Ron Bell Posted October 17, 2012 Report Posted October 17, 2012 I did this with the 1/35 kit, but I wanted one for my 1/72 collection. Since the first try, I found many things I should have done on the first project that I neglected. The Emhar kits are pretty basic and fit is only so-so, so with all the extra conversion work, it made for a pretty big project.
Mark Deliduka Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 Stunning work Ron! You dirtied her up just right as well. Amazing job, time for me to get out of the business; there's no competing with that! LOL! :army7: :D
jagdtiger46 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Posted March 21, 2013 Nice job on the Mk V. I've considered scratch building a 1:16 Mk IV, but that's as far as I've gotten.
jagdtiger46 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Posted March 21, 2013 Beautiful!!!! :army7: I like your avatar!
Scooter Posted June 22, 2013 Report Posted June 22, 2013 With the 100 year anniversary of the Tank being imminent, I hope there is a big focus on WWI armour. Though there are not many available, by 2016 it would not take all that much to release one of each type. Thanks for sharing. Adam
hawkman Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 the dirt looks very good, what did you used for them. :m1helmet:
Ron Bell Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Posted July 13, 2013 This is going to sound odd, but I used garden variety dirt. I got a tablespoonful, spread it out on some aluminum foil and put it in a low temp. oven (200 degrees) until it was dry. Then I crushed it all up as finely as I could and ran it through progressively finer strainers/screens until all that was left was basically dust. The finer dirt/dust you start with obviously the less straining you will need to do. I then mixed that with some diluted white glue so it would stick and globbed it on. It will darken in the glue, but lighten back up when it dries. Then use the remaining dust like you would a pastel to blend it all together. You can get a wet look by instead of using white glue, use either Gel Gloss Medium or add Future to the while glue.
ghodges Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 Ah yes! The first sign of true retirement....time to bake dirt! It did make for some great looking weathering though! Did you make your rivets, or use aftermarket? Looks great Ron! GIL
Ron Bell Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Posted July 14, 2013 Rivets were shave off other kits and then glued on to he Mk V. Not difficult, but tedious.
hawkman Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks so much Ron, thats very good technique.
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