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33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:19 am

Cama,
BTW - spectacular work on the German armor. AWESOME!

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:26 pm

Seconded for those ships Brad - they are just Wow!

And cama - you did those with an airbrush? I don't even own an airbrush let alone have the first idea how to use one.

Hmmm - thinks, Christmas is coming. Wonder if 'Management' would get me one?

33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:36 pm

BattlerBritain wrote:Seconded for those ships Brad - they are just Wow!

And cama - you did those with an airbrush? I don't even own an airbrush let alone have the first idea how to use one.

Hmmm - thinks, Christmas is coming. Wonder if 'Management' would get me one?

I would highly recommend you purchase and airbrush. It does not need to be fancy, but I would suggest a dual action. It makes it so much easier to utilize all of the great washes available (and to fart around with shading) and is easy to apply very thin coats of paint. You do not need to have the talent of Cama to make it worthwhile.

ACWBill · Post by **ACWBill** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:31 pm

Cama, lovely stuff as always. Brad, the ships are beautiful, but specifically, you did a a fabulous job on the Bogue. The deckwork and the aircraft are simply stunning.

pmskaar · Post by **pmskaar** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:55 am

Brad

Your ships look very nice. Great job.

Cama

Really nice work on the Germans. You mentioned that your decals are by Mehusia. Are these decals commercially available or did you have them custom made?
I am interested in getting some tactical numbers for my German vehicles but would prefer more traditional type decals over computer generated decals. Are these traditional or computer generated?

Thanks.

Pete

BurtWolf · Post by **BurtWolf** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:56 am

Not a ship guy but seeing that makes me rethink it all. I love the airplanes. What a wonderful job.

And Cama - wow. Unbelievably cool looking. Love to see them in the game board sometime!!

Thanks

pmskaar · Post by **pmskaar** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:15 pm

Hi Cama

Thanks very much for the information on the decals and the very nice compliment as well.

I will check these out.

Pete

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:05 am

cama wrote:Thanks Doug!

The formula:

3 parts Vallejo Airbrush Thinner
9 parts Vallejo Model Air paint - no, it's not thin enough to go through the airbrush.

I use an Iwata HP-B+, with 0.2mm needle.
Compressor is set to 30psi.

I also found an interesting additive in airbrush lubricant. A coating on the needle helps move the paint past.

All of the above and I can do hair fine lines now.

Wonder if I can apply that same formula for Tamiya and Testors Acrylics. Gonna try. Local store up here in the north doesn't carry Vallejo Model Air.
But like I said...gonna try

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:06 am

cama wrote:Pumas

Bigger pics on my blog: https://cama4.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/ ... ecce-cars/

Oh be quiet...lol

So purdy

Dog Smack · Post by **Dog Smack** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:14 am

cama,
Love the Pumas, probably one of my most favorite armored cars during WWII. The StuGs look good too! Keep it up!!

What is your process for adding crew members? Drill out the hatch, then glue in the figure? Do you add sheet styrene (or some type of material) for a hatch? Or do you not bother?

Steve

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:23 am

Excellent stuff cama. I like it alot!

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:29 am

Do you add sheet styrene (or some type of material) for a hatch? ...
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There are no open hatches out of styrene, which would have been a touch nicer; that being said, the crew add to the vehicles immensely I believe.

Quite agree that crew can add immensely to the interest with micro armor models.

They also can serve useful gaming purposes. For example, in my SU-152s I use TC crewmen to indicate command vehicles.

Whereas in my Shermans I use stars to designate command tanks, and TCs to identify the Sherman 105mm assault guns.

When I do add a crewman in a tank, I also add a hatch. BUT ... I've never bothered with styrene. Instead I use paper. Just plain ordinary paper. It's easy to cut to shape. It's usually a fairly flat white, and as most tanks are painted white on the inside, you only need to paint the outside surface of the hatch. The glue used to hold it in place (I use superglue gel) and the paint on one side will stiffen it up so it won't bend. It's just that simple.

At least that's how I do it. Seems to work well, and minimizes the effort needed to get a hatch in the right size in the right place.

33YearsGHQ · Post by **33YearsGHQ** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:54 pm

The baloney guys like Tanner (WWII Central) and Cama put on this site needs to stop.

- First Tanner tries to pass off 1/700 model ships as 1/2400 Micronauts
- Now Cama is using 1/35 scale models and trying to pass them off as Micorarmour!

But seriously Cama, those WWII Germans in camo look spectacular (I especially like the MK IV's).

Mk I, really nice stuff as well. What colors did you use on the Shermans? I still struggle to get a WWII US armor color that I like. Mine end up too green or too brown, I think yours look great.

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:34 am

Iâ€™m gearing up for a big Flames of Epic (FoW in 6mm, at half-scale) this fall/winter and have a bunch of guns and other misc. items to get painted. Here is a unit of German Pak40 anti-tank guns. Four deployed guns and four limbered. At some point I will replace the one-piece crew with the individual figures. All my micro-armor is mounted on steel bases for ease of storage and transport. Here are a few pix.

paul · Post by **paul** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:05 pm

Mark,

They look really good. Great job!!!!

Regards,

Paul

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