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

[406 Silverado]

Time for an update on the Tiggy. I have been working back and forth with weathering in the form of pin washes,chipping, streaking and some dust/earth effects. By switching from one to another I can add layers, touch up areas I held off on and also allow oils/enamels time to dry. By adding light pin washes at various stages one can bring back details that may have been lost with the dusting.

I also started some earth effects on the wheels, worked on the sprokets and the first layer of rust on the exhausts and burnt area of the rear deck.

Sooo, here is where she stands at the moment.

Before additional weathering...



And now...

[jsteinman]

Looks good. I am wondering about the sides of the turret near the fire - are you going to do something there?

[406 Silverado]

Thanks John, and yes that will either get charred, or just soot. Was a short fire amybe from lack of fuel, so there isn't much that will get burned on this one.

[danb.]

saw this on FB earlier excellent work Rob love the weathering effects the camo looks even better now keep up the awesome work mate

Dan B

[Leon]

Looks awesome Rob.Like all the effects.

[406 Silverado]

Thank you Dan and Leon

Well after spending a week on the painting and weathering there is an end in sight. I have to do some small stuff, add earth effects to some of the upper horizontal areas, Burnish the tracks after a good cleaning and she should be done. S it's lets say, about 97% finished.

Had a bit of fun rusting the exhausts..lol.

So some pics for now and will get back to this in a few days when I have time again. I did realize while working on this the past two days that I really HAVE to repaint the panther. There was something about that model that put me off, and it was the painting.

[Leon]

Looks like its seen some hard times Rob.Fantastic work.

[wbill76]

Really coming together now Rob and she's a beauty! A small suggestion in case you haven't already considered it...the left side Feifel filter tubing is made out of rubber and some, but not all, of it is over the exposed grating that's showing fire damage and oxidation. Even if the fire was short-lived, it would've been hot...are you planning to damage some areas of the tubing at all or leave it as-is?

[406 Silverado]

LOL, Bill I didn't think about that when I built the model. I knew it was metal re-enforced rubber from the start, but got carried away once the painting started...lol Been thinking the best way to deal with this..Guy eye there brother.
Might go repaint the Panther now....OR... pull out my scope and take the night off from the bench !!!

[wbill76]

Apr 2, 2013 20:38:25 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

LOL, Bill I didn't think about that when I built the model. I knew it was metal re-enforced rubber from the start, but got carried away once the painting started...lol Been thinking the best way to deal with this..Guy eye there brother.
Might go repaint the Panther now....OR... pull out my scope and take the night off from the bench !!!

Wish I could help! If it was enough to melt but not burn it away completely you'd have remnants of the tubing on both ends with the middle damaged/missing but that would be pretty hard to replicate at this stage I'm guessing. Get out the scope and have some fun, you've earned it!

[bigjohn]

Holy Cow!!! you nailed the look on the exhaust boss!!

[bbd468]

Apr 2, 2013 21:41:14 GMT -5 bigjohn said:

Holy Cow!!! you nailed the look on the exhaust boss!!

Yep! Was thinkin the same thing John.

[406 Silverado]

Glad you like them exhausts fellas, was fun and easy to do.

Bill I'll see what I can do. I did have fun with the scope tonight. Got to see M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy for a while, then Saturn was high enough to check out for an hour. The view through the scope was a lot clearer than the pic with the iphone. Made of the Cassini division and shadow on the planet...fun and relaxing.

[Leon]

Very cool Rob.Thanks for sharing.

[deafpanzer]

WHOA! The mufflers look perfect... spot on! I failed in that department miserably. Gonna learn more about this from you my old master...

[multicam]

Inspiring to watch your weathering, Boss! Magnificent work brother:)

[jsteinman]

[armorguy]

The exhaust is such a brilliant detail ! And the rear deck looks so incredibly realistic ! One of the best of 2013 already Rob !

[406 Silverado]

I too like the exhausts, did it a different way this time around. I actually loved the exhausts on Mike Rinaldi's Panther in the TankArt book and that was the inspiration for taking my time with them to d it right.

I have the tracks sitting in some AK track burnishing fluid at the moment. I had to use 1 1/2 bottles of the stuff as it seems one bottle wasn't quite enough to cover all the tracks in the container. Their getting nice and dark now. Should be good to go in the am and then just needs some earth pigments to finish them off.

[bigjohn]

Apr 3, 2013 20:16:23 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I too like the exhausts, did it a different way this time around. I actually loved the exhausts on Mike Rinaldi's Panther in the TankArt book and that was the inspiration for taking my time with them to d it right.

I have the tracks sitting in some AK track burnishing fluid at the moment. I had to use 1 1/2 bottles of the stuff as it seems one bottle wasn't quite enough to cover all the tracks in the container. Their getting nice and dark now. Should be good to go in the am and then just needs some earth pigments to finish them off.

Pics, pics, pics, pics, pics

[406 Silverado]

LOL not much to see John, just rusty colored water.I'll let the tracks sit in this over night and they should ( hopefully ) be nice and rusty.

[406 Silverado]

Was doing a bit of cleaning up in the HR and found even more shelf queens....oh man when will I ever get all these done. Was actually looking for the instructions to my Tammy sd 251.

[Leon]

Patients fellas,can,t rush a master at work.Robs creating a master piece.

[406 Silverado]

LOL....who me...LOL Thanks Leon

[406 Silverado]

LOL....who me...LOL Thanks Leon. I only started painting the model one week ago, didn't even think I'd be this far.

[Leon]

There couldn't have been a better time to become a senior member than by posting on your thread rob.
Thank for having a great forum.

[406 Silverado]

Very cool Leon. Those numbers will get higher before you know it. Your most welcome bud, that's why I started the forum, for you guys to have a place to show your work and just enjoy the hobby.
ok gonna go see what I can dig up in the HR that will come next..

[bigjohn]

Apr 3, 2013 20:52:09 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Very cool Leon. Those numbers will get higher before you know it. Your most welcome bud, that's why I started the forum, for you guys to have a place to show your work and just enjoy the hobby.
ok gonna go see what I can dig up in the HR that will come next..

Grille

[406 Silverado]

LOLOL yeah the Grille gets a bit done here and there John.

Well the tracks are nice and black, will take pics later today.

Found my missing instruction sheet for the Tammy sd 251, and also found a model I started some time ago...the Italian M13/40 thing. No instruction on the kit so I was winging it back then. Might get her done and just go to town with the weathering. It's the OLD Italeri kit btw.

[danb.]

Sounds good Rob for fun to be had with the new found shelf queens cant wait to see them as future projects

Dan B