Recent content by scgatgbi

Stefano, I don't know the answer off hand, but if you take some pics & create a thread on Armorama.com in their AFV section & post the pics with the question I'm sure you'll get a ton of replies. Some really knowledeable people there. The only down side is they're a bit difficult to post...

I think the biggest pain was trying to figure out how to mount the schurzen. At 1st, I went for 100% accuracy & tried to mount them like they would have been on the real thing. That didn't work to well! so after fiddling with the mounts I finally settled on gluing the schurzen to the mounts. But...

Well, I'm done. What a pain!!!!!! I didn't do a build log or step by step on this one. Even I couldn't have followed it if I did. I tried a number of different things. Either way, I finished it. I'll do a build log on the next one since I know what I'm doing now. Let me know what you think.

Very nice, gives me a pretty good idea. Thanks for the pics.

Alex, did you scratch build yours? if so, how'd you do it? I'd much prefer using the styrene rods.

Chuck, Thanks for the link. I'm looking for a less expensive route than the photo etch. I plan on converting a couple of 1/32 German tanks to command versions and was looking for a simple scratch building alternative (small scale styrene rods etc), but thanks for the info. I'll be using the...

Anybody out there have any suggestions for how to scratch build a German star antenna? I'd prefer to stick with plastics rather than deal with soldering brass or whatnot. Thanks for any tips or thoughts.

From what I've seen, none of the FOV stuff comes with the Swastika. I know some of the 21st Century/Ultimate Soldier Planes had it. But I don't recall seeing one on any of my FOV stuff. My guess is he placed the decal as an aftermarket addition.

Thanks for the link. Looks like it'll be a fun little project. Regardless, You did a bang up job on that one & it looks great! Thanks!

Great work, how did you go about converting the Opel Blitz to the hard body Comm truck like that? That's a fantastic piece of work!!!

Anybody know if Monkey is gonna lower the price on the Opel Blitz or if anywhere else has them on sale?

Using yellow for fading hadn't even occured to me, that may very well help out a lot. When I tried the white I wasn't totally happy with the result. especially for the german Greens & yellows. Maybe just a really light yellow shade added to the base color would work nicely, thanks!!!

YEah, I could see if you didn't hold the cover to the grinder on just how comical that might be. Of course the "master" of the house might not be so amused, chuckle. She'd have me sleeping outside with the cats for a month. I try to keep a stock of the powder for when the mood strikes, works...

And a Stug from FOV that I re-did. I think the fading worked better on this one. But what helped with that was a mix of 2 different German Yellows & a ink wash with yellow ochre. You can see on the exhaust how adding the pastels to still wet paint works.

Here are some pics of a FOV Elefant I did in the same paint scheme, but didn't get the fading down. I like how the paint job came out (minus a few blunders. silly putty makes agreat mask, but can cause small "lumps"), but really wanted the more faded look.