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Post by dierk on Jul 13, 2017 5:44:38 GMT -5
In an effort to finally actually start a kit that I have a good chance of finishing I picked this:  For those who don't know: AMG is a small Ukranian outfit that makes short-run kits of unusual subjects. Only has a couple of smallish sprues, some PE, wire and some white metal parts:   How difficult can it be? Actually, to quote the excellent TV series "In the Loop": Difficult, difficult, lemon difficult!This should've been a warning to what was in store for me, more gappy than a very gappy thing:   After sanding the hull halves on some emery paper stuck to a sheet of glass, some filling and sanding I ended up with this:  Things didn't get better when I had a look at the instructions - they make Dragon's look good! You get a folded A4 sheet with some vague drawings - if I hadn't found some line drawings over on armchair general I'd have been buggered. All the parts are blessed with very pronounced mould lines, some of the parts need modifying, all the locating holes need opening up. The seats are just flat bits of plastic, so I made some new cushions with Green Stuff. The search light I replaced with an item from elf. To cut a very long story short, this is what I ended up with so far:        Currently waiting for the primer to cure. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and ACW. |
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Post by Leon on Jul 13, 2017 6:34:30 GMT -5
Looks like your showing this kit who's the boss !
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Post by panzerjager2 on Jul 13, 2017 8:16:36 GMT -5
VERY BERRY COOL 
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Post by dierk on Jul 13, 2017 9:32:23 GMT -5
Looks like your showing this kit who's the boss ! Haven't you watched old war movies? Ve häff Veys  |
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 13, 2017 9:54:33 GMT -5
At least it will now have comfy seats!  |
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Post by k1w1 on Jul 13, 2017 9:56:07 GMT -5
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Post by dierk on Jul 13, 2017 11:01:56 GMT -5
Showing your age there Pete The 'instructions' have struck again: there are supposed to be 'bumper' for lack of a better term running along the hull from about the middle to the stern. I'll post a pic later, but you'll be hard-pressed to a) Identify the correct part and b) where it's supposed to go. Turns out there are a couple of lengths of white metal included in the kit for these items, but a) they're round and b) too short... It's a blessing in disguise though: with them in place it would be much more difficult to mask the hull in preperation of painting it red. Talking of red bottoms: somebody deserves a spanked one for this!  |
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Post by dierk on Jul 15, 2017 10:45:16 GMT -5
So, I added the bumpers, made from some 1.5mm styrene rod of an origin that's lost in the mist of time, scraped flat on one side with a #11 blade, and CAed to the hull as I'd already primed it. Basic colours have been slapped on with detail painting started. Top of the hull is dry-fit only as I've yet to do the interior. Screens still need more cleaning, and the frame needs touching up in places. The instructions would have you paint all the fitting with steel, but I went for brass instead as these boats started life as pleasure boats it seemed more fitting:   Oh, and the instructions struck again: they would have you fit the ammo box to the left of the Maksim MG, when every fule nose that the belt was fed from the right - every fule but me...had a bit of a brain fade and glued it to the left before I noticed... |
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Post by Leon on Jul 15, 2017 11:48:02 GMT -5
Nice progress Dierk! Looking really good. |
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 16, 2017 13:19:33 GMT -5
Just say it's an ambidextrous Maxim there Dierk! Boat's looking good. |
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Post by wing_nut on Jul 17, 2017 9:45:33 GMT -5
Looks like it would be pretty quick on the water. Nice.
