moramarth
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Post by moramarth on Mar 11, 2017 23:27:46 GMT -5
You think that's bad, it can be worse for railway modellers. William Stroudley (1833-1889) was Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, a brilliant engineer but colour blind. He introduced a colour for locomotives called "Improved Engine Green"; it's a sort of golden ochre! He was the boss, no-one was going to argue...
Cheers,
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2017 13:24:13 GMT -5
Now we're talking Leon!
I do like that 50/50 mix. Makes for a great late war shade. Weathering will make that baby pop.
I did a 60/40 mix DY and Buff and it came out great. Nice mid tone tan-yellow.
G
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Post by Leon on Mar 12, 2017 13:41:01 GMT -5
Thank you G!  I want to try the DY-Buff mix sometime.  |
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Post by desertrat on Mar 12, 2017 15:45:03 GMT -5
looking good so far, now the fun bit....WEATHERING!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Leon on Mar 12, 2017 15:54:05 GMT -5
DR,thank you!  First i need to get the camo on then weathering. |
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Post by jsteinman on Mar 13, 2017 8:52:48 GMT -5
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Post by Leon on Mar 13, 2017 11:11:53 GMT -5
Thanks for looking in John! Hope you have plenty of snacks.
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 13, 2017 14:15:24 GMT -5
Amazes me how your skill has improved since you joined MSC. You are now airbrushing with comfort and you are doing great with this Dragon kit if you have built it before. Keep up with the great work!
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Post by Leon on Mar 13, 2017 15:43:31 GMT -5
Andy,thank you my friend! I've learned a lot since joining MSC and still learning. Who said you can't teach an old dog how to use an airbrush?  ?  It was worth the investment and helping me paint better. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 13, 2017 20:20:11 GMT -5
Whoa? You are that old?!? I always thought you weee 18 years old! LOL
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Post by Leon on Mar 13, 2017 20:26:24 GMT -5
I wish my friend!
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Post by joelsmith on Mar 16, 2017 22:37:53 GMT -5
Leon, I apologize for misleading you about the hole in the "saukopf" mantlet being on the wrong side. Hopefully that will teach me to check my references before I open my mouth. Please don't beat me, I bleed easily and noisily ;<).
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Post by Leon on Mar 17, 2017 4:31:06 GMT -5
Joel apology accepted! As for beating you,no worries there my friend. I get real queezy at the site of alot of blood.  |
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Post by Leon on Mar 18, 2017 9:04:38 GMT -5
Morning fellas! Fired up the AB this morning and got the figures and schurzen primed.I used Vallejo grey primer undiluted and sprayed it at 20 PSI with no tip dry.Went on smooth and i amazed myself. BTW...Not all the figures will be used on the StuG.Some will be used on the previous Panther build.  001 by Leon Dorak, on Flickr  002 by Leon Dorak, on Flickr Thanks for looking. |
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Post by dierk on Mar 18, 2017 9:31:34 GMT -5
The non-s/m down-market version of the recent books/movies: One Shade of Grey |
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Post by Leon on Mar 18, 2017 10:15:45 GMT -5
Hope i don't have any copyright infringement! |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Mar 18, 2017 10:45:14 GMT -5
ZOWIE.....nice work on the skirts...... man 'o' live that's a whole lot of figures
PJ2
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Post by Leon on Mar 18, 2017 10:53:24 GMT -5
PJ,thank you! I'm only going to use 5 of those figures for the StuG. |
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 18, 2017 17:00:36 GMT -5
Stug's looking pretty good there Leon, the figures gang will definitely liven it up! |
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Post by Leon on Mar 18, 2017 17:34:59 GMT -5
Thank you Bill! Only 5 figures planed for now. |
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Post by mustang1989 on Mar 20, 2017 13:35:51 GMT -5
You're really makin' quite the progress on this one Leon. I haven't racked up the courage to try an armor model yet. Still got a ways to go on the skillset before I try those. This is looking great buddy.
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Post by Leon on Mar 20, 2017 15:21:13 GMT -5
Joe thank you! When you decided to take the plunge into armor start off with something easy. |
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Post by tonylee-Rest In Peace on Mar 20, 2017 15:32:49 GMT -5
Leon you love figures a whole bunch more than I do for sure.  Tony lee |
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Post by Leon on Mar 20, 2017 15:44:32 GMT -5
Not really Tony! |
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Post by wing_nut on Mar 20, 2017 18:07:38 GMT -5
I smell PAINT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Leon on Mar 20, 2017 18:11:59 GMT -5
Mark you have a good sense of smell! The schurzen have there base color and started painting some of the figures. |
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Post by Leon on Mar 25, 2017 18:32:30 GMT -5
Evening fellas! Have to take 1 step backwards on this build.  Thought i would start the camo on the StuG and decided to do the skirts first.Thank god i did.Put a few drops of Vallejo model air armor green in the AB to get the spray pattern set.All i could get was a wide pattern and a lot of overspray.Tried ajusting the needle and PSI to no effect.Should have quit then but i went ahead and sprayed the schurzen.The results were a disaster.  They are now stripped and ready for primer again in the morning. |
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Post by dierk on Mar 26, 2017 4:22:23 GMT -5
Bugger!
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Post by TRM on Mar 26, 2017 6:35:12 GMT -5
Hey Leon...things are looking great my friend! I assume you go my PM response a few minutes ago about the over spray! Best of luck on the second round! Can't it to see this with the figures soon! |
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Post by Leon on Mar 26, 2017 8:15:14 GMT -5
Todd thank you! PM received. |
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First i need to get the camo on then weathering. 
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Thought i would start the camo on the StuG and decided to do the skirts first.Thank god i did.Put a few drops of Vallejo model air armor green in the AB to get the spray pattern set.All i could get was a wide pattern and a lot of overspray.Tried ajusting the needle and PSI to no effect.Should have quit then but i went ahead and sprayed the schurzen.The results were a disaster. 
They are now stripped and ready for primer again in the morning. 
