Italeri 1/35th Panzerwerfer 42 WiP

[dierk]

Lovely! The random squiggles look suitably random and squiggly

[bish]

Thanks guys. Wes, I will get on to that tomorrow night, so should not be to long.

[bish]

Time to get to the weathering and get the vehicle finished. First thing to do was the dot filtering. I am going for a heavy weathered finish and how the dot filtering is done has a large effect on this. I have pretty much got the heavy look just how i want it. I still have to work on the lighter weathered finish, but i have a couple of builds coming up to work on that.

For the filtering i am using oils which allows me a lot of time to work on it. Doing one section at a time, i added dots of white, raw umber and raw sienna.



Then, using a wide flat brush with a little white spirits these are streaked downwards.







Once the whole vehicle is done, i add some streaking with AK streak effects.





I had also done some work on the track's. A steel dry brush was followed by a raw umber wash.



And the chassis could now be put together.



And back on the upper hull, the final touches were some chipping and dusting with AK Dark mud, earth and dust effects.







Then the two halves were brought together and all the last parts fitted. And once that was done some pigments added around the lower edge and the running gear.







And that's just about it. I think i will add some exhaust stain down the rocket tubes as they look a bit shiny.

I do think this finish looks over done for a stand alone model, but hopefully once on the base it will make sense. And speaking of which, i now have to out this on hold for a week or so. The materials i wanted to give me the base i wanted i could only find at the Scenic factory in the US. So i ordered some bits on Fri and hopefully they won't take more than a couple of weeks. So for now I'll just get the figures finished off and get onto my next build.

Thanks for looking and all comments welcome of course.

[Leon]

Excellent results on the weathering Bish! That really looks great.

[dupes]

Love it Bish!

[wbill76]

Once you get it on the base I'm sure it will look right at home Bish! Coming together nicely, tough break on the postal service induced delay but you won't have any problems staying busy I'm sure.

[bish]

Thanks guys, I am hoping it won't take to long to arrive.

O no Bill, not a postal delay, just a bank balance delay. I only ordered it on Fri as that was pay day. But ye, I have a nice little aircraft kit to do and then onto some more armour, though that will be a tad bigger

[bish]

The stuff i was waiting for from the States arrived during the week, so i've been able to finish this build off. I already had the figures done. After seeing this pic on the comp, i realised the eyes on the kneeling figure needs a bit of touch up.



I had also add some more soot to the rocket launcher and everything was brought together. Afraid i forgot to take pics while i was doing the base, but it was just so manic trying to get it all done. So, excuses aside, here are the final pics.















And there you have it. After 20 years, its about time i got this built. I am really pleased with the finish, and i do like the pine branches which is one of the items i was waiting for.

The more observant will have noticed the lack of my normal nameplate. Unfortunatly my printer has gone belly up and i won't be getting a new one until next month, so i will add that then.

All comments welcome as always.

[Leon]

Excellent finish Bish! The base looks fantastic.

[Tojo72]

Nice camo and weathering,great job Bish

[Deleted]

That looked like a fun build ! Well done Bish .

[bish]

Thanks guys.

carl, ye, it was, I really enjoyed this.

[wbill76]

Nice to see this one get wrapped up Bish! Always cool to see a werfer in its natural environment.

[desertrat]

brilliant finish, looks spot on,

[bbrowniii]

Fantastic Bish. Fantastic!

[bish]

Thanks guys.

[deafpanzer]

Another great finish... really dig the base!

[bish]

Thanks Andy.