first time, go lightly! You can always come back with an additional wash layer and another and anotherâ€¦ But if you go heavy with one, then you might find yourself annoyed with the cleanup/pickup phase. And depending on which wash you go with, you can pick up what you donâ€™t need/want with alcohol or an acrylic paint thinner. Its great you are putting a layer down of clear coat as a buffer so your base coat will not be impacted. Good approach. There are quite a number of details to pull out of these little models.

Haha the tires! Fun! Lol It will be like counting sheep at night! One tireâ€¦ two tiresâ€¦ lol I totally get what you are saying.

That is awesome that painting has helped you! Kudos! The kids (17yo, 13yo, 12yo) and wife roll their eyes at me when I am cranking away on painting (or 3d printer now) and make fun of me. But with the wife and I working from home, the kids are home from school and doing that onlineâ€¦ The wife ordered herself and the kids paintings to paint (paint by number) and they all love it! So after online school, they sit down and start painting for a good portion of the day. They find it relaxing as well and it keeps them busy instead of going stir crazy. So me being meâ€¦ Iâ€™ll walk byâ€¦ give the look and say, uh huh! Painting huhâ€¦ (as a joke) and then throw something else like, when you want to get to some detailed painting on vehicles or tanks, let me knowâ€¦ lol I typically do not get a response backâ€¦ lol

Thank you for the kind words.

PolishGI · Post by **PolishGI** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:24 pm

BurtWolf wrote:Polish - had no idea that was 3D printer! Cool work! I would love to get one and produce all sorts of stowage kit for the various WW2 vehicles - or maybe that small fiddly stuff takes a really expensive printer...

It really gives you the flexibility. I built myself buildings for Europe and for Southeast Asia. Sandbag walls, just a ton of items. Once drafted, you play with scaling and to make sure your printer can handle it. (small scale) Thingverse is a fun place to start as well for files. I jumped in as with an entry level printer called the Ender3 Pro. And I have upgraded a ton of the parts as the stock items are not as good or wore out. lol

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:06 am

BurtWolf,
I really like the jeeps, especially the trailers with boxes and canvas. Fantastic!!!
The canvas, did you use aluminum foil? or what did you use?

BurtWolf · Post by **BurtWolf** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 3:03 pm

Thanks!! Those things were really tiny - challenge to work with... especially those tires (I agree with Hoth - Iâ€™m kinda sick of painting them in general). yep I used my old good friend tin foil, comes out pretty well and easy to fix if it gets messed up.

Cav Dog · Post by **Cav Dog** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:57 pm

BMPs as promised:

A battalion of T80s is up next!

Hoth_902 · Post by **Hoth_902** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:44 pm

Burtwolf,

Nice part about modern vehicles, is that some of them have black rims with the black tires.. So I can kind of cheat everyonce in a while and cut a corner.. LOL. Plus it adds variety to my pieces.. Two birds and one stone type stuff.. LOL

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:11 pm

Cav Dog, those BMPs look great Dude! great camo!