MENG's BMPT Terminator

[danb]

Hi chaps
Not been very active forum wise as had a very small amount of time to blog my builds my latest build has been Mengs new Terminator it was a OOTB build only using picture hanging wire for tow ropes as the kit included string it was painted using Tamiya acrylics and AK weathering products its the cleanest vehicle i have made to date as it was a replica of a Terminator from the Russian arms fair in 2013 i will be adding this to a vignette soon where it will get very mucky























Dan B

[Leon]

WOW!!!! That looks awesome Dan.Really like the camo pattern.

[garywintin]

if you don't mind me asking- how in heaven did you manage to mask the difficult parts? By that i mean the sandy brown areas on the left missile tubes? I have plans to paint this in the RAE scheme but dreading the masking job on the turret

[TRM]

Great looking build Dan!! Awesome work on the camo!! Love the pattern!! Thanks for sharing!!

[Tojo72]

That is one mean looking vehicle.And a great build by you.

[deafpanzer]

Man, I really love the camo... you nailed it!

[wbill76]

Very eye-catching scheme there Dan, nice!

[danb]

Thanks for all the positive comments its much appreciated

Gary the masking was achieved by using tamiya tape cut into small strips and placed 1 by 1 until the desired shaped mask was achieved this camo took me around 10 hours of work the orange and black camo was thinned by 70% to use the sand basecolour as a underlying highlight

Dan b

[garywintin]

Nov 17, 2014 16:20:27 GMT -5 danb said:

Thanks for all the positive comments its much appreciated

Gary the masking was achieved by using tamiya tape cut into small strips and placed 1 by 1 until the desired shaped mask was achieved this camo took me around 10 hours of work the orange and black camo was thinned by 70% to use the sand basecolour as a underlying highlight

Dan b

awwwn.. I thought so as much ... no other way to do it on such a complicated contour. I guess I just have to grit my teeth and paint it .. LOL 

[tobias5555]

Cool build and painting. I hope I can start mine one soon.

[4bogreen]

A very nice machine. Great job on the camo!

[dupes]

That looks awesome! Is this called the "pumpkin" scheme?

[danb]

Gary go for it buddy its easier then you might think take your time and dont rush it thats my only tip

Tobiass you wont be dissapointed with the kit i assure you

Bogreen thanks for your comment much appreciated

Dupes not sure buddy what the scheme is called all i know is that its a display camo only but the Indian army use this camo too great for desert warfare

Dan B

[garywintin]

Nov 25, 2014 16:19:54 GMT -5 danb said:

Gary go for it buddy its easier then you might think take your time and dont rush it thats my only tip


Dan B

It would be ... I mean, after putting the scheme on my 2s19 (http://modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/8665/2s19-msta-rae-2013 ) with very limited references ( and alot of winging it). it would be easy.. I just dreading that it would be come too drawn out u know.. LOL ... 

but yeah... I'm fired up now.. I sure will put the same scheme on... only this time, not so clean...  

[wouter]

very nice one mate, saw it on FB. And saw it will feature in MMI...well done. You must have great connections ey I sent in my Abrams months ago and haven't heard from David since :/

oh, and looking forward to the muck

Cheers

[danb]

Wouter this build and mag article have been planned for a while mate David said when it was built he would put it in the magazine he did refuse the JS -3 tho after he promised that would be in the magazine but i got lucky and Art of Modelling wanted it and ended up with the front cover i was one happy man you should email him again mate editors do have a lot of models to get through and can easily forget 1 here and there lol

Dan B

[hindhound321]

  Cool camo pattern and color scheme.

[wouter]

thanks for that mate, I might do that, and if he refuses the Abrams I send it in to MilMod. So far Kelvin he pretty much published everything I send him (except for the PzIII, but that could be for later)

Cheers

[garywintin]

Is it hard to get your work publish on mags? My wish is to have my works contributed in a mg... I know my skills need a lot of work but I'm trying to get better with the pure intention of getting them in mags. Care to shed some light the experience, Dan ?

[johnt]

That's a stunning camo Dan! Sharp without overpowering the model.

Cheers
JT

[danb]

John T many thanks for taking the time to comment in the Terminator buddy

Gary when I started modelling 4 years ago like you my dream was to have my work published I had a lot of rejections and only now am I catching the eye of certain editors I never could of imagined getting my work on 2 front covers this does not make me relaxed in improving my skills this is one of the most enjoyable parts of the hobby for me there is no advice I can give you on how to get your models published all I can say is share your stuff on FB and send emails to magazine editors that's all I can suggest hope this helps you fella

Dan B

[wing_nut]

Sure glad I decided to peruse the modern section. Would been a shame if I missed this.

[garywintin]

Yeah ... That's good enough Brother.. thanks.. at least I know now it's actually quite ok to enquire directly to editors.. I never thought of doing that s it's quite intimidating u know.. and yes, I do share ( more like spam LOL ) on FB .. . in all honesty, my works have been featured in websites such as Panzer-modell from Germany and Helmo from Greece but yeah.. I'm still pushing my skills.. Thank bro