Am I good enough for you guys?

[1721lancers.]

Well being a newcomer I have decided to show some of my favorite builds from last year.
These were built and documented on the "other" site, therefore some of you will recognise
them, for my new mates please enjoy.
Any form of critique or advise will be greatly accepted, and yes I know I need a decent photobooth
(I hope the pics show up)

This B+W  King Tiger was inspired from a postcard of the the KT no. 105 of the 501st heavy tanks
a couple of days before it was ko'ed:






Hetzer Starr from Trumpeter, from whom the figures are I have forgotten.


Trumpeter SU 152


Operational Tortoise (Meng) Suez campaign


Hobby Boss VK4502 (P) vorne




Scimitar LEP - AFVClub and Castoff conversion



Frankenstein T55 - Trumpeter T55 with Academy M18

I hope you all like what I have shown here


I am currently building a Tiran 6 using the Trumpeter T62 mod. 1972 and the Legend conversion, I'll post a seperate 
thread for that maybe tomorrow.

1721Lancers

[Jeff the 57th]

Welcome aboard.

Let me give you a hand,










I've only been here a week or so but everyone is very accomidating to all skill levels, but I don't think you need to worry about your work looking good.

Cheers

#57

[`Boots`]

Hey fella.......you certainly are good enough bud, those are tremendous builds indeed , welcome to the site btw

[1721lancers.]

Jeff the 57th, you have just saved my a...., thank you dude.

Now to suss this upload business out

1721Lancers

[wing_nut]

The pics are not showing up. I am not familiar with the hosting site you use but look for IMG link. This can be copied directly into a post for the pics and can be done in a “Post Quick Reply” or a regular “Reply” to a post.
Or look for a DIRECT link. Copy that and click the button here that looks like a little picture, 3rd to the right of the one with the globe, and paste that in the top section.

As far as good enough, it’s got nothing to do with. Post and have fun.

By the time I finished typing this I see someone else got your pics going so I will say they look great.

[wing_nut]

Got some color pics of the KT?

[TRM]

LOL...I hope you are kidding Marc???

Great job on all of these!! Can never go wrong with Big Boy Tanks!! The grey tone scheme is brilliant! Nicely executed!!

As for the pic, I am sure you may have figured out what you were doing but if you need a quick hand: modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/5/uploading-photos-photobucket Give a shout out if you have any questions!

[wbill76]

Very nice collection of work! Love that 'b/w' KT.

[deafpanzer]

BEAUTIFUL builds! I have to say that B&W KT is my favorite... so unusual and unique!!!

Thank you for sharing your builds... you did great and I look forward to many more! LOL

[doogsatx/]

They look lovely to me - not sure what you're worried about there!

Only thing I would suggest is more wear, tear and dirt. But the amount of weathering is always a highly subjective thing...

[desertrat]

yep, they all look fine, like the camo netting! agree with doogsatx, re weathering and wear and tear,
keep up the good work!!

[1721lancers.]

Thanks guys, well lets see if I have got it now, this should be the postcard
of the KT that gave me the idea.


Edit: can everyone else see this?

[doogsatx/]

Yep I can see it!

[wing_nut]

Yp, see it just fine. And now that someone pointed out to me the KT is painted BxW, and I can see the color of the frame I see that IS a color picture. Serious lack of brain cell activity today.

[Leon]

No worries about being good enough 1721.Those are some great looking builds.

[robbo]

Welcome aboard fella. Your work looks great sir. As for photo booth I've been hear yonks and only just got a decent camera mate, lol

[danb.]

Welcome welcome thanks for sharing your builds they are superb hope to see more on here in the future

Dan B

[Tojo72]

Hey your stuff definitely looks good,either way no one would jump on you or browbeat you,only constructive criticism here

[1721lancers.]

Mar 3, 2014 13:56:57 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Hey your stuff definitely looks good,either way no one would jump on you or browbeat you,only constructive criticism here

Thanks Tojo, that is what I was hoping to hear.

Doogsatx and Desertrat -  I try to keep the weathering to a minimum. You see I worked on a Chieftain tank
and after a good day out on the Soltau training area we knocked all the dirt and other stuff of the vehicles.
There is nothing worse than built up mud and stuff that turns into concrete and could cause the loss of a track.
So I guess all other armoured units, new or old, would do the same. Therefore you would only see a scummed up
tank directly or near to after it happened.
But as you say, it is a well discussed thing and I suppose there is no right or wrong in anything we do?


1721Lancers

[Deleted]

Great builds there buddy, I like the mix of real armour with what-if ideas 

[dupes]

Some nice clean builds there. REALLY like the netting on the Scimitar - home made? Or an aftermarket product?

[Deleted]

damn fine builds and welcome on board old fruit!

[rbaer]

"Good enough"?
I think so.... not that it's a requirement, this is probably the most welcoming site on the planet.
I have to admit being a fan of the KT as well, very nicely executed.

[1721lancers.]

Mar 3, 2014 14:42:09 GMT -5 dupes said:

Some nice clean builds there. REALLY like the netting on the Scimitar - home made? Or an aftermarket product?

Hi dupes, it was homemade. Basically it a field dressing that was cut up into smaller bits. This was then

soaked in white glue, water and tamiya paint. Then added to the vehicle and dusted with tea leaves, then I took 
a jeans pocket cut it into strips and dipped into tamiya paint. This was then stuck into little cuts in the dry netting.




















snipersmudge and rbaer  thanks lads.

[deafpanzer]

Excellent SBS how to make the netting... great work again!

[desertrat]

yep,love the netting!! re weathering etc, your damned if you do and damned if you don,t !!

[macmcconnell.]

Welcome my fellow x bonehead your like it here your fit right in nice builds CVRT IS TOP marks,how about 24B from back in the day? T80BVS are in next week iam a happy lad.

Rgs Mac

[bullardino]

Brilliant builds 1721

And thanks a lot for the SBS, I think it can be useful to do hessian net too

[pantherf..-Email Not Valid]

Welcome aboard Paul! 





Jeff

[paulh.]

Good enough for me!
That desert tortise is my personal favourite!
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