AFV Club Valentine MkI 04/03/14 FINALLY FINISHED!!

[bbd468]

Im lovin what im seein Pete! Well done mate.

[Deleted]

Cheers guys well here's the figure all finished,







and in his natural environment





He fits the turret nicely too! I'm just sorting the base using an Ikea picture frame so some pics of that in the morning

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Pete don't take me wrong but I was thinking the leather had a slick finish now it looks like suede or rough out.
The slick finish had a nice contrast compared to the cloth uniform texture.

It's your figure and just my untrained opinion
Tony lee

[ceresvesta.]

Amazing finish Pete!
My two cents: Tony got a point. But still Sooooo good looking. Congrats.
Phil.

[Deleted]

I hear you guys, I did spray the jerkin a satin varnish then matted down the uniform but it just did not look right, far too shiny and unrealistic so it got blasted with matt. However after the matt's dried for a few days I'm going to try adding a slight sheen using my greasy old fingers.

Today I tried to fit the frikin tracks as well to the model but failed miserably. The damn things just kept breaking up!! don't know if it's the paint or weathering but they went in the bin! In fact the whole model was VERY close to going in there too.

So once again I have to look for tracks and will probably get some metal ones (should have got some in the first place)

[tigrazor]

Hmmmmm. I guess the macro shows more than you can see from a normal viewing distance. Its always a bit tricky to get a "real" impression from viewing it on your PC. But - and thats definetely a bit strange (subjective opinion of course!): the pants and the overall look a bit exaggerated, thats a drybrush is it? Doyou have the possibility to tone them down a bit, with a decent washing for example?

Just my 5 €-cents.

[djg261971]

Excellent figure there Pete.

[bbd468]

Outstanding work all-round Pete! Im totally wanting a Valentine Mk.I kit now! Thanks alot Pete....your fault! Well done my friend.

[deafpanzer]

SUPERB work on the figure... I like his eyes... spot on!

[wbill76]

Very nice work on the figure Pete. Shame to hear about the tracks, some plastic tracks are sensitive to washes/weathering and can become brittle depending on how heavy the treatment. Hopefully you can sort that out quickly to keep this one moving.

[406 Silverado]

Just got caught up on this one. Nice work on both the tank and the fig.

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Jan 5, 2014 12:22:47 GMT -5 wbill76 said:

Very nice work on the figure Pete. Shame to hear about the tracks, some plastic tracks are sensitive to washes/weathering and can become brittle depending on how heavy the treatment. Hopefully you can sort that out quickly to keep this one moving.

yep had this type of problem before although this time I treated the tracks with kid gloves! Friuls have been ordered and a slight adjustment made to the figure. My mate Brian pointed out that the collar on the jerkin was in fact the battledress/ coverall collar so a quick swipe with a hairy stick sorted it out.

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I've now finished building the new tracks and for this I used friulmodel set ATL-32. why I didn't use these in the beginning I'll never know! would have saved me tons of swearing They only needed a little clean up but every link needed to be drilled out, nothing a few nights in front of the telly couldn't solve. I can now finally get on with the final weathering once I've blackened the tracks.

The figure has also had his collar painted in the correct shade as per my last post here.

[bbd468]

Hiya Pete! There is something about freshly attached Fruils that give me goose bumps.......very sexy!

Magnificent work brother Pete, top to bottom.

[wbill76]

Nice job on the Friuls Pete, glad you finally found a good track solution to keep this one rolling along.

[deafpanzer]

The figure looks AWESOME!!! Perfect blending job on the uniform...

[Deleted]

thanks guys it's quite a relief to get them pesky tracks sorted that's for sure!

[Leon]

Nice work on the Friuls and figure Pete.Looking really good.

[bullardino]

Lovely figure, Pete

THe tracks are great too.

[reserve]

Good to see this one get rolling again
Excellent work on the figure, something I still struggle with

Regards,
Mark

[Deleted]

Finally the end is VERY near! I've been finishing off the valentine today and instead of using pigments I went for heavily thinned tamiya paints to impart a dusty look to the vehicle. I did not want to mask all those lovely details under a ton of pigments and weathering.

All that's needed now is an antenna and sorting out a simple base, phew!! this has been a really tough one but I have got there in the end and am well pleased with the result.

[deafpanzer]

As usual always looking great and sharp! Once again I really love the figure...

[wbill76]

Almost across the finish line Pete! She's looking really good. I hear you on not wanting to cover up a lot of the detail, the subtle finish looks just right for a short field maneuver.

[bigjohn]

That is just absolutely stunning Pete. Glad you stuck with this one, the hard work really paid off!

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Now Pete that wasn't so hard was it? She went WOW like butter through a goose.

It a killer and fine as frog hair buddy

Nice
Tony lee

[reserve]

And pleased you should be
Fine job Pete

Regards,
Mark

[Leon]

Superb finish Pete.

[bullardino]

Looking truly fantastic Pete

[Smudge]

Excellent job mate, love the paint job, weathering and the figure

Well done

Smudge

[Tobi]

Is that your idea of a Happy Valentine?

Cheers,
Tobi