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Post by wbill76 on May 22, 2016 11:42:49 GMT -5
Definitely adds to the detail on this baby. Nice!
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Post by martslay on May 22, 2016 11:54:30 GMT -5
Good work on details. Good luck!
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Post by nicely11b on May 22, 2016 22:07:01 GMT -5
Thanks, guys. Got some more primer down today, hope to get some time tomorrow to finish up the tie-downs and priming. I'm ready for this thing to stop dragging and get to the best part - weathering - even though there isn't a whole lot to be done with this one.
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Post by nicely11b on May 25, 2016 11:41:22 GMT -5
Things are finally moving along with the Stryker. All of the tie-downs and scratchbuilding is finished and I've started getting the first layers of paint down.  Colors are a base of NATO Green with some variation done with RAF Interior Gray Green, both by Mr. Paint. I also plan on adding some brown tones into the mix though that will mostly be on the undersides.   |
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Post by wbill76 on May 25, 2016 13:19:18 GMT -5
Good start to the painting process, keep it coming!  |
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Post by deafpanzer on May 26, 2016 12:28:07 GMT -5
Brilliant painting job!
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Post by dupes on May 27, 2016 9:52:13 GMT -5
The intermediate stage of patchy painting like that always looks so weird...but so good when you pull off tying it all together.
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Post by nicely11b on May 27, 2016 12:15:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments, guys! The Stryker is really coming along now. The top layer of paint has really tied it all together and the webbing has added a lot of character, IMO. Still a few details to add, as well as decals, before weathering can begin.   |
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Post by Leon on May 27, 2016 12:22:52 GMT -5
Painting looks fantastic! Really like the color variations. |
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Post by Tojo72 on May 27, 2016 20:41:25 GMT -5
Nice work on the modulation.
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Post by chris0423 on May 28, 2016 1:22:49 GMT -5
Coming along nicely there, really is a lovely vehicle. Paint job looks spot on.
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Post by martslay on May 28, 2016 3:01:30 GMT -5
Looks very good! Good luck!
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Post by nicely11b on May 29, 2016 19:42:44 GMT -5
Thanks again for all the comments guys. It's motivating to have you all along for the ride! Things are really starting to move quickly with her now. The kit comes with vinyl tires and I really planned to replace them with resin, but the company I tried to order them from never responded to me. I hate anything vinyl on a build, but I decided to make the best of the situation.  I think they turned out pretty well. The tires were painted with Mr. Paint Tire Rubber, followed by a wash with AK Interactive's Light Dust Deposits. The wash was then rubbed off on the high spots. The test fitting showed no issues, though the clean vehicle looked odd with the dirty wheels. I've gone a little further and have most of the hull dusted, though I'll save those photos until I've finished.  All of the decals have been added, and if there's been a bad part of this build, it's definitely the decals. They're terrible. They don't conform to any surface, even with multiple applications of Solvaset. They work for this build since there are only a few, but for any future AFV Club kit I build, I'll be finding aftermarket decals. |
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Post by Leon on May 29, 2016 20:37:51 GMT -5
Nice work on the tires! Time to dirty this up. |
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Post by dierk on May 30, 2016 4:11:07 GMT -5
Paintjob looks great! Sorry to hear about the recalcitrant decals. Maybe AFV Club has got some secret deals going on with AM decal and track manufacturers?  |
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Post by wbill76 on May 30, 2016 18:43:20 GMT -5
If Solvaset can't touch them, then nothing can. Wheels look good!
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Post by nicely11b on May 30, 2016 19:12:17 GMT -5
Maybe AFV Club has got some secret deals going on with AM decal and track manufacturers? Haha...maybe |
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Post by nicely11b on Jun 3, 2016 18:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by Leon on Jun 3, 2016 18:42:53 GMT -5
Great finish on the Stryker! Very nicely done. |
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Post by dierk on Jun 4, 2016 2:44:52 GMT -5
Result! Being a mucky kind of guy, I'd have liked to have seen more dirt in the wheel wells - especially the front left looks very clean. Still: great model!
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Post by wbill76 on Jun 4, 2016 11:55:54 GMT -5
Nice finish on the Stryker! I don't know much about this vehicle, are the two different wheel hubs/types significant? The different arrangements on either side caught my attention and curiosity! |
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Post by TRM on Jun 4, 2016 13:08:13 GMT -5
Congrats on getting this one to he finish line!! Superb job!!
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Post by Tojo72 on Jun 4, 2016 14:45:15 GMT -5
Great finish up on this one.
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Post by nicely11b on Jun 4, 2016 18:11:54 GMT -5
Result! Being a mucky kind of guy, I'd have liked to have seen more dirt in the wheel wells - especially the front left looks very clean. Still: great model! Thanks, Dierk! Honestly, I would have liked to dirty it up a bit more, but this Stryker is the one that I built, and I was going for as much of an identical finish as I could get. It was pretty clean in my references, so that's how I left it. |
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Post by nicely11b on Jun 4, 2016 18:15:05 GMT -5
Nice finish on the Stryker! I don't know much about this vehicle, are the two different wheel hubs/types significant? The different arrangements on either side caught my attention and curiosity! I'm not sure of the significance of the differences, I just messed up when I was building them. I figured the extra piece that is on four of the wheels was on all of them, so I started attaching them. Then I looked at my reference photos and noticed that the extra piece wasn't really on any of them. With the Tamiya Extra Thin already set, I didn't want to pull the pieces off and then have to figure out how to fix the marred area amongst all the detail. So I decided to put the four on randomly just to break it up. |
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Post by nicely11b on Jun 4, 2016 18:15:35 GMT -5
Thanks again, everyone!
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Post by wbill76 on Jun 4, 2016 19:42:17 GMT -5
Nice finish on the Stryker! I don't know much about this vehicle, are the two different wheel hubs/types significant? The different arrangements on either side caught my attention and curiosity! I'm not sure of the significance of the differences, I just messed up when I was building them. I figured the extra piece that is on four of the wheels was on all of them, so I started attaching them. Then I looked at my reference photos and noticed that the extra piece wasn't really on any of them. With the Tamiya Extra Thin already set, I didn't want to pull the pieces off and then have to figure out how to fix the marred area amongst all the detail. So I decided to put the four on randomly just to break it up. I know that feeling all too well...but chalk it up to 'now you know' (and so do I, have to file that away and remember it if I ever build one!) but that not everyone else will, and if anything, it adds character to it and makes it different!  |
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Post by thug626 on Jun 7, 2016 23:25:03 GMT -5
A brilliant crossing of the finish line with this beastie.
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Post by bish on Jun 9, 2016 1:14:57 GMT -5
That looks amazing. I do really like the finish on the paint job and the weathering is very well done.
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Post by deafpanzer on Jun 17, 2016 10:32:13 GMT -5
STUNNING!!! Love the look of the tires...
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