The scratchmod factory- 9-22-13 SdKfz 116 trailer and F2

[multicam]

Looks great Rob! Looking forward to your magic weathering, buddy:)

[bbd468]

Bloody fabulous my man! Love the subtle camo Rob.

[deafpanzer]

LOVELY!!! Glad you didn't have it painted again... can't wait to see it dirtied up soon!

[406 Silverado]

Your comments are most appreciated guys.

Here is what the turret looks like, just trying diff back drops to see what works best, and the settings.





Will try to get an hour in today on this before I head out at 5pm.

[TRM]

Awesome chipping there Boss!! Making me want to paint something now!! LOL!!! Back to the StuG!!!

[macmcconnell.]

WOW the robboruster strikes again great looking Tiger and that cam is spot on, not an easy cam to do and keep in scale top marks my man

Mac

[Leon]

Looking good Boss.

[armorguy]

Speechless !

[bigjohn]

Oh man!!! Sa WEEET!!!! That cammmo looks good, The pin washes really catch my eye!!!!! in a good way that is!!!

[Leon]

Hi Rob,i have the same tiger in braille except it has the ss lah markings before they were changed to the Kursk markings.

[Deleted]

More stunning work Boss, I love the colour tones that you achieve   every time I see this I want to get my Tiggy from the stash    One day 

[spud]

oh yea she looks way better now rob. chipping looks fantastic also

[406 Silverado]

Since the weather was great today I thought I'd finally wash all the salt off my car and also get a start on spring clean up around the house........BUT I also got a bit of bench time in as well.

Started the first of many earth effects weathering. A lighter dust/dirt coat sprayed on using LifeColor railcar weathering set and light dust.





One of the hardest things to do with light colored vehicles is to depict dust and other earth effects. The light dust and earth colors used on darker vehicles blend in with the base Gelb and is hard to make it stand out. So I am going with darker earth tones and more of the gray-green dust and dirt. A walk around my car and the dirt areas around the house gave me enough ref and inspiration.

Still lots more to come.

[bigjohn]

It just keeps getting better with every update Boss!

[Leon]

Terrific work as usual Robmiester.

[bullardino]

What a nice dust layer. I really like it

[dupes]

Ooooh, hadn't seen the update pics after the camo. This is by far the hardest part of modeling for me...watching and learning!

[possum]

Fantastic looking Tiger, "weathering is Brilliant"

[406 Silverado]

Thank you kindly fellas, just having a bit of fun with this one and trying new and old techniques I haven't used for a while.

Couldn't sleep late last night, what else is new, so I hit the bench for an hour and applied another layer of effects. I also added some more micro chipping.Here are two teaser pics.





Next will be more effects using oils and enamels, then back to acrylics. The lighter effects and rain marks above were done with AK acrylic dust color thinned and used like oils.

[AndyArgent.]

Very nice Rob.Like all the effects on this one buddy.eye candy for sure.

[406 Silverado]

Thanks Andy, still much more to come mate. having a blast with this one, as it should be.

[Leon]

Rob she really has that worn look.Great looking effects.

[eastrock]

Thanks for the Tips Boss, Always an inspiration to build weathered armors

[bigjohn]

Hey Boss, this one is really climbing to the top of my favorits! She's looking awesome man!

[dupes]

Gotta say that I like the un-destroyed vehicle trend you're on right now.

[406 Silverado]

Thanks fellas.
Marc I'm trying to get back to the more intact models, some knocked out but more intact like the Tiggy.

jackwagon I thinned them maybe 30% water, there abouts. I like to apply light misted coats to be able to vary the opacity as seen on the Tiger. I wanted a dust coat but still showing some of the camo underneath.

OK gonna go work on the rear section with chipping and other weathering effects. By doing one or two sections at a time you can vary the effects and keep it from being too uniform. Then I may work on the wheels or exhausts.

[armorguy]

Great dusting Rob, you're right on the light colors, they're difficult to combine with dust, but you did it flawless !

[wbill76]

Looking might fine there Rob! Very nice.

[bbd468]

Can never go wrong with a Tiger build and this one is a champion Boss. Just looks.....RIGHT!

Gary

[406 Silverado]

Mar 31, 2013 16:04:30 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

Cheers matey - I too really like yer (temporary) departure from the all-out wrecks - don't get me wrong yer wrecks are eye-poppers and no mistake but I think yer in-service vehicles allow a much wider range of skills to be displayed

LOL, thanks jackwagon. I've been doing more of these as of late as I slowly got tired of the rust buckets. I'd like to do more intact vehicles and bases, but concentrating more on the weathering aspect of both.

Thanks for dropping in fellas. Charging the camera (time for new batteries, these don't hold the charge anymore) and will take a few pics of the progress so far.