"Street furniture" Panther G bunker

[wouter]

Hi Brother D!!!! Love the chipping mate, looks awesome!!!

Cheers

[danb.]

Thanks chaps

[danb.]

Evening everybody the Panther is nearing completion over the last 2 bench sessions all of the weathering and details were painted AK pigments were used to create a dusty layer along with Tamiya earth colours heavily thinned then airbrushed in areas the engine bay had quite a bit of work pigments for the dust neat white spirit to create water marks black gloss enamel for oil stains and to finish thinned clear gloss for extra water marks these techniques were used for the rest of the tank

The battle scars were 1st painted in vallejo black brown once dry ak rust pigments were placed in the groove fixed with AK rust streaking enamel, once this had dried some bright orange enamel was drybrushed in areas to suggest fresh rust.

















Dan B

[martyncrowther.]

Really nice work Dan love the paint job and the scratches certainly not overdone!

Martyn

[406 Silverado]

Fantastic work Dan, keep it up mate, gonna be a winner

[danb.]

Thankyoooooooou fellas much appreciated

Dan B

[wbill76]

Nice job Dan, the stains and condition of the engine compartment are very nicely done!

[bullardino]

Great progresses, Dan. I love the way you weather your models, it's always perfectly suited to the subject

[Deleted]

Chipping and engine bay are first class buddy, its a great build

[wouter]

really dig it bro, especially love those stains and impact marks, they sure add to the model. Great stuff!

Cheers

[sfcmikej]

Dan

The engine bay looks great. Well done on the staining!

Mike

[`Boots`]

Top work Dan...............the scratches and chips are superb and the impact marks really do look authentic................keep up the brill work bud she`s awesome

[multicam]

Chips and the finish in general look truly awesome, Dan! well done mate:)

[Deleted]

Nov 22, 2012 14:05:11 GMT -5 danb. said:

Sure am Tony i have neglected her for too long !!

Thanks Bill comment much appreciated .

Armourguy i impressed myself too with them battle scars i used a hot drill bit soldering iron and scalpel if anyone is interested

Dan B

Dan she's a beaut ! Your setting at a level i want to get too . The battle damage is the best . I had to look back and see how you achieved it . It adds so much to the story .
Did you heat the drill bit separately with the soldering iron or attach it in the iron ? I'm asking because i'm wanting to get this look figured out .
That is some cool stuff !

[bbd468]

Hey Dan,

Man, this is a fantastic piece of work! Im soakin' up tha good stuff your spillin' Dan!!!

Gary

[danb.]

Thanks for all the positive comments boys i have been away for a few days sorry for not replying sooner

Shellback: concerning the battle damage 1st up i heated a drill bit lightly touched the model gave it a little twist to get the circular shape this was then left to cool.

2nd stage get a soldering iron and lightly touch the outer edge of the dent you have just made with the drill bit this gives the melted metal effect.

3rd stage with a scalpel i stabbed around the shell hole to give the effect of schrapnel damage concentrate this effect near the top of the shell hole.

if this makes no sense i could do a quick SBS in this thread if this helps mate?

Sorry for slow progress on this as i have illnesses in the family and im jobless prioritys are elsewhere at the moment i should have an update soon.....

Dan B

[bullardino]

I'm sorry to hear you have ongoing probs, Dan

If you have time, I'll be glad to see the SBS. I think I got right the process, but seeing is much better than reading...

[danb.]

Right heres a quick SBS on how i achieved my battle scars

The test vehicle for tonights demonstration.....



The tools you will need.



To make the basic shape of the shell hole i used a 3mm drill bit heated the tip with a lighter then lightly touched the tank then i turned the bit 180 degrees dont turn it anymore as this will go right through the tank and ruin the effect let this cool and trim any bits your unhappy with.



For the next stage i used a pointed tip soldering iron and lightly touched round the edge of the indent this can be easily overdone so go easy on this bit you only want to use this step to get rid of the round shape of the drill bit.



Next and final stage is using a scalpel to replicate the scarring around these impact areas the small dots are the molten fragments of steel created during the shell meeting the tank these marks are more apparent around the top of a shell hole due to the angles of armour its simple to recreate just use the tip of the knife in a tapping motion.



To create shell damage that has hit the tank at angle i used a soldering iron only i tipped the iron over at a 45 degree angle to the tank and gently dragged the iron across the surface once your happy with it use the scalpel again as in the above stages.



The end results





Hope this can help a few people.

Dan B

[spud]

thats cool Dan

[danb.]

Cheers buddy

Dan B

[Mence]

Great work Dan, handy SBS too, look forward to more....

[danb.]

Thanks Prof much appreciated

Dan B

[danb.]

It will cost ya buddy cheers buddy

Dan B

[bullardino]

Thanks a lot for the SBS

Very clear and helpful

[406 Silverado]

Very nice SBS Dan.

hm, how about an update on that awesome base ??

[danb.]

Right the boss has asked if i had an update on the base i dont want to get the sack so here is a few piccys to please him!!! lol the base has been through quite a few processes it was covered in earth stuck with watered down PVA then left to dry in some areas it looked a bit gloopy so then applied another dusting of earth then fixed with AK sand and gravel fixer once this was dry it was on to some pigments.

I then attached some brass Panther shells with a few bricks here and there the bricks were cut from a styrofoam sheet stuck to the base with PVA when the bricks were set i gave them some chipped edges covered them again in pva and got on with giving them some colour.

For the painting of the bricks i used Vallejo cavalry red mixed with lemon yellow 50/50 mix this gives you a really nice brick orange this was the basecoat when dry i drybrushed the cavalry red over the orange differing amounts to not make the bricks look too regular i add a few dark areas i thinned black brown and drybrushed this around the edges once these had dried a good wash of GW Devlan mud was applied.

I added mortar onto the bricks after the paint for this i used filler mixed with water and pva and a dash of Deck tan to give the mix a greyish tone this was stippled on using a brush.

Sorry for the amount of close ups i have only just found the macro button on my pooey camera so i got a bit carried away





















Dan B

[wouter]

Nice work bro, and don't mind the macroshots, that's what we modellers love ;D

gotta remember this thread for sure. My initial Tiger B has to be place in a bomb crater some day and this is a nice way of replicating soil

Cheers

[ogrejohn]

Nice work Dan! The close up shots look great!

[spud]

Fantastic Dan its going to be a show winner for sure

[TRM]

Amazing work on this one Dan!!!