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Post by dierk on Jul 17, 2017 10:44:18 GMT -5
Looks like it would be pretty quick on the water. Nice. Looks don't deceive you Marc - they were powered by the 50hp GAZ M1 engine, giving a top speed of 40km/h, relatively light as they were made of plywood and a shallow draught of less than 2 feet, but could carry 15 men. |
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Post by dierk on Jul 17, 2017 12:24:23 GMT -5
Some more detail painting, bit of a wash - getting there:   |
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Post by dierk on Jul 18, 2017 10:14:56 GMT -5
Sooo, those of you who bothered to look at my last update will have noticed considerable creep in the wash I used - I must admit I didn't really notice the extent of it until I took the pics - eyeball MK1 isn't what it used to be...But I wasn't too bothered, as I knew the next stage would hide the tide marks. I mixed a thin wash using Vallejo Wash for Winter Camo, a drop of light grey, some thinner and Retarder Medium - which, BTW, I really don't like as it's very thick so you need lots of thinning and end up with much more of the wash than you actually need. Also put most of the finishing touches to the tub (not really happy with the passenger seat, but without any sort of indication of how the parts should go together, it is what it is) and glued it to the upper hull - if you've been following this build it won't surprise you to learn that work was required to mate the two sub-assemblies. Next up some chipping on both the ammo box fitting and hull. As I'm dealing with a 'wooden' hull I'm thinking any chipping will be paint splintering off rather than wearing through? Anyhoo, enough blah, pics:    Hope you like what you see and ACW and encouraged. |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Jul 18, 2017 10:44:20 GMT -5
As always, GREAT WORK
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Post by Leon on Jul 18, 2017 16:18:21 GMT -5
That looks fantastic Dierk!  |
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Post by dierk on Jul 20, 2017 9:24:22 GMT -5
Cheers Leon and PJ! After spending some time looking at pics of boats, all of them with a build-up of algae below the water line, I decided to try and recreate the effect. Some while ago I accidentally bought the Life Color set that's supposed to recreate just this effect, so I applied the dry algae powder with the black fixer from the set...meh, as soon as the fixer had dried it looked way too light, nothing like the black/brown stuff I saw in the pics. Tried to tone it down with 'Garam Masala' spice mix, which helped but was still too light - but the hull smells really mouth-watering now:  So today I mixed Vallejo's Dark Brown Wash and Oiled Earth Wash in equal measures diluted it 50/50 with water and applied it with a pipette. Once dry it looked much closer to the reference pictures:   I think I might mate the top and lower hull next. |
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 20, 2017 10:04:23 GMT -5
Now that looks like a suitable marine accumulation there Dierk and you've got a great smelling combination as a bonus! Coming along nicely despite the fight it's putting up in the process. |
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Post by Leon on Jul 20, 2017 11:15:50 GMT -5
That looks really fantastic Dierk!
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Post by dierk on Jul 25, 2017 9:01:56 GMT -5
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Post by Leon on Jul 25, 2017 9:08:05 GMT -5
Great finish Dierk! I like all the effects you got.
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Post by dierk on Jul 25, 2017 9:32:45 GMT -5
Cheers Leon - I assumed these boats were well looked after, so I didn't go my usual route of getting it all mucky.
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Post by wbill76 on Jul 25, 2017 9:54:07 GMT -5
Looks like it will be right at home on the Studebaker when it decides to finally arrive! If it hadn't put up some kind of fight, I would've been disappointed in your choice of subject. |
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Post by dierk on Jul 25, 2017 10:38:53 GMT -5
Looks like it will be right at home on the Studebaker when it decides to finally arrive! If it hadn't put up some kind of fight, I would've been disappointed in your choice of subject. Cheers Bill! Should look a bit like this:  I'm hoping to disappoint you soon - wouldn't mind something less struggly for a change TBH |
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Post by panzerjager2 on Jul 25, 2017 11:26:07 GMT -5
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Post by k1w1 on Jul 27, 2017 6:43:54 GMT -5
Great recovery !
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Post by buddho on Mar 4, 2023 20:47:23 GMT -5
Enjoyed reading through the step by step pictorial. The finish line looks fantastic!
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Post by dukemaddog on Mar 6, 2023 12:52:07 GMT -5
Stunning, brilliant work! I love the interior, it actually looks comfortable!
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Post by brentprice on Mar 7, 2023 7:44:24 GMT -5
Nice work. I like the distressed look you gave this model. Thanks for taking the time to photograph and post as that can be a chore in of itself at times LOL.
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